Sunday, 2 October 2011

How to find a unique baby name

Spelling
Changing the spelling of common names can make your child’s name unique. For example, if you are thinking about “Dominic,” name your child “Dominique” or “Dominick.” If you give it proper consideration, you can come up with a unique spelling for each name out there. Try changing the “c” to “k” and many more.

Mix names

There are parents who like to combine names and come up with something really unique for their child. This is very common for the eldest and the youngest child. There are parents who combine their names to create a brand new one of a kind name. Just make sure that the name you come up with is not funny or ridiculous.

Punctuations
Putting punctuations in your child’s name will definitely make it unique. You may use a dash for compound names like Rose-Joy or Jon-Rey. You may also add apostrophe on some names to make it more unique. For example, you can name your child J’anet.

Last Names
You may use the last names of important and significant people as your child’s first name. For example, Smith and Jones are family names that may be cooler as a first name.

Backwards
There are certain words that have great meaning or have great impact on your life that may sound great if spelled backwards. You can use this to name your child. For example, “Esor” may sound great. This is the reverse of the word “rose.” You can check out the dictionary and look for a word that may sound cool as a name if spelled backwards.

From the Globe
There are a lot of countries that are named after kings and conquerors. This means, these countries may also sound cool as a name. You can look at the globe and look for a country that may sound great as your child’s name. Maybe you want your child to become a traveler someday, or maybe you want your child to be a conqueror as well, then you can get a country’s name and use it as your child’s name.

The Stars
Popular actors and actresses are idolized by many parents. There are certain celebrities that have names that may sound unique for your child. You can use the names of these stars to name your child. But you can also literally use the names of the starts. There are a lot of star constellations out there and you can use one of these constellations to name your child. For example, you can use Orion, Aries and other Zodiac signs in the stars to name your child.

Sound
Make sure the name you give your child sounds good. You say the prospected name of your child repeatedly to make sure it sounds good. There are certain names that may lead to a funny nickname. This is something that you must avoid.

Meaning
Make sure the meaning of the name you give your child is great. Even if it is unique, it may have an ugly meaning and you child will be carrying this name until he or she grows up. This includes the origin of the name of your baby like what language it is and from what country.

Database
You may collect a searchable baby names database to do some research on baby names' meanings and origin before you pick a sweet baby name.