For those of you who are still undecided, here are a few more tips:
If you’ve come up with a name but you still feel it sounds strange, say it out loud. Talk to and
about your unborn child using that name. You will be able to tell for sure, this way, if it ‘fits’.
If you want to know whether the name you’ve picked is popular or not, search out naming
web sites for the twenty (or more) most popular names.
If you still can’t find a suitable name, watch the credits of movies, documentaries and
TV shows for ideas.
Have a look at the birth announcements that are put up in the hospital or published in
the newspaper.
In some cultures it is (or was) customary to name children after the day they were born.
Or after the patron saint for that day. Check the international baby naming sites on the internet.
Printers who do birth announcements have folders filled with examples.
It might happen that shortly before you give birth, a baby is born within your family or circle
of friends that is given ‘your’ name exactly. Therefore, keep a few nice names in reserve.
Some expecting parents purposely hold off on making a final decision regarding the name until
during or after the birth. They have a look at their baby and then they know: that’s going to be it…
If you find a name that you both like, go outside, take a stroll on the beach or in the
woods and shout it out: the new name of your baby!
