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Baby name regret?
Saw this story and was a little nauseated by the woman who changed her daughter's name from Presley to Summer. It just seems a little narcissistic to me to go through all that trouble when the name really has no effect on your child. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/percent-parents-regret-give-baby-survey/story?id=14764192
But I thought it was interesting that 8% of parents say they regret the name they chose for their child. I don't have any regrets really because we waited until DD was born to choose her name but we had a name that I really liked that I'm glad we didn't go with now. But who knows if I would've learned to love the name after all?
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Re: Baby name regret?
I regret that the inspiration for the girl's new name was the OC.
I do not regret DDs name; we loved it from before we even started TTC, and we still love it for DD. It's a less common pronunciation of a relatively common name, so I do feel bad because she's probably going to have a lifetime of correcting people.
I know someone else who changed their child's name at 6 months. I thought it was sort of a weird thing to do, but didn't actually like either the original or the new name.
"The top girl's name from the Social Security Administration in 2010 was Isabella, from the television series, "Twilight." "
Umm. Pop culture FAIL, ABC news.
But more to the point, it makes me gag that she purposely changed her daughter's named to something from The O.C. I think if you end up disliking your kid's name, there are always nicknames. Going to the effort of legally changing it when your kid is a year old is silly. If they really dislike it as an adult, they can always change it themselves. This particular woman seems like an indecisive victim of trends.
That article is very weird though. It claims that everyone who named their child "Isabella" was playing homage to the TV series Twilight. WTF? First of all, I don't think Twilight is a TV series; it's a movie and book. And I'm sure some people were inspired by Twilight, but it's also just a pretty name and I can see why it would be popular. I think that name started "trending" after hurricane Isabel a few years ago. Based on this, I have doubts that the parents in that article actually named their daughter after a character in the OC. The writer sounds like she made some sh!t up and is in serious need of a fact checker.
My ILs changed my BIL's name when he was 2.5 because they changed their mind. I CANNOT imagine doing that, I feel like after a week or two the names we chose seemed to really fit our kids.
My only naming regret is that I really love DDs middle name and I would love to be able to use it as a first name for a future daughter but I can't now. I may never have another girl anyway!
DD1 9.24.06
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We named Sprout after my grandfather & that means a lot to me. Plus, I think his name fits him.
HOWEVER, sometimes I really wish we would have named him Oliver. He would be such a cute little Oliver. Oh, well. Maybe next baby will be a boy & we can use it then?
I LOVE Guinevere's first name. But I really regret her middle name.
My mom is Renae, and so for some of our other girl choices, I was going to use "Rae" - her nickname, and I thought it was cute. I went with Guinevere Ann since I thought it sounded better at the time, but I wish I'd stuck to my gut and named her Guinevere Rae in honor of my mom
That said...its too late to change it as far as I'm concerned. That is crazy to me that those parents did that.
The whole Bella/Isabella thing and Twilight has been documented by others. The writer clearly didn't check her facts, but I think that's right. I love the name, but have never read the Twilight books nor seen Twilight movies and wouldn't name my daughter that because of the association.
I love DD's name. Actually just last night, I was thinking about how much I love it and it suits her - weird, I know. DD has the same first name as popular TV character from a few years ago, and I thought people might comment about that, but no one has. She definitely wasn't named after the character!
I think Summer is no better, nor worse, than Presley.
For us, I always knew I'd name my 1st-born son after my grandpa, zero regrets there. DH and I had to compromise on his middle name (it's DH's name, but not what DH wanted originally). DD was not named after anyone but her name suits her.
I don't understand the concept of changing your child's name, especially at 2.5! wth
Same here...this has been bothering me even more lately since we're coming up with names for #3 and I really wish we could use it. Oh well.
I don't regret DD's name one bit - it suits her perfectly. It was DH's first choice, and I was pretty against it, but once we met her, it just fit. My first choice wouldn't have worked...can't picture her with that name now at all. However, now DH is enthusiastic about using that name for #3 (if it's a girl) and I'm a lot less gung-ho about it than I was last time.
I wish we had switched DS's first and middle, but DH really didn't want to (it took some work to convince him to even use that name as a middle). His name is fine but not overly special. However, it should serve him well throughout life and isn't something I regret.
DH and I have strong - and, unfortunately, different - opinions on names, which is why we have so much trouble and go into the delivery room with several options. So it's guaranteed we'll pick a name that (1) one of us loves and the other is "ehh" about (and hope that that person comes around to loving it), or (2) is a compromise that both of us are OK with but neither of us feels passionately about. Neither of us would "force" a name that the other truly didn't like, but I'm sure our children would have different names than they do now if we'd each been given 100% freedom to name them.
Zero regrets on DS's first name (Liam). He's named for my mother (Linda) who passed away when I was a teenager. That being said, I will probably do something a little odd and name my daughter after my mom as well... I mean, I don't think a lot of people name TWO kids after the same person. However, our girl name is a lot like my mother's name and just so happens to be a name DH and I both have loved since we were dating. I'd like to think of it as the ultimate tribute to my mother, whom I loved more than anything, but I know some people will think it is bizarre that both my kids' names will start with "Li."
Ok, so on to middle names... yeah, I'm not fond of Liam's middle name (Henry) for a variety of reasons. DH fought me tooth and nail on the middle name as it was REALLY important to him. DH is a junior so he has the exact same name as his dad, but fortunately, did not want to name our boy child a "3rd." So both DH and his deceased father have the middle name of Henry. However, SIL also used this name for her last kid's middle name. I hate SIL for a variety of reasons and truly didn't want to give my kid any part of a name that she has used, even if my husband has the same one... also, I'm Jewish, so it's not my belief to give someone a name of a living family member. So again, DH and I went 'round and 'round and obviously I lost, probably because we named our boy child after my mother and not his father... BUT, in my defense, I would have been happy to name DS after DH's grandfather but DH really liked the name Liam too, so that was that.
When all is said and done, I am fine with Liam Henry and I can't ever think of a time when I have referred to DS as Liam Henry and not just Liam, so it isn't a big deal
I like DD's name. Her first name is a combination of DH's middle name, and my middle name. Her middle name is my SIL's - who passed away while I was pregnant.
I made a severe mistake in picking a nickname that didn't really stick - because I don't like the traditional nickname that goes with her name. But, of course, all of her daycare friends call her that! I'm used to it now - and it actually fits her pretty well. She has a different nickname from DH's family.... I think that one fits her the best!
No regrets here. DS name is Jeremy Michael. Jeremy after my BIL and Michael after my dad.
I wasn't in love with any boy names and DH always wanted to name his child after his BIL whom he is very close with.
The only thing I'm a little worried about is for the next child. We all have J names in our family so, for the next one we either have to think of another J name or break the Dugger mold.
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I love Warner's name and have no regrets at all.
However, I wish my sister would consider changing both of her kids names. They are awful. I love her dearly, but I honestly think that she and BIL have lost their ever-loving minds.
I know! Who would have thought that name would climb the charts?
I love her name and only waver when I read the Baby Names board that incorrectly calls it a last name turned first. It is a family first name for us.
I had a couple of weeks where I reconsidered my love for DS's name--I realized that kids at work heard it as something different so it got some strange reactions, and I was getting a lot of, "Did you make that up?" comments even though the name has been in the top 1000 in the US since they've been tracking such things. But, I got over that quickly and I went right back to loving it.
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