19QOS19 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) I was praying for a wee girl when we went to our scan and I was really sad when we found out we were having a boy. We called him Thomas. I say we, but it was her choice. I get to pick the girls name. Serious question, I'm really hoping for a wee girl and it's the reason I'm finding out before the birth so as to get used to the fact (if) it's a boy*. Were you glad you found out in advance or do you wish you had just waited and the joy of seeing your kid may have overtaken your want of it to be a girl? (If that comes close to making sense). * That sounds awful, and as long as it's healthy is obviously my only real hope. Edited April 19, 2016 by 19QOS19 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 If we were having a boy it would have been Fraser (after Frazer Wright obv). Just as well you're having a girl then, you name stealing highland b*****d! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Congrats. What did you call him?! Seriously cannot find a boy's name we both like. The girl's name has been picked for years but just can't choose a boy's. "Choose" is probably a misleading word as that would suggest we have a list! We have zilch. The only name I really like is the name of my cousin's boy What's worse is that I find out the sex on May 11th as I'm hoping for a wee girl. The missus doesn't want to find out though so she needs to have a boy's name picked by then or she'll be able to tell by my lack of enthusiasm for picking a boy's name thereafter, that it's a girl We were the same, really struggled with boys names. Surely, Stephen is top of your list 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I think the first thing you need to do is stop calling your child "it", they don't like it. I'm glad we found out and I was over the fact I wanted a girl in about 12 seconds. I'm afraid if I find out the sex and no one else is allowed to know then I will have to refer to it as "it" for 20 weeks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 We were the same, really struggled with boys names. Surely, Stephen is top of your list If I didn't know loads of them it would definitely be up there! I even considered Dobbie but this wee creep is all most folk would think of:- (Even though they are completely different pronunciations!!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamski Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 List updated A couple more to chalk up on that list... Daughter born in January 2014, and baby number two due next month. Exciting times for sure and really looking forward to meeting him/her, although also quite hard to get my head around the fact that there'll be another baby here pretty much any day now (although our daughter arrived way way past her due date). Last time around we were so immersed in the pregnancy, the baby's development, planning for how it'll be when they arrive, etc. This time around our heads are so taken up with looking after baby #1 that it's hard to process things to close to the same level. And Christ knows when I'll sleep. Still - it's all pretty much the best thing ever. Can't wait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 A couple more to chalk up on that list... Daughter born in January 2014, and baby number two due next month. Exciting times for sure and really looking forward to meeting him/her, although also quite hard to get my head around the fact that there'll be another baby here pretty much any day now (although our daughter arrived way way past her due date). Last time around we were so immersed in the pregnancy, the baby's development, planning for how it'll be when they arrive, etc. This time around our heads are so taken up with looking after baby #1 that it's hard to process things to close to the same level. And Christ knows when I'll sleep. Still - it's all pretty much the best thing ever. Can't wait. Never 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Just as well you're having a girl then, you name stealing highland b*****d! Might still call her Fraser. Get that up you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 If I didn't know loads of them it would definitely be up there! I even considered Dobbie but this wee creep is all most folk would think of:- ImageUploadedByPie & Bovril1461075760.357159.jpg (Even though they are completely different pronunciations!!) Im sure you could find another Queens favourite to name him after? Unfortunately, my favourite player has the same name as me. What about James? Or Gus? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Might still call her Fraser. Get that up you. I absolutely hate you, Ruggy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Im sure you could find another Queens favourite to name him after? Unfortunately, my favourite player has the same name as me. What about James? Or Gus? Hmm, Tommy doesn't sound too bad actually 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweaty Morph Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Hmm, Tommy doesn't sound too bad actually Middle name: Soup? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deefiant Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I've got 3 boys - Keir, Caleb and Joshua and a daughter (2nd youngest) called Abigail. I like Keirs name because his mother (my ex) was set on calling him Jayden which imo is a total makey upper (no offence to any Jayden's/fathers of Jayden's - just not my bag) and Keir was the only name I could get her to like - a day before his due date. Lucky escape imo. Caleb is my favourite name because I picked it myself and my wife loved it immediately. Amazing the amount of c***s that can't pronounce it properly though. Abigail had been picked for years and we let the boys choose her middle name, Emily was the choice. She goes by Abbie which I'm a bit disappointed about but she prefers it and I'm not enough of a w**k to correct her on her own name. Joshua was a reserve name choice but I like it. I hold overwhelming bitterness towards my sister in law - she was pregnant at the same time as my wife but 6 months ahead. We were both having surprises so wanted the names on the table. They wanted Pressley (Elvis fans) for a boy and Emily for a girl (you may note this was my daughters middle name - a clue as to their name stealing potential). We wanted Jacob and Amelia. Sorted. Of course she had her wee boy and called him Jacob the thieving conniving bitch. Apparently he "just looked like a Jacob." Turns out he's a wee dick anyway so I've gone right off the name 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 My third was meant to be Anna or Annie but didn't suit it when she arrived. Plus things went a bit tits up after I delivered her so I ended up getting to choose her name. I struggled with girls names, I didn't want anything really popular or anything that sounded made up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 When we found out it was a boy we had a family tradition to uphold which is eldest son gets the fathers name as a middle name. Trying to get something that fit around my name and wasnt a tongue twister was key. Alexander was chosen and now the wife likes aaron for a name if we have another and it is a boy. She doesnt want a girl as all the girls we know have been divas from a young age. (Cant be hooped with frozen either) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deefiant Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 When we found out it was a boy we had a family tradition to uphold which is eldest son gets the fathers name as a middle name. Trying to get something that fit around my name and wasnt a tongue twister was key. Alexander was chosen and now the wife likes aaron for a name if we have another and it is a boy. She doesnt want a girl as all the girls we know have been divas from a young age. (Cant be hooped with frozen either) I never wanted a daughter but I'm not going to lie, she is fucking fantastic. My wife has moulded her into a girly girl but she will still happily play football with the boys and/or kick f**k out of them where required. She's 6 now and remains cuddly and affectionate whilst the boys have tended to get a harder edge as they get older. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I never wanted a daughter but I'm not going to lie, she is fucking fantastic. My wife has moulded her into a girly girl but she will still happily play football with the boys and/or kick f**k out of them where required. She's 6 now and remains cuddly and affectionate whilst the boys have tended to get a harder edge as they get older. Fair play. I wouldn't mind a wee girl if that was to be how the next one plays out. I just dont want the wee one to be an only child. We both come from big families and the thought of him not having a sibling isnt one we like (thinking back to holidays and making sure he has company) The wife however would rather any sibling was a boy. She does have 5 sisters and 1 brother mind you and i think that's put her off 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Hmm, Tommy doesn't sound too bad actually Its just twigged that another prominent Queens poster has a son called Thomas. I never made the connection before 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 My boy's named after the wife's closest cousins, which was about as popular with the wife's family as calling him Adolf would have been - in Judaism it's considered bad luck to name a child after living relatives, and one of the cousins is still with us. We tried pretending we were naming him after a film character, but nobody was buying it; massive shitstorm. Strangely, they were pissed about him being named after the dead one too. If we'd been able to have another boy, I think he'd have been called Ash, after Bruce Campbell's most famous character (wife's choice, but no complaints). I used to torment the wife by insisting I wanted a girl called Sadako, after the lassie from Ringu, but we decided the boy would be called Isobel if he was a girl, after my gran. Not fussed about the name myself, but I know it would have made my mum really, really happy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 We had loads of options for girls names but only one serious suggestion for a boys name. In the end as soon as we saw Beatrix we agreed on a name, it seemed like the only one to suit her. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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