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1 week old DS - should I change his name?

32 replies

Natalie12288 · 23/01/2016 13:08

DH is Irish and he picked Cormac (we live in Ireland)... We are now planning on moving to England and I want to change his name to Ciaran, Dillon or Ronan... Should we!? :( middle name is James (my dad's name) and LN is MacCarthy... x

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Janek · 23/01/2016 13:20

Are you concerned it would actually be a different name in england? My dp is Cormac, his parents pronounce is cor mac (with a rhotic r), i (and everyone else around here) pronounce it caw mac (because we don't pronounce Rs).

I was once mocked by an (irish) friend of a friend, for saying his name wrong, but i think he thought the name should be more cor muc, which is not how my Cormac pronounces it. So i was getting two sounds wrong, iyswim.

If the 'r' part of the name is what you like, then perhaps you should change it. I would imagine you could train english people to say caw muc, but you'd be on a hiding to nothing trying to get cor muc, i'd say. Unless you move to cornwall.

ILikeUranus · 23/01/2016 13:13

Cormac is a lovely name, no need to change that for England (and no point, especially as all the alternatives are Irish too). The only reason to change it is if you don't like it anymore.

FellOutOfBedTwice · 23/01/2016 13:13

I have taught a couple of Cormacs in London and no one raised an eyebrow. One was somewhat overweight and did earn the unfortunate nickname "Big Mac" but the name itself is very nice.

EssentialHummus · 23/01/2016 13:12

Cormac is a lovely name, what is prompting your thinking on changing it? Is it to do with moving to England?

My only "concern"/negative is that there is a famous American writer called Cormac McCarthy, but not sure how much of a big deal that is to you.

MummaGiles · 23/01/2016 13:11

Aside from the fact that Cormac McCarthy is a very famous novelist/playwrite I don't see why you should change it unless you really don't like it, and the famous name think shouldn't necessarily be a reason either. Personally I think Cormac is a lovely name but I like an Irish name (DH wouldn't let me use one though).

sophorifichobnob · 23/01/2016 13:11

So in the week since having your son you have decided out of blue to move to England? Most people are still trying to go their head round life with a newborn. Respect.

originalmavis · 23/01/2016 13:10

What's wrong with Cormac?