Names!

I have developed a bit of an obession recently: I cannot stop thinking about baby names and I'm not even pregnant again! I don't remember being like this even when pregnant with Chloe, although we had decided on her name long before we planned her. I'm sad that I can't put the story of her name on here (as I'm still trying to maintain some degree of anonymity by not using her proper name - see About Me details for reasons for this).

I love creating lists of names that I like. I have had a list since I was in my mid-teens, although they have changed a lot since then ha! I remember liking names like 'Ethan' and 'Callie' and many from American tv shows which I watched. Now I have a long excel spreadsheet with names for boys and girls. I think the difference with planning for our next child is that we don't have a stand-out name for either a boy or a girl and that bothers me. I will like a name for a week or two and then really dislike it. What would happen if you had already named your child and then decided you didn't like it? I don't know anyone who has changed their baby's name but I have read about it on other baby blogs/forums. I will keep looking for names which I really love.

The types of names I like are either 'granny/grandad' chic or unusual but familiar modern names. I'll give you some examples for these two catergories (but only names we won't be using!).

Granny/grandad chic - Arthur, Agnes, Edwin, Elsa (I seem to like vowel names in this catergory).

Unusual but familiar modern - Keaton, Harrison, Luca, Seren, Solene, Tierney

I also really like French or Italian names as you can probably see from some of my choices.

Types of names I'm not keen on (for our children, not on other people's!) are made up names, names which are spelt a strange way just to make them seem different (e.g. - Caytee or Emilea!) and I'm also not very keen on Biblical names for the simple reason as I know lots of people who have called their children after Biblical character and it feels a bit like 'jumping on the bandwagon' if you see what I mean! This is a shame as there are some Biblical names I really like.

A YouTube vlog I've really enjoyed in by Anastasia Ruby, who gives lots of lovely (but sometimes very out there!) ideas. But then I do have a weird obsession so most people probably wouldn't enjoy this as much as me.