I do not share here what I have named Baby T.
Only sharing that her name starts with a T.
It is an old name that peaked in popularity in the 1920s. I first heard the name in a Netflix series and my husband and I both grew to love the name over watching the 10 episodes and said "let's add that to potential names for a baby girl." We added it and shared it with family and friends in 2019 when we announced we were trying to conceive and I asked all the women in my family what their experiences were like, if it took a long time.
As soon as I was pregnant with Baby T.
Literally, as I was walking through Target to take a second test with more sensitivity, I kid you not, I knew I was carrying Baby T in my belly, she was a girl and she would have the name my husband and I had picked 2 years earlier.
We had 2 boy names and 2 girl names picked.
I liked Eliza, but that has become so popular and my husband was not as big of a fan of that as Baby T. So I figured this name would be our baby name. I have called her by name since 10 days after ovulation. Silently, telling myself if I am wrong I am a bad mother because all my intuition said girl and Baby T was the name for her. It just fits the baby girl I am sure my husband, and I could conceive. So much of a child's temperament is inherited, so I have always felt I have a pretty good idea of what she will act like.
My family hated it and said that is a boy name. It is not; it is a female name with popularity from the 1880s to the 1920s and I do not know anyone with the name today. The Netflix series was based on a book from 1959. The name may have still had popularity. I think the name is beautiful.
My name has the same sound as Baby T's and I go by a shortened version of my name that is also a boy's name.
My husband's name is also named a unisex name.
I thought a unisex-style name that can be long and elegant or short and cute would fit our baby well, and I am extremely happy in the name we chose for our baby girl. I think every day about how great of a fit it is for her and for our little family of three. It has my old-fashioned elegance that I am so obsessed with. And the modern-day shortened nickname that is more practical for a small baby and young child. She will let me know as she grows what she prefers to be called too.
When parents create, carry and birth a child it is their right to choose a name that they think fits their baby. Some families take the whole pregnancy to decide on a name.
I hear so many people deciding after their baby has been birthed.
I am of Irish, Polish, English and German ethnicity. My husband is also Irish, Polish and German.
My husband's family can trace themselves back to the Mayflower.
My maternal Grandfather came over from Ireland as a tiny baby. My maternal Great-Grandmother came over from Poland. We have not traced my paternal family, I would love to.
But it is assumed we have been in the United States for sometime.
However, I really felt that we needed to pick an English name for our child so that we honor our own family history. So both girl names we have picked are English. But the name I have loved for a boy is more commonly a Jewish name which admittedly we are not Jewish, but I have always been fascinated with the name and some aspects of the Jewish culture and religion.
We are both blonde and pale. I have very dark brown eyes, but my husband has very light blue eyes.
Baby T will be a little blonde, pale girl. There just isn't room for her to be any different. And I have been tracking what the 56th percentile should look like when she is born and as long as she stays in until the 39 weeks, we will have a baby somewhere around 6 pounds, the average of my sister's babies. I am 5'2" my husband 5'5" she doesn't have much promise of height.
She needed a name that would fit her, and her middle name comes from stories about the Pilgrims and Quakers. Baby T seemed to become more popular later than this, but it sounds like it could also be from that time.
What things did you consider when you were picking baby names?
Do you share your child's name on blogs or public social media?
I share Baby T's name on my Facebook and personal Instagram, but not on this blog or any social media related to this blog.
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