Unlike many females, I have not had names picked out for my children since I was 13. For the first time in my life, this has become a problem. I’ve been going through family history and name books and finally came up with what I thought was a list of original and meaningful names. Then I got an email from Baby Center with the top 100 names of 2009 and every last one of my names was on that list. I hate it when Demotivator posters become the theme for my life.
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Funny, I didn’t know Javier was so popular!
We had some similar experiences… good luck!
Just keep at it. The name will finally come to you. Noel was almost named Gaylend. We thought it was very majestic, until we listened to how it sounded. Oooopppps! Sometimes his ( the baby’s ) name will just pop into you minds when you first see him, eye to eye. Try not to make it too long. We have to make T-shirts and cakes with his name on it in the future. If you make his name with a high pitch sound on it in its ending, he won’t like it when you call his name. Noel’s name made him respond to the word ‘NO’ way too often. Good Luck.