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Leila Rebecca.. I'm biased. ;)

I love Levi! The rest.. not so much...

and if the father will be in the baby's life, I'd give it his last name.. JMO

im loving rebecca best too:) but michelle just popped into my head recently.
and yeah. levi is actually my top name right now. im just not sure on a middle name. and i dont know. im not 'feeling' boys names right now.

and so if the father is choosing to walk out on the pregnant wife(high risk pregnancy if it matters) leaving her penniless, and having to pack and leave on her own and she has no transportation, etc. ANd saying that he wants no part of the pregnancy or birth or first 3 months, and after that point its "when its convient" aka after work and school and other duties...
then what? the names sound better with his last name though.

Then I'd give the kid my last name..
But, depending on your state laws, you might consider giving him a last name from your family tree.. such as your mother's maiden name or something, if 'flow' is an issue, and you don't want to use your last name for whatever reason.
Names can always be changed, too. =)
Good luck with your situation.. ((((hugs))))

toms your only friend huh? nice icon.

so the name should come from my mothers tree or my fathers? hmm.
this just all sucks.
ill figure it out. hopefully my husband will get his head out of its current location and come around at least for the baby. we shall see. thanks.

I like Rebecca better than Michelle, but I think Michelle sounds better with Leila.

If the father is in the child's life, give it his last name.

thanks for your opinions.
and yeah, the dad looks like he'll be a "dead beat" dad. so the jury is still out, but we'll see, i have 7 more months.

I like Rebecca better (but then again I'm partial, as it's my mn ;)) I just like the sound of Leila Rebecca better.

As for the last name, I think it's completely your choice. If it were me, I'd give the baby his last name if I knew for sure he was going to stick around and be there for the child. But if I knew he wasn't, I'd go with my name.

thanks for your opinions. i like rebecca best right now too:)
and yeah... its looking like he'll be a dead beat dad(from his current actions and words) so we'll see about the last name. i just hate how this is turning out.

Ugh, that sucks :(. I hope everything works out okay!

they'd get my last name if i was the one who was primarily raising them. if the father's only there part time, those kids have my surname.

I agree. I wouldn't give the baby the father's last name if he/she will be living with you and mainly seeing the father on just the weekends or whatever.

ill be lucky if he even does the weekend thing. we shall see. im not burning any bridges yet.

I like Leila Michelle.

For boy names, I really like the name Jackson.
I also like..
Jacob Caleb
Elliott
Brent
Abel
Aden
Logan
Lucas

I'm going to go with what most replies have already been and say it depends on if the father will be involved in their life. If he is- I'd use his last name. If not- use yours. It's completely up to you, though. My paternal grandmother divorced my dad's dad before he was born but still used his last name- Taylor. So now my last name is Taylor. She's really involved in my life and has to tell everyone she's my dads mother because our last names aren't the same. She is thinking about changing her name back to Taylor. I don't know.. it gets confusing. But I'd rather be a Taylor than the last name I would have had otherwise. So, if you don't like his last name- use yours. If you don't like your last name- use his. That's just my thoughts.

thats the thing, i like my name and his name, but some names sound better with the certain last name, yet that sounds silly to pick just because of that. i dont know... its a confusing time to say the least.

i like elliot and caleb. elliot better than caleb. but elliot sounds best with his name. hmmm.
thanks:)

I love the name Leila but not too crazy about eithe Rebecca or Michelle. I think I prefer Rebecca though Michelle "sounds" better with Leila...I just really dislike that name. What about Eleora? I know it's a little different but it is still Hebrew or were you looking more for Biblical? Anyway it means "God is my light."

I love Gideon. We had it on our list, too. :) Also, Gilbert which Kevin likes more than I do but I wouldn't reject it or anything. :)

Oh, and if the father is going to be an ACTIVE father then I'd give him the choice to make. If not, then I'd give the child my maiden name...if there's hope yet, I'd hyphenate.

yeah, i like biblical names. gideon is in the book of mormon, so is jarom, and of course rebecca is in the bible. i dont know, i just love them. same with Levi.

and yeah, as its been discussed now, justin doesnt want any part of pregnancy, birth and the first several months. and in my opinion, thats when he should be proving to me that he'll be a good father and that i can at least trust him to do that. im keeping my mind and heart open.

Yeah, I'd just give your child your last name.

Justin is an ass.

P.S. I do love Levi, too.

Gideon is in the Bible too. God reduced his army so he would have faith.

oh and because my boy name is now ruined.

what was the name and why was it ruined?

just the impending divorce and how he(the father) thinks that hes going to have little do with the child.
it was vincent jarom.
i still like jarom, but not so keen on vincent anymore. it just sounds off to me. and call me crazy but while id love a boy first, im feeling more like the fetus is a girl.

oh, jane! i didn't realize this was you at first. i was formerly

_so_amazinghere.

congratulations on the baby!!! :D

oh! hi~!
yeah. thanks. this is my 3rd pregnancy in 6months, but it looks like this one is sticking.
justin isnt around,and wont be.
but im soooooo excited still for baby:) im a day or so shy of 8weeks;)

Leila Michelle is beautiful!
I love Levi! but the rest I hate
I don't know if this one, it kinda depends...

I like Leila Michelle and not just because my name is Michelle...but because it flows nicer.

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i agree. personally, when i got married i didnt change my name. never got around to it. two years later and pregnant, and now being walked out on, im glad i kept it.
i guess i am traditional in the fact that if he hadnt walked out the baby would have his name, but now, the jury is still out.

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the babe was planned. 13 months of trying to concieve hell, with supplements and charting, 2 miscarriages and so forth.

his name actually does sound best with pretty much all the names ive picked out. even if i do like my name, just sound wise it sound best with his. we'll see how it goes.

I AGREE COMPLETELY.

My sister and her daughter have my sister's last name and people think it's SOOO WEIRD that she and her daughter don't have the husband/father's last name. My (very Catholic) neighbors were APPALLED she didn't change her last name when she got married. I believe one of them even said "then why even get married?" Oi.

I was going to say, you might want the baby to have his/her daddy's last name so no one will judge you for not having been married, when you were. But that's just me.

anyone stupid enough to judge ME when i am married, it was planned(13months worth), and it was the husband walking out and abandoning me pregnant, is not worth my time IMHO.

I like the way Leila Michelle sounds.

And as far as the LN goes... My stepson has his father's last name, even though his parents were divorced when he was born. However, his father is very, very active in his life. =\
I wish you the best of luck. ♥

yep. its all standing on how active he is. im not holding my breath.

My boyfriend, Steven, got his dad's last name, even after his dad divorced his mom during her pregnancy BECAUSE she was pregnant. The guy left my b/f and his mom for years before coming back around to take care of him, and by then his health probs and everything had gone away and he was healthy (he was about 4 when his dad took him in).

I personally think that if Steven left me because I got pregnant, my baby would get my last name, not his.

But it is personal choice. If the father is around, financially and whatnot, and doesn't totally dip out of the babe's life, I'd lean more towards giving the babe his last name. If he's a total prick, OR just leaves the babe and mum entirely, fuck his last name.

Out of the two girl names, I like Leila Michelle more and I like all your boys names. I'd never heard of Jarom. :)

If I was in your situation, I'd give the baby the father's last name.

jarom is biblical.

I like Leila Rebecca better, it's a beautiful name :)!

For a boy, do you like the named Reid? I think it's one of the best following your criteria... "Reid Gideon" is really nice.

And about who's last name the baby should have... I wouldn't trouble myself over it too much, see what happens with his/her father in the next few months and figure it out from there. If he doesn't want to be a part of the babies life, he doesn't deserve the right to have his kid have his last name IMO (sorry if that was poorly worded, it's after 2am and I'm exhausted!)

my kids will have my surname no matter what, so i guess i'm not much help. my vote is for your surname.

I would give the baby YOUR last name. Hell, my sister is MARRIED to her daughter's father, but Liliana (her daughter) has my sister's last name because my sister also kept her maiden name.

I'm saying this as a baby of a father who left my mother two months after I was born (and cheated on her and abused her during her pregnancy with me) -- please give the baby your last name! I wish so much I'd been given my mom's last name so I didn't always have that constant reminder of him in my life.

I like Leila Rebecca and Gideon Levi.