Should a baby's name "fit" with your own

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Should a baby's name "fit" with your own
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Tue, 01-24-2006 - 5:17pm

How important is it that your child's name "fit" with you and your partner's? For example, my husband and I have traditional names - straight out of the Bible. However, I am in love with the name Lorelei Giselle. It is definitely much more unique than our own names, however, that is one of the reasons I adore it. Should I be concerned with the fact that it doesn't "go" with our own names? Using that logic, though, won't each generation be forced to stay within these same parameters, ultimately leading to conservative/traditional names on down the line?

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated on this subject...

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-01-2003

no, your children's names don't need to "fit" with yours

a lot of people try to make their children's names be the same style, and I guess I sort of agree with that to a point, although there is certainly nothing wrong with children in a family's names being of different styles if you just happen to like the certain names at the time

but staying with the style of the parents is unecessary - it's a different era

and yes, using that logic - there'd have never been different styles - the whole country would be stuck on names that were used in the old days

it's interesting to see all the different styles that are used today - and who uses them and how they tend to be used within families

go with what you like (I really like Gisele)

good luck

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-14-2003
I don't see any reason to stick w/ the name style of the parents. Those names were chosen by YOUR parents & if you have an entirely different styling preference then go for it! I don't think anyone would question a name given to a child that didn't "match" the parents' names.
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Registered: 01-22-2006
Personally, I'm a big fan of more unusual/untraditional names. I think what's most important for you to consider is your own opinion and that this name will define your child for the rest of her life. Also I love the name Loralie... One of my previous options for a name was Loralee...

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