Name Game: Baby Names 101

NAME GAME BABY NAMES 101 TIPS FOR CHOOSING YOUR BABY'S NAME KEEP TRACK WRITE USE down your favorite names your smartphone to save names you like so you won't lose them CONSIDER FLOW "Sarah Louise" STICK with names that go wel| with your last name SAY potential names out Shorter first names go loud to see how they sound well with longer last names, and vice versa GO FOR INDIVIDUALITY HELLO MY NAME IS Saoirse Adams TRY IF to bridge the gap between your last name is common, a common name and one you can go for a more that's hard to pronounce unusual first name HONOR YOUR FAMILY || II IV YOU PICK can name your baby after the name because you a grandparent, parent, like it-not because of uncle, or aunt family pressure LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE Certificate Of Birth JEAN F. KENNEDY CONSIDER AVOID your baby's full name and names that rhyme with initials to avoid potentially your last name or that embarrassing nicknames are overly cutesy TOP TOP BABY NAMES THEN AND NOW John Dorothy Helen James William Mary 1913 elaphia Jacob Sпта Noah Liam Olivia 2013 INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY www.desertwest-obgyn.com Sources: http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-to-pick- a-name-for-your-baby_1505.bc http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/ http://www.babycenter.com/popular BabyNames.htm?year=1913