Guest Author - Glennys Savage-Moore

(this article was written by Glennys Savage-Moore)

Here are a few techniques you can use to create your own unique baby names. Have fun!

Spell a word you like backwards. For example, "heaven" spelled backwards is "Nevaeh".

Anagrams: Creating a baby name with anagrams if great fun! Take the tile letters from the game Scrabble and combine them in different ways. Or, take a word you like such as "satin" and rearrange the letters to make a name ... "Tasin" or "Tinsa" or ...

Telescoping: Drop letters from words until you create a baby name you like. Gordon Savage can make Gorav. Sarah Rockey can become Sky.

Create a name from the father's name: Instead of giving your baby the same name as the father, or calling him "Junior", change the father's name a bit. Dale could become Dallin for a boy or Dallie for a girl. From Ronald, create a baby name like Ronin for a boy or Roni for a girl. Jonathan can become Jonan, Jonette, or Joni.

Create a name from the mother's name: A popular way to create a baby name for a boy after his mother is to use her maiden name. This was a common practice in the late 19th century -- Rawley, Ward, Cole, Quin and Taylor are some examples. Or you can change the mother's name into a name appropriate for a boy -- Mary becomes Marley, Marles, Myles, Martin .... OK, how about a girl? Create a baby name like Moire (pronounced "Mary" in Ireland) or Mari.

Combinations: Take the mother's and father's names and combine them to create a new baby name. Avard and Elizabeth are Aveli (for a girl) or Elav (for a boy). Dale and Glennys might be Danys or Dalen. See what fun it can be? :o)

Re-Spellings: Take a name like Louellen and spell it Luelen. Katlin might be KatLyn. Carol could be Karol. You might like to use apostrophes -- Mad'son instead of Madison or K't'lyn for Katelyn.

When it comes to creating unique baby names, anything goes! You'll find names everywhere ... designers' clothing, perfumes, colors, months of the year, other languages, provinces and states.