I created this post on my
personal blog but it got me thinking about how names are chosen by different cultures around the world. We would love to hear your comments and suggestions for boys and girls names and any traditions that you considered when naming your children. You never know - you may just discover a beautiful new name too!
One of my friends is pregnant with her first baby and she's struggling to come up with a name that she loves. She knows that she's having a boy and she has a few names that she kind of likes but nothing that's blowing her away.
When I was pregnant with No1 son I had my names done and dusted by the time I was sixteen weeks.
photo: my daughter Biba ages 9 months
Ethan for a boy and Polly for a girl.
I'm not sure where I plucked Polly from but back then Ethan was a pretty rare name in the UK. I fell in love with it back in 1988 thanks to the US comedy drama
Thirty Something.
Thankfully I had a boy and Polly never saw the light of day.
No 2 son was always going to be Sonny. I love his name and he loves it too (he informed me yesterday when we were discussing this very topic.)
My girls weren't so straight forward and I toyed with so many names before settling on Biba. I LOVE her name. It's original, quirky and cool and it really suits her but by the time you get to No 4 things start to get tricky.
Poor FunnyGirl... In the absence of a name we called her Spud and it kind of stuck. When my husband went off to register her birth I still had no idea what he was going to choose. We'd toyed with Coco, Betty, Kitty, Kai and at least ten others but she was Spud to us!
He chose Betty and it really suits her. My mum's sister's called Betty and so is one of my cousins so I guess that it's become a bit of a family tradition.
How did you choose your children's names and do you have any great boy's names you can suggest for my friend? Come on be creative - we want to hear all of your favourites. Please do say where in the world you are from too.
Please leave your comments by midnight (GMT) on 20/04/11 and we'll pick one at random and send you one of our beautiful knitted cotton
Stokke® Xplory® blankets as a thank you.
