How To Compromise On A Baby Name

One thing that you will learn as a parent, is that you are going to have to make a lot of compromises, not only once your child is born, but well before he or she is ever delivered. I found this out at the very beginning when my wife and I first discovered that we were expecting, and as you can imagine it was one of the best days of our lives. We had been wanting a baby for so long, that when my wife finally told me that we were having a baby, I was beyond elated as I had wanted children ever since I was a teenager. Of course we were worried about a number of things, including how we were going to raise the baby, and how to do it financially as well.

One thing that we never planned on or expected was that we were going to have so much trouble naming the baby, and we disagreed on so many names, that it almost started to become a burden trying to find the perfect name for our daughter. I suggested several names that I was fond of, and of course my wife hated all of them. Whenever she suggested a name, I was not feeling that as well, and it became quite a distraction for the both of us. We literally came up with well over 100 names, and we couldn't agree on any of them. We started to kid among ourselves, that when the other wasn't looking, we were going to fill out the first certificate with the name that we preferred.

However, we finally did agreed on a name that we both liked, Jordyn. This was not an easy decision for us, and if we both didn't learn how to communicate with each other so well, I know that there would have been a lot of hard feelings trying to come up with a name for our child. This is why two of the most important things you will need to have when you are trying to name a baby with your partner, is patience and communication. You can not take things personally whenever your partner does not like a name that you pick out. Always keep in mind that there is going to be a name out there that you both love, you just have to keep looking for it, and keep communicating with each other until you do finally agree on one.


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William is a father of a baby girl and offers advice on picking out a doll stroller and other girl toys on his site.