Question for teachers - do you have a problem picking baby names?

I'm struggling with baby names myself, as names that I come up with, or are suggested to me, always conjure up an image of a student I'm teaching or have taught before!





Anyone have the same problem?

Question for teachers - do you have a problem picking baby names?
My oldest daughter is a teacher. When she and my son-in-law were pregnant they had a very hard time picking out names. They opted not to find out the sex of the baby ahead of time so they had to come up with both a boy's and a girl's name. In the end, they also opted to keep their list of names private, too, so no one knew the sex or the possible names ahead of time. They had several names picked out and it wasn't until my daughter saw her son after birth that she decided what the name would be. She wanted a name that was not the name of any child she'd ever taught. They had, no laugh, 5 baby name books at their home trying to pick a name. My grandson is 14 months old now and his name is Aiden Nicholas. Of course, at the time, none of us knew another Aiden, but now all of a sudden it seems like it's a really popular name even though we still don't know another Aiden personally. Aiden was chosen because of my son-in-law's Irish heritage. My mom was a teacher for 30 years and when my brothers and I were having kids, she always gave us a hard time about choosing names that were the same as students she had bad associations with. I also have a teaching degree and have been a child care provider in my home for 20 years. When I found out I was pregnant with our youngest (a surprise conceived on birth control pills when our older kids were 17, 15, and 12), I dreaded having to go through the name picking ritual again. It wasn't just my husband and I with name associations now but all 3 of our older kids had some pretty strong opinions on names for their new baby sibling. We didn't all finally agree on a name until a couple days before I went into labor. Good thing she came 7 days past her due date!
Reply:Sort of...I mean if I really like a name that reminded me of a problem child I didn't dwell on that at all,but it did conjure up that memory....I just tried to stay away from the overly used names at the time I had my 4 kids,which wasn't easy until I decided to use a few family names and names I had always liked,or ones that had meaning to me behind the name...=)Good luck on naming yours!


Jr. High / Middle school, 23 yrs.
Reply:YESSSSSSSSS all the time. I use to love certain names, and then I had students who ruined it for me :-( That's why I like more original names so that no one in the past or future well mess it up for me. good luck!
Reply:My mom (who is a teacher) said that she would have the same problem.





I suggest choosing a name that you haven't had for a student or a name that belonged to a student you really liked.
Reply:I did! I ttaught preschool while pregnant and every name we came across would send chills down my spine. If we'd had a girl..she'd have no name! Luckily, my husband said Ian for a boy...I had never taught an 'Ian' and fell in love with it!! Good luck!
Reply:yes. trying to find a name that hasn't belonged to someone you have taught over the years...


my nan was also head of a school, so even more names than just one class!
Reply:I haven't even started teaching yet but all the experience I've had in classrooms bring up some bad images with names....i totally understand.
Reply:my aunt has taught for many years herself and picking names was prettty hard for her too her are some names that possibly you couldn't have run in to..............





girls


Lola


Ruby


Mia


boys


Jae


Jeff
Reply:I'll be a teacher in 2011 and I can imagine it would be very difficult for me also.
Reply:My parents certainly did - my brother was eventually named by a poll of my dad's tutor group :)
Reply:Lol, my mom was a teacher for many years. She'd swear up and down that she'd never name one of her children Keith, and that we better not either! :)
Reply:oohh yeah, Joshua and Jacob come to mind. Awful awful!





Good luck finding a good name~

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