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Old June 14th 07, 04:20 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Default Baby names and NO idea

On Jun 12, 10:28 pm, "beyond the pale"
wrote:

One name I have always liked for a girl is Kate. Simply Kate. Kate
not-short-for-anything, Kate is the full name. Problem is I can't make it
work as a first name, only as a middle name, and I prefer to name my kids
what they'll be called as there first name, for no logical reason, it's just
a thing I have. My brother goes by his middle and all his mail and listings
are in his first name. Seems simple to avoid that.


I honestly would NOT just name her Kate. Kate is a nickname, and it's
really best to avoid giving nick-names as given names. (If only
because people WILL assume that her 'real name' is Katherine. If you
like Kate, name her Katherine (or Katlyn) and call her Kate. It's not
really a problem in the sense that calling people by their middle
names can cause problems over time. (Everyone knows that Kate is
Katherine and Katherine is Kate, but people may not know that Susan is
Jane or Mary is Tabitha.)

And there are lots of middle names that go well with Katherine.
(Remember too that, by and large, people DON'T call other people by
their full names ... barring the times when you're screaming at "Kate
Matilda ... get your butt into the house right now!") so while it's
nice to have a name that 'flows well' with the first name, it really
isn't vital. If you're set on calling her Kate, I'd give a middle name
with 3 syllables, which usually works well with either one syllable
(Kate) or 2 (Kath'rin [the usual pronunciation ...] or any of the
other common nicknames (Katie, Kathy).


Beyond that, pick up some baby books (and check out babyname web
sites) and browse for a while. (We had the problem that there were
tooMANY names we liked ... fortunately, there were comparatively few
that both of us liked, so that narrowed it down considerably.)

Naomi
(Who ended up namingher daughter Shaina Elizabeth ... and if she'd
been a boy he would have been Nathan Jeremy.)

Naomi