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[so-there.livejournal.com]

haha! I found this: Top 10 Hints for Naming Your Baby. maybe it's just me, but I think most of this advice is awful. I got a laugh out of it, though...

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[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Hmm not too bad, most the most part that stuff is fairly common sense.
Still, have some slight issues with a few points...

A suggestion: Choose several names. Go to a busy playground and call the names out loud. If you feel uncomfortable shouting the names or if several children answer you, then rethink that name.

Good in principle, but you're probably going to look like a total idiot doing that.

On the other hand, if the name is common, an unusual spelling will distinguish your child.
Yes it shall set them apart as 'the kid who's parents can't spell'. Besides creative and conventional spellings sound exactly the same when said aloud, so why bother?

How about naming the baby after a famous person. When the child is old enough to understand, explain who you named them after. They will love to hear the story over and over again. It is a great feeling to be connected to the past.

Two important points to bear in mind ...
A) there is no way to ensure your child will view the namesake as you do. I like the name Lennon, but my son make grow up to hate the beatles and not appreciate the constant reminder.
B) Public opinion often changes over time. Am sure you can figure out why hardly anyone has been named Adolf in the last fifty years.
Tough it was something of a trend many years ago Russians are very wary of naming their children after political leaders/events*, because it always prompted a rush on the deedpoll every time said figure fell out of favour.

*They go really creative too. My personal favourite is Ninel (Lenin backwards, was a girls name), and one guy was named Melsor [a telescope name from Marx, Engles, Stalin, October Revolution].

[miss--nikki.livejournal.com]

I don't think the bold comments are all that awful. But some of their specific suggestions are a little odd.

[partyofthree.livejournal.com]

i think its all just common sense Obviously you shouldnt name your child something with bad connotations.. dur

[lolacat.livejournal.com]

I really think it's funny when people say that a unique spelling will distinguish your child. If you say the name in the same way, how is it unique? Geoff is still Jeff, Allysynn is still Allison, Lorynn is still Lauren - your kid will end up being Erynn B. if it's pronounced the same way.

But I still think that rule #1 for naming your kid should be -- you like it!

[so-there.livejournal.com]

actually, it's the other way -- Jeffrey is the americanized form of Geoffrey, the original form. and both are the same as Godfrey, which is english for the german Gottfried (my grampa's name). so it's actually jeff that's the, well, not "unique" spelling, but the later one.

[lolacat.livejournal.com]

Right -- that's cool, but the point is that they're all pronounced the same way... prob. should have picked a better example, like Karri/Keri/Carrie or something.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I SHUDDER at the advice to combine names to make a new one :(

[ilovebruiser.livejournal.com]

My daughter's middle name is Lynsie. This incorperates my mother's name Lynne and My boyfriends Mother's name, Elsie. I don't think Lynsie is shudder worthy and a lot of incorperated names are quite nice. But each to their own i guess. ;)

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

It looks like you mispelled Lindsey to be honest.

[ilovebruiser.livejournal.com]

There is a fine line between honesty and bluntness. Either way, what you think doesnt bother me in the slightest. I'm not one for drama.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Oooookay. Thanks for letting me know.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

one of my childhood friends was named nanyque... her parents combined nina and monique. that name actually works, though... at least i thought so. maybe it's just because i've known that name forever so it never seemed made up lol.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

What happens if someone asks you why you're randomly calling out names? What if one of the parents comes over all irate and wants to know what you want with their kid? ! I can so see that backfiring really badly, even though it's a good idea in theory.