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7 Mistakes You
Should Avoid When Naming Your Baby
You can of course choose any name you wish,
however because your baby will have this name for life, careful thought should
be put into the name you choose for them! They have to grow up with that name
and go through school where other children may be very unkind to a potentially
problematic name, and that may affect their personality, their behavior, and
their self worth!
Be careful with nicknames – peanut, jellybean,
sweet pea etc as they stick!
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Make sure the initials don’t spell something awful.
This can be when first initials are combined with the second name, or when
the initials of all names are used. Michael Bezzler becomes M. Bezzler,
Stephen Presso becomes S. Presso, Stewart David Baker is shortened to Stu D.
Baker, Christopher David Player becomes C. D. Player, and Graham Raffe
becomes G. Raffe [giraffe]. Using all the initials can lead to Frank Alan
Teak becoming F.A.T, and Alan Steven Smith becomes A.S.S. and Russel Ingram
Pearce becoming R.I.P.
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Make sure the first and last name doesn’t sound like another word.
When the names are read out aloud, it is easier to know what this means ie
Anne Teak [antique], Sid Down [sit down], Tim Burr [timber], Stanley Back
[shortened to Stan Back - stand back], Stewart Pidd [shortened to Stu Pidd],
Candy Barr, Paul Behrer, Jerry Atric, and Robin Banks.
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Avoid names where the first name rhymes with the last name, or first name
ends in a vowel and the second name starts with a vowel as they tend to run
together. Examples of
names rhyming would be Larry Barry, Shanna Branner, Chase Mace, and Ferris
Terris. Vowel examples tend to run the names together and include Eva
Olivier and Adriana Adair.
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Avoid childish names.
Although these names may sound cute or sweet when the child is young,
children grow up and when they get older it may not sound so cute ie Bunny,
Candy or Missy.
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Don’t choose a name you are not happy with.
Well meaning family or friends may have names they think are perfect, but
you don’t like the sound of. Don’t be bullied into choosing a name to please
family or friends if you don’t like it. It may remind you of someone you
dislike, bring up bad memories, or you don’t like the shortened version of
the name such as Joey for Joseph. Whatever the reason, don’t feel forced to
accept it.
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Avoid celebrity names that may suddenly become unpopular.
Celebrities can be very popular today and then become unpopular the next day
because of sex scandals or drugs etc. It may be embarrassing at school when
other children then pick on your child because of their name linkage with
the celebrity.
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Don’t pick a name that’s hard to pronounce and spell.
You don’t want your child growing up not being able to spell or pronounce
their name for many years, and the difficulties that may bring ie Xaquelina.
There are some other considerations such as:
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