I guess I am. But...
Backstory
We are foreigners permanently living in the UK. I have common european name, same spelling as British version. Might be lucky (my name was my dad's choice).
My DH has complex name and it's quite hard to pronounce for British people. He shortens it to the first three letters (in this case it's another common British name).
But regarding his full name it's struggle sometimes. Especially when you have to deal with someone openly irritated with foreign name. 🤔
So for our son we decided to go for western world name. We had the first name and the middle name we loved.
And AIBU to be upset when I see nasty comments about this particular name and to be upset in general when people say rude things about names parents thinking of?
In my native country people are more gentle about names. If that name exists ( proper name I mean) - no comments except other options.
So I'm just a bit surprised my beloved and usually very gentle Brits sometimes...er.. can be quite rude about baby names.
P.S. son's name is more popular in states, but the year he was born it was top 17 in UK too.
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To be frustrated with some comments on baby names forum
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Vitotitto · 20/08/2017 13:47
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