给婴儿起名字应该避免的错误

There are few things more thrilling in life than having your first baby. But newbie baby namers are prone to making some mistakes that more experienced name choosers are able to avoid.
生活中没有什么事情比你第一个孩子出生更能让你兴奋。但是新手的婴儿命名者更容易犯一些错误而有经验的命名者则能避免这些错误。

If you're choosing a baby name for the first time, don't make one of these seven common mistakes:
如果你第一次给孩子起名字，不要犯这七个常见错误。

1. Believing that the names that were popular -- and creative -- when you were a kid still have the same status.

Name tastes have changed radically over the last decade or two. Goodbye, Jessica and Josh, hello Layla and Serenity, Landon and Tristan -- all top 100 names.
1 相信名字很受欢迎，有创意——当你还是孩子的时候你也有同样的感受
名字的品味在最近十几二十年里从根本上发生了的变化。Goodbye, Jessica and Josh, hello Layla and Serenity, Landon and Tristan——前100名的名字。

2. Thinking that the playground rules are the same as they were back in the day.

Kids no longer get teased for having names that are unique, androgynous, exotic or hard to pronounce or spell. Rather, name diversity is celebrated.
2 想象操场规则跟他们以前一样
孩子们不再因名字奇怪、中性、外来的、难于发音或拼写而被取笑。名字多样化反而被赞扬。

3. Letting your parents have too much say in the baby's name.

Baby names can undoubtedly be a fun topic of family conversation. But the person who changes the diapers at 3 a.m. gets to name the baby.
3 让你的父母为孩子命名上说太多话
给孩子命名毫无疑问可以成为家庭谈话一个有趣的话题。但是，在凌晨3点起来给婴儿换尿布的人有资格给婴儿命名。

4. Clinging too tightly to the name you always swore you'd give your first child.

A lot of people -- let's face it: girls -- spend their childhoods coming up with fanciful names they want to give their children. But if that name you always loved has suddenly become uber-popular or clashes with your new last name, let it go.
4 太坚持你所保证要给你第一个孩子起的名字
许多人——面对现实吧：女孩子——整个童年时代都在想一些为她们将来孩子起的梦幻名字。 但是如果你一直喜欢的名字突然间超级受欢迎或跟你的新姓相冲突，那就接受现实吧。

(恒星英语学习网原创编译,转载请注明出处!)5. Caring too much about how cool the name choice makes you look.

Sure, pregnancy is cooler than it used to be, with cuter clothes and celebrity role models. But putting a name's cool factor above all else won't make little Bronx's life very easy.
5 太关注名字的选择使你看起来有多酷
当然，现在怀孕比以前更酷了，有更可爱的衣服和名人式典范。但是把起一个很酷的名字当成高于一切并不能让小Bronx的生活变得更容易。

6. Not considering subsequent children's names.

First-time namers are likely to think about, well, their first child's name, but if you name Baby No. 1 Tallulah, then you pretty much rule out Lula, Lila, Delilah, Sula, Tally and maybe even Louis for subsequent children.
6不考虑随后的孩子们的名字
新手的婴儿命名者很可能只考虑他们第一个孩子的名字，但是如果你给第一个孩子取名为Tallulah，那么你就完全排除为以后的孩子取Lula, Lila, Delilah, Sula, Tally, 甚至是Louis这些名字。

7. Not realizing that there's going to be a real live baby ... and child ... and, eventually, grownup on the other end of the naming decision.

We get it that it can seem like your pregnancy is all about you. Sometimes, it can almost come as a shock when an actual baby emerges in the delivery room, instantly asserting her own needs and personality. Try to keep that little (and eventually big) person in mind when you choose the name she'll live with forever.
7 没有意识到决定命名的另一端，即从一个活生生的婴儿到儿童，最后长大成人
我们知道怀孕看起来好像都是关于自己。有时，一个真正的婴儿出生在产房会使你感到震惊，他立即声称自己的需要和性格。尽量记住那个小人（最终长大），当你选择一个名字，那个名字就会跟随她一生。

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