Baby name fail - first and last name combo

If you don’t like the name change it.

But honestly, I think you are overthinking it. I don’t think I would have even noticed that it was a bit like Low Price.

And honest,y, names don’t cause children to be bullied. Bullies cause children to be bullied. If there is a bully in your future child’s class chances are they will find something to bully their peers about regardless of name. In the grand scheme of things being teased for having your name sound a bit like ‘low price’ is probably preferable to being teased for spotty/ fat/ unintelligent or another physical feature/ trait which bullies will hone into if there’s nothing else to bully someone about. I’d rather my child be teased about their name than something physical to be honest. But that’s assuming there even are any bullies in your child’s class and also that anybody picks up on the fact the name sounds a bit like low price, which I actually don’t think they necessarily will.

Change it. My guess is that it's Arlo or Milo, and I hear it Our Low or My Low

Many of the threads on here are along the lines of 'Which first and middle name?' when most people are known by first name and surname, or a diminutive of the first name and surname

e.g. Harold Wilson, Maggie Thatcher, Tony Benn, Tony Blair, Jim Callaghan etc not James Harold W, Hilda Margaret T, Anthony Neil Wedgewood B, Anthony Charles Lynton B, Leonard James C etc. There's another one but he tends to be known by a middle name only.

I think some of those were known by their middle names or switched to using their middle name. Jim Wilson or Al Johnson aren't particularly unusual or memorable

I'm with those who agree it is worth changing name while you can do it more easily than later on. This is the kind of thing that once spotted by someone at school will not go away. We both have difficult last names and while I agree personality plays a role in how much teasing you get, it doesn't help if your name makes it even easier for the bullies. In your situation I think you will be ok to keep your first choice of name as a middle name as full names don't get said aloud too often in childhood (which is when the problems would arise).

We had to discard one candidate name for our eldest after I ran it past my mother and she spotted a phrase that similarly, once spotted by a school bully would never have gone away. We had several initials to avoid as well, including one that DH knew about because a relative unfortunately had it as a middle initial.

I wouldn't hear that with all of those names unless your childs name is emphasised differently, but Willow Price sounds like Will-o price to me which is fine.
Arlo however is Ar-low so I can hear it in that one

Hilarious. Mine was on the GP, dentist and yes the fucking library when she was 6 weeks old. She had a library too - 15 board books at a time. Free bounce and rhyme, music and breastfeeding group etc

Oh gosh is it Milo? I’d definitely change, once I heard it I’d always hear it. DH had a friend called Ryan O’……. always and forever knows as Rhino!

I don't know if it's just my accent but some of those names sound more like 'low price' than others. I hear it with Harlow (Har-low) but not Willow (Will-ow). Normally I think parents are usually overthinking things but if it's really bothering you and you hear it when saying the name I would change it.

I am reading the name so out loud with the surname and it still does not really make the connection of low price . Sounds fine to me .

It's unlikely anyone else will pick up on this, much less bully your child for it. But the thing is, now that you have noticed if it ever did happen you would absolutely kick yourself for not taking action when you realised. I don't believe bullying happens because of a name, names can be used as an extra tool to wield, but are not the root cause. A confident, popular child can pull off anything (I say this as someone who went to school with Amber Boon), but you won't know if your kid will fit that mould until it's too late.

Are there any similar names which remove the 'low price' sound? E.g. Willa instead of Willow, or Miles instead of Milo?

You can change a first name up to a year old. Just do it, at only 3 months old I would definitely change it if it is really bothering you x

The first timeI said the names out loud it was unmistakeable because the emphasis is on the second “low” syllable.
Seeing the names written it doesn’t occur to one.
A friend has an ancestor who was named Wright Price! That was back-in the 1850’s and I guess the parents weren’t as sensitive to their child’s feelings.
Just change the name and casually tell those that need to know that you had a change of mind, and get on with life.
Good luck

Okay, I actually know someone with one of these first names and your surname.

It is absolutely Not An Issue.

Personally, I'd never made the connection until you pointed it out on this thread.

I don't think it is a problem.

What's so funny about that? Mine had library cards that age. Even babies like board books and high contrast ones. You can take more books out with a child card and there are no fines so why would I use my own?

OP you are massively overthinking it. It isn't a big deal even if anyone does briefly think of "low price". It isn't offensive and highly unlikely to be even remarked on.

Aw no I don't think you should change it. I think it's a shame you've got so hung up on it.
If you really can't live with it the totally change it for your peace of mind but I think it's nice.
My cousins surname is price, it's a standard surname

If you are both happy to change then change

@Hopeandlove

on passport, library and birth certificate

shes 3 months old! Library card??🤣🤣

I think it depends on the actual name to be honest.

Arlo Price (our low price)
harlow Price (our low price)

but at school someone will notice, a lot will depend on accents and how teachers day it when calling the register etc.

But if it's not that it'll be her initials/hair colour/height/weight/glasses/freckles....

A name is a lot less personal than looks!

but if it's going to bother you, it's easy to change it in the first year & not a big deal to let everyone know the new name.

I think I'd change it, tbh.

Change it quickly you can do it easily now and just say ‘Willow didn’t suit her so we have changed her name to Emma’ many thanks

don’t explain don’t argue change her name legally and on passport, library and birth certificate job done

@ChagSameachDoreen but when do people say their full name complete with middle name? I can't remember last time I did.

That won't help! The name will still contain "low price."

i wouldn’t even have noticed had you not pointed it out. She won’t use the two names together regularly; if she does just get her in the habit of writing her middle name as well to break it up.

I would change that while you still can.

I dont think its a issue personally I hear " willow Price " rather than low Price. its the full name that matters unless you plan on calling her low for a nickname.