6 Tips When Naming Your Baby

30.09.08 / Naming Tips & Advice / Author: glennys
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The following 6 tips will help you while naming your baby. Keep in mind that the names you choose have to last a lifetime.

1. Look up the meanings of the names you choose. Be sure the names have nice meanings. Don’t just name your baby a name you have heard on television without checking into the meaning. You’ll want to tell your child what their name means. You don’t want them to be embarrassed about what their name means.
2. Don’t be overly creative; for example, a way out spelling of the name. Every day of the child’s life they will have to spell their name and it gets very tiring. Just ask me — G-l-e-n-n-y-s.
3. Both parents, or at least two people, should come up with the baby’s names. You’ll come up with better names this way, when you have two opinions.
4. When both people have chosen a name, don’t be influenced by everyone else’s opinions. You can’t possibly use all the advice you’ll get. Just remember, again, this will be your baby’s names for life — they’ll be stuck with them.
5. Watch out for initials that spell something that’s not nice. My sister’s initials spelled MES and I teased her about it (sorry Sis).
6. Look in your family tree. There may be someone special you would like to name your baby after. Also, find out if someone else in the family has already used that name. If it’s a middle name, that might not matter, but if it’s a first name you may want to choose something different.

There are lots of websites with baby names you can browse, for free. An excellent book is “The Baby Name Wizard” by Laura Wattenburg. The author tells you all about names and trends. For a fun time playing with names, go to Laura Wattenburg’s website at The Name Voyager. All you have to do is click the flashing cursor and type a name.