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It's important, of course. But how do you balance the half-dozen equally important factors? 
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Canon always stuck with us,” she says. “France is one of our favorite places to vacation, and so his name’s actually French and it means young wolf, which Stephen loved because we kind of consider ourselves a wolf pack.
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If we can be kind and generous when considering other parents’ motivations for a name choice, let’s also be honest about how these names may wear over a lifetime.
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Kate Towne explains that the meaning of a name comes from more than -- and sometimes in spite of -- its definition.
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Can this family find a name that satisfies all their rules, or does something need to give?
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"by Joe Benevento As a teacher of literature at the college level for over thirty years and a published writer of fiction for about as long, I’ve always been intrigued by the meanings of characters’ names."
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"I love it when a couple wants to give their child a name that has real meaning to them—and that’s exactly what Simi and Amit hope to do:"
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African parents place such a high importance on the meaning of baby names. Take a look at the baby-naming traditions of Africa!
Clare's insight:
"Of course, Africa is a very large continent and it is home to hundreds of different languages and customs." - but nonetheless, an interesting topic that I'd like to learn more about.
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While I like naming my children after people I appreciate, the more significant issue to me is that it is a name with an appropriate meaning that Daniel and I are fully agreed on.
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Police in southern China’s Guangdong province have offered their help to expectant parents hoping to give their children less common names. The provincial public security bureau launched a new public platform on social app WeChat on Tuesday, and among the services available is a name search function that allows you to check how many residents of the province have the same name.
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I believe this to be cold feet and nothing more.
Clare's insight:
In this post, Swistle gives her usual solid advice on not only names, but also C-sections and beyond.
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Here in Japan there is no tradition of giving a middle name, so it is common for parents to name the child a normal Japanese name, and then the child is given a Saint’s name at baptism.
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though this breaks my heart, I can't imagine naming a baby something that my husband flat out hates, even if it's something I've loved before I knew him. So Trudy is out.
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" In Hawaiian belief, one’s name is so important that many parents ask someone fluent in the language, with a deep understanding of the culture, to determine what their baby will be called."
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An extremely interesting article, and the most authoritative-sounding thing I've read about Hawaiian naming practices.
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Shouldn't the meaning of our name have some kind of impact on us? Shouldn't the meaning of our name give us a deep-rooted sense of identity beyond what our personality or job title may offer?
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Tributes to God, love and soccer behind unique monikers in Grade 5 and 6 classes.
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This sounds like a great assignment. I'm not even going to issue caveats about "meanings", because the names here were clearly chosen with love and thought and great personal meaning, and who am I to contradict that?
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