給嬰兒起名字應該避免的錯誤

There are few things more thrilling in life than having your first baby. But newbie baby namers are prone to making some mistakes that more experienced name choosers are able to avoid.
生活中沒有什麼事情比你第一個孩子出生更能讓你興奮。但是新手的嬰兒命名者更容易犯一些錯誤而有經驗的命名者則能避免這些錯誤。

If you're choosing a baby name for the first time, don't make one of these seven common mistakes:
如果你第一次給孩子起名字，不要犯這七個常見錯誤。

1. Believing that the names that were popular -- and creative -- when you were a kid still have the same status.

Name tastes have changed radically over the last decade or two. Goodbye, Jessica and Josh, hello Layla and Serenity, Landon and Tristan -- all top 100 names.
1 相信名字很受歡迎，有創意——當你還是孩子的時候你也有同樣的感受
名字的品味在最近十幾二十年裏從根本上發生了的變化。Goodbye, Jessica and Josh, hello Layla and Serenity, Landon and Tristan——前100名的名字。

2. Thinking that the playground rules are the same as they were back in the day.

Kids no longer get teased for having names that are unique, androgynous, exotic or hard to pronounce or spell. Rather, name diversity is celebrated.
2 想象操場規則跟他們以前一樣
孩子們不再因名字奇怪、中性、外來的、難於發音或拼寫而被取笑。名字多樣化反而被讚揚。

3. Letting your parents have too much say in the baby's name.

Baby names can undoubtedly be a fun topic of family conversation. But the person who changes the diapers at 3 a.m. gets to name the baby.
3 讓你的父母爲孩子命名上說太多話
給孩子命名毫無疑問可以成爲家庭談話一個有趣的話題。但是，在凌晨3點起來給嬰兒換尿布的人有資格給嬰兒命名。

4. Clinging too tightly to the name you always swore you'd give your first child.

A lot of people -- let's face it: girls -- spend their childhoods coming up with fanciful names they want to give their children. But if that name you always loved has suddenly become uber-popular or clashes with your new last name, let it go.
4 太堅持你所保證要給你第一個孩子起的名字
許多人——面對現實吧：女孩子——整個童年時代都在想一些爲她們將來孩子起的夢幻名字。 但是如果你一直喜歡的名字突然間超級受歡迎或跟你的新姓相沖突，那就接受現實吧。

(恆星英語學習網原創編譯,轉載請註明出處!)5. Caring too much about how cool the name choice makes you look.

Sure, pregnancy is cooler than it used to be, with cuter clothes and celebrity role models. But putting a name's cool factor above all else won't make little Bronx's life very easy.
5 太關注名字的選擇使你看起來有多酷
當然，現在懷孕比以前更酷了，有更可愛的衣服和名人式典範。但是把起一個很酷的名字當成高於一切並不能讓小Bronx的生活變得更容易。

6. Not considering subsequent children's names.

First-time namers are likely to think about, well, their first child's name, but if you name Baby No. 1 Tallulah, then you pretty much rule out Lula, Lila, Delilah, Sula, Tally and maybe even Louis for subsequent children.
6不考慮隨後的孩子們的名字
新手的嬰兒命名者很可能只考慮他們第一個孩子的名字，但是如果你給第一個孩子取名爲Tallulah，那麼你就完全排除爲以後的孩子取Lula, Lila, Delilah, Sula, Tally, 甚至是Louis這些名字。

7. Not realizing that there's going to be a real live baby ... and child ... and, eventually, grownup on the other end of the naming decision.

We get it that it can seem like your pregnancy is all about you. Sometimes, it can almost come as a shock when an actual baby emerges in the delivery room, instantly asserting her own needs and personality. Try to keep that little (and eventually big) person in mind when you choose the name she'll live with forever.
7 沒有意識到決定命名的另一端，即從一個活生生的嬰兒到兒童，最後長大成人
我們知道懷孕看起來好像都是關於自己。有時，一個真正的嬰兒出生在產房會使你感到震驚，他立即聲稱自己的需要和性格。儘量記住那個小人（最終長大），當你選擇一個名字，那個名字就會跟隨她一生。

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