My 10 Baby Naming Rules?

Question

Tell me If you agree. Why or Why Not. Add Some more to my list.

#1- If you have to write the child's name down and then follow it with a pronunciation, do not name a child this. Example,
Abcde (AHB-SOH-DEE)

#2- Smushing two perfectly good names together does not make it special, witty or perfectly good times two. Example,
Thomas+Anthony= Thomony

#3- Siblings names do not match. Half of their DNA matches, is that not enough? Example, Lily and Violet, Lenny and Benny, Aspen and Forest, James and Jessica are all very unhappy people.

#4- If you call out a name in a public place and you hear snickers or gasps of disbelief, it is not the most brilliant thing to name a child.

#5- If 4 year olds can't pronounce it, its not the kindest thing to name your baby. Example, Lasairfhiona.

#6- If spell check doesnt reconize it, nobody else will either. Example, Kalvery.
to be continued.......

#7- Inserting random y's, x's and z's into traditional names does not make the names unique, special or "trendy".
Example, Annyleez (rather than Anneliese)

#8- If you google a name and websites for strippers pop up, not the best name for your little darling. Example, Raynebow Starre.

#9- Don’t name children after places or things. Nouns are bad, unless it is a person.
Example, Sprite and Tennessee wish their parents were not on crack when they filled out their birth certificates.

#10- Video games and goth poems are not meant to be used as a resource to find baby names. Example, Cortana’s parents spent too much time playing halo.

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#11- babies, name them not mame them.
Example Kai, THANKS! I LOVE THIS ONE!

There is a difference between unique and made up/ridiculous. Unique is good, ridiculous is bad.

#12 - Don't get cute with the capital letters. Example, RaBekah. Bad enough already without the capital B. My sister once ran across a name once that had all capital letters except one. Thanks to Melissa

#13, Apostrophes are not meant to be in a name.
Thanks Sidney!

Answer 1

I propose that upon attaining majority, a child should be entitled to a standard settlement (perhaps the cost of legally changing one's name) from parents who named him or her something ridiculous. I hate to admit it, but the first thing I think of when I hear misspelled or made-up or cutesy names is "How stupid." Then I have to take a minute to remember it's not the person but his or her parents whom I am calling stupid. They can call it original or creative or unique, and I may agree once I hear the story behind the name, but my reflex reaction is "stupid."


I want to propose an addition to your list of rules:

#11 - Don't get cute with the capital letters. Example, RaBekah. Bad enough already without the capital B. My sister once ran across a name once that had all capital letters except one.

Answer 2

I dont agree with some...

#3--I dont agree with your phrasing of it;) My brother and I are Kristen and Russell, but growing up we were always Kristy and Rusty, and even though I hated it, Im not an unhappy person because of it.

#5- 4 year olds often cant pronounce my name. The "kr" is difficult for most kids and my name ends up being "Fristen", "Kisten", or "Pristen". Its not a bad name because of it.

#6- Spell check doesnt recognize many absolutely beautiful and normal names.

#9- There are lots of beautiful noun and place names out there. Autumn, Austin, Savannah, Jade, Jasmine, Lily, Flora and on and on. And bear in mind that many places were originally named for people; Austin, Georgia, Dallas, Virginia, Carolina and the list goes on and on and on and on.

And I adore the name Kai. I always have. Just because you've never heard the name before, or if it happened to be used in a video game, doesnt make it an awful name.

My rules are:
1) Must sound good all together
2) Initials cant spell anything
3) Cant be on the list of the top 10 names for the past 3 years
4) Can't be named for my husband, my dad or my father in law (their rules, my husband because Kael is unique enough, he wants to be the only one, lol, my dad because he hates his name Edd Montgomery, and my FIL the same reason Bonas Elroy)
5) Can't be the name of any pet I have ever had...which is an extensive list.


ADDED: Its a little late, but a friend of mine had her twin girls in 2000, so named them Jessykka and Rebykka. Get it? Y2K? Uhg.

Also, I will add to your #9, if your last name is a noun please dont name your child an adjective. I had 2 friends in school named Crystal Mystic and Misty Forrest. Makes me cringe to this day.

Answer 3

Mixed feelings on 6 (foreign children, uncommon but still nice names), but 1, 2, 3, 7, and 10 should be proclaimed from every roof top. Especially 3 and 7. My parents named my twin sister and I Melissa and Miranda. Even once people learned to tell us apart (we were fraternal but similar looking), they still got the names mixed up. It was horrible. And intentionally misspelled names are the gift that keeps on pissing people off. When you name a kid something "creative" like Emmaleigh, innocent people are going to spell it like the perfectly respectable version Emily. Emmaleigh will be annoyed, the other person will be annoyed, you'll be happily oblivious and wondering how you can make the name Thomas more special for your second child.

Answer 4

My husband and I had did not need so many rules
This is our rules
1. We both have to like the name
2. It have to go with Elizabeth, and out last name. Our last name was the hard name
3. I have a speech problem, I need to be able to say the name.

With these three rules, it took eight months to agree on a girls name.
I think you need to come up names you love, and the father loves. And people in your family and the baby fathers family need to be able to pronounce it. It haves to go will the last name. I was amaze on how many people I know pick a name that does not go with the last name.

I know someone who love a name all her live. That would be her sons name, if she every had one. Well she had one, she did not use the name, because her husband side of the family was from the deep south, and could not pronounce the name.
You can not name a child, that half the people in his family can not say it.

I guess you need to make rules for naming your child, the best for you.

Answer 5

There are some rules, or generally accepted practices, when it comes to creating almost anything, but there are virtually none when it comes to the art of naming – in the United States, anyway. About the only thing that's required of you is that you do name your baby at some point, and, usually, sooner is better (although you will have a little time to think about it after your baby is born, depending on where you live).

The majority of parents have a name picked out prior to the birth of their baby. But many parents get to birth day without a name. Others find that the name they thought was so perfect prior to birth no longer is — especially if they've selected a name that's appropriate for one sex and they end up with another.

There may not be any naming rules or laws, but there are naming guidelines. Four of them, in particular, are very basic and very good to keep in mind.

Guideline #1: Please Yourself
This is most important: Pick a name that pleases you. Remember, you – and your child – will have to deal with this name for a very long time. There's no way of guaranteeing that your little one will like the name you bestow upon him or her, so you might as well pick one that you like and can live with, because the chances are pretty good that there will be times when your kid will hate it.

It's the rare couple who doesn't get a temper tantrum or two at some point along the way from a little darling who just needs to blame his or her parents for any and all trauma associated with the burden of carrying whatever name he or she has. It doesn't even matter what kind of name it is, so don't think you're safe if you pick a common or popular name.

Your child's dislike of his or her name might make you angry, especially if you went through a lot of work to select it, and it can hurt you if you selected a name that you truly love. But you might as well face the fact right now that it's bound to happen. The good news is, most kids grow out of it or find something else to pin their problems on.

Along these lines, it's a good idea to put into place whatever filtering mechanisms you have when it comes to fielding naming suggestions from family members and relatives. You might be in a situation where either cultural or religious traditions will have a strong influence on the name you choose. Remember, the final decision is yours and yours alone, no matter how disappointed Aunt Mildred is that you didn't name your new son Milton after her deceased husband. (The same goes for well-meaning friends, by the way. Take their suggestions with a grain of salt.)

You'll find more on keeping family members happy, as well as on various naming traditions you may need to keep in mind, in Baby Names: Dealing with Family Demands.

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Answer 6

I don't agree with these.

I guess my parents are in violation of #'s 1,5,6,7,9,11 and 12. So bassed on your lame rules I shouldn't have a name. Thanks.

-My name is CaerlinaMarie. No one can pronounce it, there goes #1.

-Four year olds, or even 44 year olds can't pronounce it, there goes #5.

-Spell check wants me to be 'Carolina', but gee that breaks rule #6 and 9.

- Now my name doen't have a x,y,or z but there's an unneeded e. Does that count? It's even in my nick name! Carle. There goes rule #7.

-Well I'm named after a thing. Sorry, but this thing makes it even worse! An Irish race horse!!! There goes rule #9.

- I'm not Irish, though I can speak some Gaelic, I'm not Irish. There goes rule # 11.

-And lastly I have the double capital thing. Opps. There goes rule #12.

So basically I shouldn't have a name. And the other thing I was going to be named wasn't any better, it was Desarie. Ohhhh.

By the way, I'm a 90's baby, so no, my parent weren't drunk or high.

-CaerlinaMarie

Answer 7

In regard to #4, I snicker and/or shake my head when I have to hear Madison, Emily, Emma, Isabelle, Ashley, Peyton, Hayden, Jacob, Aidan (you get the idea) in public.... Needless to say I'm spending a sh**load of time being irritated when I'm at the mall.

I don't like made up crap or ridiculous spellings, but I can appreciate a parent wanting something out of the norm for their child! I may not like the name I hear, but at least I'm happy knowing it wasn't one of the above mentioned names...

Answer 8

Consider how popular the name is. It is probably best to check this out and don't name your child the same thing every other mother is that year. (On the other hand, don't go too weird.)

If the last name is a short one like Smith, it's usually better to have a longer first name, e.g. Veronica Smith rather than Ann Smith. And vice versa: Sam Magillicutty rather than Timothy Magillicutty.

Answer 9

I like rules 1-4. The others are kind of ridiculous. 4 year olds can't pronounce lots of word correctly, does that mean we should throw them out of the dictionary? I think that unique names are great. I like my name being different, most spell it Erica. Also, if a name is sentimental to a family or has a strong backgound, who cares what everyone else thinks.

Answer 10

You could add that if a 7 year old can't spell it or write it out, it might not be the best name either.

Having children named after parents can be very confusing too. Jr.'s and Sr.'s credit reports, etc get mixed up.