Choosing your child’s name is a huge responsibility. Get it wrong and they will be saddled with a name that they hate for the rest of their life. No pressure there then. According to leading psychologists naming your child really can have a massive impact on the rest of their life. For example if you are thinking about giving your a child a name that is “different” then perhaps have a rethink as apparently this could lead them to being bullied at school.
Baby naming is a serious business and at Island Living 365 there are some things that we wished we had taken into consideration whilst naming our two girls;
- Check that it is not about to become a popular name, if this is something that bothers you. Read the predicted trends for the year. I love the name for our youngest and I didn’t know anyone with that name before she was born. Then she was born and everyone had a newborn girl with the same name. The reason was a very popular T.V programme.
- Don’t feel pressured by your family to name your child after a distant relative. You name your child, not them. Your family will learn to live with whatever name you choose and they will learn to love the name as they love your child.
- Consider that the name might be shortened and if so are you happy with the “nicknames”. If not then don’t use it as someone you know will use that nickname for your child.
- Check the initials of your chosen name. You don’t want any embarrassing combinations….
If you are in the process of thinking up names for an expected bundle of joy then you might want to check out what nameberry.com is predicting as the popular names for 2016. For example they are predicting Benedict after leading man Benedict Cumberbatch. And Blaise is another predicted top name.
When tackling the tricky task of naming our child perhaps we should all relax a bit and remember the line from Romeo and Juliet.
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose would still smell as sweet”
It is just a name after all, isn’t it?
This is so true. We went through so many books and internet pages looking up names but still ended up back at one of the names we originally picked. I don’t think many people think of the initials test, but we were so particular about making sure it didn’t mean anything! #TwinklyTuesday
Yes, it’s a minefield isn’t it! I always think it is best to go with initial choices
We only agreed on one girl’s name so it was just as well the Tubblet turned out to be one!
That was exactly the same for us!
Great tips. My initials are very VERY embarrassing. I am not quite sure what my partners were thinking when they decided on the name haha! I haven’t thought about names yet for Baby but I do need to start looking. I think I am just going to wait until the end of the month for the gender scan
Eeks how exciting, sounds like a good idea about waiting until after your gender scan. Enjoy the anticipation x
These are great tips- we are due a boy in April and we just have struggled so much with thinking of names we like for him. For our girls we had no problem, and funnily enough we still have lots of girl names we like, but boys we are finding a lot harder. x
Exciting. Good luck with choosing a boy’s name. With two girls we haven’t had that dilemma yet…
We are trying to pick boys names at the moment for our May baby - not as easy as it was first time round. Never heard of name berry.com so will be checking that out - thanks 🙂 #TwinklyTuesday
We had a boys name and a girls name agreed upon before the little one was born. Then after I’d given birth her dad changed his mind and named her something else. Unfortunately I was high on gas and air at the time and just agreed. To be fair, her name does suit her and I don’t dislike it, but I have come across about four other children with the same name since. x
Haha, as long as you are happy with the name then that is all that matters. Thanks for your comment 🙂 xx