How did you Name your Baby!

My Fist Son was going to be named after my Father, long before I ever really thought to have a child. My older sisters had fought so hard and long over the use of the name that they made an agreement never to use it either one. I made no such agreement with them as they are 10 and 11 years older then I. But I have always known of this feud, so when I did get pregnant with my fist son, I kept quiet about my intentions to use the name Benjamin, and it was not until after the birth certificate was signed that I let them know his name. To say they were a tad upset was an understatement, but once they held Ben, I was forgiven.

when i was still a teen i told myself that i would name my first born justice.... boy or girl i will name justice. my first born is a boy and his name is justice. my second born is jury and the other one is judge.

Our Chinese have a different name method. Some even look up the dictionary to select good words. I name my boy as "Yong Xi", it means forever hope:) I hope he will have a bright future.

I thought for sure I was having a girl, so I told my husband he could name the baby if it's a boy. It was a boy, and he named him after he was born. I believe you should see the baby before you pick a name, find a name to match the personality, even if he's just a few hours old. My son's name fits him good. His middle name though was after my best friend who passed away 1 month before he was born. That name also fits him to a tee. After finding the meaning in the book of baby names, still fits him!

Our daughter is named Alexi Samantha Kruger. Alexi comes from a band my husband likes and that is the name of the lead singer. Samantha is my first name (and it's also because we couldn't agree on a middle name). And also because her initials would spell ASK lol

The name of my daughter is RYKHAIL ROSE, her nickname is FABIA. How did i come up with her name is a bit complicated. *smiles*. In our family all of our names starts w/ letter R, so as expected I wanted that my child's name will start with letter R as well. So why Rykhail Rose. Okay, we call my mom Rose, since my baby is the first granddaughter my mom wants her name to be in my baby's name. Both my brothers' middle names are Rey and we call my dad Ric, so I combined the Rey & Ric in Ryk..changed the I w/ Y (took it from Rey) and changed letter C w/ K (since i like letter K...*smiles*). My baby is my angel, a gift from God, heaven sent that's why I put HAIL. To combined them all, I came up with Rykhail Rose. I mentioned that her nickname is FABIA, well it came from the movie "Finding Nemo" one of my fave animated movies when I was pregnant. One of the fish said Fabio instead of Nemo, so right that moment my brother said that if it's a boy will call him Fabio, if a girl Fabia. So she ended up having a nickname Fabia..LOL!! Complicated no? oww! that was a long explanation..sooweeee for that! *smiles* take care. cheers! :D

All of my children were named before they were born. My oldest daughter got her name from a couple of people. Part of her first name came from a good high school friend of mine. The second part of her name came from another friend. Her middle name is after me and my mom. We all have the same middle name. I guess it's something me and my mom started. The first born female gets our middle name as her middle name.

When I was 8 years old I knew that my first born child's name was going to be Jerry (or some spelling of it) no matter if girl or boy. When my first child was born, she was indeed named Geri and her middle name Jo was after my grandfather Joseph. Thank you for asking ~Donna

I don't have any kids but my brother and sister gave their kids' names from books. They bought a big books with a huge list of names inside it.

My partner & i named our baby, we had her named picked out well before we even decided to have kids :) There aren't any family rules or anything to naming kids here as far as i know - i know some cultures have what seems like, set rules about naming children after family members but it's not like that here in Oz. You just name them however you like! My daughter's first name is the name of my late grandmother (it's also my Mum's middle name just spelt a little different) & then her 2nd name is after my partner's Nana - although i don't think she was very happy about that coz someone else in the family had already used her name - ah well, it wasn't up to her anyway!

With my daughter I had picked out a name, then about a week before she was born another name popped into my head. When she was born I knew why the name came to me, it fits her perfect. With my son I didn't name him till he was a little over a day old. I couldn't pick a name for him, so he now has two first names instead of the traditional one. His name has great meaning to it and fits him perfectly too. If I were to have another child I already have the name picked out for both a boy or a girl.

I am the one who gave name to my first daughter. I already made a deal with my husband If the baby 's girl, I gave a name but if the baby's boy my husband would give a name. My first daughter full name is creshaly beau hermances. her first name means mixing between my name, my daughter name and name of our prophet wife. her middle name I found from beautifull and I abbreviate it and her last name is my husband last name. and there's no tradition for naming the babies in my family so we might give our babies name in free way.

Me, the Daddy, chose the names for our 2 sons. Being a big fan of Manchester United, I named my eldest son Ryan after Ryan Giggs who scored a wonder goal against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final in 1999. Today, Giggs is still playing and I would proudly point to him how his name came about. My wife thought that I shouldn't have named him after a footballer. My second son, Regan, was found in a Baby Names book. Both of us thought it was a perfect name for him. Many people we know still tease that he is gonna be the future president (after the former US President, Ronald Reagan). Coincidentally, both Ryan and Regan are names of the same meaning - "litle king", and they truly live up to their names. My little girl, Rowena, was a tricky pick. The whole family voted for this name, even though the meaning to the name doesn't sound good - it means 'white mane'. We thought we aren't going to have a daughter with white hair! We shortlised names like Fiona, Cecilia, etc. Finally, we thought since her elder brothers have names that start with letter 'R', might as well she has the name with a 'R'. I prefer to call her Wena for short.

well,as i stated already that i was attached to my younger brother like as a mother with his son. He was born in saudiarabia in a country where only i was with my mother to take care and for all kind of chores :) My father asked me to name my brother,and i suggested a name from 99 names of Allah. Thats "ARHAM" means "a person who is kind". My dad modified it more "Muhammad Arham" as my elder brother's name is "Muhammad Aslam",so we decided to name him. Initially when he wasnt born,we decided to name him "Muhammad Islam" as my other bro's name was ASLAM,but everyone there said that when you will be going back to your country obviously you will have to register this baby's name as well and 'ASLAM' and 'ISLAM',spell same only with a difference of 'A' and 'I'.So this can create a problem for you people,so then i suggested this name and really this works :) I personally believe that the name really effets your personality as well :) And indeed we are seeing the results,my this brother is the most kind one in our whole family :) The names should contain a good meaning,so it puts up a positive effect on your child .

My hubby and I decided together the names for our children. Well, my first child's name was pre picked before she arrived. Her name was my great grandmothers name, which is pretty rare. My seconds first name was pre picked but her middle was chosen the day she was born. My third name was picked out before she was even conceived.

actually I don't have a baby yet. But if we talking about a name of a baby, I think our parents or maybe all the parents in the world want to give their baby the best name that they can give. My parents give me name Zahra. It was Arabic phrase. It means "beautifull". And I'm so gratefull with my parents for giving me such a great name:)

There is no custom in our family in naming the kid and mysely i selected the name for my kid and it is after the god shiva because i believe him a lot.