For me, one of the most difficult parts of becoming a mother, whether the first time, or subsequent times is the naming part. Does anyone else have this problem? I come with a very long last name. It is a mouthful, frankly. I married into it. So, I wanted to make sure my kids’ names sounded good with our last name.
But, naming is so much more than that isn’t? It seems that some couples have no problem knowing what they are going to name their child. They name them while they are in the womb and refer to that name throughout their pregnancy. I guess we were just too indecisive.
I was amazed to hear how picky my husband was. I had a list a mile long for girls’ names that I liked, but he hated almost all of them. Fortunately, we eventually came up with two that we could agree on. We decided with our first that we would narrow it down to two, and then look at her and see what she looked like and then decide. I was so set on Name #1. I loved it, I could picture a cute little babe with that name. But, when she came out…she did NOT look like that name to me. At all. Luckily, we both felt the same way and we named her the other name we had chosen ahead of time.
With my son it was a little different. Again, we narrowed it down to two names, but when I saw him for the first time, I did not feel strongly about whether or not he fit with a certain name. To me, it could have gone either way. So, I let my husband make the ultimate decision out of the two we had picked.
Choosing a name is difficult. And, we worried about it all. Could it be shortened into a different name entirely? Would other kids find a way to tease him/her? Does it flow nicely with our last name? With all of that obsessing, the child eventually grows into the name no matter what. Figure out what is important to you and your family first.
Do you like older names?
Do you want a family name?
Are you going to do a middle name?
Do you want something entirely unique and different?
Do you want something more traditional?
There are lots of questions we can asks ourselves. For me, I wanted a name that wasn’t all that common, but not super different either. Something simple, yet interesting. I hope we achieved that. Want to know the most popular baby names last year? Go here.
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