What's your preference for naming children?

[Ceece]

I wanted simple names, easy to say and spell, that went together with the last name in nice way and were obviously female/male. From there it was just a matter of finding names that I had no previous associations to and that I could see myself saying outloud for the rest of my life.

[nmnita]

We choose names that we thought were not to common for our kids to have 6 in their class with the same name, but we didn't want them to be self concious about there names. Our granddaughter is having a little boy: because she and hubby were born in Texas they are naming him after a town or city in texas, they just haven't decided which one: they know it won't be Austin or Dallas, too common.

Nita

[CraigCreek]

Also consider initials: Patricia Isabelle Graham sounds lovely, but creates a major problem. As does Frederick Arthur Thompson.

[Garfunkle524]

I prefer to name kids after things I enjoy. That way, people who learn my children's names know a little more about me.

For example, my first son or daughter will be named Bacon RollerCoaster Sleeplate.

[AishaGurl91]

My kids are Jackson Martin and Layla Victoria.

Jackson is a name I just happened to like, while Martin is my boyfriend's dad's name. Layla I also liked (it means "night" in Arabic) and Victoria is my godmother's name.

My tastes are a bit modern, but not too modern.

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by 90sman

I like traditional names that can age well and ones that are very basic but classy.

My favorite names:

Boys:
Jack
William
Benjamin
Edward
Thomas
Arthur
Matthew
David
Christopher
Henry

Girls:
Evelyn
Amelia
Margaret
Eleanor
Anna
Lucy
Ruthie
Elizabeth
Caroline
Ella
Natalie
Charlotte
Molly
Ruby

Except for a few, this sounds like roll call at an old age home to me.