Should I let my kids name their siblings

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Me and my DH are expecting twins later this year and are finding it near impossible to think of name! However our children have brought it upon themselves to name them. Me and my DH are not against this and have said we will go with whatever they choose (within reason obviously) and i think it will make the names more heartfelt and personal. However many people have advised us against this and called us crazy! Is it a bad idea or will it be a great way to come up with a creative meaningful name??

Depends entirely on the names.
If they like Edward and Anna then great. If they want to call them Cement mixers and Badger not so much.

We let our then 3 year old pick a middle name for his brother. The whole way through the pregnancy he was adamant this was the name and he never changed it. His brother was born when he was 4 and three months. I love the fact he picked the name, the younger boy just laughs and said he only picked it because of a character on the children's programme and he wanted to get back to watching tv so just picked one .

Fuck no. It gives them too much "ownership" of their younger siblings. They're not pets.

I actually have a friend who is a twin. They are called Badger and Disco😂 - also names by their siblings.

Your kids get to choose names when they become parents!

My daughter named my son. She already had two brothers and really wanted a sister but had another brother so we let her name him.
Matthew.

They can suggest I suppose. You could end up with some doozies.

Retain the power of veto!

I wouldn't do it. With my youngest, his older sibling was desperate to choose a name and in the end we let them choose one of the middle names. None of us like it now and the older sibling says they don't remember asking for it!

Let us know how your newborns, Rainbow and Flower, are getting on in the new year!

What are you going to do about the inevitable sibling "it's not fair" complaints? Will you allow the younger ones to rename the older ones?

Actually it isn't fair. Do they get this (important) right just because they're older?!

Depends on the name, they can always throw out suggestions. Might make them feel more involved with new baby which is nice, definitely not a crazy idea - I named my brother, never felt like I 'owned' him because of it!

My older son ‘chose’ his baby brothers name, but we’d narrowed it down to two possible names and he chose which one out of those two. I’d say let them make suggestions, then if you want let them choose from your shortlist, but don’t let them make the entire decision themselves!

I gave my sister her middle name. I think it's a lovely thing to do, birth of siblings is a family event 😊

@BeanbagMcTavish

Fuck no. It gives them too much "ownership" of their younger siblings. They're not pets.

No it doesn't, not in our case and we all know the youngest isn't a pet .

Give them a pew approved short list and let them choose from that.

Dd wanted his db to be Bob after his bff's dog!!
Eh it's a no ds....
Maybe a middle name names in hat scenario??

DH's brothers picked his names. He's really glad because he was the only one with his name growing up. It's not 'out there' but not commonplace.

This is the third thread you've got, I take it your kids chose Sparrow and Birdie.

My mother named her youngest sister. But she was 18 at the time and picked popular names for that year. Grandma was out of ideas and couldn't think of anything she liked. Poor Auntie had three names then a lastname.

We are expecting a new baby. My seven year old is very interested in naming her. So far she has earnestly suggested Clippey, Stripey, Sorcery (which I think is pretty inspired) and Red Beauty. Three years ago, she decided her baby brother would be named Hairy, and introduced him as that to everyone, so he was indeed known as Hairy for long time. Not a bad idea to present them with a list of names you like, and let them choose from there. I don’t think there are any problems regarding “ownership” etc that PP have mentioned. Presumably, your children are perfectly intelligent human beings who know the difference between a baby and a rabbit, so I wouldn’t let that stop you.

I know a 20y who is the 4th dc, a surprise last child. Her older siblings were allowed to chose a middle name for her. It was meant to be one name that all three chose - the parents were not daft. Only the dc misunderstood, and each chose one name, so the baby ended up with 4 names. Plus, her siblings were all Disney-mad, so her middle names are something like Aurora Mulan Ariel. Maybe the parents were daft after all!

You can let them think they've chosen the names. Give them a short list to choose from.

What are they suggesting? It really depends!!