Naming a child

very interesting topic! i read that sigmund freud named his daughter anna because it was spelled the same way backwards and forward!

Hmmmm. Well, my ex-husband named our first son. He wanted to name him after his father but I absolutely hated his fathers name so I refused. I was adamant about it. So, anything other than his father's name was ok with me. In fact I LOVE my oldest son's name, which is Ross. It goes well with his surname. His middle name is Leonard for two reasons. Since I wouldn't let my ex name him after his father he insisted on naming him after his grandfather. I agreed but only as a middle name as I'm not that fond of the name Leonard. Also, we were both raised Catholic and it is tradition for Catholics to include the name of a saint in their child's name, so Leonard fit the bill that way as well. So he is Ross Leonard and his surname. My youngest son is named Stephen. We thought long and hard for a name for him. It seemed that every name we thought of there was a reason why we couldn't call him that. So, we finally decided on Stephen and it is also a saint's name. His middle name is Roy, which was my father's name. So my first son has the middle name of my ex-husbands family member and my second son has the name of one of my family members. We call Stephen either Stevie or Steve. We tried to pick names that sound nice, that flow together and which do not create embarassing initials, i.e. having the initials A.S.S. or something like that.

I went by a name that sounded good to me, especially grouped with my last name. In addition, I wanted a name that not everyone else had. Thirdly, during my pregnancy, I went by the feelings I had. I picked out names that felt right with the person the child was. I have heard of people picking the name Aaron for just that reason though. I guess they could also name a child Aardvark for an advantage.

I was given no choice allknowing.It is a custom in our household to name the child after his paternal grandfather [if male] and grandmother [if female].My mother in-law who is 82 years old is a post graduate and being a forward thinking woman made mild modifications in this practice by making slight variations of the same name; e.g. my husband's name is a slight variation from his paternal grandfathers name. She did not abide by the tradition when it came to her daughters. In my case my son’s name is a slight variation on my father-in-law’s name. But we keep three names and I chose one name of a Hindu deity whose shrine is in Srirangam temple. Of course my son is being called by his grandfather’s name

From your response to Stine, I take it that his surname starts with an "A" In my experience, the first name is not used, but the surname, so it really doesn't matter unless there is another child with the same surname, then they'd probably use the first name..

Hello there! My three kids' names have different stories. The three of them have two names just like mine. My eldest is John Michael. I'm not that religious but I named him after our patron saint John. I added Michael because the year he was born was the year my favorite pop icon Michael Jackson had a concert here in our country. Christine Joy is my second child. Christine as she was born in December too and I was so much happy when it turned out that our second is a girl as we had prayed for it. James Carlo is my youngest. I just like the name Carlo and James is from the bible which I like reading most

when i named my children i wanted to have something unique and exotic, but something easy to spell. i think i accomplished that cause everyone loves their names and they do, too.

We leaned on a whole passle of tradition...and a little whimsy! And recognized the tradition in both maternal and paternal families! And when we combined both tradition/whimsy--the end result seemed quite a powerful name..LOL! And it seems, even tho' son is now 31, he is proud to wear the name's of his predecessors!

I haven't any children yet. However, I do sort of see where this person is coming from. It shouldn't, though, be the sole reason for choosing a name. In school life, I remember most of the time being picked was alphabetical by last name instead as there may be five ashley's in a class, but only one Ashley with the last name of Hope for instance. I won't pick a name based on those factors. I've got names picked out and they mean something to me.

My thoughts when I named my children were that they have a name that was unique, like them, but at the same time not a name that would cause them trouble. I thought and twisted names for days to come up with my girls' names.

It really is tough to name a child because the child will be stuck with the name you chose for them for the rest of their life. Unless of course they chose to change their name along the way. If I am having trouble with picking a name with a child then I would look online or through a book to look for the perfect name for the child.

Yes , the meaning is important and also what it sound like , do not name the child with a meaningless and sound like a crude or joke work , because this will made the child suffer in his her early childhood as target for bullying and tease. Aaron being first does not mean benefitual to the kid , imagine if he is the first to go for injection , first to try anything new will be scary for him.

A child's name certainly contained the hope of the parents.And the meaning always show that how they want the child to be.So i would really consider a lot before doing that.Anyway,i think that a name which is easy to remember can also be unique and good.

I got the name of my children from the Bible. With my son I have no problem. But with my daughter, she wanted to change her name before because she said the the priest would always call her name every time we go to the church. So I told her that she was given that name because she will be a future leader.

It really make me laugh, why do people think like that? In my primary school there is a trend of placing students in the reverse order of alphabetical. If such things happen what will they do? One of our cousin named his daughter by combining two names. It is really funny when we call her.

I had no thoughts about alphabetical order when I named my daughter, nor for all other names I have picked out for the future. I think a name ought to have meaning, a good meaning. Not just something that "sounds cool."