anyone really regret the name they chose?

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littlegreyrabbit · 18/02/2008 22:22

Ds is 9 now so it's just a little late to change his name but I wish I'd stuck to my gut feeling and tried to persuade dh on my first choice name.

Instead we compromised on a name that was second choice for both of us. There are 3 boys in ds's class with the same name and it's a name that doesn't even match our surname very well.

Anyone else feel the same?

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cadelaide · 19/02/2008 00:23

We changed ds2's name at 11 months and 3 weeks (you can do it up to 12 months!).
Not complicated, in fact almost disturbingly simple, just sent off a form. The full birth certificate shows both names and the "short" certificate just the new name.
Still don't really like it though.We changed it from the shortened to the full version and he's 19m old now.....dh and other dcs love it but it's just not growing on me as it should.
Don't like admitting it though, even on here. Feels disloyal to him.

havalina · 19/02/2008 00:13

Wonder if many people change names? I think you can do it quite easily in the first year can't you? I do kind of regret DS's name as there are a couple I would prefer but I can't see him as anything else now, and dd just suits her name to a tee, so I suppose they were the right choices.

Actually there was a lady on another board I remember who changed her dd's name when she was about 6 months. She changed it from summer to something I can't remember, must be complicated with medical records and suchlike.

seeker · 18/02/2008 23:32

My dd is a Grace. A lovely name - but not for her. She would have been a fab Rowan......

avenanap · 18/02/2008 23:22

My ds is not a Joe. He'd have liked to be called Luke. I think he's more of a Tom.

seeker · 18/02/2008 23:19

I love my dd's name (dp's choice) but I don't think it really suits her, and the name I wanted does.

motherhurdicure · 18/02/2008 23:17

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