Never choose a baby name on your own.True or false?
By Augustta
@Augustta (1850)
Poland
April 20, 2007 4:32am CST
Well i am reading in a magazine that a mother during pregnancy don't have to choose her baby name on her own..wow!!I am think is not true..they say a woman's psyhical and emotional state changes and make her more vulnerable at stress and other illnesse...for this reason we have to ask our partner life(correct here...just to ask ..lol)family and friends to give suggest...
No way,if you ask around you will receive a lot suggestion in choosing baby names...and not sure if what you will get is what you will want...
Naming a baby can be as easy as using your grandfather’s name or naming your baby using the month he or she was born...i think...or well how you want...
I agree i see a lot strange and ugly names but,let's us to be clear for my kid i will choose the name..clear and easy...i wear 9 months and i am perfect sane...so,what;s the deal??
My daughter get the most popular name from the world "MARIA"...and i think i make it a good choice...
Do you agree for ask your friends and family for your future new-born babies??
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25 responses
@mememama (3076)
• United States
20 Apr 07
My son was named after a late family member, when my husband and I married we agreed that if we had a son, we'd honor that man by naming our first son after him. Any future children, we both decide. We've already got a name picked out for a boy, not sure on girl ones-I'm not even pregnant yet lol but it's a fun thing to talk about with my husband. We had family members and a few friends that tried to tell us what to name our son, we just ignored them. It's hard when you're in a mixed family, some people thought his first name was too "ethnic" and others didn't think his middle name was "ethnic" enough-can't please everyone!
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@bruxedo (773)
• France
20 Apr 07
It was me, both times, that choosed my kids names. I decided what I wanted and told my husband. As he agreed there was no problem. Of course I think that it should be a decision taken by both parents, I also think that we can tell the rest of the family and hear what they think, but in my case you can bet that was me, and only me that have choosen the names. More, and this I think it's interesting. My first husband when he had a kid of his own (we didn't had any) named him after the name I always told him I would chose. :-)
@lvhughes (545)
• United States
24 Apr 07
my husband and i choose and agreed on the babies names. the family either does or dont like them i could care less either way. i am the one that has to say the name a half a dozen time a day. i think i am just as sane pregnant as not. if i had let my inlaws choose a name the Good Lord only knows what the name would have been. they wanted to name my youngest son Talmage. to me that sounds like a thing not a baby.i think we are perfectly capable of naming my own child. and as my husband found out if we dont agree we dont use the name.
@ag_abscruzmd (2283)
• United States
29 Apr 07
Should I become pregnant, I would like to choose my baby's name myself, with the help of my husband. I would perhaps name him/her after a significant person in my life at the time I'm conceiving. It could be a relative's name or a friend's name or any person's name that counts the most. I would not plan on giving my future daughter or son a silly name because that would surely affect him/her in the future. I can come up with creative names that are very cute, like Reign perhaps. Maria is a common name but still a beautiful name. Happy myLotting!
@eeseharden (603)
• United States
25 Apr 07
I never had to ask for names with any of my three girls...people would always just give you their opinion. My husband and I picked our girls's names ourselves. They are Abigail Wyn (after great grandmother Wynelle), Sarah Ansley (we just thought that was pretty), and Anna Carol (Carol after my husband's mother). Go with what you like and just smile if someone else gives their input. I think Maria is beautiful.
@Woodpigeon (3710)
• Ireland
21 Apr 07
I don't mind receiving suggestions, but the final decsions was mine, not even he daddy was going to gainsay me. I think that is such a sexist and silly thing to say, that apregnant woman is in such an emotonal upheaval she can't name her new infant. Yikes! Thumbs down!
@imadriscoll (2228)
• United States
24 Apr 07
Why wouldn't the daddy have just as much say as you do?
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
•
21 Apr 07
i think naming a baby is something you should share between the two of you. You both make the baby and its nice to have a shared input. I dont think sharing the decision with someone you love is a bad thing as long as you are still with the person
blessed be
@imadriscoll (2228)
• United States
24 Apr 07
I think other then your husband, no one else's opinion really matters! I am obsessed with naming babies and have my next 4 children already named ... and I'm not even really planning on having that many more! I don't think women are some emotional basketcases when they are pregnant that they can't even name their own children. If they do feel like they've made a bad choice they can change the baby's name later once they regained their sanity! At least they can in the United States.
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Apr 07
i always consult my husband or ask some suggestions to what names ae we going to adapt or consider in naming for all our children.. besides that i always look in the bibles name and i got one out of it actually..its not true that we are not to be trusted or whatever in giving names due to our vulnerability as a mother during conception and delivery..its just a hearsay i guess..
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
21 Apr 07
Yes well a mothers state of mind and emotional ability do change while the mother is pregnant but I would not agree that a mother could not decide what a baby's name would be on her own mind as maybe the woman had already decided along with her husband the name what they would prefer before the woman actually fell pregnant and there fore she could choose the name from that. No I do not agree that we have to ask whether the name is right for our friends and family it is the parents decision.
@xuyan8219 (16)
• China
21 Apr 07
Gerally speaking,I am not against my friends and family name for my new-born baby.but I will select a best name from other people's opinion.
@tater03 (1765)
• United States
21 Apr 07
I see nothing wrong myself with asking for suggestions but in the end I and my husband are the ones who have the last say when it comes to choosing the names of our children. What I don't care for is when someone in the family doesn't like the name you have chosen and gives you grief about it.
@4monsters4me (2569)
• United States
21 Apr 07
I chose all of my kids names. I did get input from my husband but in the end it was me that chose. Well, he picked our oldest's middle name.
Most of the things my husband suggested I didn't like. In the end he told me to name them whatever I wanted since I was the one that had to carry them for 9 months and go through the c-section.
@cheenlly (3477)
• Philippines
21 Apr 07
hmmm... thats weird. i dont see something wrong if you choose a baby name on your own. I think it false. Maybe its only a state of mind that makes her stress and ill. Its very exciting to choose the name of your baby and we should not let that pass, thats once in a lifetime.
@bluewings (3857)
•
21 Apr 07
I see nothing wrong in naming a baby yourself.Pregnancy sure isn't like getting drunk.Why would it block up the mind ? I think a pregnant woman can come up with as good a name for her child as anybody else.Moreover,she and her husband are the best people to know what name should be best for their children.I think asking for opinions is alright ,but the final call should be that of the parents.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Apr 07
It's ok to hear suggestions from friends and relatives where your baby's name is concerned, but, it will be your baby. This gives you the right to name your baby whatever you choose. I think it's a big part of the whole process of giving birth. You may change your mind several times, but just have fun with it!
