Should we choose a different name just because many others hate it?

I think it is a gorgeous and very unusual name. Go for it.

Winter Lily really does sound more like a festive plant than a person's name.

I like Winter.

Not with Lily though. It makes her sound like a plant. I'd add another middle name - Winter Elizabeth Lily or whatever.

I love it... Names become people. She will suit it completely. People go on about jobs.. In decades there will be so many quirky names that it will be normal.

I like it. It's not a horrible name that won't grow on anyone (anyone remember Slithery?!) - it's a name that will soon become completely associated with your daughter.

I love.

Do it.

Its unusual but not really out there. Its easy to spell. Its pretty.

Yes its marmite but then lots of people (like me) who don't particularly like Amelia or Olivia the two most popular names. If you try to use a name to please other people you'll never find one and will regret it.

The in-laws WILL get used to it. Winter is likely to become a lot more popular over the next few years as it follows trends (but not too popular) so won't be that weird with her peers. It is picking up in popularity as a name (so all those people saying its not a name there seems to be a few people who disagree with you - there were 47 born in England and Wales in 2014)

I think its lovely and I have known 1 Winter who was a sweetheart so I only have positive feelings over it.

Many didn't like our ds name however now at age 13 they are used to it. Your Inlaws will get used to the name too.

Smaugair - I'm sure baby Winter will still be able to get herself a boring job in a boring office if she tries hard.

When baby is here she will be beautiful and winter will suit her better than any other name. P.s I love the nn Winnie xx

Absolutely do not change a name if you and your partner love it- sod everyone else!!!

You've asked two different questions. 1) Should you still use the name if family don't like it? In the case of Winter, why not? It's not offensive, it's not completely ludicrous as a name. 2) Is it a good/nice name? No, it sounds silly especially when used with Lily (which I like BTW), it sounds like a cheap scented candle.

Don't worry what the inlaws and your friends say. They'll love your baby whatever she's called and they'll come up with their own nicknames for her whatever you call her anyway!!

This is like how everyone complains about your wedding plans until they get there, then they tell you how much they love it. They're only thinking about the practicalities of it - how the name sounds not attached to a person they love dearly / how far away the wedding venue is not that their son or daughter is going to experience a wonderful love filled day of sharing their commitment to their chosen partner.

And all those comments about what will it sound like if your daughter gets a "normal" office job - 1) By the time she grows up and gets a job names like Winter will be even more accepted than they are now 2) Maybe it will encourage her into a far more interesting path in life than just working in a drab old office! LOL! 3) You'll find people just tend to accept unusual names in places of profession. If a person of a different ethnic background walked into your office with an unusual / exotic sounding name would you whisper and snigger behind her back? No, of course not. You'd accept her name and act like a grown up about it.

Name your baby girl what you feel called to. And for my two sense, I think Winter Lily is pretty. I know I would've wanted to be her friend at school! xo

That is gorgeous. Go for it.

I wouldn't change it because the in-laws didn't like it.
However, I wouldn't use it because it's not a person's name, it's a season's name. Therefore, wherever she goes for the next 90 years, she'll have people asking her about it. Which will be a real pain.

I think its beautiful, pleased to see someone else who loved Shadow of the Moon. Not sure about Lily but if it goes well with your surname then you should have the name you love.

Really like it. Your choice no one elses.

I've always loved the name Winter. Your surname would need to go very nicely to pull it off.

I grew up with a Winter. She had a sister named Summer and Autumn. Seriously. I don't think there is anything wrong with the name. If you like something, go for it. If your child hates their name they can chose what they want to be called or change it later on if they must. My Dad hated his first name (George) so he went by his middle name his whole life.

When I was choosing a name for DD my BIL's reaction was "Oh don't pick that- she's going to have to be a real stunner to pull it off."

I didn't let him change my mind and I still love her name. Although I'm struggling to come up with something that works with it if this new bump is a girl as well!

Its all very well saying your child your choice, pick what you like etc...but its not YOU who has to live with the name forever. Its not you who has to put up with a daft name and all the comments and looks.

Winter Lily sounds like Fabreze

Winter is lovely.

Lily is beige and meh. Everyone is called Lily these days.

I have just met a baby boy called Neptune

Well, by that reasoning you could just as easily say "Gobshite is a name if it's used as such". And it would be; but it would be almost as crap even sillier than Winter Lily.
You have to draw the line somewhere, or you get nonsense like those Australian twins called Benson and Hedges...

Winter is a name, Imperial. Admittedly not as popular as other season nsmes but a name none the less.
Jenny if you Google the name you will come across s thread comments behind the name. Just been on it. Some. Positive and not so positive comments but that would be the same with any name

Imperial, Winter is a name if it is used as such. Perhaps someone somewhere once said "But Rose isn't a name, it's a flower". Winter is a lovely name, and not just because I read Shadow of the Moon (heroine called Winter) at an impressionable age.

OP I think Winter is lovely but personally wouldn't use it with Lily as a middle name because as pps have said, it sounds like a seasonal scented candle. However, despite what the baby names thread would have you think, middle names are basically unused after the initial few weeks except on forms and security checks.

If you like it you use it. I knew someone called Stella Maris (Star of the Sea) and she called herself Maris. Your DD can call herself Lily if she wants but of she's a creative sort she can stick with Winter.

I like it. I would probably use nn Winnie. Your choice!!