I'm wondering what issues have come up for other's when trying to decide on / agree on a baby name?

Answer 1

Issues!

- husband and I agreeing on name (ie he likes Madison, I like Audrey)
- grandmothers and grandfathers wanting input (ie the want the baby named after them or they want to pick the name_
- siblings insisting on ridiculous traditions (ie sisters who insist that because both your middle names start with J the baby's should too)
- friends and relatives being nosy and opinionated (ie asking what names you're considering and then saying: OMG that sucks!

Choosing a name can be tough because before the baby is very old or even born, it is the only really "personality" to hold on to. It is a special word that defines your baby too you.

Everyone has different ideas of what the child will be like, and everyone wants their say. A name is a very personal thing, and so it can get hairy if you let too many people become involved!

Good luck to you! Remember that the baby is going to have his or her own personality one day and that a name is the best gift you ever give your child because it will last a life time. For that reason, your opinion is the most important since you are the one giving the present!

Answer 2

Well, the biggest issue I've come across so far in coule baby naming is a name that both parents agree on, and when I say parents, I mean mom, dad, mom's family, dad's family, mom's friends, and dad's friends. Chances are the two will have completely different views on what to name the baby, so that will probably be the biggest conflict. Also, a conflict might be whether the child will prize and like their name once they are old enough to figure it out. There are so many kids at my school who hate their names, and I see why. Ashley, Faye, John, James, Ann, Frances, Brittany? These names are either outdated or outnumbered, and most kids these days want names that are unique.

Answer 3

For us, one of the biggest issues was the connection we had with someone with the same name. For example, one of my favorite names has always been Sarah Elizabeth. However, my husband's step-grandma is named Sarah. His biological grandma, named Muriel, and his step-grandma were both alive when our first daughter was born and there was little chance that we could go with a step-grandma's name as it would seem like we were naming her after the step-grandma and we knew it would hurt the feelings of the biological grandma. Some names conjure about bad feelings. My mother was a teacher for 30 years and her most difficult student ever was named Rodney - a perfectly fine name and my dad even has a cousin named that - but, for my mom, that name just made her cringe because of her experience. My mom is a great woman and rarely asks for anything, but she did say, "Please, if possible, don't name your children Rodney." When our kids were 18, 15, and 12, we unexpectedly conceived even though I had been on birth control pills for 11 years. We had all 5 of us trying to come up with a name for our little surprise family member that we could all agree with. EVERYONE had very adamant opinions on certain names. What we ended up doing was keeping a legal size piece of paper hanging on the frig. and any time any one had an idea for a name, they got to write it in the "boy's" or "girl's" column (we chose not to find out ahead of time what the sex was). The rule was no one could say anything negative about another person's choices, but if you agreed, you could put a check mark next to the name. Fortunately I was 1 week past my due date to deliver as it took until a couple days past 40 weeks before we finally all agreed on a name and a spelling for both a boy and a girl. We kept that piece of paper and it is now in my daughter's baby book.

Answer 4

I think the most common problem would be one person in the couple liking more common names, and the other person liking more unique names. It's also hard when one person wants to honor a relative or friend and the other person doesn;t like the name. Just remember you are both equally in charge of the name and you should get an equal say. What worked best for me was making a list of the ones i like and letting the father go through them and cross some off til we finally picked one. Also letting one of us pick the first name and the other the middle worked well too.

Answer 5

One issue that me and my husband have come across is that when we find a name that we both like, and mention it to a family member, we are informed that someone else in our family already has that name!! we both come from very large families. My daughter has the same name as my step-nephew and my son will have the same name as my husbands 3rd cousin!!

Answer 6

my husband and I agreed to this, I picked the girls name he picked the boys name.
though, if we really didn't like it, we could say but. But we agreed on both the names we picked.

It turned out to be a girl, Brooke!

Answer 7

Well the only issue for us was my partners Granddad when we decided to call our twin daughter Kylie ..he told us he didn't like it because it wasn't very British ...i said no cause its Australian