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Do other adults decide whether children pick on other children over their name?

102 replies

LilQueenie · 29/01/2011 17:52

We chose our baby names well before hormones took over and really thought it through. By this I mean a year before i conceived. There is one name which is highly unusual but the first girl is getting a fairly commonish name. However several of my partners co workers have said its not fair on her! Am I right in thinking that if an adult starts on about a name then its usually only then the children think its ok to bully a child? Shes not even born yet and I feel like telling them to fuck off. Willow Green is in our opinion a rather normal name. Opinions please.

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TrillianAstra · 29/01/2011 18:01

Adults don't decide if kids will tease a name - they just warn you in advance.

SecretNutellaFix · 29/01/2011 17:58

I have to say I understand why you might be feeling precious about the name, but I can understand other people when they comment about it.

Willow Green is a name that will be commented on.

IMHO, if a person has a descriptive surname e.g Green or White, I would not not dare to give them a plant name or name that would combine to make life hard for them

Lily White
Jet Black

It reads more as a phrase, than a name.
Sorry if you don't agree, but you did ask for opinions.
BTW, some kids rarely need parental input to be vile about something.