"LOS [name]ANGELES[/name] (KTLA) — It’s a challenge all prospective parents face — picking out the right name for their child.
[name]One[/name] enterprising Los [name]Angeles[/name] mother-to-be is outsourcing the big decision, but she’s also getting some flak for it.
26-year-old [name]Natasha[/name] [name]Hill[/name] is due in [name]September[/name].
She won a contest through the website Belly Ballot, a company that allows family and friends to help select your baby’s name.
Only [name]Natasha[/name] is being paid $5,000 to let complete strangers make the choice for her.
The final list of names will be posted online on [name]March[/name] 18.
Users worldwide will be able to choose one girl name and one boy name each from the list of names provided until [name]March[/name] 22 when voting closes.
The name with the most votes for each gender will be the name of [name]Natasha[/name]’s new baby."
Gosh, that’s pretty crazy in my opinion! What if everyone who votes have terrible taste? Or the names are jokes? I would not do that… not for any amount of money.
I think the little kid had it right, $20.000.000!!
nope, not even for that much money. Naming a child is a deeply personal and emotional thing. It’s also why I didn’t let my family (just me and SO) have any say in it.
Pay someone to name your baby? Um, isn’t naming a baby suppose to be (1) the parents responsibility and (2) really, really fun? I wouldn’t pay someone but it would be a dream job for a name nerd!!! Getting paid to research names, compile lists and combos and think of names all day for a living? Oh, what joy!
Naming a baby is such a personal thing, what would the child think later on—that his/her parents couldn’t be bothered to pick a name that they liked rather than a stranger.
Personally, No. It’s only $5,000 and in the grand scheme of things that isn’t much. However it sounds like a list is being provided to choose names from and if she’s coming up with the names people get to vote on then it seems a little better.
I think it’s something a Couple should decide together. NOT THE WHOLE WORLD. Doesn’t just about every kid ask their parents “where did you first hear my name? how did you pick my name?” The name you give your child should mean something to you. Not just what it means to everyone else. Because to me it just seems like the money is the things that really means the most to her…
I am dead set on my names (if the father of my children - way down the line - doesn’t like my names…we’re gonna have problems) so to have someone else name them when I’m almost certain to hate the name if it’s not on my list? HA! I’ll be the first to admit that, yes, I am a control freak. I wouldn’t mind using strangers on forums (like this) to get ideas, as that’s how some of my favourite names were discovered. But it’s my ultimate decision and always will be
I don’t think I would ever do that! Like a previous poster had stated, I do think naming people’s children would be an awesome job as a living… If it ever becomes a job, let me know… Haha. Although, naming a baby for somebody else would be fun. But then again, I might reconsider my choice if I got to know the name, and agree with it. But yet they chose it… But this situation you are informing about and asking the question about doesn’t appear to be like this.
