How did you decide on your children's names?

i think the first name which came in your mind to see the baby that one would be the best .. or do one thing choose a name which is matching with the baby's father name or mother's name... its sound nice..

all my kids have 3 names, names that fit them and the meaning of the name is important to me. I did look into name-books but in the end they brought their own names with them at the birth. To be honest I would never give my daughter the name: natalia.. Galina is a better one.

I like the name Natalia. I went to school with a girl called Natalie which is a similar name. It took me a long time to choose a name for my older son. My ex-husband liked names like Fox, Raven and Rex. I just wanted a normal name and my mom suggested Ryan. We both said yes and that is how he got his name. He really loves history so I now wish he was called Roman. It would really suit him. I didn't know what to call my disabled son. My partner said what about Teo? I said how about Leo. We both agreed that would be a superb name for him. I thought Leo the Lion. However really he is more like Leo the Sea Lion. I made a list of names I liked during my third pregnancy. I called my daughter Amber. I just really loved that name and it suits her well.

We never did decide on a boys name, so it is a good thing the sonogram was correct and we had a little girl. We had a few guidelines while we were picking names. 1) no names that start with an S otherwise the initials become SOB (stands for Son Of a B_____) 2) could not be a name already in the family or one of our closest friends 3) had to be able to be shortened to either a girlie name or a boyish name if she decided to be a tom boy. We chose Alexandria. Her middle name is the last name of a friend who passed away...Haley.

I came up with all three names of our children because I was scared of what he might come up with and I wanted somewhat unique names. My oldest daughter's name is Jazzalynn, my son is Jackson and my youngest is Jailynn. They all have J's. =) And they are all JEP for their initials just like their daddy.

When i knew i was pregnant and told my husband, he was so very excited. We thought about giving it's name even though we don't know yet my baby's gender. On my 5th month of pregnancy, I went to my O.B for Ultrasound to check my baby's gender. They've found out that it's a boy! So since then, We started to think names. And we came out with Joshua Zander. I think it's a cool name. That's why we used that.

I combined my first name and my wife's first name. My younger daughter's name is Sofina. That's a combination of Sofi and Na (Sofian and Yuliana). The idea just came up before she was born. She is now 14 years old and pretty.

Hmm, actually, it was simple for us. If it was a boy, we'll name him after me, which we did, actually :) Ever since it had always made me snicker when someone introduces himself as say, "I'm Joe, Junior" and people would react, "Oh, you're the son of Joe Senior?" I mean, yeah, obviously :) So I asked my soon-to-be wife then that if we'd have a son, we'll name him after me. It's a lame reason, I know, but my name's not bad, actually :)

My wife and I talked about it during her seventh month of pregnancy. She wanted a specific name and I also suggested one. We combine it and voila - the name of our baby is born. It's just that her name was a bit long and she may have difficulty writing it. But I notice that nowadays, children tend to have longer names - sometimes two or more names.

For me and my husband it was very easy to come up with our daughters name. I told my husband that in my family everyone is kind of named after someone you loved or admires in the family. That I would like to keep the tradition going. If we had a boy we name him after my husband but I didn't want a jr. So we compromised to JD all we did I changed the middle name. But sadly we didn't have a boy we had a daughter which we where more then happy about. Unlike the name Madison and I asked my husband what he though and liked it so we gave my daughter my Middle so she is named after me. We picked these name before we even had our daughter. We are looking forward to have another baby and we have names lined up already. We can't decided on of we both like Rachell or Kaylee as another girl name. Boy name is still the same Joseph.

Yes indeed its a long, curious process afetrall it is going to be with my child forever as he will be recognised by his name..Many people go with the names of celebrities of their generations and even their celebs childrens name..In our case as my husband was very keen of having a baby boy so he allready had a fall for this name "AARYAN". and i was perfectly ok with it. yes one thing was to have a meaningful name as our priest says that any name you consider should be meaningful and a positive meaning it reflects on the baby..AARYAN means " the first fighter". Now we are planning for our second lets see what goes with him/her..when it happens then will share with you....

Hi! Everbody.In India,we actually ask our Pujari ji(someone who does religious practices),a good astrologer or the parents,grandparents,relatives select names for their babies.A name is given out of love and affection.The blessings and good wishes of parents and elders make the whole life of the new born beautiful and welcoming.I would suggest to give a name which shows love and friendship and a unique identity.When the child grows he/she will be happy to know what a nice and beautiful meaning his/her name has.

hello, indeed to name a baby is not easy, if the name does not fit then of course have an influence also on the baby, therefore we should give a good name for our baby, to find a good name for our baby, we can asks for help to others who are experts in making a baby name, or ask for help to our friends to find a name for our baby, if we can give a name to our baby with a name that has a good, because it will be a positive thing as well for our baby.