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The question of how to choose a name for my child, is difficult to many parents. The problem is really very difficult, because the name is for life, but because a mistake with this choice, it would be highly undesirable.

Before the revolution was the norm among the Orthodox call the child after one of the saints, the celebration of which accounted for a birthday or the day of the baptism of the child. Today, however, so do only the most orthodox believers, and even priests conducting the rite of baptism, do not insist on choosing a name in accordance with these rules. That is, your child christened any name, provided it was present in the Orthodox calendar.

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In Soviet times, probably because of the struggle against religion, are widely spread tradition of naming children on behalf of someone - either from the direct ancestors on the paternal or the maternal line. Usually in this case called "memory", that is, by the name of an ancestor who was at the time of birth was no longer alive. I must say that the wide dissemination of this tradition did not go to the peace in the family. Sometimes, when my father wanted to name their child after his late grandfather (or great-grandfather) and his mother in honor of his (deceased grandfather or great-grandfather). And on this basis in a family quarrel flared neshutochnye.

Sometimes children were named after celebrities. A classic example - Yuri Gagarin, after the flight, which in space, his name was called countless children in the USSR and many children outside. But this approach often leads to the fact that the name has become too commonplace, and in one group of kindergarten and then in the same class at school is 5 and more children are bearing the same name. What is not very good in terms of identity formation, as in this case, the child develops good personality. In addition to the traditional Orthodox system, now marketed various systems (online) offer a choice of the child's behalf, for example, based on the sign of the zodiac. However, scientific and cultural validity of such systems in reality is a big question. So if you're not one of those who like to shift the decision of their cases, on what - or a system of dubious character, the name for their child it's best to choose independently. By the way, popular today congratulations on the names (there are such systems) is much more justified, as psychologists recognize that the sound of the name plays a role in shaping the nature of man. Name, as a sequence of sounds, having a certain length, "hardness" or alternatively "softness", is used interlocutors to a man very often. And due to this "programmed by" nature.

As you probably already guessed, choose a name for your child you will still have their own, as none of the systems of choice of name (for children), to put it mildly, is not ideal. Select the name of the child in any case will be for you, but it is desirable to stick with him a few simple rules.

Do not call the child after his father, as phrases like "Alexander" actually do not sound too nice. Yes, and generally pay attention to how combined (sounds good) of your choice for a child's name with his middle name. Avoid choosing too common names for her child, because of the disadvantages of this choice has already been mentioned above. But too rare and exotic names, equally unacceptable, as bearing the names of these children are too often become targets of ridicule peers, the reason for which is their name. And the main thing - to seek a compromise, that is, choose for the child a name that equally satisfy both the father and mother.