DH chose daughters name, opinions please

I like Mackenzie, especially that it has a lot of possibilities for shortened versions & nicknames. Zee!

Jam, is it traditional for both sexes?

I just think there is potential for her to be on here in 30 years' time (like all the threads with posters saying 'I have a very 60s/70s name and hate it') saying 'I have a very 2010s name and hate it'.

What name do you actually call her yourself OP?
I would drop thé May. MacKenzie is nice.
Surely your dd will recognise her own name by now?

I would definitely consider officially changing her name to drop the May. Easy to do and pretty much keeps the main name he chose but without the rather dated aspect. You could keep it as a middle name.

I think it’s lovely, and as she gets older you’ll all find a shortened version you like, and then only use the full name to let her know she’s in trouble😉

Mackenzie is not my cup of tea usually but after thinking about it, it has grown on me. I think Kenzie's really nice too. To be honest though OP, if you really can't imagine your daughter having this name for the rest of her life, change it now. She's at an age where she would be able to learn her new name.

Kenzie used to be a common name in Scotland for boys - I know of a few who are around 60. Don’t think it’s so common now.

I think they are both lovely names with lots of scope for nicknames but I hate the hyphen.
Disclaimer - I’m from Northumberland when it is traditional to use surnames as given names so hold no truck with claims of it being ‘chavy‘ or a ‘new trend’. Ymmv

My immediate impression of Mckenzie was No I don't like it, but within the few minutes of reading the thread it's actually really grown on me

My exact thoughts!

I don’t think I could change a 17-month old baby’s name unless it was truely awful or I really hated it. I would be very tempted to alter it though. I think in your position I might drop the May (or move to middle name), sort out any spelling issues and accept Mackenzie.

On the positive side, at least she won’t be known as Mackenzie First-letter-of-surname for the 14 years she’s at school, like all the Evies, Poppys and Annabelles at the DC’s school!

I really like it, just don’t use the may part as it’s a bit of a mouthful
Mackenzie is a lovely name, I like Kenzi or maci as a nickname

Agree Kenzie is nice.

Call your baby whatever name you'd like her to be called. It doesn't matter if it's a true short name for her given name. If you want to call her Maisie or Macey then start doing so now.
Whatever you do, drop the hyphen.

I think it's cute. A friend with a DD called Mackenzie shortens it to 'Kenzie'.

I also don’t like names with ‘creative’ spellings and as you’ve said it not spelled as you said in your OP I’m wondering whether the spelling he used might also affect my opinion

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I think it’s quite a trendy name at the moment, even more so with the tacked on May.

As someone who had a similarly fashionable name for my decade of birth, I really tried to give my dc names which won’t date in the same way.

Did you not short list names before the birth? We had some where we disagreed but we both knew each others' preferences, even if we hadn't decided in advance (which we did). Assuming he knew your thoughts, it seems really odd he'd go against them - or if you really hadn't discussed it, it's equally weird to do his own thing! But either way - she now has a name and you seem happy enough with it - I would just go with the flow.

We told my family what we were thinking for DS' name and there were definitely some reservations - but people have since said they can't imagine him being anything else. Either embrace it or lose the hyphen - but I think you're fine.

If you like Mackenzie just dump the May. The double barrel is truly ghastly.

And don’t let your DH choose the next one.

I'd change it. But I don't understand the trend for '(male) surname' names (especially for girls), with so many lovely actual names to choose from. And it does act as a class marker - I hate both the word 'chav' and the concept, but names of this kind are specific to particular social groups and not found at all in others, and I am guessing that the naming in this case is not a deliberate identification with a social group. I just don't think she'll thank you for it.

I think it's fine. Mackenzie wouldn't be my choice but it's a name, surname as first names are fairly popular. It's not like it's Denim-Blu or something!

Macie, Maisy, Mimi etc all fine as nicknames.

Although I wouldn’t choose it myself Mackenzie is quite a nice name. The -May bit really ramps up the chav factor for me I’m afraid. I really don’t like double barrelled names and the latest trend seems to be May tagged on to everything. I also don’t like names with ‘creative’ spellings and as you’ve said it not spelled as you said in your OP I’m wondering whether the spelling he used might also affect my opinion

I would try and make your peace with this, OP. My dad registered me without my mum, and chose a name she was never that happy with - I remember they were still arguing about it when I was a teenager. It's not great what your partner (or my dad) did, but I beseech you never to let your daughter know this is an issue. It was quite uncomfortable for me growing up - felt like an important part of my identity was based on something quite fragile.

I’d change it if possible.

You can nickname her 'Pebbles' if you want, it doesn't have to have anything to do with the actual name. Call her a name you like if you want to.

i was once in the doctors and they shouted a kenzie mckenzie

i wouldnt have been furious if i hadnt been there to register my child

I can’t actually believe your hubby registered without checking her name with you 😯

But the name Mackenzie is nice. My daughter has an unusual name - Aliyena which gets shortened to Leni (as we didn’t want Ali)

Some love it, some don’t....... be we and she totally do and that’s all that actually matters.