Sue turned out alright.
Posted on 04/16/2011 11:46:10 PM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby
There are few things more thrilling in life than having your first baby. But newbie baby namers are prone to making some mistakes that more experienced name choosers are able to avoid.
If you're choosing a baby name for the first time, don't make one of these seven common mistakes:
1. Believing that the names that were popular -- and creative -- when you were a kid still have the same status.
Name tastes have changed radically over the last decade or two. Goodbye, Jessica and Josh, hello Layla and Serenity, Landon and Tristan -- all top 100 names.
2. Thinking that the playground rules are the same as they were back in the day.
Kids no longer get teased for having names that are unique, androgynous, exotic or hard to pronounce or spell. Rather, name diversity is celebrated.
3. Letting your parents have too much say in the baby's name.
Baby names can undoubtedly be a fun topic of family conversation. But the person who changes the diapers at 3 a.m. gets to name the baby.
4. Clinging too tightly to the name you always swore you'd give your first child.
A lot of people -- let's face it: girls -- spend their childhoods coming up with fanciful names they want to give their children. But if that name you always loved has suddenly become uber-popular or clashes with your new last name, let it go.
5. Caring too much about how cool the name choice makes you look.
Sure, pregnancy is cooler than it used to be, with cuter clothes and celebrity role models. But putting a name's cool factor above all else won't make little Bronx's life very easy.
6. Not considering subsequent children's names.
First-time namers are likely to think about, well, their first child's name, but if you name Baby No. 1 Tallulah, then you pretty much rule out Lula, Lila, Delilah, Sula, Tally and maybe even Louis for subsequent children.
7. Not realizing that there's going to be a real live baby ... and child ... and, eventually, grownup on the other end of the naming decision.
We get it that it can seem like your pregnancy is all about you. Sometimes, it can almost come as a shock when an actual baby emerges in the delivery room, instantly asserting her own needs and personality. Try to keep that little (and eventually big) person in mind when you choose the name she'll live with forever.
CC
Sue turned out alright.
But the greatest of these is Richard?
On the other hand you have Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen.
If I had girls, I've always been partial to Faith and Hope. Grace/Gracie has always been my favorite. My buddy named one of his daughters Mercy
Why don’t you just say,
“Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears; common spelling.”
I have relatives who names their three girls Faith, Hope and Grace.
And then there was one poor girl named Emily McPartland. Unfortunately some kid started calling her Enema McFartland. The name stuck.
Yes, of course that is the girl’s name in Tequila Mockingbird. Hope they don’t name the boy Boo.
Is she any relation to my friend Vincent A. Cianci, Jr.?
My youngest granddaughter is named Kendell. One of my daughter’s neighbors started calling her Kendellicious and now everyone is calling her Lish.
Yeah. Funny
Love this one at #5, right after the authors say that the rules have changed, just three 'rules' earlier.
Fact of the matter is that naming little darling something that you think is special and beautiful has no bearing whatsoever on whether the child actually becomes special or beautiful. That takes actual parenting.
In the meantime, regular names for children are just fine, thank you. The 'special' comes from the child, not the name.
LOL speaking of initials, I went to a girl whose name spelled aout SAP..Shirley Ann Petty.
You remind me that the President of the United States, i.e., Barack Hussein or Barry Soetoro or something like that, (probably, but not necessarily, and I don’t mean to be judgmental) is perhaps the only man on Earth who would find nothing amusing about this thread.
Kindle is the name for a group of kittens.
Just found that out watching a pet show the other day.
Cute.
Should read ‘went to school with a girl named..’
You think you’ve got problems...
There was a notorious Texas stripper named Candy Barr.
Involved with mobsters, Jack Ruby.
Real name; Juanita Slusher of Edna, Texas.
Quite a dish.
Demi Moore (once married to Bruce Willis) named her daughter Scout and aother Rumor.
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