Baby Names – Importance and Effects:

Name is the combination of letters designating the entity of an individual. Names include personal name, place-names, heading of works of art, brand names, etc. Naming is the procedure of handing over a particular word or a combination of words to an individual. Babies are important part of anybody’s life and the process of naming the baby is considered very important by most of the people.

In some cultures, people use to keep the names of gods and goddesses to their children with the faith that when they call the baby by the god or goddesses name they are getting the grace of god. In many cultures, naming the baby is celebrated as a function by inviting friends, relatives and neighbors. In this function the father of the child whispers the selected name on the baby’s ear three times. Nowadays, people are very much interested in giving a different, an attractive and a modern name to their babies. Throughout history, people have placed much importance on selecting the names for their babies.

Most couple picks the name of their baby on the basis of their meaning, and they also see whether the name goes best with the last name. Name is very important because it is only the name of a person, which acts as a first impression to others. When you select a name for your baby you should see that the name should be easy for others to pronounce, so that your baby does not feel bad about the wrong way in which his/her name is spelled when he/she grows up.

Selecting the name of the baby is the first decision made by you in his/her life, so you should be careful in selecting the perfect name for your baby. Some cultures invite village elders and holy men for naming their babies.

In some cultures zodiac plays an important role in selecting the name of the babies. Some consults Nameologists to decide a name from a list of selected names. Some people consult numerologists for deciding a name, who decides the name on the basis of the date of birth of the baby.

You can find several baby names on websites. Many websites show several baby names with their meaning, but if you decide to go with your culture to select your baby name you will definitely end in finding a good name for your baby going to join you in a few months.

It has been found that the name of the child has some effects on the development of child. So, you should keep your child’s development in mind, when you are selecting a name for your baby. In the beginning stages, your child will not understand the meaning or the uniqueness in his/her name, but when he/she grows up, he/she should not feel bad about the name selected by her parents.

When your child grows and start going to school he/she will be in a new atmosphere and will find many children of his age there. This is the period he/she will find effect of his/her name. They start developing some skills at this stage and if he/she gets abused because of his/her name it will have a serious effect on his/her development. If the child has a bad name the other children will start hurting the child and will curb the child from developing his/her social skills. When your child grows further and goes to mid school and high school level he/she will suffer a lot because of his/her embarrassed name. Children hate to have friendship with a guy having a peculiar name so your child might be all alone without friends. Sometimes having a unique name (not a peculiar name) will be advantageous since his/her name makes the child noticeable, which will in turn develop his/her confidence level.

Researchers have found that the name of the child will have an effect on the academic performance of the child. It has been found that girls with non-feminine names are most likely to select science or mathematics as their main subject for higher education than the girls with feminine names. Researchers have proved that the name of the child will have a psychological effect on its development. So, the parents should be cautious about this.

The exam results of children with peculiar names were compared with that of brother/sister who has a common name, and it was found that the children with peculiar names score less marks when compared to their brothers/sisters with common names. It has also been found that the reason behind this is that the teachers were simply judging the children by their names. So, when you decide to select a different name for your baby you should be careful about the consequences. Select a best name for your child considering the importance of your child’s development!!!

Linus Orakles
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