So with 8 weeks until our due date we are keen to finalise the names for our new arrival incase he/she turns up early. We picked a girl's name and a boy's name months ago. It was easy. Maybe too easy!
Now we are so much closer to the due date we are starting to realise the sheer responsibility of picking a name. Our little one is going to have this name for the rest of their life! We have therefore started to question the names we were originally so sure of.
Thankfully there are a number of things we can agree on:
- We like names that are easy to identify and understand. We both have names ourselves that often require explanation or us to repeat it again and again while the person you are meeting looks confused. We didn't want that for our little one.
- However, we don't want names that are too popular. Back at school there were lots of Claires, Sarahs, Kates, Ollys, Daves and Richards. We both liked being different and are keen to give that feeling to our children if we can.
So in summary it means the top 20 popular names are out, but otherwise the choice is ours! We just won't be taking inspiration from celebrities - Harper Seven, Apple and Blue Ivy are unlikely to be picked.
There are just so many names to choose from. It feels like there is just too much choice!
So after much discussion and deliberation we have come right back to the names we picked back when we were still waiting for the 12 week scan. The middle names are different, but now I feel sure we have the right names. Now we just have to wait and see whether its a girl or boy, and yes the names are staying a secret!
If you are encountering the same indecision, check out these sites for inspiration:
http://www.babynames.co.uk/
http://babynamewizard.com/voyager (has a good interactive popularity graph function)
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/babyname/
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