The building blocks of identity are baby names and gifts.
The building blocks of identity are baby names and gifts.
As a parent, you must make many important decisions for a loved one who isn’t old enough to make decisions for himself or herself. Parenting is probably the most blessed and joyful job because love and hopes for the future fuel it. As parents, we try to give our children the very best of everything, from food and clothing to education and other opportunities that might expand the worldview of those we love best. But some people would say that the gifts we give our children start in a way that is both small and big, subtle and far-reaching. The name we give our children is one of the first things we give them.
Children learn very early on to connect themselves with their given names. It’s how their parents call them and how they learn to be different when they go out into the world. The name we bestow upon our newborn baby is so much more than a collection of alphabet characters; it becomes representative of everything we are.
A baby’s name comprises letters and sounds that come together to make a single word representing everything we hope our child will be. We’ve all had times when we liked some words more than others or heard certain sounds that hurt our ears. Language separates us from animals and is a powerful tool, so it’s essential to keep this in mind when picking a name for your baby.
We also give our names our meanings and make them fit our situations. They can make us think of family members or friends and the traits that these people have. They can have unconscious or unexplainable meanings and make us feel good or bad because they remind us of things we used to think about but have since forgotten.
Care should be taken when picking a name for a child. A word should give you power because it carries the precious weight of your identity. Most of what a child knows about his or her name comes from what his or her parents tell them, so pick a name for your child with qualities you like. Whether you believe in things like astrology or numerology or not, your child’s name will affect their life. Think carefully and make good decisions.
