Comments on: WHAT IF YOU HAVE A GIRL BABY….BUT NO GIRL’S NAME?

By: Jenne

Jenne — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:38:55 +0000

Just wanted to follow up from my previous post–we had our daughter on the 7th and her name is Greta Lucyanna. Lucyanna is for her 2 maternal grandmothers and Greta is simply because we love it. Her initials also spell out GLaD, which works out great since my husband’s grandmother’s name is Gladys. So far all of the comments on the name have been very positive; everyone seems to love it or at least be faking it well! And she looks nothing like a Rory so good thing my husband didn’t like it!

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:40:26 +0000

My first I didn’t find out the sex. We picked a girl name immediately (Olivia Parker–after George Harrison’s wife, Parker after Peter Parker), had trouble settling on a boy first name. We knew the middle name would be Harrison (this was 2001/2002 and George had just died), but it took us almost to the end to come up with the first name. And of course, he was a boy, and his name is Elijah Harrison.

Number 2 we found out the sex as soon as we could–mainly because if it was a boy we knew it would take forever to come up with a name. Before we found out, we were tossing around Oona, Nina and Ione for a girl. We had absolutely nothing for a boy. (Not true–I liked Indigo or Henry, but DH would have nothing to do with those). A few MONTHS after we knew it was a he, I came home and demanded DH just pick a name already. He says, “Alright, either Hendrix, and we can call him Henry, or Gideon.” To which I said, “Well, what about Gideon Hendrix.” And that’s the story of #2.

#3 I was convinced was a girl, because, seriously, how could I end up the mom of 3 boys? With a 6 y/o and a 4 y/o I was so on top of the naming trends, both from online info., as well as checking out all the names on the bulletin boards at school–this kid was going to have the rockingest name ever. Ramona Holiday Page. Named after a punk band, a jazz singer, and a rock guitarist.

And of course, he was a boy. And we named him after his great-grandma’s maiden name and my husband’s favorite comic book character: Lukas Hawkeye.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:12:38 +0000

I can’t believe I spelled my daughter’s name wrong! She is Marena, not Marina!

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:11:19 +0000

I too thought that I was having a boy. I had the most wonderful name picked out. He was going to be Ryan Caleb. Then I went to my ultrasound and was told I was having a girl. I cried. Then I came up with the perfect name and seven years later, it’s still the most perfect name. She is named Marina Ranai. She was named after Princess Marena of Greece! It couldn’t be more perfect for her. I can’t imagine her with any other name and she loves knowing that she was named after a Princess!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:41:14 +0000

I do not have children but my Dad called me Joshua for 9 months, and he called my sister hannah Joshua for 9 months, by the time my brother got here he became Jonathan. : )

By: pam

pam — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:35:04 +0000

wow, you have to promise to come back and tell us all the name!!! And as much as I love the name Rory, I have to say after living with it for a long time, it does present plenty of pronunciation and comprehension problems. can’t wait to hear your news…..

By: Jenne

Jenne — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:30:58 +0000

This couldn’t describe our situation better if we’d written it ourselves. I was always convinced I would have a son and couldn’t imagine it any other way, so when I finally became pregnant I was sure it was a boy. (Plus friends and family telling me they were getting a “boy vibe” helped solidify my belief!) We settled on the name Hudson easily, thinking it was just perfect. We had everyone’s approval, not that it was necessary but it was nice to not have to defend our choice. Then came the ultrasound and the words “It’s a girl!”, which sent us into a 5-month-long name-searching tailspin. Our last name being Doll was a major obstacle–so many names either sounded too cute, too “girlie”, or like stage names for the adult entertainment industry! I had my heart set on Rory, since typical girls’ names just weren’t working and Rory seemed just right. My husband, however, did not agree. The debate waged on and on, with everyone putting in their two cents’ worth and just adding to the confusion. We have finally chosen our daughter’s name, with just a few days left to our due date, and have not revealed the name to anyone. After months of family, friends, and strangers giving us very strong opinions and suggestions, we just can’t handle any more. We don’t want to deal with any conflicting opinions or people telling us that we chose poorly. And I am glad we decided to find out our baby’s gender; who knows what we would have come up with if we didn’t have all that time to weigh our options! We are happy with our choice and can’t wait to meet her!

By: pam

pam — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:22:55 +0000

Rory absolutely sweet for either sex! I’m so superstitious I’m afraid that if you DON’T have a name, that’s the gender child you’ll have….

By: Jeanine Bean

Jeanine Bean — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:17:38 +0000

We did not find out the sex of our first baby, and since my husband and I quite boringly settled on our favorite girl’s name 9 years prior when we first started dating (I know!), we fixated on boys’ names and arrived at Theo (just Theo) in time for our son’s birth.

BTW, this was in 2005; do we get any credit for being on the vanguard for Theo??? It is so popular now in our neighborhood!

In any event, I am now 19 weeks along in our second pregnancy. Our long-cherished girl’s name is holding on, though many alluring alternatives have popped to mind (and my nameberry favorites list). Naturally everyone in our extended family wants a girl and we would love a girl to round out the family at least gender-wise, but I am preparing myself to learn next week (at the 20 week ultrasound) that it is a boy. And of course, there is no boy’s name I love, not like I love “Theo.” We are stumped. So I am open to suggestions for a sibling name for Theo…..

(-: It occurs to me only now that Rory is a sweet boy’s name, too, isn’t it?

By: susan

susan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:46:20 +0000

Our first baby was a boy, and we had his name picked out, but we were having a hard time with girls’ names. I always wonder what we would have named a girl. I probably would have had to consult with my sister because she loves names just like me. She probably would have wanted me to name my baby Sophia-that was before Sophia got so popular. Then six years later we had our daughter. We had her first name sort of picked out and I got to choose her middle name all by myself. So that worked out. But if we had had a second son, we would have had a big discussion about his middle name. We were going to name our baby Philip if it had been a boy. I wanted his middle name to be Arthur and my husband wanted it to be Alexander. We also liked Andrew for a middle name. I always wonder what it would have been. I still really like the name Philip because it is classic and not too common. All three of the middle names are very nice, too.