Names

We are so stuck on names for these little boys and I don't know why? For our other children we didn't find out the gender until they were born so we had names pick out for either- we have 2 girls. Sooo you would think we would just be able to use the boy names we had picked out, but we don't like them anymore...We can't agree and I think we have made the mistake of talking about it with too many people and getting so many opinions!!!!!!!!! <_< ZAnyone else having this problem? I'm 32 weeks so we really nees to get it into gear and figure this out!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is anyone naming one twin after the Dad- is that wierd, would one feel left out later in life (my mother's concern, I don't really want to do it anyway)

 

I think it is always great to use a family name. All 3 of my kids have a family name somewhere, either first or middle. For the twins Trevor has DH's middle name and Emilie has mine. It was between my middle name and my MIL's first name and I wanted mine. I thought years down the road I would want part of my name in there somewhere, but would not use my first name as it's not really a good middle name and didn't want a DD with the same first name. What about using your maiden name for a middle name? That way your name would be in there somehow. Good luck trying to figure it all out.

 

We are struggling a bit, too. We haven't spoken to family about our names and are still having a hard time!! For us, we don't absolutely LOVE any of the names we have written down...we keep hoping that once we meet the little ones, it will fall into place.

My MIL and her father both passed away around Christmas last year, so we are using family names from my DH's side as middle names. I hope that doesn't cause any issues with my side...it shouldn't, but you never know!

Have you tried nymbler.com? It's a pretty fun site for baby names...

Good luck to you!

 

I knew for sure one of the twins was a boy so no question he was going to be named after his father, the other was a mystery for 4 week. My mom (who is an identical twin) advised me never to choose rhymning names, her name rhyms with my Aunts. My DS is named Ryan, and the other was going to be Bryan. But thank god we found out we were having a girl.

My first choice was Samantha, but then wanted something close to my name so we choose Sierra. (my name is Sara)

Sierra's middle name is Jean, after my g'ma

 

We are having a really tough time with naming our ID boys. So far I think we told too many people our ideas also and as you know everyone has an opinion. I try to ignore them but when someone says "ugh, that doesn't sound right" or "I don't like that name" it does kind of stick with you. We have gone through 2 huge baby books of names and still are undecided. We had girls names picked out no problem but we had the same thing happen with our last baby-thank goodness she was a girl!! I don't think that I would feel good naming just one of the boys after their dad. Maybe if we were going to name the other after grandpa or something but for us it is out of the question. Good luck!

 

OP,

WE ARE NAMING ONE OF OUR TWIN DAUGHTERS AFTER MY DH. SHE WILL BE THE 5TH GENERATION RILEY-BUT THE FIRST FEMALE RILEY. RILEY IS BABY A. THE OTHER DAUGHTER WILL BE NAMED AFTER MY GRANDMOTHER ON MY SIDE, SARAH KATHRYN. WE WILL CALL HER SARAH KATE. WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT HURTING SARAH KATE'S FEELINGS THAT HER SISTER WILL BE NAMED AFTER HER FATHER BUT HOPEFULLY SHE WILL UNDERSTAND SINCE THEY BOTH HAVE FAMILY NAMES. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR DECISION. I KNOW YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT!!

HANNAH

 

I am in the same boat. I'm also having two boys and I just don't love any of the names we have picked out. So far we have Andrew (Drew), Sean, and William (Liam). None of them really hit me. I think it is so much harder choosing two names at once than one name. I don't want them to ryhme or have the same letter, but I do want them to sound good together because I know I will be saying their names together a lot. I'm also having major drama with my mom about the names. She is Italian and can't stand the fact that her grandchildren will have Irish names. I'm sorry I don't want to name my son Vito! I just like Irish names more. Every chance she gets she tries to convince me not to name one Liam. We are also having naming after family members drama. My father-in-law's name is William and my mom can't stand that we would give one of the boys William as a first name, but my first son, Ryan, only got my dad's name, Nicholas, as a middle name. She is ridiculously petty! So, I feel your pain!

 

I'd HIGHLY recommend not discussing the names you are considering with your family or friends. Somebody will hate one of the names and "know someone ..." also you don't want the names to get around if there are other pregnant people who might "borrow" the name for their child. Just decide between you and your husband then tell everyone when you have put it into ink. Then it can't be changed.

I did see on here where there was a family tradition to pass down the name "william" to the first born. so they named the one twin boy "wil" and the other "liam" ---- brilliant !!

My girls are Sierra and Sienna BTW....

heather

 

I have two boys and we felt the same way, we did not want one to be Jr. and possibly feel bad about it later. Since my DH's name is one of the most common names, John, we went with names that were forms of John which worked out perfect.

 

We kind of struggled. . . Picking two same gender names at once is harder, especially when you've already named siblings before! (You run out of faves.) We ended up with Caleb Timothy and Silas Brendan. The first names are random names we like that happen to be Biblical. The middle names are from my parents - Brendan coming from my mother's name Brenda, Timothy being my father's. I would never use a family name unless I highly respected that person and their character was what it ought to be.

We are a little worried how my inlaws will take this. . . but my argument is that already, we all have their family's last name.

 

Dh and I butt heads on this whole naming issue. I love family names, but he doesn't. He's got a family name (after his grandfather) and never felt like it was really his. I have a family name (after my mom and her grandma) and love it! We have one name we like and will probably use, and it just happens to be my brother's middle name. He's letting it slide, but he even objects to family middle names! Just think of how many parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, cousins on both sides, and eliminate all the their first and middle names. Then try to name twins. This is what I'm up against here! I'm ready to fire DH from the naming committee! For about a day he told me I could use family names for middle names, but only from my family. I was fine with that, but when I suggest Michael he changed his mind. He has a brother and some cousins with that as a middle name. Like who doesn't?! There's like 25 Michael's in my family and you don't see me complaining!

But we really don't talk too much about the name we have picked out with family or friends. However I like to hear people's suggestions fro twin names so I ask for suggestions. And some people will just offer. (Like DH's friend who still thinks we should name them Frick and Frack) But I just try to have fun with it and keep in mind when it comes down to it there is only one thing that matters, We like the names. Well, that I like them at least. DH may just have to get use to what ever names I pick out.

The way I see it with family is they had their chance to name and raise their kids. Now its mine chance. And if anyone is petty enough to pout if I do other wise, that's not my problem.