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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:01pm |
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Ok so I have been thinking about this a bit lately as all my Dh and his bro's and sis were named by someone other then their parent's. Now we have done the samething with our girl as DH and I could not agree on any name. We did not just ask anyone we asked my best friend who I have known scince I was 11. We have had mixed comment's about this and was wondering if anyone else would do this or are we just totally weird??
Oh and by the way she chose one which we would have never thought of and we both love it. just incase you are wondering the name is Emily we chose the middle name as its is MIL middle name.
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Kellz
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:05pm |
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Nothing wierd about that, although I dont know anyone thats done it.
Plenty of people use family names, or are expected to, and I know that name chosing in diff cultures is done by other family members.
Great name BTW!
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:07pm |
Emma!! if you get a min can you please correct my spelling on my topic blame babybrain 
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:17pm |
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LOL, can do!
We let Maya pick a middle name, she picked Chloe. I could actually live with Chloe as a first name but Willie isn't so keen and we had already picked Chiara.
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:23pm |
Thankyou Emma you are a  
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:29pm |
It's not something Id personally do but to each their own. Nice name though
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:38pm |
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My grandparents named me, I was a whangai baby so that was a little different I gues..
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:55pm |
What a lovely name Debs. I think that is a great name and I dont see anything wrong with that.
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:56pm |
 .Mel wrote:
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Your grandparents have great taste. I love the name Melissa for a little girl!
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 9:56pm |
My friend is Tongan and they followed the Tongan tradition that it's the baby's aunty (it's dad's eldest sister) who names the child. Thankfully she chose a name that my friend liked!
Love the name Emily by the way!
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 10:01pm |
Emily was my second choice to Hannah - if she didn't look like a Hannah
I think it's a lovely idea, getting someone you love and trust to choose the name.
Little bit risky if you hate the name and you don't wanna hurt their feelings....
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 10:02pm |
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Like the name, very pretty. I just couldn't let someone else name my baby though! I almost died when soemone else named my car, lol, and insisted n callig it this name that I hated. Sorry, random and offtopic.
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Posted: 02 April 2008 at 7:38am |
My Dads mum named me, not to sure if i would do it but i think it s cool to have the input of friends and family.
Like the name too.
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Posted: 02 April 2008 at 9:27am |
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I found the in Africa many of the parents I worked with got a pastor or someone else really special to name their child. some Did give five or six names to chose from while other just left it completly up to the person they had picked.
I think it is a lovely way of doing it.
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Posted: 02 April 2008 at 11:23am |
Its not weird at all , but I wouldnt want someone else naming my child. To me its a personal decision between my DF and myself
Love the name Emily thought 
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Posted: 02 April 2008 at 2:38pm |
Well I guess it's more like she suggested the name and you both loved it?
If you had asked for her to name the baby, and you really didn't like the name - what would you have done then? Just curious
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Posted: 02 April 2008 at 6:59pm |
meow wrote:
Well I guess it's more like she suggested the name and you both loved it?
If you had asked for her to name the baby, and you really didn't like the name - what would you have done then? Just curious
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I am not sure cause we never really did not think we wouldn't. I guess we would have talked to her about it, but most name's she would have picked we prob would have liked cause she know's me really well and know's we like anything that is older like our boy's name's are.
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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 3:45pm |
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Apparently we'll be given a list of names based on the stars on the day baby is born and then my partners sister chooses the name. If we don't like it we can change it though or use it as a middle name.
I still have a few favorites.
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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 3:59pm |
i think its nice for your friend, an honour really, and seen you both like the name thats great  emily is a nice name.
sarah_pullen- that sounds fun
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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 6:38pm |
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I think its a lovely idea, and a beautiful name same as my niece so i'm bias.
I don't think it matters how you choose the name for your child as long as you are happy with it.
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