who should decide baby name?

The parents should decide the baby's name together and others should respect the given name. Having said that, nicknames will often be given to a child naturally once his or her personality starts to emerge. I have a cousin named Anna, but until I was 4 or 5 years old I always thought her name was Mickey, because that's what my Grandmother always called her!

my hubby decided my elder son name n i decided our second. mostly i think parent should take the responsibility to fix for them.

Most of the time is the dad, sometimes the mom! I think its best the mom and dad try. who know what cool or rad they can come up with!

I dont know how most people name their babies, but me and my hubby each took a turn gong through a baby book and each of us made a list of names we liked for boys and one for girls. then we matched up the ones that we both had and picked from there. it made it a lot easier to choose instead of, do you like this name do you like this name. and we decided on the name fairly easily that way.