Gazolba
Well-Known Member
I just read this article about the most popular baby names in England and Wales:
Olivia and Oliver were 2016's top baby names in England and Wales
Interesting that the most popular boy's name is Oliver everywhere except for the West Midlands and London where it is Muhammed.
Now I'm curious as to what process parents go through to name their children. Who has the most say, the father or mother? How do they choose?
When my wife and I named our two daughters, we approached it very logically. We bought a book on baby names. I went through it and picked my dozen favourites and my wife did the same. Then we compared the choices and then crossed off each others list those that were unacceptable. We ended up with half a dozen boy's names and half a dozen girl's names. From those we just discussed back and forth which to choose. We never ever considered the names of celebrities, royals, movie characters or what was trendy or popular with other people. When assigning middle names we used a different process where we considered other family members names.
How about you?
Olivia and Oliver were 2016's top baby names in England and Wales
Interesting that the most popular boy's name is Oliver everywhere except for the West Midlands and London where it is Muhammed.
Now I'm curious as to what process parents go through to name their children. Who has the most say, the father or mother? How do they choose?
When my wife and I named our two daughters, we approached it very logically. We bought a book on baby names. I went through it and picked my dozen favourites and my wife did the same. Then we compared the choices and then crossed off each others list those that were unacceptable. We ended up with half a dozen boy's names and half a dozen girl's names. From those we just discussed back and forth which to choose. We never ever considered the names of celebrities, royals, movie characters or what was trendy or popular with other people. When assigning middle names we used a different process where we considered other family members names.
How about you?
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