[mamawannabe2001]

I'm sorry I posted the wrong link the correct one is here, Sorry!!!
http://www.babycenter.com/babypoll/5yDx
I thought I would post alittle different. We are needing to make a decision quickly and are having trouble doing so. I will list the names we are considering and please let us know what you think. I would appreciate both negative responses as well as positive. My feeling are not easily hurt and I really want to choose the right name for newest member. Thanks in Advance.
Girl:
Lynae Faith
Brynn Larissa
Cassidy Lynae (Lynn is my middle name)
Alyssa Britton (Britton is my maiden name)
Kenna Grace (My brothers name is Kenneth)
Janae Larissa
Tori Ashlynn
Marin Elise
Simone Grace
Zoe Lynae
Boy:
Jared Kent (another form of my brothers name)
Toby James (my brothers middle name)
Micah Kent
Seth James
Zane David (David is my Husbands name)
Logan James
Blake David
Cody James
Aiden Seth
Kaleb James
Thank You Again for helping us in our decision. Also if there are different combinations of these names as well as other suggestions, they are all welcome here. CLR

[Support2Adopt]

My two favorite girls name that you have on your list are Cassidy Lynae and Alyssa Britton. My two favorite boys names you have listed are Toby James and Cody James.
JJ

[Sharon]

I vote for Marin or Britton (girl) , Micah or Seth (boy). Good luck to you! Sharon

[mom2j&d]

First off, congrats on your upcoming adoption, how exciting for you!

If I have to choose one girl and boy name from your list I would go with Girl: Kenna Grace / Boy: Jared Kent

I like all the names you chose but those are my favorites. Good luck and congrats again. Let us know what you decide!

Isabo, Keeping the name the bmom chooses for her child is in my opinoin a personal decision between the aparents and bparents. As a matter of fact before my son's bmom and I discussed it I never thought about keeping a name she would choose. The whole process was so new to us and we had no idea how close we would become with her once we got to the hospital and met face to face. With my older son we talked on the phone for 3mths before she was due and never once did we talk about names. We knew the baby was a boy and my dh and I decided to name the baby after him giving my fathers name as the middle name. After we arrived at the hospital and met face to face we talked about all sorts of things. We spent the first three days of my son's life together and she told us what she named him and we told her our name for him. We decided at the last minute to change his middle name to the first name she chose due to the close relationship we developed. With my little guy we knew immediatly we would do the same thing.

I really think this is personal decision and not something to be done out of obligation instead it should come straight from the heart!!

[Sharon]

Isabo, I know where you're coming from, but I think I have to disagree with you on this one (a first... usually I agree with everything you post). I think the adoptive parents should get to choose the name of the child they adopt. They will be the ones speaking the name a hundred times a day, not the birthmother. Let them chose a name that will sound beautiful to their own ears. I chose a special name for the son I placed for adoption... and was disappointed when the adoptive parents gave him a name that I didn't much care for. But they liked it, and that's what matters. I eventually got used to it. I saved the special name and gave it to my second son. Just for the record, when I say the adoptive parents should choose the name, I'm only speaking of infant adoptions. In older-child adoptions, I don't believe the child's first name should be changed for any reason. JMHO, Sharon

[hazeltrue]

I love talking with others about names and ideas and stories.

I especially like Kenna Grace, Jared Kent and Zane David.

Names are important to me and I fussed around about being "true" to everyone. I didn't know what names the first mother was considering. When the sw called to say that our daughter was ready for placement, both my husband and I were on the phone. I asked what her firstmother had named her. When the sw told us, we were totally silent. She said, "Is something wrong." I said, "No. We are just stunned because that is the name we chose! That must be her name for sure." We and the firstmother had chosen the same first name.

We did change TD's middle name which was disappointing to her fm. The name we chose was for three women in our family history. It was also TD's birth great-grandmother's name, which her birth grandmother was especially touched by.

I feel happy that there are links with the families in TD's name but I sure couldn't have planned theway it happened.

[mamawannabe2001]

I want to take the time to Thank All of you for your advice and suggestions. I will try to post our decision when it is made.

[polkadotghost]

Here's my two cents, For our adoption our daughter's birthmom and I created two lists of names and we all agreed on the first name after narrowing it down to our top 3 from each other's lists. Then she picked the first middle name and we picked the second middle name . We were all happy with this.

And I like Tori Ashlynn

[desilu72]

I just wanted to say that I believe that names are very important. They can often help form your personality as well as how others see you. Whether it is a good thing or not...this is a fact. Now...here's my personal breakdown of your choices.

Lynae Faith-Pretty, not my personal fave though
Brynn Larissa-Brynn reminds me of Phil Hartman's wife that killed him...which is unfortunate because it's a beautiful name.

Cassidy Lynae-I too am considering Cassidy...the whole Kathy Lee Gifford thing kinda bugs me though.

Alyssa Britton-I like your maiden name as a middle name...not crazy about Alyssa though...sounds a little prissy.

Kenna Grace-Absolutely love this name!!! My af's name is Kent.

Janae Larissa-so-so

Tori Ashlynn-Tori is pretty...Don't like Ashlynn (only because I knew a really horrible girl named Ashlynn)

Marin Elise-I really like this...it's unique and beautiful. I still think I would choose Britton as middle name though.

Simone Grace-Simone is a great name...as is Grace.

Zoe Lynae-Also one of my contenders...Zoe is modern.

Boy:
Jared Kent-I like Jared..but it's a little boring to me.

Toby James-I like Toby, but I really like it for a Girl...Tobi. Love James...it's my hubby's name.

Micah Kent-Micah is a very unique name...like it.

Seth James-Seth was one of my boy contenders.

Zane David-I like Z names for some reason!

Logan James-No, no, no,no, no...Logan...no good...sounds like Logan's Run. lol

Blake David-Blech...Blake reminds me of a stuck up prep school jerk.

Cody James-I like Cody...the Kathy Lee Gifford thing again though.

Aiden Seth-Absolutely LOVE this one. Unique, sophisticated.

Kaleb James-Kaleb was another of my contenders only I spelled it with a C.

So, there you have it...my oh so humble opinion. You have some very nice choices there. Good luck!

[BabsCanada]

Wow you sure have a lot of choices to sift thru -

at first glance, it's easy to say I like them ALL -

kind of have a passion for baby names, I like the unique;

all that being said, here's my only real opinion:

love 'Lynae' for girl's middle name, and 'David ' for boy's middle name; I like family names being passed down as middle names

also really like your maiden name, as a middle name

that opens the door to choose YOUR absolute favourite as a first name, and use a 'family' name for middle name; anything will sound good with your family names

I also want to vote for giving the birthmom some input; she is 'family' too. Her choice of a middle name will make such a connection for all of you.

Incidentally I can relate to the short time frame issue -

we were notified of our daughter being available on a Tuesday, had to name her the next day even tho we'd never seen her

Had a first name chosen since pre-teen days, so that was easy, tho struggled with the spelling a bit

At the office that day, sw told us birthmothers first name, which turned out to be my mother in law's first name, so that was easy (we thought)

Birthmom at first meeting smiled & said she liked the names we'd chosen , but had hoped we'd keep one of the names she'd given her

SW's file showed given name of 'Ramona Pearl' - nothing that thrilled me!

Also too late to change our choice of middle name, as we'd already told mother in law, and she of course was excited ...

Thankfully, birthmom was able to correct SW file and middle name was actually 'Paris', loved that

So our daughter had my choice for a first name, a middle name which honours her grandma and her birthmom, and another name which is a name her birthmom had chosen.

Everyone is happy!!!

Hope your choice also reflects your favourite, your family, and your birthmom

Good luck,

Babs

[MomTo1]

mamawannabe2001......(scroll down)

Mom2j&d

you write...."We decided at the last minute to change his middle name to the first name she chose due to the close relationship we developed. With my little guy we knew immediatly we would do the same thing. "

I have to agree with you 100%. The same happened with us. In our case the birthmom named the baby Bridget in the hosiptal, she did not sign away her parental rights until she was 5 days old, during that time she was singing to her and calling her by that name. At first, I did not like the name at all, but I just felt that this was part of this little girl's hertiage (she comes from a Irish Catholic family).

Now, 2 years later, I love it, she has a trendy first name that carries off the middle name well. My daughter's birthmom was very honored we kept the name. She didn't care about it being first or second, just that it was there.


mamawannabe2001......

Here are my picks!!!!

I like the names Alyssa Britton or Kenna Grace for a girl

and

Jared Kent or Blake David for a boy

Congratulations!!! Keep us posted

[BabsCanada]

oops just one more thought

(you'll see I'm far from an expert 'babynamer'

pay attention to initials too!!!

I never thought about this much til I received a monogrammed suitcase that belonged to my grandmother, before she was married

incidentally, she had a name I couldn't pass down to a daughter

'Florence Alberta' ... last name started with 'T'

so the monogram read 'F A T'

OUCH

she did marry wisely, married name monogram was 'F A B'

Babs

[3inCO]

I love talking baby names and nearly drove my husband insane coming up with names for our three children. Our oldest has his birthfather's middle name which also happens to be my brother's name. Our middle son's name was chosen with help from the birthmom. We presented our top two choices and she picked. She said it was important to her that we get to chose his name. Our daughter's birthmom picked out a name that I simply did not feel comfortable using. We agonized over picking a different name but finally decided on one and used her birthmom's middle name as her middle name. In the end she understood our reasons. All of our children's names were chosen also for their meanings. The oldest means Little Raven, the middle God is gracious and the baby's name means loved.

For the record, my favorites on your list are Brynn and Aiden.

Have fun making the choice!

[chickenrunshrek]

Aiden and Marin get my vote.

[FamilyBound]

kenna and seth! I love those names