Views:136 | Writer: Maureen Choosing the perfect baby name can feel all at once exciting and intimidating. Names often have unique stories behind them from the day to time a baby is born, to the circumstances surrounding the birth.

Parents has to consider some factors before naming their babies.

1. Faith based names.

Some parents express their religious beliefs through names.

2. Naming after ancestors.

Respected elders of the family may be dead but they continue to live on through their grandchildren.

Parents often name babies after Senior members of the clan whether dead or alive.

3.Emotional warnings

Some names reflect the mood or circumstances of the family at the time of birth.

4.Events surrounding birth

Naming a child can be influenced by positive or negative circumstances that family finds themselves in around the time a child is born eg; dowry ceremony, wedding ceremony