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I think from the get-go dads and moms realize that coming up with the right name for your soon-to-be-born kid is a very important and potentially daunting task. Do we want a popular name or a totally unique name, or from a character in book or maybe a religious one? Should we choose a popular name with an alternate spelling or your beloved deceased mongoose? How does it sound with our last name? What do the initials spell out? And so it goes and goes and goes…

This article is topical in our household since I opened my Christmas gift a few weeks ago announcing that my wife is pregnant again with our third child! Very exciting! She is due mid-August and we are very happy.

So of course, I have been scouring the web for the best sites to reference. With the two boys we went into it not knowing whether the baby was to be a boy or girl. We decided ahead of time to choose our two favorite boy names and two favorite girl names and when the baby is born we will know for sure (when we meet him/her) what her name is. This plan has worked well for us.

Here is a short List of worthy links if you’re shopping around for good baby names;

BabyNamesWorld.Com - includes derivation and meanings of over 27,000 names
BabyNamer | Quick reference of name’s etymology
BabyNames.Com | From around the world (Persian, Aztec, Hawaiian, Slavic, et al.)
How Not To Name Your Baby | Online Guide to Baby Naming