Name Problems and Disputes News

No matter how crazy you’ve gotten about baby names — and our boards are full of some pretty crazy stories — we bet there’s someone crazier. Confess!

Guest blogger Nina Badzin’s husband won’t listen to her ideas about baby names…..but maybe he’ll listen to yours.

These are some of the most attractive names around. But all have hidden flaws that can lead to — oooops! — big baby naming mistakes.

Today’s Question of the Week asks if you’ve ever had to sacrifice a name you loved because your partner vetoed it–and how it got–or didn’t get–resolved.

No baby namer is perfect. Here are the most common mistakes that even the best-informed parents make when choosing a name.

Oops–have you ever had second thoughts about the name you chose?

Conceiving your child may have made you feel, more than any other step you’ve taken together, as if you and your spouse had finally and truly become one. Choosing its name can remind you that, nope, you’re still actually two. There are all those people with all those names that each of you knew and […]

This expectant mom has a fever, and the only cure is the perfect baby name.

William was the name so nice she used it twice. How even a professional name-chooser sometimes doesn’t get it right.

How dealing with Grandma’s name critiques can make you a better person.

His wife’s job was to suggest possible names for their twin daughters. His job was to say he didn’t like them.

Is name-napping really so wrong? Even if you’re desperate?

How one couple successfully arrived at the perfect name/nickname solution.