My wife recently gave birth to our first child. We were very
excited when we found out that she was pregnant, and we were
ready to start our family. We began preparing early for our
son, decorating the nursery, buying baby clothes, and reading
baby books. However, one of the most important things that we
did to prepare for our son’s birth was choosing a baby name.

Your baby’s name will be with them forever. Your child can be
teased, or picked on their entire life depending on the name
that you give them. Many names carry great meaning, but they
could bring turmoil throughout your child’s life if they are
teased. Although a name can cause teasing, it can also give a
child character, and may even lead to greatness. Do you think
that Dick Butkus would have been a Hall of Fame middle
linebacker if his name were John Smith?

My wife looked through a large book of baby names, and secretly
wrote down the names for a boy and a girl that she liked. Then
she asked me to go through the same book and write down the
names that I liked without letting her know which baby names I
had chosen. After I was finished with my list my wife revealed
her list and we looked for names that we had in common.
Amazingly enough we had almost one third of our lists in
common. We knew that this short list of baby names would
contain the name that we would ultimately choose. The best
thing to do after this is to look at the meanings of all of the
names that are on the short list to help decide which name has
the best meaning for your child.

You also want to pronounce your baby’s name with your last
name, and also with their middle name, if you are going to give
them one. Usually at least half of the list that is left does
not have a meaning that you like, or does not sound good with
their middle or last name, so you can mark them off of the
list. After all of these tips have been used, you have the hard
decision of choosing a baby name. Just remember this will be
much easier than the first six weeks after your baby is born,
and you have all of those sleepless nights.


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