what do you consider in naming your baby? we considered meaning...

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Hi all! Now that we have a baby and we chose a name for her, I wonder, how do you choose your baby’s name? What are the factors you considered? For us, we first considered the meanings of the names that we gave our baby. First we wanted a name that carries the meaning “Grace of God” or the “Lord is Gracious”, something in the likes of John. But since our baby is a girl, we looked for a variant of John and we found Shawna. And since my name also starts with the letter “S”, we deemed this an appropriate name. And in order that our baby will have a unique combination so that she will not have legal problems when she applies for government clearances, we chose a second name that sounds like her father’s Chinese name. So basically, our baby’s two names carry the initials of our names. Then we pronounced her names with and without the middle name, with the surname, and with the surname first. We also wrote down her initials just so to make sure that it sounds good and when the initials are written down, they would not form a funny word. We also considered giving the baby short names, even if there are two, because we don’t want her to have a hard time writing down her name when she gets to school. And we are happy with the combination that we had come up with. It speaks about God and is very convenient. We also like the fact that our last name only contains 2 letters because my husband is Chinese. So that is it. That is how we named our baby. How about you? What are the things you consider before naming your baby? Take care all and God bless you! Happy mylotting!