Nope. We had nearly nine months to research and think about names, I’m happy with our choices even today

Sometimes people make fun of initials so maybe it is good to think about the result.
I know relatives of ours swapped the order of the first and middle names a few times, including once after the birth had been registered.

We had a selection of both boy and girl names that we worked through and said out loud offten, with the surname. You need to do that. Say it out loud with the surname. Sometimes when I say a baby’s name I’m shocked and wonder if anyone thought it through! So, I guess you can do what you want, really, but we worked through our list and waited until our bub was born boy or girl to name him with our fave and chosen name. No regrets there.

We had a handful of names and decided once our children were born.

Must admit I waited till my baby was born before deciding to name him. The original thought wouldn’t have suited him at all, so pleased we waited.

My husband and I started gathering names we liked way in advance of having a baby. We didn’t really think about changing it. But it must be a hard decision if you have not settled on something.

I don’t regret the names I have given to my children but I do regret not giving one of my daughter’s my first name as a middle name.

When I was pregnant, oddly I wasn’t interested in choosing a name, I wanted to wait until we met our babies. My husband complied the lists of names and we narrowed it down the three and then chose 10 days later.
We had completed the official form to submit the name but because the name was written in a different coloured ink than the rest of the form, the form was rejected. We were told that if we did not respond in 28 days with a signed letter with the name that we wanted, a name would be assigned to our child!

I don’t believe any parent should have name regrets … they have a particular name/s in mind before the birth and they have those names in mind for a reason and, yes, sometimes other names pop into their minds after the birth. But I believe it is always instinct that decides on the name – the more you ponder and re-assess a name, the more you will doubt yourself.

Changing a name after 2 weeks is very different from waiting years. Change the name, the baby is not affected but parents have a bit of paperwork to correct. Personally I think we grow into our names and Betty is a beautiful name. Good luck to them and Florence.

You definitely need to agree on names before the birth regardless of appearance when he/she arrives. Your baby’s appearance maybe very different when he/she is a few months old. I know one who started with dark hair, then it went fair, then strawberry blonde. All within 18 months. His Dad’s did the same

My husband was a total pain in the butt in regards to naming our first. We had a boys name sorted which oddly was a name I had suggested and my husband said he hated until he asked his Dad what we should call the baby and his Dad said the name I had picked for a boy so then my husband suddenly liked it….typical. I mentioned 50 million girls names and he hated them all. I started mentioning names I wasnt even keen on just to have a name sorted. In the end I said if the baby was born and it was a girl and we didnt have a name for her I was naming her after the Doctor so she would be Bernadette. My husband freaked out ….finally he decided on Georgina… then decided on her middle name which i wanted to start with E so her initals would be GEM which is her nickname. After she was born I questioned the name Georgina several times but she is and always has been called Georgie which im happy with.
I named the other two and love their names.

We didn’t have a name yet for our first and she went 5 or 6 days nameless, lol ! For our boy we took a long time to pick and I like it till the day of today

Betty is a perfectly fine name for a girl. Children will end up owing their names. A name is not official until it is registered along with the birth of the child. Never had any regret with names.

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  Children are unique and special regardless of name.

I was the opposite – somehow I was sure I was going to have a boy, which I did, and had already picked out the names. He was going to be Timothy Brian. After his birth I looked at him and said you are DJ – never before thought about, but he so didn’t look like a Timothy Brian.

With my first pregnancy, we picked out our favourite girl and boy names. We had a boy so we saved the girl names and with my following pregnancy, picked out more boy names. I am so glad we had a girl because the new boy names were horrendous

There is so much pressure placed on new parents to pick the perfect name. Everyone seems to have an opinion about the names you choose and question why you picked them.