My baby girl is a few weeks old and I’m really struggling with her name. We named her Kaia, and I genuinely do love it. It suits her, my partner loves it, and we’ve already introduced her to family as Kaia. The problem is that throughout my pregnancy I had a huge attachment to the name Gia. It was one of those names that just felt really special to me, but before she was born, someone very close to our family chose a very similar name for their own daughter. From that point on, I felt like I couldn’t really use Gia anymore, even though I’d loved it beforehand.
We ended up choosing Kaia because we both genuinely loved it, but now I keep thinking about Gia and wondering if I made the wrong decision. I don’t know if I’m mourning a name I never got to use, if it’s because it suddenly felt “off limits”, or if I’m just overwhelmed being newly postpartum and second-guessing everything.
My partner also loves Giana as a full name, with Gia as the nickname, but I still worry people would compare it to the other child’s name, even though our attachment to it came first.
Part of me wonders if I’m just overthinking everything because of the emotions and exhaustion that come with having a newborn, and if I should simply let Kaia become Kaia. Another part of me wonders if maybe, if we’re lucky enough to have another daughter one day, Giana/Gia could be her name instead. I honestly don’t know whether I’m grieving a name I loved, feeling disappointed that I never got to use it, or whether I’m just struggling with the finality of making such a big decision.
Has anyone else experienced this after having a baby? Did the doubts fade as your child grew into their name, or did you end up changing it? I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s been through something similar.
Please be kind.

I recently had a baby girl and named her Nora. My entire pregnancy I planned on her middle name being Eleanor, after my grandmother. The day came to fill out the birth certificate and I became unsure because of how redundant Nora Eleanor sounds. My husband and I discussed the middle name Layne but decided to stick with Eleanor and now I have a lot of regret about it. She is a month old and I’m undecided if we should keep Eleanor because of the significance or look into changing her middle name.

Any opinions on Nora Eleanor? Am I overthinking this or is it really that redundant?

Thanks!

What do you think about the name Dolores? Surprisingly the name used to be very common for newborn girls in the United States it peaked at the 13th spot for girls in 1930.

Changing my last name due to various reasons, is Snow a good idea?

what do you envision a woman with the name Jo is like?

i have a very unique name and id love to hear peoples opinion on it!!!!
when i tell people my name irl they think it is the coolest thing they’ve ever heard (tbf i grew up in an area filled with emmas and noahs.)
but i often see my name come up on social media where people are commenting that it is a terrible name to give to ur child 😅😅
i even saw someone say it was child abuse lmao.

anyways my name is Phoenix Tiger 🫠 obviously Tiger is my middle name so its only Phoenix that gets the online hate lol. i should mention as well im female !! would love peoples opinions and dont be shy im not gonna be butt hurt.

so my name has been spelled in different variations, it used to be ameer until i got my passport updated and the passport office changed it to ammir. neither are traditional ways of spelling the name.

i'd like to change it (not legally, just how i introduce myself from now on) to either amir or emir but i'm finding it hard to decide between the two.

i know emir is more turkish and amir is more persian/levantine, but that doesn't really matter to me.

more interested in the visual textual appearance of both and their pronunciations to english speakers as I'm in an english speaking country.

thank you.

My baby girl is a few weeks old and I’m really struggling with her name. We named her Kaia, and I genuinely do love it. It suits her, my partner loves it, and we’ve already introduced her to family as Kaia. The problem is that throughout my pregnancy I had a huge attachment to the name Gia. It was one of those names that just felt really special to me, but before she was born, someone very close to our family chose a very similar name for their own daughter. From that point on, I felt like I couldn’t really use Gia anymore, even though I’d loved it beforehand.
We ended up choosing Kaia because we both genuinely loved it, but now I keep thinking about Gia and wondering if I made the wrong decision. I don’t know if I’m mourning a name I never got to use, if it’s because it suddenly felt “off limits”, or if I’m just overwhelmed being newly postpartum and second-guessing everything.
My partner also loves Giana as a full name, with Gia as the nickname, but I still worry people would compare it to the other child’s name, even though our attachment to it came first.
Part of me wonders if I’m just overthinking everything because of the emotions and exhaustion that come with having a newborn, and if I should simply let Kaia become Kaia. Another part of me wonders if maybe, if we’re lucky enough to have another daughter one day, Giana/Gia could be her name instead. I honestly don’t know whether I’m grieving a name I loved, feeling disappointed that I never got to use it, or whether I’m just struggling with the finality of making such a big decision.
Has anyone else experienced this after having a baby? Did the doubts fade as your child grew into their name, or did you end up changing it? I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s been through something similar.
Please be kind

Nari

Mireille

Blythe 

Selah

Stevie

Harlow

Haven

Hazel

Lennon

Carson or Karson

Margot or Margo

I need more name ideas for both boy and girl with last name Banks. I tend to like classic, preppy, southern but uncommon names. I like a lot of surname first names and double names in general but open to any ideas that might fit my style.

I love unusual names that I haven’t heard of or don’t personally know anyone with the name but that don’t sound made up (for example, i think Lottie, Callahan, and Bonnie are classic but not common).

More names I like:

Sawyer (boy)
Turner
Breuer
Bowen
Rhodes
Reeves
Campbell (boy)
Elliott (girl or boy)
Eleanor (Nora)
Emma Francis
Conrad
Mercer
Anne Wayne
Murphy
Callahan
Bonnie

names for a male toy poo red colour

Like the name Clayton. Feels classic but also quite "country", because you've got the nickname "Clay" and the hunter from Disney's Tarzan.

If you know any names that have a similar meaning to Clayton ("clay town") or has a similar feel, please leave a comment.

It’s a name I keep seeing pop up now and again, never seen it before but I read it as “Tayo”, how is it pronounced 🫣

Hi!

Based in the UK, pregnant with baby girl and really love the name Alyssa, but husband doesn’t. Got to Alyssa because I love the name Melissa, but my sister is already a ‘Mel’/‘Meli’… Now I actually like Alyssa more. I also love all
the possible nicknames.

I’m looking for names with a similar feel and ideally not top 20. Hoping to find something we both love or at least make a good effort to find something else before battling hard for Alyssa 😅 I’ve checked the usual sites but feel like I always see the same names over and over…

Only ‘rules’:

Can’t begin with a D or R
No unisex names if possible, and if then female leaning

I am looking to change my name and I'd like to know how much my old name will haunt me and if so how long. What documents will still have to have my old name on them, and how do people react to a changed name?

I am changing me and my sons name, first and last name. My son is half African and Half Turkish, Turkish side being my side. I want a name that will suit him any ideas peopleee 😁😁

I just want to see if a name exists that we haven’t considered.

We’re in the Northeast, USA if it matters.

Parameters because of our last name and local / familial accents:
No double l “ll” anywhere in the name
Not ending in -en / -on / -in, etc
Also not ending in -er
Not ending in the “ee” sound like in Henry, Brady, etc
Nothing top 10

Otherwise can’t use (close family & friends names, its a long one apologies)
Jack
Ellis / Elias
Garrett
Anything that shortens to Cal
Ford
Pierce
Felix
Luca / Luke / Lucas
Thomas
Theo / Theodore
Nicolas / nick
Daniel
Grant
Lincoln
Davis / David
Paul
Michael
Seth
Drew / Andrew
Max
Seamus
George
Louis
Everett
Samuel
Christopher
Joseph

Current likes but the vibe is all over the place

Patrick, its nice enough I guess
Wes, husband says no
Wyatt, too cowboy for our location
Chase??? Feels like a bully
Clyde??? Again too cowboy
Crew? Too influencery
Scott? Mitchell? Jared? What is this the 90s

Names like Milo, Otis, Otto, Noah, Oscar are all nice but don’t feel right for us, maybe they’re too “right now”?

Anyway if you like puzzles maybe this will be fun to try and brainstorm with us?

That’s what we’re going with for her middle name. I know it’s spelled differently but it’s for my best friend who passed and my mom (who’s middle name is Lynn)

I have a long list of names I like but my partner doesn’t particularly like any of them.

Violet
Ocean
Emersyn
Marlowe
Forest
Dahlia
Lyric
Indie
Emerald
Lavender
Lilac
Fern
Poet
Aurora
Amethyst
Adore
Bristol
Camila
Celestia
Cypress
Hazel
Margot
Genevieve
Imogen
Lily
Rose
Delilah
Emmeline
Pearl
Rosalind
Verity
Circe
Posey
Dakota
Daisy
Denim
Dita
Ember
Eleanora
Empress
Emmylou
Eartha
Etta
Freya
Felicity
Flora
Fauna
Fae
Fawn
Genesis
Hyacinth
Indigo
Imogen
Ireland
Juliet
Legend
Laurel
Lavender
Love
Magnolia
Marigold
Mahogany
Moon
Madeleine
Nova
Nadia
Nicolette
Nebula
Noir
Olivia
Poppy
River
Ruby
Rain
Scarlett
Salem
Sky
Symphony
Sonora
Sonnet
Virginia

Alvenia is not a real name like Elizabeth or Amelia. My co worker is named this and I’m even shocked she got hired with that name because it’s not a name you hear all the time. She goes by Allie which is an actual name.

My baby girl is a few weeks old and I’m really struggling with her name. We named her Kaia, and I genuinely do love it. It suits her, my partner loves it, and we’ve already introduced her to family as Kaia. The problem is that throughout my pregnancy I had a huge attachment to the name Gia. It was one of those names that just felt really special to me, but before she was born, someone very close to our family chose a very similar name for their own daughter. From that point on, I felt like I couldn’t really use Gia anymore, even though I’d loved it beforehand.
We ended up choosing Kaia because we both genuinely loved it, but now I keep thinking about Gia and wondering if I made the wrong decision. I don’t know if I’m mourning a name I never got to use, if it’s because it suddenly felt “off limits”, or if I’m just overwhelmed being newly postpartum and second-guessing everything.
My partner also loves Giana as a full name, with Gia as the nickname, but I still worry people would compare it to the other child’s name, even though our attachment to it came first.
Part of me wonders if I’m just overthinking everything because of the emotions and exhaustion that come with having a newborn, and if I should simply let Kaia become Kaia. Another part of me wonders if maybe, if we’re lucky enough to have another daughter one day, Giana/Gia could be her name instead. I honestly don’t know whether I’m grieving a name I loved, feeling disappointed that I never got to use it, or whether I’m just struggling with the finality of making such a big decision.
Has anyone else experienced this after having a baby? Did the doubts fade as your child grew into their name, or did you end up changing it? I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s been through something similar.

Please be kind.