Calling your baby by their name before born D&D

I know a lot of us have named your children before they have even been born, did you tell people what your baby's name was going to be, and start calling your baby by that name, well if you knew what the sex of your baby was

I thought about this when I read a People article about Kara DioGuardi saying her and her husband are accepting a boy, and his name is going to be....blah.

Well I read in the comments, that a lot of people are saying that its tacky and its stupid, and this one commenet said that she had 4 boys and not one of them was named before the baby was born, and so was no one in her family.

If any of you want to see the article, and the people I found to be smurfing morons
http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/01/16/kara-dioguardi-expecting-son-gestational-surrogate/

Well if its tacky and stupid, then I am tacky and stupid, because I called Anya by her name once I found out it was a girl, and told people what her name was going to be.

So what are your thoughts on this?

I called my daughter by her name as soon as it was triple confirmed she was indeed a girl. From that point on I forgot all boy names and yeah. I don't see it as tacky or stupid.

I referred to my son as Nemo as soon as I found out he was a boy. Before that I called him Baby swanling.

We didn't find out dd was a girl till 32 weeks. I knew she was a girl though. We did not tell people the name. We did call her by her name though. My in laws threw a tantrum when we said we liked the name Evelyn. So when I decided Evelyn was beautiful but her name was Matilda we didn't bother sharing. They had a fit after she was born and named too. From now on we will know the names but not our extended families. We told a handful of close friends but not everyone. I don't think it's tacky I just don't want everyone's input.

I called both by kids by their names before they were born, it made the connection and bond between myself and my unborn baby. It made it that much more real for me

Me and my husband call our baby by her name already, so I guess I'm also in the 'tacky and stupid' catagory too. I can see why you might not want to do this however, as we thought my youngest brother was going to be Holly until my Mum had a scan at 37 weeks to see if 'Holly' was breech and was told by the nurse that 'yes, the baby is head down but I don't think he'd appreciate being called Holly'.
So I can see the positives and negatives but we've had so many scans due to diabetes that we're almost 100% confident that it's a girl  

Nope as soon as I found out she was a girl we have started calling her by name. Even dd does. Why would I just wanna call her "baby" all the time? Sometimes I say baby girl but we use her name when we discuss her. Shes a human. If she were born today shed survive so why wouldn't she be a person.

I don't think its tacky but I feel strange doing it

Oh wow i honestly cant believe so many people see it as an issue. It makes sense to me to call your baby by its name even if you havent given birth yet.

I called DS by his name as soon as we found out we were having a boy, and I call this baby by her name too. I dont see how it is tacky at all.

Damn I be a tacky, stupid lady then.

Oh jeez. Those women need to pull the sticks from their asses. It's not even an abnormality. I didn't call my son by his name until he was born, but I've heard other women do it and never thought anything of it. I didn't name my daughter until we were leaving the hospital lol.. otherwise maybe I would have?

I am betting the person who interviewed her asked her if they had a name for him yet, and I personally think thats why she gave up the name.

Just a bunch of idiots in my opinion in the comments section of that article

That is ridiculous. I never called my kids by their names before they were born (just because I wasn't sure if it would fit them or I would change my mind) but I sure as hell do not find it tacky. People are smurfing stupid.

I dont find it tacky or stupid but people can do as they wish.
I personally dont find out the genders of my babies cause i love the surprise. I find it kinda of weird when people find out, then name them and then call them by it. I mean i dont judge, just not something i would ever do. We have few surprises in life and thats the biggest one, so i dont find out... it gives me that push in labour. Plus i like to have choices for names and see them then pick the name...its just the whole process. I dunno...just me i guess