Help! my family hate my baby's name!!

' Mosely is less known these days and was never a particularly important figure anyway.'

Oswold is is just wrong!!

Oswald or Oswold are great names. Mosely is less known these days and was never a particularly important figure anyway.

you'll have spelling issues if it is Oswold but that's the case with loads of names.

Don't listen to your MIL.

I am shocked at how few people have heard about Oswald Mosely, Britain's most famous facist and racist, leader of the blackshirts, nazi and hitler supporter, etc. Even if people do not know their twentieth century history I would have thought people might have heard of him after all the gossip about his son.
Saying that I think you should call him what you want if you really love the name. But as it is associated with Oswald Mosely, I think you will have to accept that it will raise eyebrows. But, then again, the only famous Eva I can think of is Eva Braun, hitler's mistress, yet it is a really popular name. It is weird how some names just get a negative conatation yet other's escape it, if someone says Myra I think of Hindley, yet if someone said Ian, or Rose, or Fred i would not think of Ian Brady, or Rose and Fred West.

There isn't an "o" spelling!

And i can't believe that so few people have heard of Oswald Mosely. And as for saying 'the past is past' - well words fail me!

I like the name Oswald as well. We used to live in a road with Oswald in the name.

The only problem I can see is the spelling. I have just noticed that most of us have spelt it with an A - myself included.

Try and ride it out Karmum, my DB and SIL had the same kind of reaction when they announced DN's name. I was the only one who kept my mouth shut (although I secretly agreed!). Fortunately my SIL is made of sterner stuff and put her foot down! Now he's two and that's his name and we all love it now because we love him

I've never heard of the 'o' spelling, but that does differentiate it from Mosely.

I honestly wouldn't worry. Many names have associations with other people, but the owners of name come to claim them as their own. Stick to the name - before long, they will have forgotten that it belonged to anyone but your son. :)

Also very surprised at people not having heard of OM, but maybe they're not from the UK - people aren't always intimately familiar with every other countries' domestic history.

Oswald and Ozzy are great names and you should choose what you like.

But also, and at the risk of sounding stuffy, I'm shocked at some people not knowing about Oswald Mosely.

But please tell me you haven't spelled it with a 'o' ..........

Its a nice name and I've never hear of o. Mosley.
My mil said "you can't call her that, it's a ridiculous name" about our dd (Polly). We still like it

I loved Osbourne as a first name, with Ozzy for short, as it is an 'ancestral' surname, but the connections to Ozzy Osbourne were too strong for me! I know an Ozzy (Oscar) very well and never connect him with the crazy rocker, for some reason.

Your parents are in the older generation, that's why for them the name is fixated with Mosley. The past is the past. What about Jack the Ripper, should we all stop calling our kids Jack! Their argument is silly and anyway so what if they don't like it? Your child, your prerogative.

It is not really my kind of name, but your parents are very rude to comment on it now he is already here and named. I think you should tell them that they are rude. And tell them they had their time for naming children.

I loved this name and the shortening oz or ozzy but the Mosely conection put me right off.

We are going with Austen and figured I could still try to us Oz with that (although not confident it will catch on).

Thanks bunty it suits her.

ledkr I love Delilah too

My dear-departed Grandad used to make up stories when we were children about a very wise old owl who was very kind and was a Doctor to all the other animals and birds in the woods. His name - Oswald the Owl :)
So for me, its a great name and stick with it and Ozzy is cool :)

Oh my god I love Oswald so much I might have to have another baby to call him that.

You just can't please everyone. I think that is a super-cute name. We called DS1 a really run-of-the-mill name (Joseph) and we call him Joey. MIL wont call him that - not sure why - probably thinks its common - she will call him Joe or Joseph only. You cant win lol!

I was torn between 2 names for my latest baby,mil was so rude and vile about one of them-guess which one i chose I love my little Delilah too,it suits her.He's your Ozzy not theirs and i thinks its a great name.

I agree the name shouldn't be tainted, like Enoch too. All names have associations though, particularly uncommon names, so it's not not their fault they're thinking of Mosely.

Ozzy is such a cool nickname

I think it's very rude of your parents to comment negatively about your DS name. They think what they like obviously but it's very bad form to say "I don't like the name you've chosen for your baby". I admit to thinking at what some people call their children but I'd never be so rude to say anything!