How to Name a Baby (2013)

Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by contingencies on Sunday September 16, 2018 @09:54PM (#18002592)

When I named my daughter four and a half years ago I had a few goals. Unique but not wacky. Exotic but not obtuse. Clear but not dull. Short. Easy to pronounce in different cultures where certain phonemes are difficult. Easy to spell. Memorable. Story about naming to please both sides of the family. It was an ask!

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Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by Brajeshwar on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:03AM (#18003122)

This is pretty much what I did about 10 years ago for my first daughter. I had one additional - have a .com[1] available.

1. https://laaija.com

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Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by cozuya on Monday September 17, 2018 @05:00AM (#18004239)

She'll get some strange looks if she ever travels to Latvia.

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Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by Dramatize on Monday September 17, 2018 @01:03AM (#18003347)

First thing I did when we settled on a name was to register this domain name.

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Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by spikej on Sunday September 16, 2018 @11:24PM (#18002943)

OK, gotta know. What did you settle on?

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Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by contingencies on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:54AM (#18003295)

Sana. I'll spare you the stories, but it fit all criteria and we're yet to have a spelling or pronunciation problem across many borders.

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Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by bad_news_bears on Monday September 17, 2018 @08:25AM (#18005195)

Also, “healthy” in Spanish!

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Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by vlehto on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:59AM (#18013888)

That would be "word" in finnish

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Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by mdnormy on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:54AM (#18014116)

"There" in Malay & Indonesian.

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Re:How to Name a Baby (2013) by ValleyOfTheMtns on Sunday September 16, 2018 @10:39PM (#18002768)

... and the name you came up with to match all that criteria?

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