baby name regrets still at 8 months

Is it just me, or is sying you only like one boy's name a bit, well.......silly? There are millions of boys names!

I really only liked one boys name. And really really love it! I could have picked another that would do but if for any reason we couldn't have had DS's name anything else we would've settled for, not loved.

I can understand that, to be honest, I dislike most boys names too. (maybe dislike is too harsh, Im indifferent to most of them and dont particulary like any, other than my ds's of course )

How can you possibly dislike almost all boy's names?!

I am so glad I've not had a boy as I dislike almost all boy's names, however, if I had to choose one, Isaac would probably be in my top 10. It's a lovely name.

Sorry, didnt read all.

Issac isnt a fashionable name (its a beautiful name) surely its much to old to be deemed fashionable - classic I'd imagine. No, OP, of all the ("now") names I had expected you to say - Issac definately was not one of them (by a long shot).

I got told on here that Kate is too much of a "now" name.

Dont regret it, its gorgeous

I think Isaac is a really classic name and I dont know of any born recently.

If you made a quick decision on the name your families ambilivent reaction is not what you wanted. Mine want us to call DD due in May are Clare, Amy or Alison so I will not be listening and I am confident they wont like our choice but as me and DH as so sure on it that makes it easier.

Enjoy it and try not to stress x

I think Isaac is lovely, didn't think it was particularly fashionable. Wasn't quite sure if we'd made the right decision about my DS's name for a while (it was the only one that me and DH could agree on), but now I love it!

hopnpop Isaac is a wonderful name, really beautiful and manly and also offering the chance for a fun nickname when he is older, if he wants (Zac or Zack). There is no way it is a fashion name.

I hope I am not speaking out of turn but I would agree with bringbackaqualibra, is there anything else could be bothering you?

I would even go further and say are you wanting support from family, needing company from friends or anything at all? I just wondered because a new baby is quite a wrench in life at times, as well as a joy, and it may be that you have some small baby blues that are bothering you. When I had my baby it was winter and I got almost agoraphobic staying in and not wanting to go out! Luckily I had signed up for an NCT POST-natal course which got me out of the house. For ages I got so used to wrapping up warm that I was still wearing a scarf in spring! (Me not the baby).

My mum and auntie both made kind of faces/noises at my daughter's name and now love it.

So to be honest I would not worry what any relatives say or think. They do not realise that in the sensitive state of just having had a baby they can influence things.

Whatever you do, all the best and if you feel very under pressure I would really recommend a chat to the health visitor who may be able to point you in the direction of any support locally.

I really don't mean that in a negative way, I spoke to my health visitor and got a lot of support because I needed it.

Enjoy your little one. He's got a great name and a great mum.

I have an Isaac too. I was a bit when DH suggested it as it sounded like such a big name for a little baby, but I love it now - people always say what a lovely name it is.

As Prefab Sprout sang in 'Little Green Isaac' -

"Isaac's a soft name/It sounds like a pocketful of rain"

It's a lovely name really classic I have a Zak and seeing the name Isaac I don't know why we never thought of it it's great ps mine is 18

On the question on pronunciation, there's an Isaac in my NCT group. His parents pronounce it as "Eeesack".

It isn't too trendy at all! Very classic. :)

Isaac is wonderful

I have a 10 week old Isaac and love it. We have had so many compliments on his name. I have only ever met two others - one two and the other twelve. It is a strong, classic name

Isaac is lovely in my opinion. My DFather is Isaac. It is classic, and suits a boy and a man.

You could call him Izzi for short?

I also have/had a name for our DS that i detested at first... it was a family name. Yucky yucksville, but now i love it.

When I read the first post I had some really terrible expectations, I was surprised that his name is Isaac. Isaac is lovely, really. You may be feeling a little insecure about it now, but it honestly isn't going to scream "fashion name" to the world. Isaac is fine, honestly.

Try giving him a cute nickname. I call my 4 month old Mittens (she is never without a set- winter baby and gets cold hands) which I find disgustingly cute, but there is no way I'd want it to stick with her until school age or to be her real name. Perhaps nicknaming Isaac something you adore just for now will help you get used to his real name over time?

Don't take any notice of your family. I called my first daughter 3 really poncey unusual names and got huge amounts of stick from my family for not giving her something "normal" like Emma in the middle names "in case she hates it". Well she's 11 now and she doesn't hate it, in fact she loves her names. She is every inch her first name and the middle names work fine.

I'm sure your son will really come to suit Isaac. You obviously liked it, even as a compromise, and really took your time deciding for him. You simply can not please all of the people all of the time. Have a look at the Mumsnet favourites on the baby name finder and you'll see not one of them, no matter how popular, has escaped without at least one person clicking on "loathe it".

Tell your family to sod off and have more faith in yourself. Isaac is fine Dear.

I used to have regrets about both my kids names - daughter is Anna, which we chose partly because my husband is German and I am British and it works in both countries - she was born in the UK where it is neither a "common" nor an "off the wall" name, and we knew no other baby or small child Annas... Then we moved to Bavaria when she was 19 months old and it seems like every second little girl is called Anna, including our next door neighbour's daughter who is the same age, and another Anna who is a year older about 10 doors down the road!

My son's name goes the other way - we still wanted a simple name that works in both countries, and found boys names really, really hard (I am a sometime school teacher too, which seems to have strongly put me off some previously perfectly acceptable names, more so with boys names - as well as not wanting to give my son the same name as any ex-boyfriends or family members.). We finally settled on Erik, despite the fact a few people expressed the fact they didn't like it openly we felt right about it - he has Thomas (DH's name) as a middle name, which we thought he could switch to if he really hated Erik).

When DS was under about 2 I had huge doubts about his name some days and really wondered if we should just have named him after DH, even though there are loads of Thomas' here, as at least it is inoffensive... BUT now he is 3.5 he so suits and loves his name (he is a tall, broad shouldered, strong, and stompy 3 year old and the name seems so right) and it is totally his own! He even says he wants us to give baby number 3, due in April the same name as him, so they can both be Eriks! .

I would say give it time - I think Isaac is a lovely timeless name suited to any profession etc. when he grows up, and is not common without being a fashion or deliberately quirky name, and is the kind of name lots of people aim for! You will most probably find your son grows into his name and you cannot imagine him being anyone else by the time he is 2 or 3!

I think the only pronounciation issues are

Eyezuk or EYE-zack

I should be iEyezuk, shouldn't it?

Lovely anyway!

My dd's best friend is Isaac so I love it! I was a bit self conscious about my DS's name for a while - might your family's reaction be making you worry when actually it's not your problem it's thier's!?

I realised I was introducing DS almost apologetically when people asked his name. When he was about 4 months I thought 'this has to stop - I want to teach him to say his name confidently' so I made myself say it confidently with a smile until that was natural.

Can you do a bit of positive thinking about it. Try to convince yourself and perhaps give yourself til.... christmas? And if you still don't like it with your new positive attitude then you know you've tried, but it's really not right.

Sorry, I probably didn't explain that very well but hope you SWIM

I love Isaac. It's not a fashion name at all. It has definitely become more popular in recent years, but that is because it is lovely.

Ike and Zac are both great nicknames, too.

Cairnterrier - it's hard without knowing your accent, but the best way I can think to say it is that it is said more like Is-ook where the ook is like the end of took. Am sure someone will come up with a better pronounciation explanation though!

I think it is a lovely name (but am a bit biased), agree to ignore some of the comments on here. People can be very mean... I have been told my second son's name is so self conscious it is choking itself - when I just thought we'd picked a name we liked with a family history!

My 8 month old is an Isaac so I won't be upset if you want to change it so my baby's is less popular

I LOVE Isaac- had DC3 been a boy, he would have been Isaac, nn Ike. Gorgeous, classic name.

Def don't see it as a 'fashion' name- if by that you mean too popular, or chavvy