Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Name Game




When my hubby and I first found out we were preggers with our first bebe together we knew already that if we had a boy his name would be Hendrix. It’s something we talked about long before he was conceived and we had no doubt that that would be our lil man’s moniker. If he was a girl however we had no clue and made list upon list of names and obviously never had the chance to come to a conclusion. Now that Hendrix is here both my Hubby and I have sheepishly admitted that he looks nothing like a Hendrix and his name really doesn’t seem to suit him. We came to this admission at about 2 weeks in but felt too guilty to actually change his name. We both agree that Hendrix is still our favorite name but I dunno...it just feels almost too harsh for our mini dude. We toyed with changing it to Joaquin, or River, or Dashielle even. But decided that maybe he will grow into it. With our next I think we’ll hold onto a list and wait to decide till the bambino/bambina arrives.

So I’m curious as to how all you other mamas and papas made your decisions or if you ever had baby name regret?

12 comments:

  1. Reagan just popped into my head one day when i was a couple of months pregnant and was the only name that stuck out to me. But I still wasn't ready to commit 100% until after she was born,incase when i looked at her a different name would be more fitting. I finally filled out her birth certificate papers a couple hours before we left the hospital, and it was Reagan Grace... so my first instincts stuck.

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  2. Don't worry... He will definitely grow into his name... even I felt that way about the name Sebastian at first. I felt there was no cute little baby nick name for it and that it sounded like an old man. But once they really start to grow into their looks and form their own little personality, things will change :) I think it's a lovely name <3

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  3. wasn't this kid named after a pup?! :)

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  4. Anthony and I bought a book and looked through for hours and hours tryin to look for a boys name but couldnt come up with anything other than Jaydan but when we found out we were having a girl we had to look at the book again and when we seen the name Amaya we knew that was it and never looked at the book again to this day. We just fell in love with the name and the meaning.

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  5. amaya is so pretty...i am a sucker for A names.

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  6. We totally knew and Fritz ended up suiting our little munchkie perfectly. Now we'll see if Lola is really a Lola. Do you ever call Hendrix, Henny? I think thats a cute nickname. Seems natural.

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  7. no but its grandmother calls him henny. i tried henry and that def. didnt work for him. nothing seems to fit him at all. oh well ill just give it time. its also hard to think of myself as "mama" and im sure that will come with time as well.

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  8. I felt the same way about my daughter's name and changed it when she was two months old from Charlotte Mae to Liesl Maedchen. Liesl was the only name that my husband would agree to change it to and I hated Charlotte for her so much I said okay.

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  9. okay maybe i should just bite hte bullet and change it? im still not into it! but now my husband is sooo he prob wont go for it. He so looks like a River, no? I think it fits him more.

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  10. We had the same problem--when Neva was born, none of the names we had picked out seemed good enough for her. She is 10 weeks now and I can't imagine having named her anything else. Hendrix is an awesome name--you could call him Ricky?

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  11. i would change it, i didn't name my daughter Emma what i wanted to and now regret and what to change it to my orginal choice which is Kennadi and can't change it becuasee she is two years old and tell me what her name is so i would most def. do it before he recognized his name

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  12. Go ahead and change if you want to. Just do it quickly. We have such a short window of opportunity (before we leave the hospital) to make a choice that will follow our children for the rest of their lives. If we have 30 or 60 or 90 days to return a shirt to the store, why, oh why do people feel like they have to stick with their initial choice on something as important as a name?

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