Did you share your names before baby arrived?

[veggiemama]

Hi-

We're pretty positive we've settled on a girl name and a boy name. It's funny, because we always thought we'd take a short list into delivery and wait till we meet baby to name him/her. But on our short list there were two names that just stood out, and seemed to keep rising to the top. And now that we know, we're just so excited about the names its hard not to spill the beans (even though we want it to be a surprise).

So, I'm wondering... If you settled on a name ahead of time, did you tell friends and family, or did you wait?

[gigi_mk]

I told my best friend, mostly because my daughter's name is a variation of her middle, and my sister was largely involved in the naming process. My mom wasn't told until we were dead set on the name and she wasn't allowed to comment, lol.
With my son, my first, my mom was largely involved and we did tell people, because my ex's family was trying to push names on me and I told them this is his name and that's final.

[georgina]

I don't have kids yet, but I ideally would only tell a few select people. I can imagine I would spill the beans from excitement though, haha.

[whit32]

We shared our top names, but we didn't name my son until after he was born. Luckily we didn't run into much resistance with our names then. I know there will be more problems with some of our names for baby #2, but I'm pretty good at ignoring them ;-)

[tiara selena karleigh]

I told my best friends, Aubrey & Marilyn. That's it. Aubrey & Marilyn are my husband's sisters, who are just like birth sisters to me. My parents & his parents were told our top suggestions.

[veggiemama]

Thanks for all the comments.
I've held out so far... but will definitely be tough when I travel home next month to see my family!

[gigigibbons]

I'm not comfortable sharing before the baby is born anymore. It seems like if you announce your intended name it becomes everyone's chance to talk you out of it. That's why I adore online forums so much!

[jersey_gray]

We shared but with the second it took us almost to the end of the pregnancy and we had said we weren't sure what the name was going to be so many times that people didn't necessarily believe us until she was born and legally named with the name.

[emiliaj]

I think it depends on how long you have.
I had a name set for Brooke- for a majority of the pregnancy she was going to be Brianna. Then AFTER she was born we switched to Brooke. So things may yet change.
If you tell people before it may seem that you are asking for their opinion- and people are usually ready to give their opinions.
What if their opinions were negative? would you care?

Food for thought.
emiliaj

[esrever88]

I told everyone the initials, and let them guess at what they stood for until the babies arrived. If you make a game out of it, it's a fun way to avoid actually telling anyone.