Name Accident

That's a beautiful name. Defo ignore it if you love it. People turn their noses up at a name before a baby is born which generally they wouldn't dare do it when the baby was born and you announced it. The baby will become the name and I'm sure nobody will ever imagine she would have been called anything else.

Definitely ignore this!

If you love the name, your DH loves the name and DC loves the name then there is no issue. Do what feels right for you!

Good luck with it all anyway

Liz

we accidentally told my sister the name we'd chosen for a boy, and got the 'oh, but it's so very common! how could you? etc etc' so we told everyone we'd decided to call DS Caligula or Adolf. Oliver suddenly became an acceptable name after that. :o plus which, he is such and Oliver now, really cannot imagine what else he could have been called!

I have kept my name a secret for this very reason! Its not just my mun though my Auntie keeps saying 'oh I hope its not a silly name like...' It really annoys me when people think that you want their opinion when you havent asked for it!

I think Phoebe is a lovely name and was one on my girls list! I hope your mum doesnt put you off!

beautiful name.
i would use it myself but to close to dd s name. my sister has 5 children and learnt to say nothing as peoples reactions really annoyed her, some of her childrens names r lovely others iam not keen on, but its her child her choice, go with what u love x

Phoebe Mac.. sounds fine. Your ma is a PITA and should be ignored. You have to do what feels right for you adn your DH, not your ma. She had her shot with naming you and any sibs you have - now it's your turn. :)

I'd "accidentally" slip a few more names past her and she might forget all about it. Or just accept that she doesn't like it and ignore. Seems like a perfectly fine name to me.

ignore your Mother and choose a name you like your child etc etc.

My MIL loves to complain and belittle us she apparently doesn't like one of our dcs names because one of the possible nicknames sounds like a slang word for part of the anatomy in her home language!!!!
She however gave one of her dds a very dated name (70's dated not Victorian) that they hate!

LOL at Kreecher

Phoebe Mac... sounds great and Phoebe is a lovely classic name. It's actually one my mum has mentioned to me that she likes!

Phoebe is lovely and your mother is rude. Ignore her.

Phoebe is a fab name, I have a Phoebe! In fact she is another Phoebe Elizabeth! :) I did share my names with my mum because I genuinely cared about what she thought, I know I must be very odd but thankfully she liked all of our shortlisted names! I don't think I would have shared them if DD had been a DS as her tastes there are a little more 'traditional' than ours! Next time around I don't think I'll tell anyone.

Phoebe sounds good with a Mac surname & if you like it, go for it. Like others have said, she'll come round :)

Phoebe is lovely. If you Mum says anything else tell her you've changed your mind, you now want to name the baby Myra

It's a beautiful name and goes well with a Mac surname. It's your baby so call it what you want to. The family will get used to it.

My surname starts with a Mac and my DD is called Sophie. Never even considered that is sounds strange.

Phoebe is very pretty.

It's amazing how insensitive mums can be isn't it!? When we told my mum our DD2's name (the day she was born) she said 'Hmm, that's one to get used to' (meaning - I hate it) A name is your choice and no one should ever comment to your face whether they like it or not, especially your mum!

Try and ignore it and go with your own choice, which is lovely by the way.

Phoebe is lovely. OK, maybe not Phoebe McHeebee or something - but Phoebe McDonald or Phoebe MacAdam for example are really nice.

In fact when I saw your OP, I was going to use Phoebe as an example of how nice 'ee' names can sound with Macs.

Nothing wrong with Phoebe. There aren't many around either.

Your mum sounds like my mum. My mum is funny with things like that. Very particular. Not that she has wonderful taste in names. My names is fine but my sisters is awful :)

Lovely name and I don't get what the problem with the surname might be, except Kreecherlivesupstairs' examples.

Wem, I now feel a strange bond with you! We obviously have very similar tastes!

But, wem, you say that, but know that deep down, they say they like it because it is by all objective standards the best name you could pick for a DD!

Unless the surname is Macmebee or Mctreebee which is unlikely, it is a great name.

Bumpsadaisie, I've got a Phoebe Elizabeth too, a particularly fine combination I think :). Everyone always says it's a lovely name. Though that's the point, once presented with an actual baby with the name, that's the only thing anyone is going to say.

Stick to your guns because if you backtrack to please your mother you'll have put her opinion over that of your DH and that's not a good start to life as new parents.