[PersianMama]

I wondered if any of you guys would give me your advice on something. I am half Iranian. My husband's background is Scottish. We have three bio kids and used our heritage to name them. The girls have Persian first names and "anglo" middle names (that are also family names). Our son has an "anglo" first name and a Persian middle name (also a family name).

We are hoping to adopt a newborn of either sex and any race. Which would be better-following our naming pattern with our new baby so that he or she matches the siblings or naming the baby after his or her ethnicity? I don't want my youngest child to feel like we didn't want to give him a family name.

What are your thoughts?

[aclee]

Do all of it! Use two middle names if you have too!

I know that when DH and I were TTC, we loved the name Michaela. When we knew we were adopting and had a high likely hood of adopting an AA child, I did some research and realized that the spelling Mikayla had AA roots. So we would just use that instead. But we got a boy...maybe next time

[irelady10]

I think whatever name you pick for your new baby will be special...maybe you can follow the trend you have for you girls if you are placed with a girl and your son if you are placed with a boy...just to add another thing to the mix, what if the baby has a birthname- you may want to incorporate that into his/her new name.

aclee- i was looking at you blog- you little man and mine were born on the same day! small world, huh?

[Gwen72]

I think your adopted child should have a family name just like his/her brothers and sisters. You also need to be flexible in case the child's first mom has a name that is special to her. Our son's firstmom let us name him anything we wanted. He is named in honor of my great grandpa and two of DH's uncles.

[sbaglio]

Our DD has a Spanish first name (DH is H), a Russian middle name (chosen by her bmom), and a Shona middle name (my own background). We've hyphenated our surnames (Spanish and Shona). Our DD is biracial (black/white). Her ethnic/racial background were less important in naming her, to us, than how we saw her fitting into our family. Since you have other children with names that reflect your background, in your position, I would continue the same with your next child. It would make your child stand out from his/her siblings otherwise, at least when it comes to the name(s). JMO

[Steph-Jason]

Personally I think i'd continue along the same naming lines. Like a PP said- be flexible in case the bparents would like to include a name as well. Just do whatever feels right for you!!

[calee]

We will be keeping the name that our child is given at birth by his/her birthparents. We will use a family name (our family) as a middle name.

[KLL08]

We actually spoke to our daughter's birthmother before hand about names, and she had a name her oldest child had picked out for our daughter. And Dh and I had a name picked out for her too. So before we got to the hospital we had decided that we would use our name as the first and the name chosen by her birthmother as her middle. Well when she was born we switched it, it just seemed to fit her better! So I say be flexible!

[PersianMama]

Thanks for all of the responses We are keeping things open in case the biomom has a name she really wants us to use.

[Kat-L]

Originally Posted by PersianMama

Thanks for all of the responses We are keeping things open in case the biomom has a name she really wants us to use.

My favorite baby girl name is persian: Seray (which means 'rose'). Pronounced: Sah-RYE

I also love Sayeh. Pronounced: sigh-A. There are so many beautiful arabic names-choose one you love that fits with the other children.