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Absolutely hate my 1.5 year olds name

138 replies

thumperumpa · 26/06/2019 13:09

Just that really. Absolutely hate the name we chose for her. We've called her a nickname since she was born (it sounds a bit like "baby" but it's not exactly that) and it's stuck 😳 she responds to that nickname and has absolutely no idea what her real name is.

Sometimes our family do call her by her real name and it makes my skin crawl I hate it so much.

What am I gonna do 😳

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Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 26/06/2019 16:41

Change it then while she still doesn't recognise it. 🙍

Cookit · 26/06/2019 16:37

Is there something else you want to call her though?

All well and good people saying change it.. but you can’t really change it to Baba/Baby or whatever it is you call her. You’d presumably need another name that you love that you can imagine saying 50x a day.

IHaveBrilloHair · 26/06/2019 16:27

Balonzina, Blonza for short?

Deadringer · 26/06/2019 16:26

Is it Gaby, short for Gabriella?

Cannyhandleit · 26/06/2019 16:23

Is she called pancake?

SmellMySmellbow · 26/06/2019 16:21

Change it to something the nn still works with, assuming it's a contraction

IHaveBrilloHair · 26/06/2019 16:19

It's really hard to give an opinion without knowing the name.

Theworldcouldbemymollusc · 26/06/2019 16:17

Is she called ‘season’ ?

AdaShelby · 26/06/2019 16:17

I would change it if I hated it I think.

NotNowNinja · 26/06/2019 16:15

If you truly hate it I’d change it before school too

fishfingersandhummous · 26/06/2019 16:13

Change it. What does your h think?

TatianaLarina · 26/06/2019 16:11

Change it before she starts school.

noodlenosefraggle · 26/06/2019 15:44

If she doesn't know her real name just change it. She won't want to be called 'something similar to baby' Baba? when she's at school do you'll have to revert to her given name. You may as well change it now. How come she has a name you hate? I wish I'd called DS1 by a more adventurous name, but I still like it!

twinsrunmylife · 26/06/2019 15:40

Is the nickname too cutsie to be a name used within school and for the rest of her life? If not then I'd continue using it but if it is I'd change her given name, she's too young for this to be an issue for her.

Sorry you've ended up in the situation for whatever reason it is you've ended up hating the name Thanks

Tawdrylocalbrouhaha · 26/06/2019 15:38

Normally I'd say 18 months is too late to change the name, but...if she genuinely doesn't recognize it as her name, then I'd say just change it quickly.

But first tell us what it is!

Divgirl2 · 26/06/2019 15:35

Change it. People will be a bit Hmm at first but she'll have the whole rest of her life to use the new name.

Life is too short to be stuck screaming a name you hate 58,000 times a day.

Whereissummerthisyear · 26/06/2019 14:15

You like the nickname but not her given name?

LiveatCityHall · 26/06/2019 14:14

My lovely nan was known by her middle name. Someone I work with is known by a completely different name that isn't a first or middle name, it's just a name that stuck. Even his own mother calls him by this name! My point is that could you can change it if you want to. Unless she's named after someone in the family and you're worried about upsetting them?

Fatkins · 26/06/2019 14:00

Change it! Definitely. It's one thing to use a name you're a bit meh about, but nobody should have to call their child a name they actively hate.

Either change it by deed poll or does she have a middle name you could use instead?

Suvin · 26/06/2019 13:57

Gosh, change it. She doesn't know it's her name because she responds to a pet name, so there's no reason not to, surely?

But yes, like others also wondering why you gave your child a name you hate...?

JamdaniSari · 26/06/2019 13:54

Name?

Owlbert · 26/06/2019 13:53

I think in this case we need to know the name. Maybe we could help think of nicknames that go with the name that everyone can use? How does your partner feel about her real name? Have you tried calling her the name when it is just the 2 of you, it might takes weeks/months but I think if you stick with it it will hopefully seem more 'her' if you see what I mean.

zippey · 26/06/2019 13:48

You can change it, it’s not too late. What is the name?

SoyDora · 26/06/2019 13:47

It doesn’t really matter what the name is, it just matters that the OP hates it.
Were you pressured into using the name OP?

SirVixofVixHall · 26/06/2019 13:46

What is the name ? Could you change it to something similar that you do like ? No point at all in sticking with a name you hate, that she doesn’t even know is her name. Change it.

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