Love this, thank you for sharing your thoughts! I loved your bit about LinkedIn tips for CEOs, so I can do the exact opposite haha. As I am in my third trimester, we've been noodling on names for a while and are down to a top three, after many conversations about how to balance unique, but not TOO unique. My thinking is I don't want to give him a name until we see him, but my fear is what if I just don't know which name is supposed to be his?! Especially if I'm sleep-deprived and exhausted... that just doesn't feel like a great time to make a big decision that can impact the trajectory of someone's life.
I have the exact same fear! Right after birth doesn't seem like the ideal time to choose a name based on the perception of a newborn's personality! Good luck with your birth!
Well this is fun! My name is impossible to pronounce and I've grown up kicking myself for not going by my middle name as a child. It's pronounced "Cully" which is not phonetically obvious. When it came to naming our kids, my husband and I wanted something easy to spell but still unique. I didn't particularly want my kids to be one of 4 Maddoxes or Emmas in their class. (No shade to either name.) We also wanted to give them ample opportunity for nicknames but to call them by their given name. My husband goes by a nickname of his middle name and it's confusing on paper.
I hear you! Threading the needle of loving a name on its own, having nickname potential, not being expected, and not going too off-the-beaten-path is truly difficult!
Love this, thank you for sharing your thoughts! I loved your bit about LinkedIn tips for CEOs, so I can do the exact opposite haha. As I am in my third trimester, we've been noodling on names for a while and are down to a top three, after many conversations about how to balance unique, but not TOO unique. My thinking is I don't want to give him a name until we see him, but my fear is what if I just don't know which name is supposed to be his?! Especially if I'm sleep-deprived and exhausted... that just doesn't feel like a great time to make a big decision that can impact the trajectory of someone's life.
I have the exact same fear! Right after birth doesn't seem like the ideal time to choose a name based on the perception of a newborn's personality! Good luck with your birth!
Love this!
Well this is fun! My name is impossible to pronounce and I've grown up kicking myself for not going by my middle name as a child. It's pronounced "Cully" which is not phonetically obvious. When it came to naming our kids, my husband and I wanted something easy to spell but still unique. I didn't particularly want my kids to be one of 4 Maddoxes or Emmas in their class. (No shade to either name.) We also wanted to give them ample opportunity for nicknames but to call them by their given name. My husband goes by a nickname of his middle name and it's confusing on paper.
I hear you! Threading the needle of loving a name on its own, having nickname potential, not being expected, and not going too off-the-beaten-path is truly difficult!