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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].