selecting the name for your baby

vathsala believe me ... if and when i have a child, i will love to name them but definatly my in laws will interfear I shall divorce my husband if it happens (just kidding dear) cheers

It is always a debate in Indian families over naming their child. I too had an argument with my wife., ultimately while the First Child was named after my choice, the second was her choice. But the good thing was, we both agreed on the name and everyone approved them too.

My husband and I both agreed on the name of our kids. We do not argue about those things and our in-laws do not have the authority to choose names since they are our kids not theirs. Even if my husband and I do not agree, I think I will still have the upper hand since I am the one who fills out the baby's form in the hospital once I am admitted for delivery

When I had my son, I wanted to name him as Gautham, the name of Budha. But my in-laws did not even care my words and asked the priest to name as per their wish. We, in our community, keep three names for the child, usually first will be forefather's name as a blessing from them, and then two of our choices. My in-laws did not even care to keep my choice as the third one. Then for my daughter, I selected a beautiful flower's name Sireesha, When priest was asking, my husband's sister told her choice and priest wrote on paddy. For the third one I did not select any and no one from my in-law's side present there and no third name ready. My first two children selected a name at the spur of the moment and with that name only we call her at home. I cannot have one more child at this age to name it myself. Better luck in the next birth.

When I had my older son I had to agree what to name him with my ex-husband. I thought that all the names he wanted were terrible. We agreed on a name that neither of us thought was awful. Now my son is 14 years old I wish I had called him a different name. He is called Ryan and in the next few years after he was born that became a too popular a name in my opinion. I knew the names I wanted for my toddler son and baby daughter. I didn't take any notice of anyone else and their comments. I think Leo is a lovely boys' name and it suits him well. I have always loved the name Amber and at last I have baby daughter called that.

First off that is horrible what your mother in law did. Not to be rude but she sounds like a very pushy woman, good luck with her in the future. I am a very outspoken person so I would never let anyone else name my child. I have 3 sons and I named every one of them. I totally understand how important it is to have their name mean something to you. You want to be able to have their name spark a thought or bring back a memory every time you say it. it should be something special since our children are very special to us. Since a mother carries and cares for a child I feel that it should totally be either her decision or partially her decision when it comes to the naming. The bond is already there just carrying the baby so of course you want to bond even more by giving the child a special name. Once again good luck with the mother in law and best of luck being a mom.

I named both of my children what I wanted. I had planned to let my then husband at the time name our second because I named the first but he wanted to name her after a certain person which I was not having any (can't go into full detail on that because its a little personal} of that so I just named her instead.

My sister did not name her son. We decided we would have 1 name from my culture and 1 name from his for each child. (ex.... Svetlana Kavita Patel (fake last name) )