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" A baby is an
angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase." ~Author Unknown
It is difficult enough to select a name for your first baby. When choosing a name for a subsequent baby or a twin, there are even more factors that parents should take into consideration, such as the following:
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Avoid names
started with the same letter
Try not to choose names that start with the same letter. Calling one child Jane Smith and the other Joanne Smith may cause confusion. At school, clothes, books and toys that have the child’s initials on may get mixed up. In later life, you may begin receiving letters for Miss J Smith. This could cause embarrassment and arguments if the contents of the letter are private and it is opened by the wrong person.
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Choose names
with same pattern
If you have given your first child a very unusual name, avoid giving your next child a very common or simple name. They may wonder, as they get older, why you didn’t put as much thought and effort into naming them as you did your other child. You should put an equal amount of consideration into naming a subsequent child as you did in naming your first.
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Don't give
similar names
If you have twins, don’t be tempted to give them both very similar names. Particularly with identical twins, their name is often one of the few things that give them their own identity. Naming them, for example, Christopher and Christine (both of which can be shortened to Chris) may not be a wise move.
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Choose names
that connected but outwardly different
A good way to name siblings is to give them names that are connected in some way but are outwardly different. For example, you could use Aidan and Nadia. These are actually the same name but in reverse. Erica and Heather are very different names, but
Erica is actually the Latin word for Heather. Amy and May are an anagram of one another. Or Eve and Zoë, which sound very different but both of these names actually mean ‘life’ – one in Hebrew and one in Greek.
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