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How do you test out a baby name?

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EmilyRoo · 24/04/2012 04:53

Besides the obvious, I mean. Do you imagine yourself shouting it out across the supermarket or hearing it at their wedding? How do you get used to a name, when it's not attatched to a baby yet?

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MarySA · 24/04/2012 12:11

Well I agree with the dropping the baby idea. Though I would find it hard to get used to a baby called something like Arthur. But the Dr thing is a good idea. On another thread the name Dotty is being discussed. 'Dr Dottie.' That would be enough to put anyone off the name!

PercyFilth · 24/04/2012 11:38

It would be good to drop the 'baby' :o

That is, we should never be thinking or talking of "baby names" but just "names". Far too many people seem to get diverted by "a sweet name for a little girl" or "that name wouldn't suit a little baby".

ChunkyPickle · 24/04/2012 11:33

We tried it on the baby for a few days.. found we didn't like it.

This was a different name to what we'd called him whilst in-bump, and we went for a third name which he just seemed to fit better.

3boysgirlontheway · 24/04/2012 11:31

I go with a gut feeling, we went over and back and found it hard to finally be 100% set on DD's name, but, in the end we went with the first name we had thought of and the one we kept coming back to.
I knew when I started dreaming about it that it was the right name for her.

MarySA · 24/04/2012 11:13

I'd imagine the child was 25 and think would he/she be quite happy with that name. Which is why I'm not keen on these trendy made-up names. But some people called by very unusual names like them, so I suppose it is a matter of taste.

mayanna123 · 24/04/2012 10:17

Try writing the first name and surname together a few times. And say them slowly and quickly a couple of times. Either you'll love the combination or you won't in my experience.

SillyBeardyDaddyman · 24/04/2012 07:32

We used the method where you refer to your bump as Dr baby's full name. If they can carry off the doctor test it's a good name!

chocolatecoffinplease · 24/04/2012 07:29

I use it for a month as my pc password - with my surname and sometimes I add a mn. That way I have to type it several times a day, and rehearse it in my mind :)

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