Just a rant on baby names!

You got PND because people were criticising your choice of name? I'm not sure that is how it works...

Didn’t want to say anything about that... but I’m glad it wasn’t just me thinking that.

Copernicus is brilliant. What a brilliant name. OP, Here's your middle name. Baby is CCJ.

Your family sound horrible!!

Delilah is a pretty name - I'm an irregular church goer and the connotations aren't immediately that strong for me, I actually thought of the Tom Jones song first.

Is C.J. Charlie/Charles James?

"At a few hours old I had messages saying she would grow up to be a whore & she will be disowned by her fathers grandparent (which she was)"

Oh, OP, that's just outrageous.
Terrible thing to say, but to disown a child? Am speechless.

FWIW, Delilah's a great name.
A lot of assumptions seem to get made by rude RL critics that everyone is religious/ takes the bible literally/ pays any heed to Tom Jones lyrics.
Pretty arrogant. Sod them.

That said, if potential name's something like 'Copernicus', that would take a lot to live up to...

People will say what they say - yes of course it’s none of their business but if you’re confident with your choice then why are you bothered? Just ignore. Besides, it’s a risk you take when you reveal a baby’s name before they’re born - I therefore didn’t. I was happy to hear ideas but kept firmly shtum about my choices. People are quick to give their opinions then. Reveal it after - most people know to keep their mouths shut then, most people don’t look at a little newborn and start dissing their name.

My son very much has an old man's name, and not a popular one (ie George, Henry etc). I can always tell when people are a bit about it but tough! Our kid, not theirs

And if people still give you crap after the baby is born, say that you think their name is shite as well. It's really nasty to slag off someone's actual name.

Anyway, just keep the name to yourself until after the baby is born. People seem to keep their cunty comments to themselves when faced with an actual baby, but for some reason they think they have some stake in the decision making when in utero, even if you didn't ask for their opinion. That's what I'm doing. Not even telling closest family what we've settled on because I don't want the name tainted with their little input.

You got PND because people were criticising your choice of name? I'm not sure that is how it works...

Why would you be disowned because of a name?! 🙄 It's a great name by the way

Is the name Clive. Due a comeback if you ask me.

Delilah - one of my favourite names

Your family sound a bit thick.

Yawn in the their faces when they start whining about the name. Keep doing it. Look directly at them and yawn. Don’t say anything. Don’t respond to their comments (their comments are irrelevant- the name has been chosen- they don’t get a say) repeat repeat repeat. They’ll get The message eventually.

Delilah is lovely.
I know a Colin who is 12 and he is lovely.

Oh and Delilah is lovely.

Good lord your family sound horrendous.

Know this: this is ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with names. This is about a group of absolute horrors thinking they can insult you and tell you what to do and have no comeback at all.

No decent family would treat you like that.

They are seriously not worth having in your lives, so if I were you I would stop thinking about it.

Name your baby exactly what you like and announce it by text. Tell your partner to vet replies and to let them all know that any abusive responses will be deleted, blocked and the senders won't be welcome to visit the baby and not to expect to hear from you again.

Delilah is gorgeous 😍

Fuck anyone who is rude about your child's name! Disowning because of a name? That's not someone you need to appease.

Colin?

Names go in cycles. Your grandad's name, old-fashioned now, could be due for a come-back and then you'll be ahead of the trend.

I completely agree with you - my dad criticises pretty much every name I say and it annoys me so much! And my names are very common ones too. Your baby your choice!

Personally I think whatever name you choose is up to you and you alone. People will always have opinions but should have enough tact to keep them to themselves. Having said that, I have a slight issue with nicknames being chosen before the child is born, I think it’s nice for a nickname to be a bit more organic or relate to the personality of the child. A good friend of mine chose the name Johan for her son, which is nice and a nod to their Swedish heritage. But announced before the birth that we were all to call him Jolly because they were his initials and it was cute. It doesn’t suit him at all as he is quite a serious child and I have always called him Johan as it is his actual name.

Someone disowned their great grandchild because they didn’t like the name? WTF? It’s a lovely name

Just say the name.

Is it like Charlie John = CJ or Claude Juniper = CJ? I do think you need to be more mindful with boys to give them normal names.