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Hate DDs middle name now - Skye

36 replies

apronbellybarbie · 30/12/2023 08:54

Just to be clear, I don't hate the name Skye on anyone else, it just doesn't feel RIGHT for me.

DD is 1 and I've disliked her middle name from literally a few days after registration but tried to come around to it.

Liked it originally for it's links to Scotland as I have family from there. All 3 DC came to an agreement on it for their baby sister which was fantastic as they rarely all agree on anything 😂 albeit last minute.

I mainly went for this name as my mum talked us out of going for our originally chosen middle name. Wish I never listened but vulnerable, post-partum me did, of course.

I keep trying to get myself over this but I just can't shake it off at all. I don't even know if I can change it now but I think it might be possible. If anyone knows, please? I've never felt this way about my other 3 DCs names.

I'm aware this probably sounds totally pathetic but it's really bugging me.

Thanks for reading.

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Santaisscouringindeedfornewjob · 30/12/2023 09:14

Please tell us her first name isn't Isla...

DancefloorAcrobatics · 30/12/2023 09:12

I echo what others have said. It's a middle name, nobody will call her by it.
The only time it comes into play is on official documents and obviously when she asks about it.

Both my DC have middle names that I don't particularly like. But the meaning and connection of the names is important to us as a family. I think I have given my DC a bit of family history that would otherwise be lost over time.

Crikeyisthatthetime · 30/12/2023 09:12

Since the siblings agreed on it, and it's beautiful, don't change it. Add the name you originally wanted instead. No reason why she shouldn't have two middle names.

3luckystars · 30/12/2023 09:08

Middle names are not used so just forget it and don’t use it.

Sometime the name picks the person and you get no say in it. The world owns her, if that makes sense.

I think Skye is lovely by the way.

LilyLemonade · 30/12/2023 09:07

I think if your other children chose it or were involved in deciding on it, you can’t now change it - it would feel like a repudiation of the choice to involve them.

The name in itself is lovely.

Is it more that you regret being talked out of your original choice? Could you add it as a second middle name (or put it between the first name and Skye?).

LadyWithLapdog · 30/12/2023 09:04

It's a middle name, nobody uses theirs. You can change it by deed poll, but her siblings chose it, they may be disappointed.

YourNameGoesHere · 30/12/2023 09:03

It's a middle name. It really truly doesn't matter. DS is 4 and I don't think I've used his middle name more than a handful of times in his whole life except for when filling out forms. You're massively overthinking how important her middle name is.

GoodVibesHere · 30/12/2023 09:03

Oh I think it's very nice as a middle name. It's a shame you no longer like it but maybe you'll come round to it again.

thefallen · 30/12/2023 09:02

It's a beautiful name and it's meaningful. If she dislikes when she's older she can change it (though no one uses middle names).

LeonoraFlorence · 30/12/2023 09:02

What is her first name?
I think it’s lovely. People don’t bother with middle names so I wouldn’t change it now anyway.

HeddaGarbled · 30/12/2023 09:01

I don’t know why we even bother with middle names, really. Hardly anyone uses them; most people hate theirs. I’d just forget it was there, if I were you.

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