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How To Name Your Newborn.

Most people have the names lined-up before the
baby is born. And then there are the family
members with their suggestions and questions – it
is difficult to have everyone happy and involved
in this project.

Some couples consult, share their choices with
friends and other members of the family, while
other – do not. Some relatives get offended about
it, but there is no need to feel so or feel
neglected.

It depends on many factors such as:

The cultural background of the  couple. If the
parents of the baby have the same back-ground,
lived for many yeas in the same country  then the
family members know, more or less, what to expect
in regards to choosing the name – whatever is
common practice in that  country.  The young
couple may follow the tradition.

But the customs change swiftly in our modern
world, the  family members should be prepared for
“disappointments” if they are not going to be
consulted.

Many couples decide to keep to themselves, be
private, and inform the grand-parents when they
are comfortable to do the announcement.

Whatever the new parents decide the family have to
accept and honor their decision without
resentment.

You may hear many suggestions from friends and
relatives, such as warning you not to give a name
from one of the celebrities, the fad names or
names that may go out of style quickly or to
choose a name only from the Bible.

Some names have connotations with them – it would
be  considered to stay away from such a name so
that teasing  and tormenting in School would be
avoided.

We know that young children in School are trying
to be funny, inventive to stay “popular” and may
pick on other student’s names if they are somewhat
unusually original.

To be a parent is to be predictive, wise and
thoughtful. When giving your child a name those
faculties should be strongly taken into
consideration.

This is a responsibility that you, as parents,
should take very seriously. You have to think that
the name is going to be with the child for the
rest of his/her life. You, as a parent have to be
considered and thoughtful when you are choosing
the name(s).

A name has to go with the middle name and the last
name. At times they look good when they are
written down but when you pronounce them they
sound awkward – they don’t seem to sound good
together.

The first, middle and the last name should flow
when pronounced together. Somebody said that the
first name should come out easily  when it’s
“yelled” out on the run.

A name is what defines a person.

The child has to live with it for the rest of
his/her life, although I have seen cases where
adolescent children asked parents to assist them
in changing their given names legally.

They were minor changes, such as a spelling of the
name; in other cases to avoid changing the name
legally they would introduce themselves by the
legal name, but add, that they wish to be
addressed by such and such name.

At times, parents wish that their child has a
unique, original name – a name that no one else
has.  So, they choose a name and change the
spelling, which does not go with the
pronunciation.

In that case the child would be always concerned
to correct the traditional spelling to make
certain that it is his/her name and that it is
spelled correctly.

An other mistake parents make is giving a child a
long name. I made this mistake giving my daughter
a beautiful, but somewhat long name.

When she was in the beginning Grades in the Public
School that was a handicap for her. The teacher
would tell the students to write their names on a
page. Pupils, whose name consisted of four-five
letters would be finished in a jiffy – my daughter
needed double time to write down hers. For a child
so young, could be embarrassing.

Should you really like such name – use it as a
middle name.

Something to think about.

It is a big responsibility for the parents to give
the child his/her name.

There are names that carry a lot of history. It
could be a name that has been passed down in your
family – you are going to be giving them a part of
that history. If you want to honor someone in your
family but do not like their name, you can use it
as the baby’s middle name.

There are some things that you may not have
thought about but you should keep in mind that
rhyming names or names that do sound funny with
the last name is not a good idea. Children will
use this to torment and make the child feel
uncomfortable.

Be very careful to give the baby a name that is
not easy to make fun of and also make sure that
your child’s initials are not going to spell
something that may be embarrassing.

These are all valuable things that are important
to think about.  But there is so much excitement
with approaching birth of a baby and many time
many things are not though of by parents.

The name that you give your baby is something that
he or she can be proud of for the rest of his/her
life.  Be sure that the name is a good one.

Be ware of fad names and names that may go out of
style fast.  Be cautious also that if you use a
name that is too popular, for some reason, your
child can be drawn in into whatever connotations
name has.

You have to anticipate, be thoughtful and wise -
be precautionary as well as protective at all time
– those are the qualities of caring parents.

Good Luck!
Olga O’Mara

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