The moment after you announce your pregnancy, almost everyone will start asking questions about what you are going to name your baby. You’d be surprise at how everyone, even people you don’t know well, will try to come up with their suggestions. It is a good thing to discuss with friends and family, someone might come up with a great suggestion, or might notice a problem with the name (like the initials spelling something undesirable) that you might have overlooked. A child will have to live with the name for his whole life. There are a number of important things to keep in mind for choosing the right name for your baby.
Remember, your child’s name is not about a word that sounds cute for a baby, it is going to be the identity for the rest of his life. Don’t name your child thinking that he will forever remain a cute cuddly newborn. Imagine a 30 year old guy working as a CEO in some corporate office and his name is Jojo.
Avoid using names which can be abbreviated to some hideous and humiliating nick name or initials. You surely wouldn’t want to make your child a laughing stock in school and neighborhood.
A name that is difficult to pronounce may create a lot of trouble for your child. Always correcting everyone, your child will start resenting his own name. You don’t want your child coming to you one day and ask you what you were thinking when you named him.
The internet is a great place to carry out research about names. Make sure that the name you have chosen does not have any negative meaning in any other language. You can’t let your child’s name to be a joke for a foreign delegation. Don’t confine your choice, you can find some wonderful names from different cultures and languages in the world just make sure that it doesn’t sound funny, and that you know what it means.
Whether you chose it yourself or want to offer the privilege to some one else, keep all these points in mind. Your decision can make a lifetime impact on you child’s personality, and is one of the first gifts you will give to baby.
