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Why do we call them "baby names"; they're given names—a person will be using it their entire life—they just so happen to be chosen at birth. Expecting parents
by AceyMan 3y ago
Why do we call them "baby names"; they're given names—a person will be using it their entire life—they just so happen to be chosen at birth.
Expecting parents and their inner circle are always discussing 'cute baby names,' forgetting in the arc of life their child will only [typo] be a baby a short time (fate willing and all that).
When I consider names, my standard is; "Would this sound solid and respectable if <the name> were the head of my division / a diplomat / leading thinker", etc.
If it doesn't feel like it'd be a fit for those "life roles," it's scratched.
(We only have one, a boy, and it met that standard but I still do that thought experiment on the premise if we'd had a girl.)
- devilbunny 3y agoYou can overthink it, though. My name, had I been female, would have been Margaret. Nice name. I could totally see being a Maggie. Except they were going to call me Marg. Hard G. Like Ms Helgenberger, the actress. I probably wouldn’t have been that attractive, which is pretty much the only way to survive with such a horrible name.