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Change of name

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mumumof2 · 29/10/2019 15:45

My baby is 3 weeks old and I'm worried that I've picked the wrong name.

I don't want to say what the name is as I don't want to read any comments that could make me feel worse.
Would anyone consider changing their baby's name? Birth has already been registered.

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PopeHalloweerious · 29/10/2019 17:32

Aubrey?

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mumumof2 · 29/10/2019 17:27

@FizzyGreenWater can I pm you?

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Jossina · 29/10/2019 17:25

Give it some time. Let the baby and you grow into the name a bit and stop worrying so much about what others think. Every child is going to be teased for something in their life.

Kublai · 29/10/2019 17:19

Depends what the name is. I have 3 dc and don’t particularly like one of their names but it is not a weird/marmite name so wouldn’t change it and they like it. You need to say what the name is, you could change the name but the dc might end up preferring the original.

HJWT · 29/10/2019 17:07

@mumumof2 totally get how you feel, I loved DS name for a long time until I posted it on MN and was told it was really chavvy and he would be "walking round with a spliff in his mouth" soon realised it was all the posh tw.ts from down south who thought that and said sod you all & used it😏

There are so many different names being used these days! Stick with what you love 💕

FizzyGreenWater · 29/10/2019 16:47

What is the name? Appreciate however that if it's unusual you might not want to say - but here would be a good place for you to get opinions on if the name is generally seen as a boy's name.

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mumumof2 · 29/10/2019 16:26

Ok, so I picked a name that I have really liked for years. Very uncommon, almost unheard of in the UK (where I live) but used in the USA as a girls name.

On baby name websites it was shown as being a girls name only. However, after choosing the name and registering the birth, I found out that the name is considered to be only a boys name in several parts of Europe.

Since finding this out I have been worried sick that I've given her a name that is considered masculine. Don't want her to be teased or dislike her name.

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FizzyGreenWater · 29/10/2019 16:06

You could post the name options OP, along with any reason why you feel the way you do? Folk are a lot more kind with names that are already given! - and it might help you work through the logic of why you would have chosen the name three weeks ago and what has changed?

HarryRug · 29/10/2019 15:58

Give it a bit more time. I felt like this with names for all my DC. Then over the months they began to fit the DC and now I’m so glad we didn’t change any. Looking back I was very sleep deprived and hormonal and generally unable to make decisions rather than anything being wrong with the name. This may not apply to you at all but just another viewpoint. Hope it helps and congratulations on your baby.

FizzyGreenWater · 29/10/2019 15:55

It's not really a problem before a year. You just get the birth certificate changed.

You could make the changeover more 'gentle' by adding a first name, and relegating the current first name to the middle.

So say she's Sophie Anna Brown, she becomes Matilda Sophie Anna Brown.

Then you just announce it and in a month everyone will have forgotten!

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