baby name regrets still at 8 months

Oh my, when I read your original post and it said your ds's name was a 'fashion' name I expected something stupid like Usher but Isaac is a lovely name. It is 'different' but in a good way. YOU like it and that is what is important. :)

Actually I write it Izy but say it with the softer sound eye-szee is closest I can get written down

We pronounce it would a softer sound than a z
I dont think Zac is short for Isaac.

hopnpop
I could have written your op
down to him being called Isaac.
Now at nearly two I still regret it but can't imagine calling him anything else. He's grown into it. though I do tend to call him Izy (eye-zee)

Isaac is lovely....not a fashion name at all IMO.
Don't worry about the comments on here...it's not RL!

All names are 'fashion' names to a degree. I have a 'classic' name but I have not come across anyone under 15 with the name, names will always go in and out of fashion and Isaac is more in fashion now than 30 years ago, but so what? It's still a classic name.

The only boys name I can think of that never seems to go out of fashion is James. I know James's from 0 to 90!

Isaac is on my list....think its a lovely name and love the nn Zac too.

Hmm have been thinking about this thread and am now putting Issac on my list for this bump. Its really gorgeous - please dont change it.

I have an Isaac who is now 6 and I love the name. I have never come across any bad comments about it and only compliments. I have noticed that his friends at school call him Isey but we never do.

I am currently struggling on picking a name for number 2 which is due in June. The naming lark is defo hard.

Hope you're feeling better about it now. I have an Isaac too and also had similar feelings early on. I think it's a name that takes some growing into. We've generally called DS Isey or something else from the large range of ridiculous nicknames we have for him, but now (at 2.5) it's starting to suit him. The meaning of it combined with the timelessness of it makes it a lovely name, I think.

Am having similar feelings about our DD's name, who is 5 months, so I reckon it's just something we have to go through. As their personalities develop, they really 'become' their name (apart from DH's badly-named nephew who has never suited his).

P.s forgot to say cos I was waffling.
My youngest didn't fit his name until he was nearly 2. I used to think of other names but not daring to do anything. Even DP said it didn't suit him. Then suddenly one day it was perfect.

I read your opening post thinking here goes, crap name alert. I mentally had a list of what it could be in my head. Don't be too cruel folks.

Then you said Isaac.

As they all say it's a great name. It is Classic name. I know several of a age groups so it goes through generations which shows it's not a faddy name.

I love the Prefab Sprout quote. That was spot on. Off to dig out my Prefab Sprout albums.

Don't go changing that name. Embrace it.

Glad you're feeling better. Isaac is a really nice name.

Hopnpop I like many other posters was not expecting to see you'd chosen Isaac. I think it's a beautiful name. You've chosen so well! Not too popular or unusual, has ancient history but sounds bang up to date and it can be turned into a funky nickname (Zak) if he wants to when he gets older. It could equally be incredibly strong or gentle and soft.

I didn't even know its meaning but how can someone not like a name that means he who laughs - it's just gorgeous.

Really- ignore the inlaws. My MIL referred to DD's name (Florence) as "the Magic Roundabout name" for almost a year (until shiny Dave and Samcam used it).

Stick with Isaac I'm sure you won't regret it.

confused i remember your gregory /oscar dilemma . i was in the same position with dd her initial name was dps only choice (he vetoed every name and there were many i suggested).it was loved by everone in rl but it broke my heart every time i heard it or said it .he loathed my first choice (a name i still secretly wish we'd called her ).eventually we changed it to a compromise name (not one of my top 5 ) but one we could both live with . i still wonder have we done the right thing and does it really fit her(it sounds quite posh ) . i really think i'm over thinking it and going on mumsnet too often doesn't help . the name change is beginning to fit and i now find myself thinking less about her first given name and worrying less about the decision. sometimes i wish she'd arrived with her own name certificate like a cabbage patch doll .

oscar is a lovely name by the way we nearly used it for ds but chose a less popular name (just outside the top 100) and guess what he's one of 2 at nursery and i know no oscars (don't worry to much about oscars relative popularity ), your probably more attuned to hearing his name because it's his name and not because there are vast hoards around.

hopnop the same applies to isaac

glad you are feeling better, OP. i love Isaac too and would have had it for DC2 if she had been a boy (!) but for our surname which is Howson. 'I's a C(h)ow son'... see the problem! that wouldn't have been a wise choice!

Just read the last 2 posts - olddeuteronomy sums up alot of how I feel and confusedperson for what its worth, I have never, ever met (or heard of) an Oscar!!!

Hope your feeling better about your choice OP? I really, really empthise too as I really regret dd's name (now 5) but only since coming on here (as apparantly its in the top 5 chavviest girls names ). As I said before Issac is beautiful - you can see thats the consensous on here..

Isaac is a beautiful name, was our second choice for ds born a few weeks ago - may be more popular at the moment, but is a good, traditional biblical name. All names go in and out of fashion, even biblical ones (anyone know any baby Deborahs or Marks?)

I can empathise with the name regret expressed by the op and confusedperson as I have experienced this in relation to my dd, age 2 - had no idea when we picked her name that it was about to rocket in popularity, not knowing any small children, and have seen it on here referred to as faddy and a fashion name, when to me it has always been a name which reflects my culture. This has caused me a lot of angst especially recently but I think is exacerbated by lack of sleep and hormones due to having a new baby and I have now got it out of proportion. However I also feel like 'my heart wants to cry' when I meet another, and there is one in her nursery group! However, for the previous poster I must say I haven't actually met many Oscars at all though know it is supposedly popular so think we are all very finely tuned in to hear our own child's name everywhere which probably makes it seem much more common than it is.

Sorry, have deviated from subject of original post, but I would definitely have no regrets about Isaac!

OP try to accept the name cos it's beautiful...

I have a history of unsuccesful name choice, though. DS1 is Dominic, which has been liked and loved by both me and DH, and gets loads of compliments from others. DS2 is 4 months and was initially registered as Gregory (loved by me and MN), but I and DH somehow struggled to call him that name, I thought it didn't suit him, DH just didn't like it, I was overflown with the guilt that I got it my way. A week later, we changed the name to Oscar which was a compromise name, I was initially OK with it, thought suited the baby well, DH was happier. It still suits DS2 at 4 months, but I struggle with the fact that it is fashionable and common, and that we didn't put enough effort to find a perfect and a classic name. Every time I hear someone else called Oscar, my heart wants to cry. I still hope though that DS will grow into it, have no other option, really.

I love this name and it has a great meaning:
He who laughs...
Laughter, he will laugh,
Great choice.

It is a lovely name!

Maybe it is silly but its honestly how I feel (hence my numerous boring drawn out and upset rambling posts over this!!! ). I honestly adore the name Oisín and we called our ds that. I love loads of girl's names. Am pregnant with dc and am honestly freaking as despite countless threads/ books/ websites I cannot find a single boys name that I feel anything but a vague "it'll do" for...