I wouldn't say that I regret naming DD#1 Avery, and it still love it. However, I'm not sure if I would make the same choice today knowing what I know now.
When we selected the name for her, it was listed on the baby name websites as unisex, but I honestly had no idea that is was such a traditional boy name.
I have to admit that I feel hints of regret when I hear people rant about boy names going girl or people saying its tacky to put a boy name on a girl.
I feel this need to shout, "but I didn't know!" haha. This problem could have easily been solved by a little more research, but at the time, we were wrapped up in excitement about our sweet baby girl, and I thought Avery sounded like a pretty and feminine name.
I still think it's pretty, but I no longer think of it as feminine which is the part I miss. DD#2 is Lucy Elizabeth, and if this baby had been a girl, our name was Audrey Clare. Both names are as girly as they get!
Anyone else think they might have made a different choice?
Re: s/o name regret
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I have two daughters. Emma Grace is 12 and Caroline Noelle is 7. Emma wasn't popular when we named her, but Emily was. Seems like there are a lot of 4-8 year olds named Emma. I still love her name, but just had no idea it would get so popular. I think the show Friends had something to do with it.
Caroline's middle name choice I regret sometimes. I feel like the N sound from Caroline runs into the N in Noelle. I love both names, but don't know if I would put them together again.