In response to an earlier post...

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Aside from naming babies after family members or close friends whose passed on, I can't imagine saying this WILL be my child's name no matter what. For instance, if you are dead set on the name James, and your SO's last name is James, you might have a problem. Or if you are dead set on the name Mary, but your SO was abused by a Mary and so on.

As much as I love talking and thinking about baby names, I know that it is going to be a whole different story when I am pregnant and discussing names with my SO (and probably to a much lesser extent, my family). I am not saying is is bad to really love certain names and be "set" on a few I am just wondering about the practicality and process of actually naming your child that name.

I am curious if anyone on this blog picked a name as a child or teen, stuck with it through adulthood and pregnancy and named their child against their partner's will, as several people stated they would in response to a post from a few days ago.