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Naming ceremonies are a special way to celebrate your child's birth and welcome the new arrival into the family.

They are also an opportunity to welcome adopted children or stepchildren into your family.

A naming ceremony includes:

• naming of the child or children
• parent's promises
• promises by mentors and grandparents
• signing of the naming register

They also offer you can opportunity to:

• welcome the child into your family and wider community
• give reasons behind your name choices
• make promises of commitment to support the child into adult life
• reflect on the miracle of birth
• personalise your ceremony by adding additional sections

There is plenty of scope for making your child's ceremony a personal and unique event. For more information see unique ceremonies. 

Important information

• children of any age can have a naming ceremony
• more than one child can be named in these ceremonies, but they must belong to the same family
• children from another family, even though they may be related, cannot be included in the same ceremony