MY BABY NAME REGRETS...names I regret not using, misspelling my daughters name & ignoring advice!
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I did an instagram post lately about the 'the names that got away' and we had a great chat about all the names we wish we'd had an opportunity to use and why we didn't pick them. So I thought I'd turn it into a video :-)
Do remember it's just for fun and a chat amongst friends - I'm not saying I hate my kids names but there's always ones I feel extra jealous when I hear them!
Let me know your Baby Name Regrets Below & the ones that got away! SJ xxxx
I’ve just had my baby today she is called Autumn Ivy 💗
Ah huge congrats! What a gorgeous name too 🥰🥰🥰🥰
What a gorgeous name!!!! Congratulations xxx
AWWWWWW CONGRATS SUCH AN ADORABLE NAME
SHE HAS AN AWESOME MUM
Can u do vlogs of u n autumn ivy
Congratulations! Such a beautiful name ❤
It’s funny how he said flower names are airy fairy but he agreed to Evelina Blossom. I’ve never heard of a more fairy name 😂😂
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Agreed 😂😂😂
I don't think she gave much choice at that point. Unless he wanted to take on the mother of child giving birth. Which she kind of explains that he didn't approve it.
My kids were named Victoria Jane (Jane after my mum) and then, 8 years later 😳, Ewan Thomas (Thomas after my brother who passed away a few years before). I never regretted either of them but here’s the thing....my oldest child told us when they were 21 (now 23) that they identified as non binary and wanted to change their name to one that was gender neutral. They asked us to help pick a name which was so amazing, they’re now called Jamie, which is a nod to my dad who passed a couple of years ago, and I love it!!! More importantly, they love it and the change in them is indescribable. I’ve had people asking if I mind the name change. My reply? It’s just a name, people change them all the time!! All we as parents can do is pick the one we love and thinks suits them best at the time and go with it, when our kids are old enough they can always decide for themselves ☺️.
I love this! You are such a good parent!
@@kileyhentschell1544 aw thank you ☺️. Thankfully my kids tell me the same, life complete! X
You’re an amazing parent 💕 The world
needs more loving and accepting parents like yourself
@@amandav3509 Thank you, it definitely does! Life is way too short to be so discriminating AND we only get one chance so the most important thing for us is that our kids be happy in who they are...that way, everything else follows ❤️ xx
you are such a sweet parent it's so shocking and impressive. Good for you. So much love for you, honestly. I'm sure your kids love and appreciate you so much.
This isn’t really a regret, but just a little story... About a month after my husband and I met, it randomly came up that if he ever had a daughter, he would want to name her Penelope and call her Penny. I was shocked because that’s my late grandmother’s name, and I had always wanted to name a daughter Penelope. Now 6.5 years later, I’m pregnant with our first baby, a girl. We’re definitely naming her Penelope, but in these last few years it’s gotta so popular, AND we know 3 different people who have named their dogs Penny 😑 we’re still going for it because it means so much to us, but still! It’s a little bit frustrating.
What about Nellie or Nel for short.
My daughter’s name is Penelope as well. My husband was 16 and at the time he knew his first daughter would be named Penelope. We call her Penny. It suits her so well. But yeah, kinda sad how it’s gained in popularity.
I have a Penelope and we call her Penny as well :-)
I know a baby Penelope Mable who goes by Penny may
I rather share my name with dogs than with many humana
I’m in love with romantic boys names and would love to see a list💖
I went to school with a Lena pronounced (leeena). I always think of pictures with names! My friends all laugh at me!!! For Example , and I could go on for hours!!!! My friend Kimberley , Thats a ball of wool, Archie ,colourful wooden blocks in a bridge shape, Marlowe , a faceted glass bead...... etc etc
Ingiemummalove That is so cute! Do you see any pictures for Josephine?
@@ingiemummalove130 that's a gift
There is a list of romantic & pretty boys names on this channel.
me too!
Okay maybe I’m crazy, but I would LOVE if you had a podcast where you interviewed people about baby names, and dedicated segments to different names... idk how you would do it but I would love that! I always want to listen while I’m driving and what not ❤️
That's a good idea!
I agree. Name stories
Hahaha this comment aged so well
We shouldn’t be left naming a person when we can’t even pick what we want for lunch”
i felt that in my sooouulll 😂😂
It’s definitely always a struggle to compromise on baby names with your partner. You can have a name in your head for years that you love, and they can shoot it down in half a second haha
Exactly! I know so many unmarried girls who have all of their names planned out and I'm always thinking what if your husband hates all of them 😅 it happened to me and now I have to start all over!
Happened to my parents. My dad wanted me to be Jessica and my mom wanted me to be Megan but they didn’t agree on either name
It's funny isn't it, we almost mourn for all the names we don't use. Now that we're trying for a baby, I look at my name lists and feel sad that I won't be able to use them all. Anyone else?!
Nooo, your lucky... I wish I had one name on my list..or twelve. Any would be great😅😂 I'm due in a month
Yes absolutely! I always wanted to name a daughter Luna, but it's way too close to the name we chose for our son... I think I will always mourn not being able to use that name.
@@theendtimes1705 have you had your baby yet?
Yes! My children have a theme of Spanish/Italian traditional firsts + country English middles + Spanish last + Italian last. Finding names that flow in 3 different languages is HARD!!! That sound good in each language even when mispronounced??? 😂 They have very unique name combos, though. They get a lot of compliments, but the ones I never used are sad because it feels like they wouldn’t fit any other family.
A foster child we used to look after was called Jupiter. His mum was a Romanian gypsy but because Jupiter had a heart condition and she couldn’t get him health care she gave him up so he could get health care. He was a beautiful baby, sadly passed away when he was 3 but we used to call him Jup or Juppy xx
What a beautiful name but that’s very sad
Jupiter is my dream baby name, but for a girl. I’m due in 8 weeks and I want to call her Jupiter Rose. But everyone I mention it to laughs as their first reaction and I’m getting really sad and off put by it. But juniper is acceptable I don’t see why Jupiter can’t be.
@@samanthairving356 i love love loveee Jupiter! i'm a daycare teacher and we have a little Juniper that often gets weird looks from new parents as well but i absolutely love her name. i know i'm a stranger on the internet but i say go with what you really love because you'll never regret it.
@@sridings9810 thank you 🥰
Aw I love your children’s names! Although I do admit Jude really suits Finn.
As far as naming a child myself, my husband and I have agreed to keep our baby name list a secret until the baby is born. I feel like it’s harder for family members to criticize a name once they have a sweet little baby face associated with it. 😊
That’s what we did.
Completely agree! My partner likes to tell his parents names we’ve spoken about but I don’t like anyone having an unnecessary opinion! 🤔 I’d love it to be a surprise for everyone when the baby arrives! Xx
Totally agree -- I learned this the hard way! I had a couple of people criticize our name choice when I was pregnant with my son (I got a text from a friend saying "Please don't name your baby that LOL"), so we stopped sharing the name until he was born. And now that he's here, lots of people tell us how much they love his name!
I will be doing the same! Ny cousin shared the name of her baby before he was born and her friends tried to talk her out of it as they had a friend with that name they didn't like. Had they just introduced the little adorable bundle with the name I don't think anyone would have reacted :/
My son's name is Mojave and my mother hated the name. After she told a few friends his name and they all loved it, she decided it wasn't so bad.
One of my middle names is Medusa, and my parents regret it a bit because she's always seen as a monster. It actually means Guardian and Protectress.
I like it!
@@ThatDutchGurl I like it too. I've never met anyone who's called Medusa.
I love it. She was often used as a symbol above women’s safe houses.
The male version of the story is that Athena turned her into a gorgon as punishment for sleeping with Poseidon in her temple. The female version is that Athena turned the priestess into a gorgon to protect her from the sexual advances of the male gods.
I like Medusa! I also came across a Sedusa in a cartoon and loved it as well.
Wow greek mythology middle name sister!! My middle name is Elektra. My mum also regrets it now. I will not be passing it down 😅
Most people pick a name & go with & don't give it another thought but us name lovers always have second thoughts don't we ! We all need to have 10 kids just for the names.
Haha😂
I have 4 daughters. Noel Ivy was born on Christmas Day. My second daughter is named Wren Monroe. My third daughter is named Ada Eileen, and my 4th is Rowan Elle!
I love those names!! Especially Rowan! So cute 💕
Those are so pretty
Noel Ivy is so beautiful!💓
I have a 14 month old niece named Rowan. She is even more beautiful than her name and is the absolute star of the family. ❤️
My girls are Annmarie and Flory. I always loved Elizabeth and didn’t get to use it. I also loved Rosemary. I didn’t have enough children so I could use all the names. My advice to you her women (I am 62), if you want more children, have them. I wish now I had had more children.
Had to pause this video to say... I never knew that Tesco’s F&F stood for Freddie & Florence!! Is that why their rebranded baby stuff like wetwipes is called Fred &. Flo ?? Wow, mind blown 🤯
😂🥰 yes it was Fred and Florence or Florence and Fred when it launched!! X
I have a daughter called Florence and am currently pregnant with my second and my partner loves the name Freddie but I have to say a firm no for this exact reason 😂
It was Florence & Fred, best part of a Tesco shop was running off to look at the clothes while my mum got stuff done!
Evelina blossom is a unique and gorgeous....
im 16 but im already afraid of whether or not im going to regret my kids' names later on or if i will regret not picking a name. i personally have two middle names, so i think i will do that with my kids
I really wanted Marley for my son but his dad was having none of it. I suggested Marlowe as a compromise after watching one of your videos about the name you liked for your daughter and it was a hit... our Marlow was born in June and it suits him perfectly. We just removed the e as we thought it looked more masculine that way. Thank you for the inspiration!
Aww that reminds me of the little girl from minions ☺️
Atticus, Felix & Evelina: Love those together!
Or Atticus Felix and Marlowe!
I knew a boy who has the middle name Felix and he was bullied a lot at school because he had the middle name Felix.
I was set on the name Freya for my daughter. We changed our minds and I regret it some days. She has golden hair just like the Norse Goddess and then the goddess rides in a chariot pulled by cats and my daughter is obsessed with cats lol 🙃
Brittany Walker thats beautiful u could make it ber middle name if it sounds good together ❤️ my mom still regrets not naming me Rosa Rubinia 😂 not sure if I like that but Freya is beautiful and strong and peaceful at the same time
My maternal grandmother is Lovina Minuet and I think it is just the most gorgeous name I’ve ever herd! ❤️
Wow, that is beautiful!
Beautiful x
Thank you!
isn't that a Romany name lovina?
How’d u pronounced that
My daughter's name is Evelina Sky. She is about four weeks old now!!
How Cute😱 Congratulations!
Ahhh I love another evelina! What a gorgeous middle name too; huge congrats to you xxxx
Congrats! What a beautiful name! 🥰
My daughter’s name is Evelina Selene 😊
The video I've been waiting for!! I love finding out why people change their minds about names and what they switch to. Definitely open this up again to the community
I love that you posted this! If even you have baby name regret, then I don’t feel as alone. Picking names is so challenging... so much to consider, especially as you have more children and you want their names to complement each other. Jude and Marlowe were on my list as well. Shepherd was another.
I regret my deceased daughter’s middle name. Her name was Caroline (pronounced like Lynn) Jean. Her father INSISTED she have the family middle name for first born girls, Jean. I don’t hate the name (my new mother in law is Jean - from England too), but there’s a lot of animosity with my ex husband and tbh my daughter doesn’t deserve that much negative weight to her name even though she’s not here.
Before getting married, I wanted to name my future daughter Abigail... turns out my husband's last name is Williams, so I decided not to do that! 🙈 (character in The Crucible play if anyone is confused by that)
hey im an abigail! im honored you like my name :)
@@abbyturner2 Aw that's awesome! It's a beautiful name 😊
I hate my name
love your honesty and vulnerability here SJ! thanks for sharing, wonderful video ❤️
When I was pregnant my granny told me not to name my baby something 'stupid' like 'Aurora' (which I also love) and laughed. I was then lucky enough my partner loved my favourite name Leia (Lay-ah)! When my granny found out she said oh there was me telling you not to call her something stupid then you picked that and laughed at it. But I would never regret naming her that and glad I didn't listen to her. You do you!
If my son had been a girl I’d have used Leia- it’s a brilliant name!
Ayy can't wait to watch this, after I've done my homework, of course!😂😉 Thank you SJ💗
I would really really love to see a baby boy name list! Struggle with names for boys that sound both strong and romantic with a good nickname. It would be great to hear some and get some inspiration 😊 it would also be great to have a 'bonus baby name' video! It has been a while and I love these videos too much- one just isn't enough! 💞
Ah thank you!! Yes I’ll sneak one in for you!! I’m working on a little extra series now too :-))))) x
@@SJ_Strum Yay! Thank you so much. Made my morning 🥰
i am absolutely obsessed with the name Clementine and calling her “Emmie”. Trying to get my bf on board 😂
So, your name is Jane, you love the name Clementine
My sisters name is Clementine and her second name is Jane (But it is written Jeanne) that's so weird and funny 😂
Clementine...no. that sounds ugly especially for a girl. That's a fruit.
I really disliked the name clementine for a while but then learned Winston Churchill’s wife was named Clementine and that helped me come around to it. Learning it was a vintage name made the difference for me. Maybe that will help your bf!
@@candyluna2929 she didn’t ask for your opinion
Aww Clementine is a lovely name, I know a little girl named Clementine and she goes by Tiny. Super cute!
I love you comment on how we all have different "tastes" when it comes to baby names. This is why my hubby and I are not telling anyone the name till our little one is born. Our thought is : not their kid, we dont need or want their opinions on the name.
I’m pregnant with my first & we are making him August Drew. We have had this named picked out way before we ever knew we were pregnant & everyone knew that would be our name choice if we ever had a boy. We have had soooo many negative comments from our family saying it’s a girl name or that it’s just strange. But me & my husband love it so much and just have rose colored glasses on when it comes to the name August so we are using it regardless.
I adore the name August - good choice!!
I luvvvv that name!!
I love this name
It’s a beautiful choice and you’re going to have to raise him, not them 😂 besides once you have your name, it’s just that. Your name. People don’t question it anymore.
August is a strong name , I love it for a boy
When I first heard the name Evelina, it went straight to the top my name list but then my cousin had a girl named Evelyn. Then I fell in love with the name Marlowe but just a few months ago another cousin named her daughter Harlowe. I just can't win. 😂
You could try to go for names outside of your culture, this way the chance of your relatives choosing it for their kids gets smaller xd
I love that you called her Evelina! I’ve hardly ever met any Evelyn’s or Evelina’s! Evie is so popular now but I love having an unusual name 🥰
Your kids have such cute names! I am SO thankful I had a girl because my boyfriend & I neverrrrr fully agreed on a boy’s name! He likes more traditional & I like really uncommon names. For our daughter we agreed on Magnolia Jane. It ended up matching both our styles. 💛
Almost every person (except for my girl friends who would totally support any name because they are lovely) didn’t like my baby name but, especially now that we’ve decided only to have one, I am so glad I didn’t let other people bully me into a name I wasn’t crazy about. I would’ve been heart broken not to have my Rory ❤️
I had never heard the name Bronte until one of my lifelong friends started dating a girl named Bronte! It's so unique and cool
Twins run strongly in my family and a pair of names I love for twins are Willow and Oakley, I get a lot of people saying they don’t like Oakley or that they don’t like the names together but I really love them 💕
Love Oakley!
I had the opportunity over 20 years ago to adopt a 2 year old boy named Matthew. I turned the child down bc I wanted an infant, even though my hubby and I had chosen the name Matthew for our first son. I regret that decision and think of that little boy so often.
Years later I did have a baby girl, my husband misspelled her name and chose her middle name as I was almost dying on the table.
Later on we did adopt an infant boy, at at that time I wanted a toddler! His birth mom named him and we kept the name,Elijah.
So in actuality, I never named by kids!
Omg you look JUST LIKE saoirse Ronan! 🤯
Thank you for this! I always appreciate your perspective. You communicate with such clarity and grace
I have such a long list of names that I love. I really like long names that have the potential for a lot of nicknames, so that my potential child could choose a nickname based on their personality as they grow older. I comfort myself by thinking “if I don’t name my kids this, one day it could be the name of a character in a book I’ll write!”
My daughter is 14 months old and we named her Evelyn Rose. Which part of me is deeply regretting because I didn't realize how common it really was. I had wanted to name a girl Evelyn for most of my life and my husband wanted to name his daughter "Ellen Rose". I didn't like Ellen much so we combined them for Evelyn Rose. We loved it, it was classic and feminine and beautiful.... but there are SO many Evelyns and Evie's around (we call her Evie - (EE-vee) that it just doesn't seem as special as I always wanted it to be growing up.
This has been my mom's lifelong struggle too. She thought Madeleine was unique but there's been a million in my life especially if you add in Madison's and Maddie's. But I love my name and I bet your daughter will too.
My niece is called Evalyn Rose😊
Same thing happened to me with Charlotte. I had dreamt of using it since I was little and never heard it anywhere until now it's everywhere and that has totally ruined it for me. 😔
@@abbiemartin9290 Yes! My #1 girls name was always Charlotte Elizabeth and the royals took it!!!
@@abbiemartin9290 My daughter is Charlotte Elizabeth but she's nearly 28 now so she was the only Charlotte in nursery and both schools back then.
I always knew I'd give my kids traditional "normal" names as I grew up (in Scotland) with a Dutch middle name and a Polish surname and I always got picked on and felt the odd one out as all 3 of my siblings had "normal" middle names. So my kiddos are Emily Fiona Annabeth, Oliver Richard Daniel and baby Sophia Thea Isabella who is ten weeks old 🥰 I also loved Caleb, Nathaniel and Beatrix.
Congratulations what a crazy time to have a baby, I had bellamy-rose 7weeks yesterday x
My Nathaniel was born 5 weeks ago today!
@Priya S my grandmothers were Elizabeth and Anna and I considered Bethany but then changed it around to Annabeth
My cat is Beatrix 💕
Never clicked on a video faster 😭😭💗
We have such similar taste in boys names, especially! My little boy is called Arthur and our shortlist should our next baby be a boy is Atticus, Felix, Finn and Forrest!
Also totally agree about having to consider the whole fam, my nephews are all J names and I feel like I can’t use one because then Arthur will be the odd one out for longer 😂 x
Honestly, all those names are gorgeous! Arthur & Atticus is truly divine though...
I’ve noticed as my ideals in life are changing, so are my baby names. I’ve always like country, southern sounding names and after hearing you say Atticus (a name I’ve loved since I read how to kill a mocking bird) I thought “Atticus and Clark” (Clark has been my number one baby name, always. It can be considered southern or sophisticated modern and that’s why I love it) and I think those would be beautifully paired as a sibset
My eldest daughter was going to be Yasmin throughout my whole pregnancy if she was a girl (we didn’t know the gender) and when she was born I saw her and she really did not look like a Yasmin in the slightest. So had to start from scratch and it took me a day and a half to come up with Leila. So when I had my second child I thought I’m not going through that again we’ll just name baby when it arrives. Within a couple of hours of her arrival we came up with Eleanor. Then we did the same again with number 3 and I was so shocked at how tiny she was she needed a really pretty dainty name so was poppy. They all have the same middle name which ties them together nicely it’s my middle name Mae although people think it’s weird they’ve all got the same name I like it and I don’t have any regrets.xx
I just wanted to say I think It's really nice that they have the same middle name. My step sisters both have Kate as their middle names to tie them together as for most girls they don't keep their last name.
That is how I thought I would always be. I am only 7 weeks along but when I was waiting to go into the fertility clinic I felt an enegry come and a name whispered in my ear. So I still want to wait until I meet the baby, but I just don't know if I can let it go. Last spring I kept picturing a baby/girl named Naomi and that is what my sister and bil picked for their first baby. So it makes these whispered names are really just kids waiting on the other side.
Ah I love that they share a middle name! A friend of mine used her eldest sons middle name as her second sons first name and I think it’s so nice xx
Eleanor Mae has been on my baby name list, love that first/middle combo
I looooove all the same middle names, that's so special!
When I was born my parents were trying to decide between 3 names. The names they didn’t choose were Alyssa and Amelia. The name they did choose was Ahnika! I’m so happy they did too. My name is unique and I’m glad they took the risk with the one that was kind of out there.
This sounds like ah then you know the n word. There was a girl in my class named ma’nikka. :( ppl would make fun of her since she was blk and well her name.
@@mambowjumbow Haha yes, thank you for pointing this out...... if you think that way it might sound like that but I've never in my life had anyone ever say anything like that to me. Maybe if that girl's parents would have spelled it "Monica" it wouldn't of been a problem. It's a pretty well known name especially because of Friends. Most people don't even use my full name, they just call me Ahn (pronounced like on) or Ahni (ah-knee)
I've just had my 2nd baby girl Esme Sophia, we got the name Esme from one of your videos thank you 🥰 our other daughter is Annabelle Eve which I still love too xx
Please could you do a medieval/Arthurian legend baby name list✨💫I love more whimsical names they are beautiful
Thank you for sharing all those beautiful names! I love all the names you chose for your children. Actually in Swedish there are two very similar names, Lina and Lena. Lina is more pronounced like you pronounce Evelina (but without ”eve”) and Lena more like you pronounced Lina in your video. So perhaps that is the name you heard? Might of course also have been a Swedish dialect making it sound like that. Evelina is actually also not an unusual name for girls in Sweden. Such an adorable name!
Bondi and Bronte go so well together. Australian themed after two of the most famous beachs/bays in OZ.
My little boy is called Didier, we call him Dids for short and I love it! His middle name is Lewis after the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, where all my family are from 💕 My husband is french so I wanted a french name! And my newborn daughter is called Nina ✨
Great vid SJ.
I think it sounds like Freddie is the perfect name for him. Especially if he's a bit shy. I don't think Atticus (albeit a lovely name) would have been right. I suppose we have to remind ourselves these are their names now (not our names) and what they think of their own names is much more important now than what we think of them. If they end up preferring their middle names when older, they can use them as primary name of course
My son is Asher Maximilian. It was tough to find a name that both my husband and I loved. We are very happy with the choice. Asher is now 15 years old and loves his name as well.
The name ‘Ewelina’ is very normal in Poland and it’s exactly the same pronunciation like your daughters 😊 We also have Malwina and Elwira 😍
Her husband’s name is Henryk lol!
You are so right about not everyone liking the names you like. I am sure my mum is not going to like the names I pick, but I don't even think I'll share names with anyone apart from my partner before the (potential) child is born. When they are born people will just have to accept it anyways :) Like I love the name Elektra, but I am certain my mother and sister will find it really weird.
I'm a Mollie with an ie and I love it - i've only ever met one other girl who spells it the same so it feels quite unique whilst being traditional :)
Loved loved loved hearing you talk about this!
Always look forward to these videos ! 🤍
This is the first video I've seen of yours, I loved it! New subscriber 🙂🙂
I totally understand your love for flower girl names, I love them too! Lucky for me I was named Daisy and I really wanted a flower name for my little girl too! Thankfully my husband agreed and her name is Lily-Rose ☺️!
My name is quite unusual, I’m half Persian! Parissa (pronounced Par-ee-ssa) meaning fairy/angel. Ive got a 4 year old daughter and named her Amelia-Rose. I fell in love with this double barrel name 💗
I love your name it’s beautiful ❤️
@@livcullen Thank you so much 💗
@@xpkmxx 💓💓💓
I love your name ❤️
@@orewahouston2143 thank you 🥺💗
Glad I found your channel! I’m binge watching 😂
If I had a daughter I would name her Melody Rose.
I love the name Melody but we’d have Elizabeth as a middle name it’s a family name
Our twins were gonna be Nigel and Natalie, but I’m VERY glad we went with Grant and Galilee because just like Shepard, it suits them.
I love Evelina! Born on Christmas Eve! Georgous! It's prefect! Beautiful And more unique vs Evelyn too!
Our eldest is Charlotte Wynter and our second daughter is Evelyn Florence 💕
My daughter is Evelyn Florence too
My maternal grandmother, paternal grandmother, and my step-grandmother were all named Lillian. They had all died before our daughter was born, and I wanted to use that name or some variant of it. But my husband was dead set against it. Eventually we chose Susannah, because we loved it and it means “lily.” She is 25 now and she’s very happy with it. But people often confuse it with Savannah.
I knew some people wouldn't like my sons name but I went with it anyway and no regrets. It suits him so well.
My great grandmother was named Laura Leona. Even though I love my daughter’s name (Sydney Melyn). I definitely wish I’d named her after my Granny.
Where did you get the name Melyn from? I've never heard it before.
I’ve got three boys, Noah Jude, Rupert Henry and Ethan William. We really regret not saving Jude for a first name for our youngest or calling him Wilf or Angus. Next baby will have one of those names for sure! Love reading all the comments, beautiful names! Xx
I will never take in other peoples opinions about my children’s names
I really love the name Gwendolyn, my youngest daughter was nearly named that. The days she was born I had 4 different people tell me it was a horrible name and the pressure from them made me change her name. I do love the name she has now but I do wish I had a Gwendolyn
That’s a shame, I love the name Gwendolyn/Gwen. What did you name her in the end?
I Love the name Gwendolyn! It’s not at the top of my name list but it’s still in my top ten. I had a friend also tell me it wasn’t a nice name? Like I care. It’s a beautiful name 💖 I love the name Gwendolyn Abigail with either Gwen or Wendy for short
I have loved the name Evander for 10 years, since our first girl was born. We now have had two boys but my husband wasn't sold on the name and the two we picked ended up being perfect for our boys. Still love rhe strong sound and meaning of Evander "good man/leader".
And Florence was always on my name list but again vetoed by my husband.
My name is on this list!! First time I've seen that on a list ever xx
i don’t have a child and i’ve never even been in a relationship before but i still love to think about names for if i ever am to have children in the future, all i know is that i’d want names that have good nicknames and i think i love the middle names Gray and Rain
I like the name Poet for my hypothetical/ future baby girl. But I also really like the name, Shakespeare. This was such a funny coincidence for me haha!
I really like both names. I'll call this a potential regret :)
I love unusual names. I don’t know why people want names the same as everyone else. I was the only Amber I ever met until in my teens people I knew started Choosing it for their daughters. Now whenever I watch movies it’s always strippers that are named Amber 🙄
My name is Hailey and at this point in my life, I've started to feel so detached from it. So many Haileys, with a variety of spellings, that I've known and heard of throughout my life. In 6th grade, there was another Hailey in my class and we had to always have the initial of our last names added when people would talk about or to us. And also with school work. The name in itself is not a bad name, by all means, but I just have a hard time feeling like it's really me because it's used so often. And when I say it to myself, to hear it, it just doesn't sound right. That's why I've started to prefer using Hais as my name on things.
As I’ve gotten older I’ve met more Rachel’s, but I feel like we’re always prejudged to be a type A witch, or stupid and stuck up like the character on friends. 😫🙄. Yay, for name association, am I right?
That must be a regional thing because I know 3 Ambers....happy to report none of them are strippers!🤣
In the middle of our fourth and probably final pregnancy and we are so struggling with names this time! I really want Caspar (family name) but my husband thinks he needs a more “common” name to fall back on. I really want to go for it like we did in our last pregnancy when we used the family name Ernest. I feel like we’ve come so far with using such an unusual name for America last time that I want to use the sentimental name again and just got for it. Idk what’s holding him back but he thinks Shepherd or Atlas would be a little more mainstream 😂. I think I’m gonna hold strong this one last time and maybe give him one of the middle names to choose for himself. Send me brave naming vibes please 💞
My dad always loved the name Celia- I love that name too but my mum said no way!
Growing up in the 1990s there was at least two other Rebeccas in the class!! Celia would have been awesome.
It took my husband and I so many years to have our son [this year]. However, we've had his name picked from the beginning of our marriage. I've thought we may regret it one day or baby may hate it, but it is something that is special for us. Girls' names we struggled with and still do. We settled on a girl name in case, but we can not agree on each other's choices.🤷🏻♀️
I don't have children, but I decided that if I do have kids I'm going to stick to the classics. I've taken the "you're naming a *person*, not a baby or a pet" advice to heart haha. Lydia or Clementine for a girl, Frederick, August, or Jonas for a boy.
I call my son Cricket but put Nathan on his birth certificate because a few “friends” (not true friends) told me I would regret calling him Cricket. Now, he’s older and goes by Nathan. I love it because it’s like I got to have both baby names. But every now and then I wish I would have just put Cricket on his birth certificate.
I’m obsessed with the name Bronte! I’d love to use it as a middle name if I ever have a daughter. I’m one of 3 girls and our middle names are Bronte sisters, Emily, Charlotte and Elizabeth.
To anyone who's pregnant, don't tell anyone the names you're thinking of! Someone wont like it and will say something to put you off. If you've had the baby and say the name, no one will say oh I don't like that!
I loved Ivy, but my partner's friend said it was an old ladies name then he was adamant we couldn't call her that. I loved Ivy as we have a Hollie already, and my nan was Ivy, and my Dad was Ivan.
We went with Rosie though, and although it wasn't my first choice, I love it now and for several reasons, it means so much. Plus, Hollie and Rosie, we still have two flowers ❤️
I wish I had seen your post sooner. I have been made to feel AWFUL over the name I was heart set on (by babys father) I want to call him Shepherd. But I can't get the awful things he said out of my head. So I'm desperately trying to fall in love with something new.
@@theendtimes1705 Oh I like Shepherd!
I don't regret my daughter's name exactly, but we didn't tell it to anyone until she was born so I never heard anyone use it till we had already picked it. Her name is Cleodora or Cleo for short. We still love it, but didn't ever consider how often she would be called Chloe! It happens all of the time. Even with my own parents. I still like it but I wish I had realized that that could be an issue
Hi SJ could you please do a video based on names that can be spelt differently and have different meanings due to that, e.g; like Hallie. Xxx
We didn’t name our baby boy until he was born, we went with Casper Thomas 💓
Evelina is so pretty. If she ends up as something serious, she can use a nickname that sounds better at the bottom of a corporate letter, like “Evie B. [lastname], Solicitor”.
Hi SJ! Where are your earrings from? I am simply in love with them🥺🤍
My names list for girls are Marina, Celeste, Lucia, Celine, Florence, Josephine and Jasmine. I will definitely name my future daughter one of these. I love how they are known but not overly. They also have beautiful meanings too.
I wish I were more courageous with names. I am drawn to unique names, bordering on pretty "out there" sometimes, but they sound so cool to me and I wish I had the courage to use them.
I get nervous about what people will think and it makes me step back to a more "normal" name. Examples of kinda strange or rarer names I like are Shepherd, Aphrodite, Severus, Atticus, Luscius, and Poet. Everybody in both our family's names and kid's names are names like Michael, Emma, Olivia, Sam, stuff like that. All fine names, but very common normal names. I feel like I'll look crazy alongside them.
We are TTC right now and we have more names picked out than kids we want 🤣. I hope when we pick names we are long term happy with them lol
I love the name Finn! Or Finley, I also love Oakley but my husband has the same sunglasses issue. Pregnant with baby boy #2 now, I like ‘soft’ boys names
We’re expecting a baby boy in December. Seriously considering Jude Lowen for middle names for this baby. Lowen is a Cornish name that means happy. I grew up going to Cornwall for holidays and love taking the kids there now when we visit the UK. Still working on a first name for this baby...
I LOVE those middle names!
My father says if i would have been Angus Wolfgang Christie, my mom says it was never an option but I kinda love it!!
I definitely won't regret naming my son Oslo should I ever have a son
If TH-cam and Internet had been around 23 years ago, I might not have chosen Amanda. I love how it flows with our one syllable last name. It means “worthy of love” and she was adopted from China, so I think it’s perfect, even though it’s so common. I should have had more kids so I could name more babies. A sister would have been Annalia. I love Anna-Leah as a double barreled name, but not really the idea of double barreled. I think the Annalia spelling fixes that problem.
Amanda is a great name. It isn't weird, it's not very common, it's beautiful and has a beautiful meaning.
A R Thanks. I do love it and she likes it too so that’s a plus.
my name is Amalia, which is quite similar to Annalia