when do you name your child?
I've had this discussion with a few people, and it seems that each and every one of us has a unique opinion. Some are of the opinion of selecting names, some even before conception, of their future children, while others are keen on meeting their child, getting a feeling for her personality, and naming her accordingly.
My opinion differs, as was evident in our naming of Johannes several months before he was born. He always fealt like Hans, acted like Hans, and in the end, I'm grateful that I've always known him as Hans. As he was growing, and developing his 'personality', his name became part of that. Nevermind that with a name such as this, we were in a better place to get our family and friends a bit more comfortable with the idea; where folks would once wiggle their nose at the name, when they saw him (or his picture) they all saw Hans, and there was no nose wrinkling - they'd come to know and love him as that. As who he was.
My opinion differs, as was evident in our naming of Johannes several months before he was born. He always fealt like Hans, acted like Hans, and in the end, I'm grateful that I've always known him as Hans. As he was growing, and developing his 'personality', his name became part of that. Nevermind that with a name such as this, we were in a better place to get our family and friends a bit more comfortable with the idea; where folks would once wiggle their nose at the name, when they saw him (or his picture) they all saw Hans, and there was no nose wrinkling - they'd come to know and love him as that. As who he was.
posted by justinian at 5:16 PM
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We didn't even look at a baby book. We had a couple names we liked, but we decided to wait until we found out whether it was a boy or a girl. So that's a fine time to give your child a name, I guess, because that way it's not an abstract BABY - it's a BOY or a GIRL. We didn't get that chance, but we hadn't agreed on any names, especially girls' names. And I will always feel it was a girl.
We chose a name we could both stand and went from there. Middle names are always in honor of someone we love...just a rule of thumb we've sort of always used.
I personally don't think the naming of a baby is as big a deal as we make it. I mean really...what are they going to do? Refuse to answer when called?
Just my opinion.
"what are they going to do? Refuse to answer when called?"
There's atleast one person who may be reading that would say yes, perhaps they will weigh in on that matter. And maybe, just maybe, they'll share their birth name as well!
Neither of our children were named prior to their birth. Which is why feel I could use the name Sebastian if we ever had another baby boy; in my mind Thomas was never really Sebastian - that was just one of several names on our list.
if we are lucky enough to have another I will make sure the name is picked before they are born, because with both our son and daughter, my husband had the final say because I was too indecisive!
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