Baby Names
The most important aspect of personality affected by names is self-concept. Self-concept develops as children develop, and it is “learned” from the verbal and non-verbal messages significant people in children’s lives send them. Parents are the most important message-senders, but, as children mature and become more and more independent, the messages of teachers, classmates, and other people all contribute to their developing concepts of self. In a sense, self-concept works as a kind of script for the way people act. If a boy has an image of himself as bad or as not capable of doing well in school, his behavior will probably reflect that image. He will tend to behave the way he thinks a “bad boy” is supposed to behave, or he will fail to learn as he should even though he might be quite intelligent.
A person’t name has an impact on the process of building a self-concept because the name helps determine the messages other people send the child. It has been well established through research that certain names are generally considered desirable in our culture and have positive feelings associated with them. It is also well established that other names are looked upon as being undesirable and carry negative associations. For example, Curt, David, Diane, Jeff, Judy, and Linda are all considered desirable and positive, and Agatha, Edgar, Francis, Mabel, Marvin, and Phoebe all provoke the opposite reaction (See Chapter 10 of Anderson). Because of this, people unconsciously, but nevertheless effectively, send positive and negative messages in keeping with positive and negative images.
Most of the time these messages are very subtle, but sometimes they take the form of jokes, teasing, and even ridicule, especially within the child’s peer group. At best, the joking and teasing can make children self-conscious about their names and reluctant to have any contact with other children out of fear of being ridiculed. At worst, especially when insensitive adults think the jokes and nicknames are funny and actually use them too, it can undermine what might otherwise be healthy personalities.
Duration : 0:4:27
There all common …
There all common names
i like the names …
i like the names Genevieve for a girl, and Noel for a boy
My sons name is …
My sons name is number 4
Girl: Olivia and …
Girl: Olivia and Landen (yes landen is for a girl)
Boy: Oliver
I know im cool 2 names almost the same olivia and oliver!! <3
Boys:
Finn/Finnley …
Boys:
Finn/Finnley
Kenan
Asmar
Burak
Ezra
Sam
Girls:
Selin
Asli
Ezel
Lamia
Melek
Maggie/Magnolia/ Margret
Emily
Meral
miine will be
…
miine will be
boys.
Montell & Elijah
Girls
Pricilla & Clarissa
jayla sounds like …
jayla sounds like kayla thats a great name
my favs are …
my favs are courtney or rachle sarah vivian boys are caden connor
my fave names for …
my fave names for girls are:
Jayla
Sydney
Maria
Leanne
and for boys
Joshua
Austin
Jeffrey
Liam
yay my names holly …
yay my names holly
My favorites are …
My favorites are Sydney and Hailey for girls and Jack and Owen for boys.
i made up a very …
i made up a very abstract name. It’s:
Alashanikqua
cool, isn’t it? Never see that any where.
boys
Frazier & …
boys
Frazier & Zeke
Girls
Selena & Julie
Those are my favs.
I’d like to suggest …
I’d like to suggest these interesting names to the public:
Marie Juanna/ Maria Juana
Krystal Meghth
Cholera
Tyranny
Viaghra
Allegra
Bud Light
Ziphilis
Salle Monela
lol i am searching …
lol i am searching a name for a wow Character
i think Laura/ …
i think Laura/Lauren is a sporty name. it sounds like a cheerleader or soccer player but i guess anyone can have any name. i think Mena/Mina, Belle, Claire/Klair/Klaer/Clare etc, Lea/Leah, Rebeccah, Chloee, and Georgeena are all really classy names. when i have kids i’m going to pick from this pile. i think Connor and Taylor are really cute, sporty, and musical names for boys. i really want to name one of my daughters Connor or Konner, though. =D
weird… my …
weird… my brothers first and middle name is william anthony and those two names were right after each other!
noones name is …
noones name is sophia i know like 2 ppl in thw whole word sophia and william isnt popular
my favourite name …
my favourite name is scarlette i also like carmen
girls: aubry ariely …
girls: aubry ariely blair or clair shy and shawna lol my name is nataliee
haha joshua charles …
haha joshua charles is my brothers name well first is josh and charles is middle…and jessica and adam and brittany should be up there dickheads
oliver charles
…
oliver charles
benjamin charles
joshua charles
sam charles
kay i not hey gay u probably wont like um but yh lol
my names holly my …
my names holly my mates is jess nd i lurve the boys names
I like your ideas …
I like your ideas for girl names, can you help me pick a boy name? I want it unique but not ugly, If it’s a girl, it’s gonna be Braelyn Renee. But I need one for a boy, The middle name is Charles, I was thinking Jayson Charles. So. do you have any Ideas?
lol i love the name …
lol i love the name lauren, mostly because it’s my name. I also love the name hayley, I have a daughter that I named hayley, but i spelled it haylee.