Am I overthinking?

So my first born I named her after myself (first name) and my dad’s mom who passed away (middle name). Well years down the road I met my partner now and his great grandmother had the almost same name to my daughter (first and middle). We had a baby and I had a dream about my baby’s name it was my grandmas nickname she had passed away a few years before. Since we already had a first name we used the name as her middle name. We’re about to have another girl and it’s been hard finding a name we like and agree on. But I’ve been thinking how my other girls have meaningful names and were named after someone and started stressing to find a name that will make sure this baby is as well…

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My first child had a completely random name that we loved and a family middle name my second will have all family names. I don’t think it matters if you have a name you love and it has no special meaning it’s fine it can just be a name you love and it’s special because you picked it for your baby

@Brisa I just don’t want her to feel left out later on when they ask how they got their names and hers won’t be because of someone special to us but just a name we liked and agreed on…

Brisa is right. It’ll be special however yall come up with it too. My husband and I had a deal that if we had a boy he’d get to choose the name and if it was a girl, I would. With some vetos allowed. We had a boy and let’s just say I had to veto both Batman and Marvel characters before we compromised on Deadpool (Wade) and my husbands grandfathers name. My husband can’t wait to tell our son the full story of how his name was decided.

Same as Brisa for me. My first born has my grandma's name and my husband's sisters name who passed away. My second daughter will only have my middle name. I didn't have any other family names that I liked/were meaningful to me. I'm not concerned at all. We went with a name that I've just always liked. I don't think children care as much as us adults think they will. Even if they want to know, you can explain how you found the name and how much you love it. I don't think they will care beyond that.

I am not named after anyone.. lol. I think my brother is the only one who has a family name for one of his middle names. I am sure it's nice to be named after someone... But it's nice not being named after anyone too. Like I can't be compared to anyone else. My daughter has my mom's middle name but her first name is one I just liked.

Thank you everyone I think I’m just finding new things to stress about everyday hitting the last trimester. You think by the 3rd one I’d have it down 🙃

It would look like my twins are named after someone in my family if you looked at it from a certain angle. We decided on our sons name cause of a dagger but with a different spelling, and there’s 3 people in my family with that name, and my middle name for our daughter’s middle name cause it was the only name we could think of that went well with her first name.