What's In A Name

Being pregnant this time around is so different. Last time Miss5 was only a baby so she didnt really know what was going on.
Bu this time she's 5 her brother is 3(nearly 4) and it's great fun.

They play with my belly, kiss my belly, poke me to see where their baby sister is sitting and have enjoyed going through baby names with us.

Mr 3 has come up with hundreds of names, all of which I would NEVER name a poor child. His first choice though is Peppa-just like Peppa Pig. Clearly he is a big Peppa Pig fan. Me? Not so much. I think Peppa is a great name for a puppy, a pig, even a horse-not so much for a baby.

Miss5 is dying to name the baby Olivia. She came up with this name all by herself which I think is amazing because Olivia was one of our top picks when naming her!! Spooky huh?!

Anyway Olivia isn't on our short list this time. In fact hubby has chosen the top name for this baby (there's a funny story behind that but I'll explain that once the little one is here)

We have tried asking Miss5 what she thinks of all our top names, but so far she's determined her sister will be called Olivia.

The other night at dinner we were again discussing baby names and I happened to say to Miss5 "what happens if mummy and daddy decide to call this baby something else. Not Olivia"

"Well then I won't like her" Miss5 stubbornly told me.

"I'm sure you will love her no matter what her name is" I tried to reason.

"No I just want her to be Olivia" her arms were folded, her bottom lip dropped, she is determined this kid will be Olivia.

Well I guess in 9 weeks time we will find out what she REALLY thinks of her little sister with a name she 'doesn't approve of'



Did your older children help when choosing names for a younger sibling? Did they like/dislike the names you chose? Did you make it a family decision you ALL had to agree on before naming the newest addition?



When naming all three of our babies we have had to choose carefully what names make our list. Having Currie as a last name makes things a bit tricky. For example I love Josh for a boys name but then 'rogan josh' is a type of curry, so that would be awkward. We need to make sure nothing silly can be made out of the names, I would hate for our kids to be teased over their name. Although this whole weird names thing is becoming quite a fashion these days, there are way better names out there to be teased about 'Apple' 'Pixie' 'Peaches' 'Sailor' yeah that's weird, I hope those kids get teased before my little Curries do...although I don't REALLY wish anyone to be teased.


Do you have an interesting family name? Do you have any traditions when naming your children? Do you name all your children with the same letter in the first name? Or the same amount of letters? Maybe you like rhyming names? What's the story behind naming your children?