Do you see your future child's name everywhere???

**kaseybaby** · July 25th, 2011, 11:32 AM

I would really love to name (if I have one)DD Lily. All the sudden I see that name or variations of it everywhere. Last year, I didn't know anyone with that name. Now it is on my internet chatrooms, signs, news stories. It is like I am being stalked by the name.

Has this happened to you?

**atomic sagebrush** · July 25th, 2011, 05:30 PM

TOTALLY!!! Believe me, by the time you have had children for 20 years that happens a lot!!!

Interestingly, I kinda predicted some trends with names I liked only to be extremely annoyed when a name that was unpopular suddenly became really super trendy.

Claire, Violet, Evelyn, Emma...I loved all those names before they were popular and now I feel like I couldn't use any of them.

**Lilian78** · July 25th, 2011, 05:36 PM

I've never been one to pick out names pretty far in advance. I'm pretty set on a certain boy's name if I ever have another. It's not that common, but yes, I now see it everywhere

I think it's just a matter of what you focus on.

**Hobbermittens** · July 25th, 2011, 07:24 PM

Yes. For YEARS, before I had kids, I had planned to name my first son Jackson. But by the time I had a son, it was so popular I couldn't use it. Now it is in the top 10 or something. I still love the name, though.

**Flava** · July 25th, 2011, 08:49 PM

Nope. But this is just because if I think of a boy I can't have a name for him. Maybe this is a sign I never get one anyway

**Hobbermittens** · July 26th, 2011, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by Flava

Nope. But this is just because if I think of a boy I can't have a name for him. Maybe this is a sign I never get one anyway

Don't say that!! I had no girl name picked out last time and I had a girl.

**kaseybaby** · July 26th, 2011, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Flava

Nope. But this is just because if I think of a boy I can't have a name for him. Maybe this is a sign I never get one anyway

I think it is more Boy names are just harder. You can't have anything too feminine, but you also don't want to name the kid something that is too over powering. I only have like 3 boy names I like and about 12 girl names I love.

**Flava** · July 26th, 2011, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

Don't say that!! I had no girl name picked out last time and I had a girl.

Same here but just because DH is complaining about every name I come up with! i can always find a girl name but no boy name yet.

**WashingtonPromise** · July 26th, 2011, 04:23 PM

We ran out of girl names after DD2, but some how managed to find a couple more. I told Dh that I really don't want to talk names until we have an u/s. It just makes it too hard.

**zanacal** · July 26th, 2011, 04:32 PM

Our DS3 was our only baby we didn't know would be a boy until he was born and I was convinced he was a girl. I spoke to 'her' scan photo and called her by her name and everything (what an idiot!). It was only a week before 'her' birth that I paniced and wondered whether we should choose a boy's name 'just in case'. It gets tricky to come up with a new name when you have several of the same sex already - but I found we came up with new ones we hadn't even considered each time rather than names from old lists! I pretty much have a boy name and a girl name in mind for next time already, without even giving it too much thought, which is odd!

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