should I do? I don't want to name our baby girl Laura for her middle. I don't have a middle name and he does. He said we should honor our moms by doing this. But I like it to be a first name with our hyphenated last names. Also, someone at a party we both attended recently asked us if we were going to name our baby girl Laura for the middle name and I immediately said "no". I think most my MIL's friend's and family are assuming that we will.. I'm so frustrated. What should I do?
2007-09-04 14:00:25 · 14 answers · asked by empowered2008 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
Actually, Laura would the middle name. We already have a first name pick out that we both like. Like someone mentioned Laura as the middle name does not match with alot of first names. and the first name that we pick sounds kind of like Laura. So I told my husband that it's too similar to the first name.
2007-09-04 14:18:55 · update #1
I always told my husband when he gave birth he could name the child. Do what you wish to do.
2007-09-04 14:09:11 · answer #1 · answered by mommeof3 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think Laura would be a wonderful First Name for a baby. There is a multitude of names that would sound fine as middle names.
Laura as a middle name is very hard to do... What really goes with it ? I tried putting several different names in front of Laura and they just didn't sound right.
2007-09-04 14:09:45 · answer #2 · answered by That_ blue_ eyed_ Irish_ lass 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is this bothering you so much???---maybe you should take a deep breath and think about it. In the big picture a middle name is a footnote in someone's life that hardly anyone ever hears or knows about....but it sounds like it would mean a great deal to someone who loves you and the people who have loved him his whole life.
If you have chosen the first name and you like it, why not let him choose the middle name? If you're digging your heels in because you feel like you're being pushed, think about how you'll feel 6 years from now when she goes to kindergarten and you see there isn't even a space for a middle initial on the form! LOL
Your MIL has given her baby to YOU, can't you see it in your heart to name a piece of your baby after her---AND your mom? Honoring two moms for the price of one---what a deal!
BTW You could still have a hyphenated last name and a middle name, nothing says you can't.
Best wishes for a happy, safe and healthy delivery.
2007-09-04 15:39:45 · answer #3 · answered by bookmom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You got a few options... 1) Use both combined creating a stupid made up name 2) Use one and save the other for a second daughter. 3) Use both and have 2 middle names 4) Use neither and she will have a name that is all her own. Personally i dont like any of the female names in the older genernations of my family so if i had a daughter it would be option 4 for me. Though i do like my one of my grandads first names... william so i may use that. I want to use my other Grandads surname as a second middle name as it has not been passed down through the family and he was the one i really connected with growing up and hes passed away. This also carries on my husbands family tradition of children having 2 middle names. 2/3/4 are the sensible way to go.... Though number 2 may also offend the one of your mothers.... Chose wisely!
2016-05-21 07:35:17 · answer #4 · answered by evangeline 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laura is a nice middle name, though a little common.
But the thing is why do you not want to have her middle name that?
Is it because you have problems with your mom or his mom?
If so then i can see why you're refusing, talk to him about it and tell him how you feel.
If you don't want to just because you don't like middle names, then i say that you should give in on this one... you can't win it all, at least you are happy with the first name.
2007-09-04 14:27:05 · answer #5 · answered by Cat 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why not make it like there is two names instead of it being just Laura? something like Laura Sue? My first name is that of my father's mother but I don't use that name I use the middle name my mom liked better
2007-09-04 14:11:02 · answer #6 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
name her laura as her first name then if thats what you want to do you dont have to use it as a middle name if you dont want to just because your family and friends want you to they are not having the baby you are
2007-09-04 14:11:14 · answer #7 · answered by bellababi44 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One can never be wrong with the name Laura! Go for it!
2007-09-04 14:58:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go with Laura as a first name. Mega-super bonus points from both moms. How can you lose? (And it is a pretty name too.)
2007-09-04 14:14:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it would make a wonderful middle name. People love middle names.
2007-09-04 14:06:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is your and your husband's choice but he may not be willing to budge. i had a friend who wanted to name her son adrian and her husband hated the name so after she had the baby she sent her husband to get her something to eat and as soon as he walked out of the room she got the nurse to get the birth certificate paperwork and told her that his name is adrian.
her husband was aggravated at her but his name did end up being adrian.
2007-09-04 17:21:59 · answer #11 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋