Comments on: Asking Someone Else to Name Your Baby http://www.nancy.cc/2010/01/14/asking-someone-else-to-name-your-baby/ Baby name suggestions, advice, trends and trivia. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: C in DC http://www.nancy.cc/2010/01/14/asking-someone-else-to-name-your-baby/#comment-355381 C in DC Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:38:28 +0000 http://www.nancy.cc/?p=10395#comment-355381 There are some cultures that have official baby-namers, just like others have matchmakers. An American friend of mine was asked to serve as the babynamer for some foreign friends (I forget where they were from), because they wanted an English name for their child as well as a traditional name from their culture. There are some cultures that have official baby-namers, just like others have matchmakers. An American friend of mine was asked to serve as the babynamer for some foreign friends (I forget where they were from), because they wanted an English name for their child as well as a traditional name from their culture.

]]> By: Bridgett http://www.nancy.cc/2010/01/14/asking-someone-else-to-name-your-baby/#comment-355005 Bridgett Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:11:47 +0000 http://www.nancy.cc/?p=10395#comment-355005 Yikes. I don't know if I would. I think I would allow only one of two names (first or middle). Or insist that it matches what is important to us (we like to use at least one saint's name; we chose names that match our heritage--Irish-Italian-German). Or I would have them offer us 4 choices and we could choose the final result. But still. It's outside my comfort zone! Yikes. I don’t know if I would.

I think I would allow only one of two names (first or middle). Or insist that it matches what is important to us (we like to use at least one saint’s name; we chose names that match our heritage–Irish-Italian-German).

Or I would have them offer us 4 choices and we could choose the final result. But still. It’s outside my comfort zone!

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