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[N6]Name For Your Baby

by Angel Cruz, Ang

Choosing the right name for your baby can actually be fun. It's good to sit down and really think about the possibilities. There are lots of resources out there that can help you out. Baby name books are helpful in a way because you can get lots of ideas from them. Then you could mix them up or tweak them according to your preferences.

Some of you may have traditions in your families, where babies are named after the father, grandmother, aunt, or some other family member. It's also an ongoing trend that babies are named after prominent people, like actors, singers, writers, or perhaps pop stars just because they're popular and widely known names. Before you name your baby after another person, you should first consider its implications. You should also think about the pressure or expectations that your child may face, when he or she grows up, if named after a certain person. Your child may find himself forced to live up to the person you named him after.

Avoid embarrassing names or acronyms that might be the cause of jokes and ridicule for your baby one day. Some parents make the mistake of giving multiple names with initials that spell out something embarrassing, like RAT, UFO, or some other ridiculous acronym. This can be avoided by writing out the names in their possible variations. You should also avoid names that can be turned into obvious nicknames or can be associated with certain things that are not so pleasant. If you really can't decide on a good name on your own, enlist the help of friends or family. You can ask for advice or suggestions, but ultimately, you're the one who will decide, and you should always remember what to avoid.

If you want a certain naming style for your children, like their names might all end or start with the same letter, or perhaps similar associations. For example, you named your first baby, Angela. Then you want to name your second baby, Angelo. The third, Angeli. See the pattern? Recognize patterns and decide if you want to continue them or not.

Take into consideration that the name of your baby doesn't just stay on the birth certificate. They will use it everywhere, in school, at work, when meeting other people... their name will identify them. If you are able to choose a beautiful name, your baby will thank you one day when he or she grows up.

One of the most important decisions you will make once you find you are pregnant is that of picking the perfect baby name. Everyone has their own idea of what a great name is, sometimes it is as simple as whatever is currently fashionable as per the top 10 names for the country in the year that the baby is born, sometimes it's a family name that honors a favorite relative, and sometimes it's just a name that the mother (or father) really likes.

The baby name chosen will occasionally carry certain cultural significance. This happens often in the case of popular baby names as they are fashionable for a certain period of time and then the trend changes and so you can put babies with those names into a certain decade. Television, and to a lesser extent movies, can influence these trends as certain television shows have characters with names which are "different" and which parents like so this is added to the list of potential baby names. There are exceptions to this however, as there are some baby names which are timeless and have been handed down generation to generation throughout the family.

Whether or not to choose the baby name before the baby is born is a matter for personal preference. There are parents who decide what their baby's name will be from the moment they have the pregnancy confirmed - and in some cases, they know what baby names they will choose before they are even pregnant! Then there are other parents who wait until the baby is born before naming it. Sometimes this is because they can't agree on a name, or because they haven't found one they like, or sometimes just because they want to wait to see how the baby looks before naming it.

Once the baby is born, there's still time to pick the perfect baby name for your baby. Even if the name was decided months before the birth, it's possible that having seen the baby, the name will change. When you see your baby for the first time, and hold it in your arms, you may decide that the name chosen doesn't seem to fit with the baby you are looking at. Maybe the baby has more delicate features than the robust name chosen suggests, or vice versa. It's also possible that there was someone instrumental in bringing the baby into the world that you want to honor by naming your baby after them - and this won't be known until after the birth occurs.

Take time to choose the perfect name for your baby, and don't be afraid to change your mind at the last minute if you feel it's not quite appropriate, after all the baby is going to wear that name a long time!

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