With my first child I had a name picked from about 12 weeks and loved it... it stuck throughout the whole pregnancy and we still love her name!
Baby number two (also a little girl) is due early next year and I have nothing that I really like so far except the name 'Hunter'
My hubby also doesnt mind it but I'm getting very mixed reactions from so many people.. mostly not so nice. I dont want to pick a name and then regret it or have to listen to negative feedback for the first few months of her life. I would also hate to pick a name that my daughter really dislikes when she is older. I dont like really common names but I dont want something too weird or out there either... I'm aware that it is more common as a male name but I am a fan of unisex names.
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Who cares what anyone else thinks, name your daughter what YOU want to. Not everyone will like your choice but that's ok. Good luck.
I love 'boys' names for girls.
Alex, Bailey, Charlie, Riley, etc.
It doesn't matter what people think. You'll always get judged.
You'll get judged for your baby's name being too common, too unusual, too girly, too masculine.
No matter what you do, people will complain.
So just pick a name that you and your husband both like.
Google baby names, keep 'Hunter' as your back up (only because it sounds like you're hesitating now) and see if one just fits.
Even ask your daughter for help! If she's old enough to not try and name her sibling something like Hotdog.
PS - I think Hunter is a lovely name, the more I think about it :)
Try it on yourself. Go put something on Laybuy, give your name as Hunter. Get a coffee, tell the barista your name is Hunter. Wear it out in the world and see how comfortable it is. Then decide if it's a good name for your daughter.
I love it. Who cares what other people think. They can name their own children!
I know 2 Hunter girls.
I work with kids so have heard many names.
Both very out going lovely girls.
We have Alira as our girl. It caused an absolute uproar to the point where they said they would only call her Ali.
She gets Ali, school calls her Alira. She likes both.
Hunter if you and hubby like it. Try it with your last name and initials work (H.I.V or H.I.T not the best) and how it works with other childrens names you yell out- siblings cusions. I like Frankie, Bo, Sam, Dara, Nia, Paige and Stevie as girls names as well
Hunter if you and hubby like it. Try it with your last name and initials work (H.I.V or H.I.T not the best) and how it works with other childrens names you yell out- siblings cusions. I like Frankie, Bo, Sam, Dara, Nia, Paige and Stevie as girls names as well
I learnt not to tell anyone your names, I named my daughter Patience, I am sure if I mentioned it prior to her birth I would have got comments but because I announced her as that, no one said anything negative (even though they may have been thinking it ?).
So go with what you love!
I heard a little girl called Rowan the other day which was really cute, never thought of that as a girls name ?
As someone who has a unisex name I don't like it. There are also numerous studies on kids behaving poorly when they are in a class with someone of the opposite sex that shares that name. ( boys are worse)
If you love it do it. But be prepared for the rest of her life people will assume she is a he.
personally I hate using boys names for girls or even unisex names. but that's just me and I would never put another mother down for her choice. As others have said she is your daughter and if you and hubby are happy with the name then definitely go for it perhaps you could pair it with a very feminine middle name that way as she get older if she decides she doesn't really like having a boys name she could use her middle name.