What's In a Name?

Great Delightful Princess with Dove Twin
(Daz, mine and Callum's name meanings combined)

Choosing the right name for your child is such an important task but it's also a very hard one. You want a name that suits the child but how will you know what will suit your child, it isn't even born yet and within those first few moments of birth does a child's personality already shine through so you know you've chosen the perfect name for them? Then you have to think about a name that matches with your surname, are there going to be any connotations, will the initials cause teasing or will the name be shortened and then not sound right. And then you have to think about when your child is older and what they themselves think of their name, will they love or hate it, will they want to change the name? So many thoughts to process and such an important decision.

When Daz and I were expecting Callum we started early on in the pregnancy looking at names, we wanted to be sure we chose a name we were happy with and thought our child would like. I myself had to also bear in mind that I'd been told by Daz when we got married there was only one name he wanted if we had a daughter, Charlotte. Now here is where the other part of choosing a name comes in, what if you knew someone by that name and had bad memories of them? In the end though you have to put all that aside and that is what I did and so there we were with a chosen name for if we had a daughter: Charlotte Rose White. The problem Daz and I had was with choosing a boys name. Neither of us could agree on a name we jointly liked but if we did it then turned out to be a name that, well, didn't sound right. For example we both didn't mind the name Matthew but then we realised this would in most cases be shortened to Matt and having the surname White the child would then end up being named after a paint colour (Matt White). So that name was scratched. A name we kept coming back to was Callum and as those of you that know us that's what we opted for and it's a name we've agreed perfectly suits Callum.

So what names have been floating around this time? Once again it seems we've settled on a girls name already and have a few extra on stand by. Again we have gone with Rose as a middle name (this is after Daz' Mum's middle name) and top of our list of girls name is Scarlett with Daisy, Skye and Summer as other maybes.

As for boys names... it's proving difficult... again! See it's so easy to pick a girls name there are so many pretty names but with a boy it's hard to choose. What do you want that name to say about your son? Do you want a name that's popular or a name that maybe stands out a little. And will we find a name that all three of us will agree on? lol. Also will we find a name that we like that either a family member or friend hasn't already used themselves? Names that are liked but that we won't have are Jack (Callum's choice and is one of his imaginary brothers name, the other being Ben) and Liam which has always been a favourite name of Daz'. Me? I can't decide what name I really like... and I've been told Remy is out of the question as is Gambit. :( ;) Boys names that have floated around though are Jay/Jason, Leo, Rocky (totally Daz! He wants to name the baby if it's a boy Rocky Jay White!), Sam, Riley, Ryan and Cory to name a few.

I can see us having many an evening talking boys names... again!