How Important is a Name

I do agree with you, when i was expecting my child (now he is 18mths old) the hardest thing was to choose a name. We named him Joshua. And altough it is quite usual name and in 2006 it was the most popular name in New Zealand, my husband and i, we just loved it. I hope my boy would grow happy with his name. And I am sure when your daughter is older and somehow she doesn`t like her name she would understand why did you choose it, as you do understand why your mum chose name for you. good luck

congrats that u have baby now. well yaa might be she will hate this name but if she will understand then might she will turn over and love it. it happens in many cases too.

Firstly congrats and you chose a beautiful name for your daughter. I personally like your name too but I understand why you wouldn't like it. In fact I think a lot of us dislike our own names. My name is Miriam and I hate it. Hated it since day 1 and I told my mother that. It hurt her feelings but hey... to me it sounds too old fashioned. But a name is very important. If you have a common name, more or less you won't get teased. Unfortunately kids will tease others who have something "different" about them, and a name can count for that. I was surprisingly never made fun of because of my name, but I was made fun of for many other reasons!

I think it is a very funny question whether a persion like or dislike their name b'coz it is not in our hand it is decided by our parents and it totally depends on their thoughts.I feel some of us have to face some kind of problem some time due to their name .

Names are a big deal to people. I mean, they could make or break you! I dont think they are that important as you get older, but as a young child, its important! I mean, you dont want to get beat up for having a lame name! I personally like my name (Rachel), but I want to name my kids something less common. I am not pregnant or even married, but I have already spent a lot of time looking at baby names! Names are really interesting to me.

I think good name is important!On February 14 ,I had a daughtr too!I spend a lot of time on deciding her name

I never cared for my first name even though I know my parents put a lot of thought into it. It's unique yet fairly normal...the problem I have, and I don't mean this in any kind of racist way, is that it has become a very popular African American name (some places categorize it as a 'ghetto' name too!) Well I am most definitely very white and live out in the country so it's very out of place. So I vowed to give my girls nice names that weren't really common but not 'out there' either. My oldest Lilly is 12 now and has already decided that her name is too plain and boring *shrugs* lol, you just can't win! She says she wants to change it to something more "Hollywood"...Asiah or Jasmine are her current choices.

I think most kids want to change their name at some point. When I was little I wanted to be Stacy. Don't ask me why because I have no idea! My first name is Dana but pronounced (Dan-nuh) instead of Day-nuh. My dad gave it to me and I wouldn't change it for anything now. I named my kids: Chandler Colin, Griffen Walker, Justice Victoria and Millanah Devin. So far none of them have said that they don't like their names. Actually my 6 year old (almost 7) Justice just told me that she loves her name.

I liked my name, John, until I found out it had other meanings (toilet, pimp, etc.) and the other kids teased me about it. More recently, I discovered that "John Thomas" (my first and middle names) is a slang term for the male organ. At least my parents only gave me those two. I saw a talk show recently where a woman had either 35 or 37 middle names. Her parents were boxing fans, so all of her middle names were boxers' last names including Clay, Foreman and Frazier.

Hi, Congratulations on the birth of your daughter. I think most kids want to change their name at one time or another. I know I did and my name is Diane (which is not that bad) Anyway, I think its just a rite of passage that everyone goes through. For the record though, Briana is a beautiful name, I think she will be pleased. Good luck to you both!

I really love my name, is getting really popular now and i think i like it to be popular, i feel good.. Names are what identify us so its really important to have a good name, i guess if you don't like your name you can always changed but i think it wouldn't be nice for your family to know that so i suggest you think about names that you think are gonna be good for your kids and not embarrassed them, i guess simple names would be easier than those name that you don't even know where they come from.. let me tell you something Sarah i really Like your name and i actually think thats gonna be an option for when i decide to have kids..

Everyone should love their name as this will be their identity for life :) Sarah is a sweet lovely name, you should love it I guess your daughter will enjoy her name because it is special and unique and hopefully it brings out her personality :)

I dont like my name Sheree but i just have to deal with it...lol. I had a hard time naming my son we went through so many names i dont even remember them all