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Using a name family don't like

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TisforTucan · 12/11/2022 23:47

Has anyone used a name family didn't like? I really like a name Beau. Its unusual so I was on the fence until I've met two children named the same. Baby would have a traditional middle name but I can't find anything else I like.

Family members have said they didn't like it straight away and OH doesn't hate it (he didn't name the last two 🤣). Help!

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MrsTerryPratchett · 13/11/2022 00:23

BIWI · 13/11/2022 00:14

@MrsTerryPratchett surely if it was a girl it would have to be Belle?

Exactly, which is why I asked. I see female Beaus and just wonder why you would do it!

EL8888 · 13/11/2022 00:16

Not their choice or child. They could decide their own children’s names

PennyDeadful · 13/11/2022 00:15

I know a few little girls called Beau - I think it suits both a boy and girl

BIWI · 13/11/2022 00:14

@MrsTerryPratchett surely if it was a girl it would have to be Belle?

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TisforTucan · 13/11/2022 00:12

@alexdgr8 I'm not asking for opinions on it, I'm asking if other people's families didn't like the name.

@MrsTerryPratchett Boy, we don't know what sex is but I know 100% what I'd name a girl. I find naming girls easier 😅

@GAW19 My MIL just mirrors everything back to her.. she just finds some thing that links to herself like she did with my other two. I think she'd struggle this time 🤣

@Dotcheck I think it might get to that point 🤣 hormones make me more ragey 🤣

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alexdgr8 · 13/11/2022 00:05

i agree with them.
they are thinking of the child.
it sounds more like a nick-name.
it doesn't sound solid or serious, but frivolous.

Feetache · 13/11/2022 00:01

It's not their decision. I know 3 Beaus age 8-12

GAW19 · 13/11/2022 00:01

My MIL is usually a very quiet and laid back woman... when we told her DD2's name.. well, I have never seen her react so bad to anything!
We told her it upset us and that is the name we will call her. She didn't have a choice but to be happy with me Smile

MrsTerryPratchett · 12/11/2022 23:51

For a boy or girl?

Dotcheck · 12/11/2022 23:50

It isn’t their choice.
What do you need help with? Telling them that you’ll use the name? Just tell them that you’ll name your babies and they name theirs.

😄