DM and MIL don't love the name

I think it's bloody awful of both mum and MIL to react the way they have.

It's a beautiful name and if it's one you like - fuck the rest of them. They're total names because they are elegant and timeless.

I never had a girl, but if I had she would have been Charlotte Elizabeth!

If you'd both love it, who gives a shit what your mum and MIL think? It's not up to them.

Obviously it's not up to a random stranger on the internet either, but for what it's worth I think it's a gorgeous, classic name.

Oh and your name is great. Timeless, classic, lovely. Good choice I'd say.

Three years on I still appreciate my daughter’s name every day. It’s such a nice feeling giving them a name you both love. So definitely Charlotte, it’s a great name.
I know a Charlotte Elizabeth and it works nicely.
I did tell everyone my daughter’s name at 12 weeks after the NIPT. Nobody really liked it and I couldn’t care less because I like it. You need that level of confidence in the name because some people have no manners.

MIL did this with DD2's name. We told her a few we were considering. She said "oh but I LOVE the name Susie, what a shame you're not considering it". She went on and on about how much she wanted baby Susie. I managed not to ask why she didn't just name SIL that when she was born. Then MIL got a new cat, right before DD2 was born. Told her I knew a great name for the cat- Susie. She used the name then she finally shut tf up about it.

A friend's mother told her when she was thinking of names for her baby girl "Think of a name which will fit a title in front of it such as Queen, Princess, Lady etc etc". Charlotte and Elizabeth certainly fit the bill there!

Beautiful name.

Is it possible that they are both disappointed not to find their own names somewhere in your daughter's name?

Charlotte Elizabeth is a beautiful name!

Those names are the most inoffensive names possible — what is it your DM and MIL don’t like? Too inoffensive and beige?

Never share the name until the baby is here because there will always be someone who doesn't like it.

This is your baby and therefore you and your Dh choose the name, both DM and MIL had their turn at naming children.

Charlotte Elizabeth is absolutely timeless and beautiful.

They’ll love the baby and that’s what matters.

Time to harden your heart to other people’s opinions re: your baby. You’re likely to hear a lot of them in the coming months!

FWIW I think it’s a beautiful name.

Have you had the baby yet or are you still pregnant?

If the latter, that’s exactly why we never told anyone our names until the babies were here and were called it. My mum had this awful habit whenever we mentioned names at all of saying she didn’t like them. We weren’t actually asking for her opinion.

Anyway it’s your baby not theirs and it matters not a rat’s ass what your mum and MIL think.

They don't need to love the name, they just need to love the child.
Has the child been born yet?
Are they a bit old fashioned? I am (and nowhere near grandmotherhood) and I couldn't get excited about details about a baby who hasn't been born yet. I knew the sex of one of mine due to late scans and still didn't trust that til he was born. It isn't lack of love, it is sort of a 'don't tempt fate' thing.

My mum and MIL would be over the moon if I went for Charlotte Elizabeth! Lovely, classy name :)

Fab names - stick to your guns

Charlotte and Elizabeth were our top 2 girls names - we went with Charlotte.

I love them as they are both classic names, and I love all (well, probably the majority) of the diminutives of them.

Yes, they'll never be the only one with the name, but most people can pronounce and spell them

Stick to your choice, she's your baby

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'you can always change your mind'

Lovely names.

It's a lovely name. Don't take their grumbles to heart, they will be used to the idea in a very short time and they will even forget they ever said anything! Which will also be infuriating, but oh well.

You don't need to make any explanation for your baby's name, it just is her name now, it belongs to her.

They are beautiful names. Ignore them and their bad manners.

It's a lovely name.
My mil and DM (and to be honest dh) didn't really like the name I loved for my eldest dd but I was adament about it.
16 years later she is Poppy Grace, the name suits her and all agree that the name is just her.
What I'm saying is if you love it go with it.
I went for a name I wasn't in love with and we actually changed it when she was 10 months old.

How can you not like the names Charlotte Elizabeth?? They are classic names and totally inoffensive... how bizarre! Please don't let them put you off, they're lovely names. When we told my MIL the name of our youngest son, she said 'oh well, you can always cha

Lovely name and I'm baffled what exactly they're objecting to. Please don't listen to them.