Baby Naming Tips articles

Think back to when you were younger and it was the first day of a new school year in elementary school. Were you ever the kid who waited with your breath held until the teacher got to your name, knowing that she was going to butcher it? You were going to either have to correct her, or listen to the whispers and giggles from your new classmates? Granted, times have certainly changed, as have baby naming trends.

You've done it. You have a wonderful bundle of baby joy growing inside of you. Perhaps you already know that you are having a boy or a girl. Or maybe, just maybe, you've left it to be a surprise for the big day. You've made it through the excitement of telling family and friends, having a baby shower, planning the nursery. But there is one minor detail that you may not have finalized yet for baby's arrival. Unfortunately, Baby Girl (Insert Last Name Here), Sweet Pea, Little Ninja, and all of the other adorable pet names you have come to call this resident of your womb will no longer cut it once he or she makes the grand entrance. Alas, you need to come up with a name for this sweet baby.

No parent wants a child to get lost in the crowd. There are names that become fads for a limited period of time—an especially appealing character on television or in a movie or novel, for instance. Those children go to school and, in a classroom of multiple, say, Camerons, become "Cameron C," Cameron N," possibly Cameron N 2."