Has anyone had a naming ceremony for their baby?

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We want to have a non-religious christening for our son but no idea how to go about it.
we don’t want a ‘hippy’ type thing. We have chosen *godparents so would want to involve them and make it official, so to speak.
modes anyone have any venue ideas or other suggestions for something a bit different?
thanks
*obviously they won’t be godparents as such

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4 of my 5 grandchildren had Naming Day celebrations. You can engage a celebrant to handle the ceremony. He/she will work with the couple to assist them to get their statements/poems/music etc which feels right to them as parents of that particular child. I can remember my son, for instance, choosing a certain poem to be said for his daughter. I do think their is a name for the non-God parents but at this time of morning I cannot dredge it up.
Our family ceremonies took place in 2 different hotels. Following the ceremony everything proceeded much like a 'normal' Christening with a cake and buffet food etc.

I've been to a couple. I think the Humanists could point you in the right direction.

Look for a local celebrant and see who you click with. The right one will guide you and design a personalised ceremony around your ideas and wants.

We've had a few in our wider family, including for our DC. Some have been held in lovely venues and had buffets or sit down dinners after; and some at home as a garden party, which has been just as lovely.

We have never actually used an outside celebrant for any of them though - a member of the family has always been picked to officiate (usually someone who is a good speaker and who is close-ish to the child but not a parent; now that I think of it, it has always been one of the baby's aunts!). Then one or two family members in to do short readings or poems; and if there's somebody musical maybe even a sweet little song.

They have been, without fail, really lovely, emotional and personal ceremonies. Even my die-hard religious Irish Catholic in laws were completely won over by attending our first one.

There's good examples of ceremonies you can find online and tailor to your own child. I really liked writing our one. You really don't need to pay a celebrant to do so, IMO, although of course you may prefer to!

We had Humanist naming ceremonies for both dc. For ds, we hired a hall, for dd, we did it at home. Both dc have two "ungodly parents", better known as sponsors or guides.

We met the celebrants a couple of times before the ceremonies, to run through what we wanted and so on. We saw their final "script" beforehand too. Both services were very personal to us, and even my staunchly Catholic mum agreed that they were lovely (for a non-religious ceremony).

Hi, I am actually a civil celebrant. Naming ceremonies are super fun to do and so memorable. If you need any advice etc please let me know. I'm actually organising my daughter's friend's baby's ceremony for December. You might find that with Humanist celebrants that they wouldn't be happy with the term 'Godparent' as this goes against their beliefs. Civil celebrants work on their own moral system etc. My attitude is, this is your ceremony, and it should be what you want. If you want to have a chat, I'd be more than happy too. I'm not sure where you are based but I may be able to put you in contact with a celebrant near you. I hope that helped a little.
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Humanist naming ceremonies can be lovely.

I’m an “oddparent” to my friend’s DD.