Baby Names with Samantha Ettius and Pamela Redmond

May 2nd, 2009

OK, so you and your wife/lover/partner are having a baby. Now comes the ridiculously terrifying prospect of naming your child. This is an awesome responsibility. It can also drive you out of your mind. There are a ton of resources that I’m going to share, but my only advice to you is this: name your child what YOU want.  Don’t name out of pressure from family member. EVERYONE will have an opinion - seriously.  My wife and I love my daughter’s name  - Talia. But it’s not for everyone. People seem to either love it, or hate it.  That’s ok with me because my name’s Chris, and growing up I HATED that I had such a common name. Same goes for my wife Laura.  We also decided on the name while were were on vacation in Italy, and we’re both Italian.  That’s partially why we chose the name Talia  (pronounced TAL -YA) not TA-LEAH-YA -(the priest that baptized Talia had a tough time pronouncing it and said it this way). If proper pronunciation is important to you and it may make you wince when people get your child’s name wrong, you may want to keep it simple.  Personally, I love the sound of the name Talia and love that once people get the pronunciation, nobody ever forgets her name.  Mission accomplished.

Here are some resources for you.

Babynology

Babycenter

Babynamesgarden

The cute Kid

Kabalarians

All About Baby Names

Baby Name Brainstorm

If you have a few different names you want to chat about, and get feedback from, please share them in the comments section or email me at chrisdessi@gmail.com and I’ll post it.

Good luck!

Here’s an amazing episode from ObsessedTV.com where Samantha Ettius interviews Baby naming expert Pamela Redmond Satran. There’s also an awesome appearance from Gary Vaynerchuk discussing how his real name isn’t Gary.  Finally, you should check out Pamela’s NameBerry - very helpful to get popularity charts for names, and interesting background on the names.

Tags: Baby Names, naming baby, pamela redmond, samantha ettius

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