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After months of agonising over a name,why am I still unsure we picked the Right One?!!

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FriggFRIGG · 31/01/2014 12:08

DD is 7 weeks old,it took months of agonising on here,and days of agonising in RL after she was born. We ended up picking a name we hadn't even considered before she was born,and now I keep going back to the ones we had on The List and wondering if we should have chosen one of those instead.

Her name does appear to be a bit 'marmite' but then so is DS's and that never bothered me in the slightest...

Tell me it's just the hormones,or the sleep deprivation....or something.
Please?

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FriggFRIGG · 31/01/2014 15:06

Thankyou,those were exactly the reasons why we choose it.

I do love it yes...I especially love Etty,but I suppose that's because She is tiny,and Greta seems quite grown up to me-though I can see it on a 5 year old...

People of a similar mindset seem to like it...but lots of people say things like:
'oh,is that a family name then?'
'why did you choose it?'
'We'll just call her Ivy then" (my dad!)
Or
'Oh,isn't that a German name!' (My mother!)

I suppose I just needed to re affirm why we love it,in the face of other people's utter confusion...

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Sundaedelight · 31/01/2014 14:32

DD has a name that divides and I quite like that! Has never appeared on any threads and would probably be slated by those who prefer popular faddy names. But we love it! That's all that counts, do you and your family love it?

Clearlymisunderstood · 31/01/2014 14:32

It's a fabulous name! I adore it!

Sundaedelight · 31/01/2014 14:30

Greta is gorgeous. The full name is fabulous!

Unique yet not out there. Doesn't sound harsh at all but firm and clear, not silly wishy washy like Ellie/Amy (sorry - just my opinion).

I love it and think it will be well-liked by people who have good taste, like me obviously! And you! Grin

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FriggFRIGG · 31/01/2014 14:25

The thing is,I think I agonise over it so much because I don't like DD1's name all that much,and if she wasnt 5,I'd change it. I've wanted to change it since she was about 6 months old but even then I felt it was too late.

I adore DS's name and I'd never ever even shorten it,nothing made me think twice about it,even though it was rare and is becoming more popular and is also a bit marmite.

Which is odd seeing as I've always liked many more girls names than boys.

Her name is Greta Ivy Clementine,but we call her Etty.
I love that it has a cute NN but can also be a serious grown up name...but I'm pining over all the cutesy or flowery names that were on the list...
I'm worrying that Greta sounds harsh,I'm worried I excluded names I loved based on the worry that they were faddy or had become more popular than I thought they were,or because they sounded like something else (Ophelia = 'Oh,Feel,yer' in my addled pregnant mind,I KNOW it's not pronounced that way)

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Thurlow · 31/01/2014 13:42

Do you feel like you'll like the name forever? Is it just that it doesn't suit a little baby?

DD's full name is very "big" and doesn't suit a baby at all. We shorten it now, and it will work really well as an adult name.

If it helps, DP chose her name and in some ways I don't like it. Before I was pg I'd never, ever have imagined having a child known as 'X'. But now she is here, it is her name and it suits her so well. I do have odd moments, though, of thinking - really, I have a child called 'X'?

But then I also think if I had actually given her one of the names I'd thought/imagined about for years, it would have come with some baggage, and I'm glad that her name is now very much hers. If that makes any sense.

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AwfulMaureen · 31/01/2014 13:17

I was like this over DD1s name...took us right up to the limit to choose and then I was unsure...I'm fine with it now...she's 9 and we're all happy. Her name is also a bit marmite.