Did you struggle in choosing a name for your child(ren) or did it come easily for you?
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This Used To Be Me
ANSWERS: 9
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First one was easy (girl), second on was alot harder (boy)
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Strangely, it came rather easy. My husband and I came up with the same name at different times in different situations (his from a book and mine while I was playing an old text-based RPG). Weird.
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My sister took two days to name my neice after she was born, even then MY best friend ended up naming her!!! A few years later, my Best Friend had a baby and I jokingly asked her if she was planning on letting my sister name her baby in return, she replied, "No, I want her to have a name before she's two!"
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I don't have children but I have to get to know the personality of my cats and then a name comes easy. I think it would be hard naming a personality that just emerged from the birth canal. If I had a kid, I would have to think it over for a few days.
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It took time to choose the right name for my children. Much thought, discussion, and of course practicing the whole name is important, not to mention that if your child is a boy and you really want to call him Marcus but he looks more like a Michael or a Zachary.... you get the idea?
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I wrote down all the names I liked and had my friends and family chose the ones they liked best. I took that list and chose the name I liked most. Blake William. :)
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My boys were easy. When I thought I might be pregnant, I prayed; asking God if I was, and what I was to look forward to. A few nights later, I had a dream; everything was there. Gender, names, everything. My older one was a different story. I thought I was having a boy. Had every thing for a boy, even the name. After SHE was born; well I was left scrambling. I sure could have used a dream like that then! LOL!!!!
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I'm slightly backwards! I already have names...I just need the children to give them too! lol
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I considered so many things when naming my five kids. It is like a dance. You want something that might be somewhat unusual but at the same time not be overly pretentious. I knew I didn't want a name so overused either. My classroom we have 3 kids and all Madisons and are called Maddy/Mattie/Madie. They have to be called w/ their last initial each time. A pain. I went w/ family names such as in last names. When I tell my kids why I named them this or that I can say it was because this person was a good person or brave or had great character. I read somewhere that a child will unconsciously exhibit that behavior if told over time that they were named after such a person.
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