Did your taste in names change with each child?

[BigRedV]

If you had a name picked out for a baby and then it was the opposite sex, were you going to use the same name for next baby.

Eg. If you had Stephanie picked for a girl and then you had a boy, did you keep the name Stephanie for when you had girl or did you change your mind? IYKWIM?

[Mummaholic]

I changed my mind. For some reason, I just had a 'feeling' about what suited my belly babies.

[lizeyhud]

hi there
yes i have changed my mind just in process of starting ivf for # 2 when i was pregnant with my ds he was going to be Ella since then the name has become very popular and other friends we know have a girl with the same name now all our friends are having bubs its tricky because the name usually gets stolen LOL

[Bubs'n'Roses]

With DD1, if she'd been a boy we were gonna name her Kaden.
With DD2, if she'd been a boy we were gonna name her Perry.
So our names did change because it just felt different. IF that makes sense.

[BigRedV]

With DD1, if she'd been a boy we were gonna name her Kaden.
With DD2, if she'd been a boy we were gonna name her Perry.
So our names did change because it just felt different. IF that makes sense.

It does make sense.

I had DD's name picked before I even knew she was a girl. Now, not even pg again yet, I am sure that I will not change my mind from the boys name I like. I also have a name picked out for another girl :D

[h086]

When I was pregnant with DS, we had one girls names picked out.

I am now almost 15 weeks pregnant with #2 and don't know what I am having but I don't think we would use the girls name we had picked out. It has become popular since he was born and it's not really a favourite of mine anymore.

[squiglet]

The same names that we liked first time went onto the list 2nd time round, but never made it to the top.
We chose different ones.:)

[sweetseven]

My children each have their own boy names. It wasn't a changing of mind, but that the previous name belonged to the previous child (even though they weren't using it since they were a girl) and thus was not available for the new child.

That said, they style of name I chose for my girls did change over the years.

[LeeJ]

totally changed my mind!

I had isobelle rose picked out when i fell pregnant, LOVED IT, then, saw how many isobelle rosess' there were, and by 30 weeks it was off my list indefinatley,
(haha, but i named by son Josh lucas, 2 names in the top 10 anyway)

These days im liking ruby rose, or kate.

[Ruby_Slippers]

Keeping the same boys name as last pregnancy - just can't seem to find any boy's names that seem to "fit".

We used our favourite girls name, so some of the other names on our top 10 list are still there for a girl but there are also some new additions.

I actually wanted to call DD "Poppy" but only after she was born it wasn't a favourite. I just woke up the morning after she was born and thought she looked like a Poppy. DH mind was set on Matilda though so we kept it as it was.

This time round for a girl I do like Poppy but I feel it was Matilda's name (if that makes sense) so don't feel right about using it. Sometimes I call Matilda my "little Poppet" so it kinda is still her name in a sence.

[SassyMummy]

My names will have changed - partially because my partner has.

"James Andrew" was the boys name we had picked out for DD (had she been a boy)... and though it's still an alright name, it was a name I chose with DD's father, NOT with my current partner. I'd prefer we chose our OWN name together, even if he really liked James Andrew.

My cousin named her baby "James" anyway, so I'd cop cr*p from my grandparents if I used it.

Next time, I'm more willing to let DP play more of a role in the name choosing. I simply DON'T CARE that much about it anymore... when I was pregnant with DD, it was a massive deal to me. Now though, I've already let DP pick out our boys name if we ever have a son - the only thing I really commented on was the spelling - it had to be spelt "Zack" and not any other way. I don't LOVE the name, but DP does and I don't hate it, so I'll let him have it.

I'm hoping I get some input into the middle name though... even though I won't get first picks like Felix or Milo. He'll veto those for sure. I'm hoping for Henry, even though his family have "John" as the middle name for all the boys. It's too boring for me.

I'll be a bit more pushy if we have a girl, but instead of my previous wish of Scarlet Delilah, I'm leaning more towards Isobel, Eleanor or Mary...

[mum2bubba]

Hayley was going to be Aaron James
Skye was going to be Nathan Grant
this baby is going to be Nathan Daniel (though I am hoping to convince Grant to use Nathan Grant but we'll see what happens). If its a girl it'll be Willow Jane.

[sweetseven]

My children each have their own boy names. It wasn't a changing of mind, but that the previous name belonged to the previous child (even though they weren't using it since they were a girl) and thus was not available for the new child.


I actually wanted to call DD "Poppy" but only after she was born it wasn't a favourite. I just woke up the morning after she was born and thought she looked like a Poppy. DH mind was set on Matilda though so we kept it as it was.

This time round for a girl I do like Poppy but I feel it was Matilda's name (if that makes sense) so don't feel right about using it. Sometimes I call Matilda my "little Poppet" so it kinda is still her name in a sence.I understand completely, see above how I felt about the boy names for each of my girls.