Kal-El? Pilot Inspektor? Apple? The choices for baby names are endless, which doesn’t help the process of picking one! To make the job a bit easier, parents.com has assembled 13 tips and tricks to help you choose.
1. Blow it off (for now). Once baby arrives, he/she just might look like one of the names on your short-list.
2. Don’t share your choices with just anyone. A close friend or a sibling whose reaction you can trust is the best. (Nic Cage apparently only trusted other Marvel Comic fans.)
3. Ladies, play your trump card. If daddy has his heart set on Kawasaki and you want Kelly, just remind him you’re the one that’s going to push baby out. Nuff said.
4. Repeat your names out loud for several days. Use them in sentences like, "Apple, would you like an apple?" How do they sound? Do they fit your style?
5. Write them down so you can see what they look like. Is it too long? Too generic? Are baby’s initials the acronym for the IRS?
6. Throw a naming party and put your favs up for a vote. It’s democratic!
7. Choose the one that makes you smile. Pilot Inspektor cracks me up every time.
8. Have two or three names you adore? Use one or both as baby’s middle names. Apple’s full name is Apple Blythe Alison Martin. And an added bonus of doing this is that when baby reaches the age when they realize they’re named after a fruit they can tell people to call them by one of their two middle names.
9. Consult a pro. Check out the book ‘The Perfect Baby Name’ to help you choose or go to about.com's Baby Namer.
10. Ask the world for its anonymous opinion. Parents.com has an Baby Name Poll. Just put your choices on line and see how the general public reacts to them. (Membership is required for this feature.)
11. Skip trendy names and go for traditional. Choosing a family name–first or last–will have meaning for a lifetime. (Note Apple’s middle names...both in honor of her grandmothers. Good thing their names weren’t Melon or Peach, huh?)
12. Can’t choose between two names? Save one for the next baby. This works particularly well if the name is gender neutral. Hey, who said ‘Apple’ was a girl’s name anyway? I don’t even want to consider the male fruit name counterpart.
13. Employ the alphabet rule. Want baby to be at the first of the line in gym someday? Choose Amanda or, yes, even Apple and skip Zoe. The future 13-year-old dressed in gym clothes may thank you for it.
To review the entire list on parents.com, go here. 'Green Apple' by Nelly Arenas via allposters.com.
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Wasn't Zippo one of the Marx Brothers?
One of my sisters named her boys Roy G. (just G.) and Sam (no Samuel). Roy went to Catholic school and one of the nuns questioned him on his first day. "Gee? Like G-E-E?" she said. "No. G," he kept repeating. He came home very upset about the whole thing. The nun was not pleased about his 'G'.
No Zamboni... Shucks... another thing that Mrs Palin an I don't have in common.
My sweetie was always pushing for Ted, after the paternal grandpa-who-helped-raise-him and when we told his dad he was thrilled and choked up. Everybody else asked 'Edward or Theodore?' and we'd have to explain that it was neither, just Ted Elliot.
Ok, but Zippo is the awesomest name for a little boy ever. We're keeping our name a secret until the little one arrives (don't want too much 'input' from family and friends). What did others do? Did you have a name before your wee one was born? Did you share it?
No Zamboni on the list?
Got list's of names as long as your arm? Keep 'em. Even the ones written on the back of napkins.
I jut found a list that we made days after we found out that we were pregnant. It's kind of hilarious now, I really can't see Ted as 'Guillem' or 'Auralian' or my sister's suggestion 'Zippo'.
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