I have that people are often in search of two things which can cause them a conflict. They want to be seen as a unique individual, and they do not want to be treated than other people. It seems that people crave standing out and fitting in at the same time. Recently one way people have been trying to give their children uniqueness by giving them unusual names. This can work out to be both good and bad. In a good light children see they are unique and know that they are an individual because they do not have to learn the concept of sharing the same name as someone else. As a difficulty unique names are often mispronounced and difficult to spell so children have to correct others. Many times they can be teased or made fun of because of a strange name.

My son and his wife are expecting their first child. They know through an ultra sound that they are having a boy. They have been searching for baby boy names since they found out the sex of the baby. My daughter-in-law at times has very different ideas so I have been concerned about what type of baby boy names she is going to come up with. She bought a book of

Finding Baby Boy Names

names to find out different meanings. She believes that what ever you are named this will be your destiny due to her beliefs in the zodiac. I sometimes like to tease her that she will be giving birth to the next messiah because her name is Mary. She constantly complains about her common name. I think that this is why she is spending so much time looking at baby boy names. My son is stressing about this because he remembers teasing kids in his class in school who had unusual names. He fears that if his wife insists on a strange name his son will be ridiculed and called by a nickname anyway. My daughter-in-law insists that whatever baby boy name they decide on that this is what everyone will call the child she does not want them to be called by a shortened version or nickname. As the baby grows and matures he may decide that he would rather have people call him something different than the name she gives him.

When my son asked me for my opinion I told him that my only wish for them is that their baby is healthy. That no matter what name they give to him I will love him because he is their child, and will be my first grandchild. So even though we should try to give our child the best baby name we can think of, just remember there are other important things to be concerned about.