I go back and forth on this. On the telling hand..it might be nice to hear SOME onipions on the name. If our parents hate the name, I think I'd like to know before the baby arrives. And it can be a fun way to involve our family in the pregnancy. We might tell just our parents and siblings but I'm not sure they could keep it a secret. On the other hand: I'm usually pretty good about ignoring other people's onipions but I'm not sure I will be able to ignore onipions about my kids name. I don't want someone to "steal" the name. I don't particularly want a bunch of monogramed stuff with the baby's name because it limits the use of the items with future kids and I don't want my kid's name on all their clothes/bags/whatever where strangers can see when we're at the grocery store.