Wish we hadn't said anything...

Tell her she's right and you've decided to change your choice of name to Chardonnay Capriciosa as there are no songs about those names - that should shut her up.

And ignore, ignore, ignore - Alice is a pretty name and if you and DH like it, that's all that matters.

Alice is lovely ignore her about that...... but you could just come out with a list of names she'd really not like to give yourself some fun, a new one a week!

Actually, when the "Who the...is Alice?" song came out, a colleague had a two year old daughter called Alice and she still tells the story of how some stranger heard her call her daughters name and sang the "who the..." line at her.

And she very politely said "Alice is my two year old daughter who is standing right behind you!"

Apparently the man was very apologetic. It won't be the first thing most people think of when they hear the name now, but your MIL might not be the only one who thinks it's funny to sing it to you.

Tell her that she's upset you so much with the Alice song that you've decided not to use it and are just going to call the baby after YOUR mother and grandmother.

But not after her. Because her name makes you think of some other crap song/a school bully/someone horrible off the TV/a nasty old lady who sings rude songs about her grandchildren.

I'd just point to my belly and hiss 'she can hear you!', then pat tummy and say 'grandmas only kidding'.

She's rude! And probably thinks she is highly amusing too.

Agree with Nooka, tell her you have completely gone off Alice and her name is going to be Delilah

Alice is a gorgeous name btw and try not to let MIL grind you down, I'm afraid that the err, more difficult ones tend to go into overdrive when their grandchildren actually arrives, best to prepare and have avoidance tactics at the ready.

Just find a name that you really don't like with a really catchy old tune associated with it and say that you've changed your mind an that's your new choice. Like Delilah (My my Delilah) or Billie Jean or Carrie Ann

Here's a good list to give you some ideas

We have an Alice. No one has ever sung that song to her as far as I know. I'd be furious if they did (she's 9).
I think that while in the womb everyone has an opinion, but the moment they meet your DD and Alice becomes HER name, whatever they thought of it previously, it'll be the best name in the universe. Because she'll be perfect (based on my experience!)

Meant to say, it wouldn't bother me. My name is Kathleen, and when I was a child one of the old uncles used to regularly break into "I'll take you home again Kathleen". I didn't mind, it felt quite special having my own song.

The "who the fuck is Alice" version is a later parody.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Next_Door_to_Alice

Next time she sings it I would say "that's quite rude actually. Are you going to sing that to your granddaughter when she's here and introduce her to that kind of language?"

Alice is one of our favourites too.

I wasn't going to discuss names but also found myself talking to mil about them.

me: I like the name Isla.
mil: oh I don't like that.
me: tbh,you don't get any say in it.
mil: I'll just call her lulu then.

!?
I love her to bits but that annoyed me!

I know the song and I'm 29! Wouldn't be my first thought on hearing the name Alice though, perfectly normal, pretty name.

Tell her she's showing her age.

I have never heard of this song but if it is something your MIL thinks is hilarious promise her you'll tell DD what Granny used to sing when she's old enough.

Talking of middle names: if she is angling for influence I'd tell her quietly what a shame she doesn't like Alice since you thought it went well with her name... Oh well!

Alice is a classic name don't be put off it by some daft song.

It will happen, sometime, someplace.

I have an Alice, never had any reference to that song which at 35 I'm only vaguely aware of!!

My MIL hated the fact that we chose Henry. She keeps calling him Hooray Henry, insisting that everyone else will too. They don't.

Thing is, there will always be someone who sings that song at you and your daughter. (Even if it's the original clean version). It's inevitable with any name that features in a popular, famous or catchy song. And even if you avoid "song names", you never know if some new song will come out .....

This is the sort of annoying thing my mother would do. Fortunately, our 3 girls have really unusual names. She does, however, exercise her wit by referring to them as "your bisto kids", which makes me grind my teeth.

If you can't bear it next time, just leave the room and let her make of that what she will.

Of course, you could tell her politely that you don't like it, but it depends whether it would be worth your while, i.e would the likely response of all parties involved be worth getting the irritation off your chest, or would more stress ensue. I tend to save direct confrontation for the massive issues my MIL and DM both occasionally choose to interfere in, so it retains impact. If I picked up every annoying thing they did, it would be a war zone (I, on the other hand, have no annoying habits and always behave perfectly ).

Alice is lovely - ignore MIL completely

Ps I'm 32 and remember the song but who cares!

I love the name Alice,its my tied with my current fave name if me and my DH find out our DC is a girl!

MILs can be a right pain,mine is a nightmare at times and I found the only way to deal with her is to not mince my words and tell her outright exactly what I think or how I feel about something. Perhaps do the same thing with ur MIL? May well shut her up. Also think coming up with a name u know she'll hate to get off her the alice song is a great idea! Perhaps say ur guna call ur DD Doris or Mildred for example or a strong foreign name of some sort if she's a bit racist ;) xx