Choosing your baby's name is one of the first big decisions you will make as a parent. It will accompany you all your life, so it is something that parents meditate a lot because we want to be sure choose the best name for our son.
The intention is not to influence the choice, each one gives his son the name he wants (more would be missing!), But for you to take them into account, we tell you some mistakes that parents usually fall in and that sure you don't want to commit when choosing your baby's name.
1) Choose the fashion name
Here a very important clarification. For tastes the colors, and just as there are parents who want the name super-original-never-heard For your baby, there are others who prefer the most popular names of the moment.
Just know that if you choose a fashion name, this implies that your son or daughter will have the same name as five other classmates and that by calling him in the park he or she will turn around and a few more children who are called the same.
Despite this, there are names that we always like and we want our children to wear it. What am I going to tell you that my youngest daughter is called Sofia, the most popular name in the whole world (and I don't think she made a mistake in choosing it). But it is a warning for you to keep in mind, because there are parents who regret having given their son the fashion name.
In Babies and more The girl names that will be a trend in 2019The INE (National Statistics Institute) has a tool to know how many people in Spain have a certain name. It will help you to know which are the names most chosen by the parents, and not to choose them. Or yes, if it is what you want.
2) Malsonant Initials
Something that we must take into account when choosing the name of our children is how they will combine their initials of name and surname. We do not want them to form acronyms, shortening or acronyms such as HDP, FYI, ONVI, NASA or WTF.
3) A very difficult name to pronounce
There are parents who want maximum exclusivity and choose names impossible to pronounce for their little offspring. Add or change the order of some letters and then the children spend their entire lives clarifying how to pronounce and how to spell your name.
In Babies and more Forbidden baby names in the world4) Disregard the name of the brothers
There are parents who do not take it into account when choosing the name of their next baby, without realizing that many times they will call the children pronouncing one name behind the other.
It is important, on the one hand, that they sound good together, and on the other not to fall into mistakes like calling two girls Isabel and Elizabeth, or two boys Juan and Jon (in Basque), which is the same name in different languages.
5) That combine fatal with the last name
It is important to write and pronounce the child's name and surname to see how they sound together. You don't want to make rhyming mistakes like "María Lauría", "Enrique Manrique" or "Raúl Seoul". Also avoid matching the name with the last name as Gonzalo González. It sounds very monotonous.
Not to mention names that together with the surname lend themselves to ridicule as "Dolores Fuertes" or "Armando Puertas" or that lend themselves to puns such as "Elsa Pito", which will make them a target of ridicule.
You will also have to take into account if you choose a long name and it will also carry a long last name it may sound very tiring, or conversely, if first and last name are too short. Although here, once again, it is a matter of taste.
In Babies and more The names of children that will be a trend in 20196) Follow the onomastic together
Nowadays it is not as usual as before to give children the name of the saint of the day, in fact it is almost not taken into account. The child may be lucky, but also be born a day not very graceful as "San Pancracio", for example. Like the best you like.
7) A name too quirky or ridiculous
Some seem like a joke but they are not. There are very ridiculous names circulating around the world. There are parents who choose names so geeks like Google, Facebook, Superman, James Bond, Ikea or Pocahontas. Think about your child and what it can bring to him to carry such a quirky name throughout his life, and sometimes even offensive.
Many give their children names of brands such as Adidas or Nike, or fictional evil beings, superheroes or phonetic transcriptions of other languages ... There is no limit to the audacity of parents who put their children what most of us think foul or ridiculous names. And then it is paid by children who are ashamed of the name they carry.
8) Choose a name to follow the tradition
When your father's father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-grandfather bear the same name, you may feel pressured because the baby on the way is called the same. But it is important that, first and foremost, it is a name that you both like.
In Babies and more51 names for babies that sound pretty in any language 9) Take into account the opinion of others
Finally, the choice of the name is something that must remain in the sphere of the couple, since they are the ones who choose and decide.
If you start asking for opinions from friends, family and coworkers, you will receive all kinds of comments that will condition you when choosing. They will tell you how bad a person who is called the same falls, or that is the same name they had thinking for their baby, and you will end up limiting your choices.
