Hi we would like to dedicate this thread to tips for naming your new baby and maybe use them as an article on our site so new users could get tips from our community.

Please reply with tips you think that could be beneficial for other parents.

I think a good tip for naming you child is to imagine they could be president someday. My favorite name for a Girl is Ellanor Margaret, which I think is very presidential and I could call her Ella for short. For a boy I like Jaxon Michael, Jax for short and also very presidential.

I think a good tip is to think of yourself as having the name your child will have. Picture you, as a child, having whatever name you'll name your son/daughter. Imagine you in your teenage years, having that name. Would you like it? Would it be embarssing? Is it memorable and unique?

Some names are only good for children, and some are only good for adults. It'd be cute at first if you named your Lexi. But, as an adult, it wouldn't be the best name. Espescially if you were 65 years old and had the name Lexi. Or if your son's name was Alan. That'd be better if you were an adult, rather than being a 5 year old named Alan.

So really, just think of things in a different perspective. But most importantly, pick a name you and your family love.

-LifeIsGood

It all depends on trends for many. So many want either a unique looking or sounding name, Or they want something that's common and normal. Several are afraid that their child will get picked on, but they don't care that the name may be mispronounced, like Noel for a girl or Andrea which has two pronunciations. The same goes for Alicia and names like Jaden or Michel which can be used for males or females.

Some people want to mix family names with something out of the ordinary. It's not so hard but, perhaps, those people should use the family name for the middle name and the nonfamily name first. This way if it's a name that is uncommon like Theophilus or Hiram or Abraham, they don't get made fun of for an odd first name. On the hand if the first name is too be something like Theophilus or Hiram then maybe the namer should think on how they would feel with the name.

Something else are the names that have survived through history. Names like Thomas and Adam are as common today as they were three hundred years ago.

Several can use middle names as first names. Two examples are Goerge Logan and Billy Lee. They went by their middle names because it was conducive to the environment they lived in. Avoid naming them after the stranger names at least for first names. Seriously do as LifeIsGood suggested and think about if you had that name would you have been treated differently?

The most important thing though is that if your the one naming someone else it should be something you love, if your making suggestions for a child's name Remember it's there child. You may make suggestions and give your opinion on the names they've chosen, but ultimately it's their decision. If a name holds special meanig, they won't change their mind. It won't matter what you say about the name.