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PSA: When making a post asking for suggestions, please give some background information (ie. classic names, popular names, names you don't like, names you do like, other kid names, etc).
This will not only help the people that are helping you find names, but it will also provide you with better results.
Thank you.
1. How did you and your SO decide on a name?• Problems
• Tips for compromising on a name
• How much say does DH/SO have
4. What are your parents', grandparents', and great-grandparents' names (first and middle, if available)? • Another great place to look for names, especially if you like
"old" names
5. When did you make the final decision about your baby's name? (clicky poll)• Struggling to make the final decision? You have time!
6. Sharing names: What do you think about the concepts of "stealing" or "claiming" a name?• Did you share?
• Would you do it again?
• "Stealing" a name
7. How important do you think middle names are? How did you choose? • How did you decide?
• Tips on finding a middle name
• Are middle names really that important?
8. Sibsets. Do you take your other children's names into consideration when choosing a name for the new baby? • Themes
• Rhyming
• Do they really have to match?
9. How do you feel about using a popular name vs. a unique name? • How popular is too popular?
• Does it really matter?
10. How do you feel about changing the traditional spelling of a name?• Does spelling matter?
• You-neek names
• Anglicized spellings
11. Family names and traditions! • Are family names important?
• Would you use a name if a close family member used it?
• Juniors, I, II, III ...
• Jewish family traditions
• Other traditions
13. What is your opinion on nicknames as full names? • Do you always need a formal name?
• Pros and cons
14. How a name "flows" (FN/LN, Initials...) • Alliteration
• FN and LN ending in the same sound
• Flow
• Initials — Do they matter?
15. Boy names for girls? Unisex names? • Are you a fan?
• Is it wrong? — Cons
• Unisex names
• Using a boy name for your daughter? Read this essay first.
16. Name Remorse? • Baby has arrived and now you are struggling with you
name choice.
• Share your story and see what others have done.
17. What is your child's name, and what is his or her name story?• Read how fellow Bumpies decided on their child's name!
• Share your story.
20. The Baby Names — Multiples Connection!