A WOMAN has sparked debate by revealing the very unique way she’s coming up with a name for her daughter.
Haley already has three children, and will be welcoming her fourth baby into the world later this year.
But she admitted she’d been struggling to come up with a moniker for the unborn tot.
So she decided to try a very unique method of finding the perfect name – by visiting her local graveyard.
“When cemeteries hold the prettiest names, so you take the family to look for baby girl’s name,” she wrote over the top of her TikTok video, as she headed to the Old Smithville Burying Ground.
She then started looking at the gravestones, and admiring the names, including James, Julian, Ella and Galloway.
Salem was another name that jumped out, as well as Winnie and Vienna.
“Fun fact: My sister (name) came from someones gravestone.” she wrote in the caption.
But the comments were split as to whether it was “weird”, or cute.
“How did you pick my name, mum? We searched thru an old cemetery,” one commented.
As another insisted: “I couldn’t walk into a place of death when I’m creating a new life”.
“Oh that’s creepy,” a third wrote.
“I’m so uncomfortable at cemeteries,” someone else said.
“The way my soul left my body…” another added.
“Is it just an Irish thing not to enter a graveyard pregnant?”
But others were more on board with the concept.
“This is honestly beautiful,” one said.
“What a way to honor those that have passed!”
“Ya know at first I was like oh no this is weird but as it turns out I love the idea of this!” another added.
“Congratulations as well!”
“As a Funeral Director I have recommended this to many of my pregnant friends” a third wrote.
“Their names become alive again.”
“This is the first ever video I’ve seen like this, never would have thought about it, BUT I absolutely love this idea!!!” someone else commented.
“Especially if you research the person!”
Unusual baby names 2024
Many parents are opting for meaningful names in 2024 with unisex names on the rise due to their unique element, it's hard to categorise them.
With celebrities at the forefront of this growing trend, after Ed Sheeran named his latest addition Jupiter Seaborn, and Kylie Jenner who named her newborn Aire – it would seem having a unique, unisex name is more common than you think.
Unusual baby names documented in 2024 include:
- Halo
- Aire
- Elio
- Royal
- Atticus
- Ori
- Starlette
- Snowdrop
- Kahlani
- Zyla
- Teddy
- Ezra
- Beau
- Otto
As another wrote: ” How beautiful must it be for some of these souls to hear their name spoken again after so many years.
“I hope you have an incredible pregnancy and a healthy baby.”
“Carrying a brand new soul through a garden of the past,” someone else said.
“What an clever way to find a beautiful name!”
