C.H. asks from McKinney, TX on August 31, 2010
Need Help on Girl's Names
I will be taking in a newborn baby to foster for at least 6 months. The cps worker said that if I wanted to I could change the baby's name. I should be getting her by the end of this week. I havent seen her at all. Her mother is a distant distant cousin of mine. We are not close by all means. But I do know that her previous child had red hair...I need some suggestions on some girls names that would fit good with a redhead. I like SOME names that arent too popular. Although the names I am coming up with so far are probably popular. We will probably keep her middle name that her mother chose which is Lynne.
Since a few of you are asking about the birth mother. She will absolutely be going up for adoption. The parents arent fit to be parents. They abused their first child and now the child lives with the paternal grandparents in another state away from the parents. Every time this couple has a baby, CPS gets involved. I have been asked to adopt but we financially cannot do that at this time. I already have my own 3 children. The cps worker was the one that told us if we want to call her something else while she is in our care then that is alright. The adoptive parents may keep that name or come up with their own name for her. We should only have her from 3-6months according to the caseworker. Thanks to everyone that has given me suggestions on the names. I hope this clears everything up with all who were asking.
Megan
Emma
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L.P. answers from Pittsburgh on August 31, 2010
If you are only fostering this child (which I am not minimizing by any means - it's a WONDERFUL thing you're doing), I just don't understand why you'd want to change her name? And I don't understand why you'd be allowed to change her name, being a foster parent, not a bio or adoptive parent? Even if, as a foster parent, you're her legal guardian, I still don't understand why you'd be allowed to change her name...
In any case, best wishes to you. How blessed this little girl is to have someone to love her in her first months of life. Best wishes.
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L.M. answers from Dover on August 31, 2010
It is a great thing you are doing, taking care of a child.
I have to agree w/ Lee. Unless you plan to go forward and adopt this child, why would you be even considering changing her name? I can't believe they would even allow it.
That said, I like Cheyenne Nicole.
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B.W. answers from Minneapolis on August 31, 2010
Unless you plan on adopting her, don't change her name. She will eventually move to her adoptive home or back with her birth family, and if she moves back to her birth family, they will obviously want to keep the name they chose and that is legally hers on her birth certificate.
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L.P. answers from Pittsburgh on August 31, 2010
If you are only fostering this child (which I am not minimizing by any means - it's a WONDERFUL thing you're doing), I just don't understand why you'd want to change her name? And I don't understand why you'd be allowed to change her name, being a foster parent, not a bio or adoptive parent? Even if, as a foster parent, you're her legal guardian, I still don't understand why you'd be allowed to change her name...
In any case, best wishes to you. How blessed this little girl is to have someone to love her in her first months of life. Best wishes.
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L.M. answers from Dover on August 31, 2010
It is a great thing you are doing, taking care of a child.
I have to agree w/ Lee. Unless you plan to go forward and adopt this child, why would you be even considering changing her name? I can't believe they would even allow it.
That said, I like Cheyenne Nicole.
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D.P. answers from Pittsburgh on August 31, 2010
Riley Lynne
Ryan Lynne
Parker Lynne
Piper Lynne
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M.L. answers from Colorado Springs on August 31, 2010
Maybe you'll like the first name the baby comes with, but if she does have red hair, why not Rosa Lynne? "Rosa" is the "red" part. "Sandra" is not too common these days, despite one film star having the name. You might look through lists of popular names of fifty or sixty - even seventy - years ago; they might be unusual enough now. You don't want to do something way off the wall; whatever this baby's future, give her a name she can be happy with as an adult.
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K.A. answers from Detroit on August 31, 2010
Kayleigh, Bridget, Maggie, Sara
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M.E. answers from Houston on August 31, 2010
Victoria Lynne (but call her Tori Lynne)
Presleigh (pronounced Presley)
Amanda Lynne (Mandy Lynne)
It's awesome what you are doing for this sweet baby. However, proceed with caution because if the birth mother will regain custody of her child there may be some hurt feelings if her baby's name has been changed without her consent.
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S.S. answers from Chicago on August 31, 2010
Hannah Grace is my all time favorite name. If we had had another girl it would have been a Hannah.
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