we ourselves still don't know her name! ... so i don't know guys ... but still, it does sound kinda fun ... if we were to do it, how would you suggest?
Wednesday, July 14
baby name contest?
we ourselves still don't know her name! ... so i don't know guys ... but still, it does sound kinda fun ... if we were to do it, how would you suggest?
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No baby name contest. I was in favor earlier, as you know, but your point is well taken.
haha i like the picture of the baby and her caption. that's funny.
i suck at contests and therefore i say nahhhhhhhhh...
but i can't wait to see what you and patrick come up with cause i know it's going to fit her perfectly.
but, i'd just like to i vote for
"something cute and creative like devon" for first name
alice for middle name
katherine for 2nd middle name
larkin for last name (duh)
:)
yeah, no matter what you name her someone out there will think it's ugly/hard to spell/associated with someone they hate etc.
isn't it so weird to name someone? it's such a big part of someone's identity for the rest of their life. i could never get over that. and now we've stuck the kid with a name people will always mispronounce :( but i wouldn't change it!
we didn't tell anyone adam's name until the day he arrived. we agreed on a boy's name from almost the moment i found out i was preggo. we didn't want to hear any negatives about the name either. the name you choose for your daughter will be perfect.
You'll still name her what you want to even if you hear something negative. I can't tell you how many people said, "Chelsea? Like Chelsea Clinton?" I just loved the name since I was a kid. Now that she's here, I can't even imagine her with another name.
Devon, who has had to suffer through mispronunciations and gender misassumptions her whole life, was not named until 3 days AFTER she was born. Notwithstanding the foregoing, I love Devon's name.
Who on earth would ever tell you negative stories about a prospective baby name? forget that.
as a member of the mispronounced, gender ambiguous, slightly unusual name club, I say go for it.
i actually had a dream that you had the baby and she had a name last night. of course, no recollection now. none. nada. so i guess, can't name her. you'll have to do it without me.
Gwendolyn for the time being? Gwendolyn Larkin. She already sounds amazing. She already is amazing. And she's only 2 cm here...
i didn't know lyla's name until the week before she was born, and i can't imagine her with any other name. you will know her name when you know it! i would say no contest.
no contest. and if you think of something, i wouldn't tell a little-miss-just-married-about-to-move-across-the-country. not naming names, but she had some negative things to say about sweet little jackson's name (not that i took her advice, obviously). your heart wants what your heart wants - you'll know when you see her! i am soooo excited! it's been hard not stalking you...
We went with Lucy because it would be cute when she was little, great when she an adult, and was would be nice on a resume (no Pineapple Kaplan here)! Go with what suits you all...or go Seuss-like:)
I thought it would be a good time to catch up on blog comments since I have to pack for a week-long trip. Procrastination at it's finest.
No contest! Though I'm dying to know what's made the final list.
How about...hmmmm. that's too hard.
Love Alice as a middle name though!
Can't wait for her to arrive!
2 cm down!
wait, courtney - i hope you are talking about herlihy or wucetich in the hard to pronounce genre cause i think courtney and alex are kinda hard to screw up! :)
ooooooohhhhh i know! all the celebs (ok, like 5 recently) have named their kid harper. girl or boy. i'll never use my last name... so if you'd like to snatch up harper alice katherine larkin, i'd totally think that's awesome! hehehee :)
katherine-i TOTALLY had a dream awhile back that devon named the little one harper larkin-too funny!
No contest!
And don't ask for feedback either. Just go with your intuition and pick something you two love.
However, that said, one suggestion from my mother, "Pick a name that if your child was a Supreme Court justice one day, people wouldn't laugh at their name during the nomination process."
And one suggestion from me: Unless it's a family name, don't pick a name from last year's "50 most popular names" as your child will end up going by their first name last initial for at least all of grade school.
Oh, and one more suggestion... don't give your kid more than one middle name. It will just cause them anxiety every time they have to put their name on a form for the rest of their life... which names to include and which to leave off?
haha. i'll forever be haunted by the fact i gave jen a hard time about "jackson". in my defense, we had just gone an entire year joking around with other family members about a new family baby with the middle name "jaxon". nah, no excuse. i'm sorry, jenny!! you know i love jack!
and i will obviously love any name you guys decide upon. :)
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