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。

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