
@Jr.Md via Twenty20/EmojiPedia
Baby name inspiration can come from anywhere. Of course, my mom fervently believes babies should only ever be named after relatives, and only more recent ones because if we go further back in our family history, they have awesome names like Magdalena. (An actual ancestor of mine, and a name I would absolutely give to a child, but which my mom would 100% die over).
But in my opinion, baby names are like poems: Whatever inspires us, whether it's a news article or a novel or a favorite movie -- or, yes, even an emoji -- is valid and legitimate. Now, we don't have to necessarily tell our kids that their name was derived from an emoji. That we can keep to ourselves, or invent some amazing story for them filled with inspiration. It's a little white lie, after all. But it is kind of fun to have a kid it's easy to refer to through emojis when texting about them ... and when they're old enough, to just enter into the phone as whatever emoji works for their name.
We're going to take a wild guess here and assume that the moms reading this story aren't super interested in naming their new baby-to-be the way that my mom thinks babies should be named (FAMILY NAMES ONLY), so y'all may be also interested in trendy names for 2019, to stay ahead of the curve. Or, choose a modern baby name that feels distinctive and are a little more hip, than, say, Ida. On the other hand, it's totally possible Ida is now a hipster baby name because that one really sounds like it's due for a hipster-baby comeback, doesn't it? For globally oriented moms-to-be, consider names trending in other countries.