November 2, 2010
Naming our baby is a bigger deal than I originally thought it would be! I mean, think about it, this child will have this name for its whole life! It helps define who it is! You have to make sure it fits with the last name, you have to think about possible nick names (good and bad!), if it will fit when it's a baby, a teen, and a grown-up, if it's different or will be the same as lots of other peoples'..... so much to think about!
Well actually, Nic and I have had ideas about names for awhile now, but wanted to share some of the things we found along the way when deciding about names.
This website, babycenter.com, has a section where you can search for a name you're thinking of giving your child and find its origin, meaning, and see how popular it has been over time. It also gives you similar names or names derived from that one that might offer good alternatives. It was so interesting!
http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-nicholas-3404.htm
And you can actually look on the social security administration website for the most popular names in certain years.
| Top 10 Names for 2009 | ||
| Rank | Male Name | Female Name |
1 | Jacob | Isabella |
2 | Ethan | Emma |
3 | Michael | Olivia |
4 | Alexander | Sophia |
5 | William | Ava |
6 | Joshua | Emily |
7 | Daniel | Madison |
8 | Jayden | Abigail |
9 | Noah | Chloe |
10 | Anthony | Mia |
This website was the most fun I think. It's http://www.babynamegenie.com/ - you type in your last name and the sex of the child if you know it, and out pops the genie's best name for your baby! When I did it, I didn't put in a sex since we don't know, and the name Gianna Kaylee Boersma is what the genie came up with (again, definitely having a girl!)
No, I'm not going to follow the baby name genie and name our baby Gianna if it's a girl. But we do have some special names picked out for Baby B. when it arrives!
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