Baby names: Cheery choices for your child
With gloomy and depressing headlines hitting the news every day about international trouble spots and the tanking economy, what’s a forward-looking, optimistic baby namer, who wants to project a warm, welcoming, positive sense of the world to her innocent little newbie, to do?
Here are a few suggestions.
1. Pick a name with a happy meaning. There are lots of choices that mean or connote happiness, hope, friendliness and good luck. These happy baby names include:
FOR GIRLS
Amy
Beatrice
Bliss
Blythe
Bonnie
Edwina
Farah
Felicity
Gioia
Hilary
Joy
Larissa
Leticia
Merry
Nadia
Sunshine
Tatum
FOR BOYS
Asher
Auden
Bellamy
Darwin
Felix
Isaac
Jubal
Noam
Rafiq
Tate.
2. Pick a nursery rhyme name. The innocence of bygone childhood could be recaptured by returning to a simpler Mother Goosey name.
GIRLS
Dolly
Jenny
Jill
Lucy
Margery
Mary
Molly
Polly
Rosie
BOYS
Georgie
Jack
Peter
Robin
Simon
Tommy
Willie.
3. Pick a name from the land of Disney. If, indeed, Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, what better domain to pick a happy-ending name from? Among the many to choose from:
GIRLS
Adelade
Amelia
Ariel
Audrey
Aurora
Belle
Bianca
Cleo
Daisy
Dinah
Esmeralda
Eudora
Flora
Jasmine
Lilo
Nala
Violet
BOYS
Buzz
Dashiell
Django
Eric
Finn
Flynn
Gideon
Jasper
Mickey
Milo
Nemo
Oliver
Remy
Rex
Rufus
Sebastian
Thaddeus
Timon
Toulouse.
4. Pick a virtuous name. Despite all obstacles, you want your child to be truthful, loyal, kind, honest and prudent. You can telegraph that positive message from the get-go by choosing a name such as:
Amity
Charity
Grace
Honor
Hope
Faith
Justice
Mercy
Patience
Prudence
Serenity
True
Verity
Nameberry is a baby-naming site produced by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz, co-authors of 10 bestselling baby name guides, including the newest, “Beyond Ave and Aiden: The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby.”
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