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{mosgoogle left} 1. First of all you must define some general expectations you want the perfect name to meet. You should organize these on a list, with a specific order – from the most important to the least. Here are some categories for example: Should the name be popular (like Joshua) or unique (like skylar)? Should it have a historical meaning or a modern feel? Should it be a name that honors a beloved relative, character or famous person? Or should it be brand new? Long or short? Which letters should be in the initials? Maybe you would really like a specific origin like a Chinese Indian or Greek name?

2. After answering these questions and defining the categories you should pay attention to the down sides of each decision you made and see if you are willing to take that risk, for example: Choosing a very unique name might cause social problems, but choosing a regular name might cause personal problems and lack of self definition. Choosing a beautiful name which creates awful initials might be problematic; choosing a new spelling for a name will cause trouble for your child in the future, etc. Discuss these issues between you, and also with family and friend.

3. It's time to begin. You probably have some options you have already thought of, but the most important thing is to keep an open mind. You should not focus only on choosing among the short list you already have, but rather try to expand this list. This can be done by trying to alter a nice sounding name, adding some letters, dropping other, rearranging letters of even creating a hybrid of two names you like.

4. It is a good idea to use the internet as a source of ideas for baby names. The site babyhold.com contains many tools that will assist you in choosing the right name for your baby. Babyhold.com lists the most popular baby names by year, and also offers many ideas for unique baby names, baby names from different origins, baby names by country and many baby names lists organized by category. You can also try the baby name list tool, offering a different short baby names list each time, for you to get ideas and inspiration

5. Ask for advice and ideas. Don’t feel that choosing a name suggested by some one else makes it any less your own. You never know why where and when a suggestion will come up that you fall in love with! So take advice from your friends, family, work partners. Make sure these are people you like, and feel comfortable using their idea if you happen to like it very much.

6. Write down each and every idea. Even if it doesn't sound right at first, and you think you already have much better ones add it to your list of ideas. Look at this list and read it whenever you have a chance. This might bring new ideas to your mind, And help you come up with nice combinations. Even a name that sounded mediocre might be wonderful with a slight change or rearrangement. So keep writing your ideas!

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