naming a baby

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 28 Mar 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

jade	28 Mar 2002
personally i find this a very spiritual thing. finding the name that will numerologically greet everyone that he/she meets for their entire life (unless tey change it later). how do you or will you choose your baby's name? my first daughter chose her own right after birth.......she sang it in my ears. my son named himself thru many different people.....we all 'knew' what his name was going to be starting off with his older sister telling me his name and about 10 other people saying......"no don't tell me, i've dreamed about this....his name is josh" it was magical. and my little one......she told me her name about 18 months before she was conceived! then i balanced the spelling to be numerologically balanced for her path (which she also told me). (my eldest changed her name to numerologically balance itself to her birthday) yes, that's you fairyface :) so how do you get your children's names? in light, jade

destinyawaitsme	28 Mar 2002
how do you numerologically balance names with birthdays? Like my name is a 22, by birthdate is an 11. Is that balanced?

lunar_rabbit	28 Mar 2002
Neat question! I believe names are very powerful, too. That is why I decided a long time ago that I wanted all my children (the girls especially) to be given strong names -- great kings, goddesses, etc. My daughter definitely named herself. We had completely different ideas for her name before she was born. But after she came out, (I had a c-sec so I didn't see her right away) I asked my DH what her name was and he said "Josephine". That wasn't even a name we had considered. But who were we to argue? LOL. I have some strong feelings for the next child, too. But we will just have to wait and see. (And no, I'm not even pregnant yet.)

Liliana	28 Mar 2002
Well I said this elsewhere but mydaughters names are something that either links them with the family (family is very important to us, and our friends are included in our family) or something with spiritual power. My eldest is named mostly for the family connection, Amanda being the name my husbands parents would of named a girl if they had one, Lynn being a middle name many females in my family have, and Gail a close friend who was born the same day as my daughter (my kids have 3 names, second middle name is dedicated to a person) My other daughter is more spiritually named, Jordan happened to be what came out after she was born andit is the river in whichJesus was baptised, Bryana brings the celtic influence into it (and is partially dedicated to our friend Bryan), and Catherine is my husbands mom's name. And they fit their names beautifully. Amanda has gorgeous long hair, cant stop talking for the life of her, and is very sensitive. Jordan has short hair (much shorter than her sister at the same age) is always testing her limits, and if you punish her she acts like "How dare you punish ME?" lol

DollChica	28 Mar 2002
I had ideas about my daughters name when she was born, but once I saw her, she became Rachael Elizabeth. There was no question about it. My son, on the other hand, was baby-no-name for the first three days of his life. We couldn't find one that fit until the name Colin came up. So he's Colin Raymond. I don't know about the numerology aspects of the names. They just fit. On a side note, I did know that I was pregnant within 24 hrs after it happened both times. I even know what Colin's going to look like and do when he grows up.

jade	28 Mar 2002
i don't know how to balance a name myself......my soul-mom does it for me :) love jade

Pedeka	28 Mar 2002
I'm not very familiar with numerology and I don't have children of my own. But I did run a day care for 4 years and have noticed that names have a great deal to do with a child's personality. What I've noticed is that the most socially adjusted and yet independant children have names that are "familiar" and yet not very popular and trendy. We started to notice patterns and informally kept track of some "name traits" For example, Jeremys were usually more active than other boys. If someone was running it was usually a Jeremy. Our 3 Annas were noticably more demonstrative with affection than other kids. Names also seem to attract certain people. My Mother has always had a close friend named Marty, short for Martha. In my 32 years she has been friends with 5 Martys, and I'm sure there were more before me, and that isnt that common of a name. Mary just attracts Marthas I guess. I do have a question about numerology. Do you use a given name or a nick name? My name is Rebecca but very few people actually use it. I'm called Becky 90% of the time. So numerologically which one is me? Pedeka

jade	28 Mar 2002
you are working under the numerological signature of the name that is used the most. in light, jade ps i have sooo many kelly's in my life that each one has a nickname attached with it so we know which one i'm talking about LOL

amyel	28 Mar 2002
My sister & I are named after (or in honor of ) family members. I was named for my great grandmother, who died when my mom was about 17. My name is Amy - and it is not a nickname. That's the legal name. It is an anagram of her two names. I am the only one with a given name as a middle name - my sister & brother both share our mom's maiden name as their middle name. My middle name's origins are unclear. Once, my mom told me it was in honor of a certain great Russian empress, because she liked her strength (not because there is even one drop of Russian blood in my family!) but who knows. My sister was named after a couple of her father's family members. I don't know who/why my brother received his name. Now here's the interesting part: my sister & I have different fathers. And if you put our photos next to photos of our father's mothers - both of whom died before either of our fathers ever met our mother - we look almost exacty like the corresponding grandmother. Freaky, eh? And, as for names that surround me - it's Raymond. My father's father, my step-father's father, and husband's father, and a cousin are all Raymonds! And DollChica, if I didn't know my mother-in-law as well as I do, I'd be pretty nervous right about now, because, hubs' name is (rolling of drums here): Colin Raymond!

floracove	29 Mar 2002
My given name is ruth virginia. My parental grand mother wanted a girl and had this name picked out for her daughter she had 5 sons. I decided to stay where I was until my mother and father called me! My girls are named Sara Elizabeth she was given her first name by a cousin that was 2yrs old who who get up under my shirt and talk to my unborn child and she always called her sara, and I love the name elizabeth also is a family name. Valory Rachele was named and spelt valory in memory of her grand fathers who were in the service valor-strenght of character and I liked just the y. sara was born 10 12 1994 valory was born 04 17 2000 does that work out as good numbers 4 them?

Butterfly	01 Apr 2002
Tiana Violet is my little daughters name. Violet is my grandmother, cherished in life, and now one of my guides. Tiana just came to me and hubbie independantly. We intended to have a short list of 6 names, waiting until we saw her to decide. But the name just felt so right, it was an instant knowing. Now, Number 2, completely nameless. We can't come up with a single one we agree with. But I'm only half way through the pregnancy, so we've got 5 months to go. It's called Moopsie at the moment. I'm a bit scared I'll have to take a name out of Prince's book and call it the baby formally known as Moopsie. Tiana was Chubblie (short for Champagne bubbly) until she was born. But you are completely right about names and personality types. A big part of it is probably the parents, being certain types of people, are attracted to certain names and parenting in a certain way. You know, very conservative people will pick very conservative names, and will parent conservatively. There was actually a study that found that the population of people in mental hospitals with strange names is much, much higher than in the outside world. Something to think about...

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