Choosing a baby name

Baby names are such a big thing - finding the right name can take months, and some people have their baby and then the baby has no name for a week or so.. We have 95% settled on a name for baby #2 and I just think it is the cutest. We're not going to be announcing it yet just incase we decide to change it. We've never used any help finding our baby names, they have always just come from our heads. Which makes me think that we chose correctly because they randomly came into our minds. We have looked in baby books and online for names but I find that nothing stands out, and every name that you look at seems to be a silly name that you would never chose.

When choosing your childs name you have to consider things such as;

• Initials - No child will want to grow up with initials that make a stupid word, for example (sorry mum) my mum's childhood initials were T.A.R so turn that backwards and that's not going to be good for a child.
• How it sounds - Having a name which is impossible to pronounce? Imagine telling everybody that you meet how to say your name, must get annoying. Also, if your surname is 'Thomas', don't call your child Thomas.
• Generations - By this I mean how will the name sound when your child is grown up. You don't want to chose a soppy name like 'bunny' and then have a 80 year old called bunny..
• Spelling - You can spell a name how ever you like, even if you make it up. Writing the name down lots of different ways and deciding which looks best is the easier way of deciding how it's spelt.
• Imagination - What does a name make you think of? If you used to know a creepy person but you like the name, bare in mind that you may always think of that creepy person when you say the name. This happened to us and the name never stuck because of it.

Always chose a name because you like it, and if it doesn't suit other people that it doesn't matter. Don't not chose a name because somebody you know has it, or because the name is already in the family. Naming your child is personal, and it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks.