It was all so much easier when I was choosing baby names. You liked a name and wrote it on a list. Or you had a book of names, and you flicked through it. Now, you can get websites to generate names for you, and avail yourself of naming wizards, and really, you only have yourself to blame if you don't find the perfect name.
Another consideration, these days, is the digital form your baby's name will take. You might take less pleasure in calling your new baby Katharine, for example, if you thought she'd be signing herself K8, or K8EE. I really liked the name Elsie, but now I'm glad I didn't choose it. It lends itself too easily to LC.
Any name that ends in an x (Beatrix, Max, Felix... there are some great ones in this category), now looks to me like it's got a kiss at the end of it, somehow.
Then there's the pitfall of the autocorrect. I have a friend with a son named Fingal, and every time I text her, I'm in severe danger of enquiring how Fungal is.
Anyone else with any stories of autocorrect woes, in the area of names?
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My name is Tesni and i suffer from autocorrect on a regular basis. That said I really like my name so I don't mind too much.
ReplyDeleteHaven't had to name a child yet but I haven't considered the Internet name before. Something to think about.
This is a problem I hadn't considered! I wonder how long it will be before someone actually names their child K8 on her birth certificate? ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad I'm not pregnant!
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