Naming the second child

[Macx]

We recently found out we are expecting #2. . . We love our Daughter's name Keaira Makayla McK . . . looking through names again it seems like it is really difficult. Keaira so suits her personality and appearance all that stuff. . we are so happy with her name that it is seeming really hard to even approach naming our second child.

Anybody else find this to be true (difficulty naming second and later children) and what did you do to overcome and find a name for #2 - #X?

Makes me think of that poor lady that just had the 8 added to her 6 and agonizing over names as I am I just can't imagine.

 

[seamonster]

We actually had a pretty difficult time naming baby #2 since we are having another boy and we LOVE our first son's name SO much! It seemed almost impossible and it took us until I was 27 weeks pregnant to finally decide on one we both loved. I don't really have any suggestions, but know that I feel your pain.

 

[CelticRose]

Second time round we got twins so it was times 2 & the same sex as our first child! However we were working from a shorter list having kept all the names we liked from the first time around & having eliminated any we wouldn't consider at any price. It was actually easier the second & third times & by the time we got girls we were overjoyed to be able to use the ones we'd picked *just in case*. lol.

 

[hopeandlove]

We found it very difficult finding the right name for our second child - in fact, the hospital had to call him Baby Boy for the first few hours of his life because we couldn't come up with the right name even after he was born .

Finally, my husband and I each separately wrote down a list of names we thought suited him. We compared our lists, and there was only one name in common (neither of our first choices). I looked at our little son, thought about the name, and all of sudden both DH and I started laughing, because the name seemed perfect. And it's seemed that way since.

I definitely don't recommend waiting until after your child is born to come up with a name (it made it tough for my husband when he phoned our friends and family to tell them about the birth. "No, we don't have a name yet. No, we really don't."). But making the two lists separately seemed to help (I don't know why, as for our first child we'd worked on names together).

 

[seamonster]

We found it very difficult finding the right name for our second child - in fact, the hospital had to call him Baby Boy for the first few hours of his life because we couldn't come up with the right name even after he was born .

This happened to my Grandma, too, with her first son (baby #5). She took FOUR days to name him and finally they told her she had to hurry up and name him so she could leave the hospital.

 

[hopeandlove]

This happened to my Grandma, too, with her first son (baby #5). She took FOUR days to name him and finally they told her she had to hurry up and name him so she could leave the hospital.

Wow - it's funny how sometimes it just takes time for these things to work out.

 

[Sabertooth]

We had all of our girls names and first boy's name before our first (DD) was born. Except for the first, we didn't know which first name would be paired with which middle name until later. The rest of the boys' names just kind of resonated with us when they came along.