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Originally Posted by Redlemon
No actual suggestions, but here's the method we used:
Find the 100 most popular current names.
Strike out the top 20 names. (My wife and I had the most popular names for our birth year. Annoying in class when you share your name with 4 other kids.)
Strike out any that are hard to spell. (Even though my name is popular, people can't spell it.)
Strike out any that aren't gender specific. (Personal choice.)
Work with what's left.
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I like these rules.
The rules we used for naming my daughter were similar:
1. Not in the top 100 in the US in the last ten years (to avoid duplication in class)--other country's top 100's are fair game, and in fact fertile ground.
2. You must be able to correctly pronounce on the first try (to avoid awkward pronunciation moments)
3. You must be able to spell correctly on the first try (to avoid her having to spell it every time she gave it to someone)
4. Must have some possible nicknames, but no obvious nickname more common than the base name (to avoid "do you go by Joe or Joseph?")
We went with Charlotte.