No one likes the name we've picked for our daughter...

chickyclg

This is a hard one, ultimately you as a parent are responsible to name your child, it is 100% your choice. BUT there are some names that people come up with these days really make me think, such as my cousin named his daughter seven pronounced 7. My heart breaks for when she goes to school for her getting picked on, and personally I think Wednesday is the same type thing.

PikoPiko

If you feel under attacked because the name is too 'unique', just think about how your kid would be accepted in the future.

Echo-ing what's been said already, kid's yours. No-one can tell you what you can't name her.  Wednesday seems like a cute name to me.  Trust me, I've heard some pretty messed up ones adapted by foreign folks that I deal with at work.  I know a Fantasy, Reacher, Ball, Ducky, and a couple of Stars.  Oh and a Mo'lester!!!!!

christenld

It's your baby! Who cares what anyone else likes! I think Wednesday is pretty awesome, actually. And the nickname "Wynn" would be pretty sweet. It's up to you, chick!

jennjilljo

PikoPiko said:

If you feel under attacked because the name is too 'unique', just think about how your kid would be accepted in the future.

Echo-ing what's been said already, kid's yours. No-one can tell you what you can't name her.  Wednesday seems like a cute name to me.  Trust me, I've heard some pretty messed up ones adapted by foreign folks that I deal with at work.  I know a Fantasy, Reacher, Ball, Ducky, and a couple of Stars.  Oh and a Mo'lester!!!!!

Mo'Lester just made my night.

natsgirl12

People suck. That's why I didn't share my DD's name with anyone until she was born. Only the true jerks criticize a baby's name after the baby is born.

We won't be sharing this baby's name with anyone either.

mommadozer

I told my hubby that this can happen when you talk to people about baby names. It's made me a little hesitant to tell people because I have heard stories like this. anyways, Hubby thought I was full of crap until we were deciding the name for our puppy. He was talking to our friends and one essentially said that we cannot name him one specific name because that is what they want to name their future child. He was appalled. She's got a lot of nerve anyways. Hubby proposed to me shortly after she got engaged and she texted us asking us to not get married within 2 months of her wedding date. That set me over the edge, everything is always all about her. X(

So, we will decide later what we want to do. If we share it, we will deal with it. But, in the end it's our child and our choice.

By the way, I am definitely on the classic name team! Love the old classic names.

dreemkin84

@CrazyCornball‌ I much prefer classics over some other styles so thanks for calling me out >-

CogDis

People are going to judge the name you give to your kid whether they tell you or not. We're an opinionated species. And, names carry information with them about people's backgrounds.

Teaching at university I've seen some super strange names. Sure, I assume things about the kids' families and whether they have an education or not. Whether they're religious or whatever. When it flies into my head for a very very brief moment, but none of that would ever affect their grade! Never!

Nor would a name stop someone from making it into med school. Now, if the parents name their kid an non-conformist name and raise their kid in a non-conformist way, sure they might have trouble conforming to conventional measures of success. But it isn't the name or people's judgements of the name, it is the behaviours, mannerisms and choices that come with being raised in a certain way.

The only name I've really side-eyes was a friend of my DH's who got married and decided to combine her and her DH's names to "keep the meaning of both". They knew nothing of etymology and didn't do any research and just combined what "sounded good", obviously. They ended up with a last name that means "of of". To me that's hilarious: they wanted to keep the meaning of each of their names and ended up creating a meaningless name! Lol I still ROFL over that one! Hahahha

Chcaggie1

I think Wednesday is pretty. :-) I just told hubby yesterday that once we settle on the name I would rather not share it with anyone except for our parents.  People always think they have a right to share their opinions about everything and just don't seem to care about others feelings.  We've put a lot of thought into our names (we've got the boy name picked and a girl first name but still working on the girl middle name).  Once we decide I don't want anyone coming in convincing us the names suck! lol. :-) 

But honestly this is one of those areas where I'm thankful for this bump community.  I probably wouldn't have thought about it being a bad idea to share the name if it wasn't for ya'll.  So thanks!!

KMommytobe

We started the tradition of not telling our name with our first. Mostly because we saw our friends go through the experience of telling their intended names and family/friends shooting them down. Not cool. We like very unique names so even bigger reason to keep it quiet. It makes it really fun when the baby is born to reveal the name for the first time.

Bottom line: your child, your name. Who cares what they think.

Biscotto

This is why I don't think its a good idea to tell people the name you want to use. You don't need to hear people's opinions.

RedGiant

I immediately thought of Wednesday Adams, too. But I didn't think that was a bad thing. I kinda like it. When we named our son Kaelan Fox we got some funny looks from relatives, but most friends were just happy for us. We were looking for a good Irish name and found one we both liked in Kaelan. Fox is a nod to our own nerdy interests (X-Files), but we found out from one of my grandmother's friends who is from Ireland that Fox is also an Irish surname, so she was just thrilled with our naming choice.

You'll get a bunch of reactions to any name you choose (too unique, too plain, too common, why the odd spelling...) so do what makes you happy.  

mommaa1615

With a name like Wednesday you've got to expect some different reactions.....no offense

erobbins09

The points made about sharing= consciously opening yourself up to opinion are where I'm at with this too. If you are cool with it, and can take it. Go for it. But even the least polarizing name on the planet will still remind someone of some b*tch they sat next to in Algebra, or whatever. So just know that, and be cool with it.

FI and I both like boy names for girls (I'm not a tomboy by any means). With that, we'll get a ton of opinions but they aren't outlandish (we don't think). We have Charlie (charlotte) as our #1 because FI's dad passed away a couple years ago and his name was Charles... And it's too common for a boy. And we love Elliot (my dad's middle name) and are undecided on if that is our back up girl, and potentially #1 boy name.

People may hate those names. I don't care.

Paleomama

Wednesday really does not sound like a weird name to me but that is just my opinion. Wait until the baby is born there will be tons of moms just waiting to tell you how to raise your child. I just try not to care.

Mommalawyer

Seriously, screw other people. I got the same reaction with the idiot side of the family when I chose the name for my DD. Her name is Maisey. His mother was SO offended at the name. She actually said, "Why don't you name her Paula?" Um. Cause I don't like that name, I like Maisey. Name your kid what you want. Anyone that has anything to say about it can kick rocks.

munchkin8590

Don't let anyone bother you. This is you and your DHs kid not anyone else's. I told off my own sister the other day for making a face about the name we picked. They don't have to like it but they do need to respect it

slezpass

I think we are going with Wednesday Camden, Camden being my fav place in London, and now my sister is referring to her as "day town"....seriously people are idiots! Each time I say her name to people I silently laugh cause their reactions are becoming more and more priceless... these people don't pay my bills, don't sleep in my bed, etc, so for them to think I'd even consider their input as valid reasons why not to name her what we want just cracks me up...maybe when Wednesday arrives all these negative name nay-sayers just won't get to meet her!! Ha!!

Mar&Bob

Don't worry, everyone hates ALL of my names for both boys and girls. I tell them I really don't give a F* what they think and next time don't ask. Lol

EvolutionRevolution

I think Wednesday is a lovely name!  And the first nickname I can think of is Wendy, which isn't strange even a little bit.  And she'll get a head start on remembering how to spell "difficult" words, haha

inalilbubble

Megane8907 said:

I learned quickly that everyone has an opinion about baby names. I've decided to not tell anyone (no family, no friends, NOBODY!) the name we chose for our baby boy. I'll tell everyone after I've printed his name in ink on his birth certificate!

For what it's worth, I love the name Wednesday :-)

Us too! Everyone we tell our name ideas always rebuttals with their own suggestions. We picked a name, we love it and everyone can know it when he's born

mommy510

I personally appreciate the input of others as long as they understand that we are the ones who are naming our baby, not them. There are some names that are not necessarily bad, but other people point things out to you about the name that you didn't realize (such as initials, potential nicknames, etc.). One of my friends wanted to name his baby Josiah Titus, until his wife pointed out that it sounded like a disease (no offense to anyone using the name Titus for their child, it's cute, but maybe not for a mn).
It doesn't hurt to have some people give you an honest opinion of the name. If you can't handle the comments now, how do you think your child will handle them when he/she is growing up with such a unique name? (Not directed at OP or anyone else in particular; this is just a good question to ask yourself when picking a name.)