baby name regrets still at 8 months

Isaac is a gorgeous name.

she was 3 months when we changed it hopnop. like mummypontipine said it was a weight of my mind when we changed it
i wouldn't worry too much about isaac being too now, to be honest. if you like it, keep it, if sounds wrong to you then consider changing it. but i would do it quite soon before he recognises his name.
this may sound a bit batty but have you 'tried out' other names on him?!

Isaac is absolutely a classice name. I thought you might mean something like Alfie which is incredibly popular and a nickname rather than a full name or Harrison or Harvey which I don't think have historically been used as first names. If you look at this list you can see that Isaac isn't all that high up in the list. Your DS is unlikely to be one of many Isaacs in his class.

Oh and my ds's name is old and possibly classic but also very now, fingers crossed they won't date. (I'm sure they won't )

I hated my ds's name upto about a year old and really wanted to change it but felt I couldn't. I have to say I quite like it now (nearly 2) and really couldn't imagine him being called anything else. I do sometimes wonder what if and worry he may get teased at school but his name seems quite popular now so that's unlikely. Not sure what I'm trying to say here but I just thought you should know I have been there and it does get easier.

hopnop would agree with bringback on how you can focus other anxiety on the name issue
to be honest i'm not sure mumsnet helps if your worrying because no names are universally liked and some lovely names get very negative comments by some posters .
it's also veryeasy to over think a name , i know this from experience.

fwiw we changed one of our dcs names at 8 months we had argued up to registration when i finally agred to dhs choice ,hoping it would grow on me . our family and friend all loved the name but i disliked it ,loathed saying .felt like crying whenever i herd it etc and worried constantly about changing it. after 8 months of unhappiness we changed it to a name we both liked but thought was too posh . it has been wonderful to to have aname i love to hear and say , areal weight offmy mind .although i still worry when she's older she may wish we'd stuck with her first name. so if you do decide to change it ,people will accept it very quickly

by the way issac nn zac is imo a lovely biblical name that is cool yet classic and will not date .

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Okay, am laying myself open for a flaming, but how do you pronounce Isaac then? Or are you meaning that the 'aac' bit is a softer sound than Zack?

I know two Isaacs, one of about 9 and one in his 30s.

When you said fashionable I was thinking more along the lines of Kayden or Jayden.

I don't think it's a fashionable name at all.

My great grandfather had a brother called Isaac.......so pretty timeless no?

I can sit in both camps here.

I have a ds and I changed his name. It was only a middle name but it was so easy to do.

But I also have a dd and I really struggled with her name. I was a little uncomfortable with the name we ended up choosing for her. However, when she reached 18 months or so, it really became the favourite of all my children's names.

I agree Isaac is fashionable but it is also a classic. It'll never sound silly.
Ultimately though, who cares what us lot think, you need to decide how it sits with you. You can still change it, you're in control.

That is so weird, I was talking to dh about names if we had another boy (we aren't) and what did he think of Isaac? I love it. Really do.

lovely classic name. it is popular but isnt that popular, or sceaming tryhard or anything.

I love it and know a gorgeous, funny, cheeky 4 year old one.
It is timeless and what I would call a 'proper' name

Oh, and I am speaking from experience - I used to worry if DS had the right name as it was fairly popular. Think it was a way of focusing my anxieties TBH. Love it now and it really suits him :)

Is it possible you are obsessing over this to prevent yourself worrying about something else? It is a lovely name, and not worth losing sleep over. Maybe try to think of all the things you liked about it in the first place, why you chose it initially.
I may get flamed for saying this, but your baby's name isn't the most important thing in the world. It will most likely come to suit him, and you will love it for that if nothing else!
And, to repeat - it is a great name. Strong and classic. Not overly popular or fashionable IMO.

Isaac is a biblical name so it's not just a recently invented "fashion" name.

Don't worry what others think, just do what you think is best.

It's a lovely name. Maybe just a bit too grown up at the moment. Give it time. As you're beyond the time limit now it won't matter if you change it now or in 6 months.

You can call him whatever you want without changing his name anyway. Use his middle name if you prefer it - or shorten it to Zack.

I think Isaac is lovely. It's a very old name too so I wouldn't call it 'fashionable' (not like Jayden for instance).

I don't think there are that many truly timeless names out there. Most names have their day and then fade away (or totally disappear) until they make a come back. There are some exceptions like James...and er...Stephen maybe...or Richard (although I don't know any Richards under 30).

What timeless names were you thinking of?

Isaac is a lovely name. Although it is more on trend, I wouldn't call it a faddy name. Yes, in years to come you would probably date it to the early part of this decade, it's not like Kylie where I one taught 5 Kylies in one year, but no other Kylies in the school!

Also, give it time... I wasn't at all keen on DD2s name, and wanted to change it when she was a baby. It just seemed too grown up for her. But now she is 4, she has a nickname which is totally her, and I love it on her! With any luck, he will grow into his name.

I have an Isaac who is 5 and I know of 3 Isaac's through churches, which doesn't suprise me at all.

I love the name. I still love it even though there are other children with this name.

It means laughter/he laughs. I love this. Just a shame that he doesn't laugh a huge amount.

The only things that annoy me are people not spelling it properly and pronouncing it Eye Zack.

it is a nice name, but if you are losing sleep over it i would seriously consider changing it.
I changed our Dd's name and a few people thought we were weird but most people totally understood. DH was a bit but as he knew it was important to me he came round. i hardly remember the other name now. her new name is her iykwim.

Isaac - very classic, didn't even realise that was fashionable at the moment tbh.

Look at it this way, if you met someone who was a barrister, and their name was Issac, would you think they were inappropriately named - I wouldn't.

If a new popstar came about called Isaac - would you think that was odd? I wouldn't, so whatever he does I really think that is a name which will stand him in good stead. I think it's really lovely, haven't heard it for ages.