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What were/are your baby name "rules"

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MuddyWellyNelly · 01/02/2015 09:42

Currently 14+5 so very early days. I know we will struggle to pick, and don't even know where to start. So, curious to know what guidelines anyone worked to. I'm thinking:

No names of ex-es
No direct family names (OH is the 3rd generation with the same name Hmm). Might be ok for middle name though
No matching letter first and surname (not sure about this one, but OHs surname begins with L and I think LL names might sound a bit porn-star like!)
No names close friends have recently used
No names from our offices/bosses
No names we've had pets with rules out Tinkerbell
No name with current celebrity connotations (unusual ones only such as Idris or Rhianna)

That's already ruling out a lot! We also haven't agreed on which surname we will use. Could be a long 6 months.....

Anyone else have a set of guidelines?

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weeblueberry · 01/02/2015 11:40

Nothing where it wasn't immedietley obvious how to pronounce/spell it. I really didn't want my DD to have a life of having to spell out her name or correct people's pronunciation.

IWannaHoldYourHand · 01/02/2015 11:35

I ruled out pretty much nothing. If I liked it, that was fine.

Do ruled out every nameof a person he's ever met. Except for Jack Confused

By dc2, we went by my rules.

BackforGood · 01/02/2015 10:01

Similar to you

No name an immediate family member already has
Everyone to have a different initial
Everyone to have a proper name, not a made up on, and not a name of a car or an alcoholic drink etc
Each name to be recognisable (to English speakers), pronounceable and easy to spell

Having worked with a lot of children, over a lot of years, some names got ruled out as I immediately associated them with particular children too - not sure that was a rule though.

SomeSunnySunday · 01/02/2015 09:53

Mine were quite similar to yours, although we are fine with alliteration.

I also ruled out any names that weren't culturally relevant - e.g. I love lots of Irish and Welsh names, but wouldn't use them a we are neither Irish nor Welsh, and only considered "traditional" names. These points are just personal preference, though. Ideally we also wanted names outside the top 100, although didn't stick strictly to that - one of our DCs has a fairly popular name which we had family reasons for using.

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