Immense baby name regret

I like Desiree tbh.
I like it way better than your other choices.

Wow.
Desirée is a royal name in the Scandi countries. King Carl XVI Gustaf's sister is Princess Desirée and it's Crown Princess Victoria's middle name. Is that white enough for you?

OP clearly does care what other people think. Hence posting. It’s not easy to have a personality transplant and turn into a “fuck what other people think” person, if that’s not how you naturally are.

My son has a very uncommon name (for this country) he’s the only one of his name he’s ever known, to the point that I only put his first name on name tags in school.

when he was little, he thought everyone had a name unique to them. When I was talking about a Gary I knew, he piped up, “I know Gary!” I knew he didn’t and said, “ah sweetie, you know A Gary, there are lots of Garys, like lots of Charlie’s and Alfie’s in your class. It’s only you with a name that nobody else you know with it 😊😍”

I did doubt myself for a while. I asked him once if he’d have preferred a more usual name. He was absolutely adamant that he’d never change his name, he loved being the only one with it.

fwiw, I absolutely adore Desiree! It’s not just the name, it’s the meaning of it. It means so much and your little girl will know from this name just how much she’s loved and treasured by you and her dad. She will probably have it shortened by her peers to Dezzie or Des or something. But she’ll be unique and memorable.

give it time. I’m sure people were thinking all sorts about my son’s name, but he’s half his dad and has a strong heritage he’s immensely proud of. He owns it. Your little girl will own her name too.

It’s all very well posters telling you it’s your choice and if people don’t like it then that’s their problem, but is that really the stance that parents want to take? Each time someone asks what their child is called, do they really want to puff their chest out with an “OK, brace yourself, and if you don’t like it you can fuck off” attitude? Personally I’d prefer to give my child a name that I knew people would like (or have no opinion on), so I never had to wonder what they thought.

If OP didn’t care what people thought, she wouldn’t have posted!

Worth saying that you can change a baby's name in the first 12 months for a fee but this process only adds the new chosen name to the register and full certificate, and does not remove the originally given name.

@SLNM, it's a beautiful name. Fuck what other people think.
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter.

Honestly If you hate it now regardless of the reason. I'd just change it. She's only 3 Months old.

It's beautiful.

I loved it after watching Angela Lansbury play Desiree in a Little Night Music "Send in the Clowns".

I wouldn't call it American at all.

No, you put your OPINION on my statement and then gave your OPINION that it was "fixed".

Wind your neck in.

have you seen the name Renée? Similar, French, easier to pronounce in English, cute nickname- Wren.

im not going to give my opinion on the name you’ve chosen but if you have regret now after 3 months you always will.

It is a fabulous name and your daughter will make it her own. Ignore the negative vibes. .

My first boss was a Desirée -De-si-rée, in the French way. She is one the most kick-ass, dynamic and glamorous people i have ever worked with. A globe-trotting business woman who would go from Vanity Fair and Embassy cocktail parties to clambering up dusty warehouse shelves in Chanel slingbacks.

Because she's already born and her name has already been registered?

I LOVE IT! Please don’t change it based on others being fannies.

Why not just call her Rey then? Why call her Desiree at all?!

I wouldn't let the ignorance OPINIONS of the general public sway me from naming my child a beautiful name.

Fixed that for you.

I would shorten it to Rey

Its a very lovely name and will look well with Dr. in front of it. Any one telling you they don't like your baby's name is such a rude fucker they should be soundly ignored.

Have to agree with this.

You've chosen a lovely combination of names! Scope for shorter forms too as pp have suggested

Enjoy your baby and don't worry about what other people think!

I saw a recent thread where someone was talking about rich people gentrifying chavvy names 😂

It's a very feminine, pretty name.

It's of French origin, as you probably know.

I wouldn't let the ignorance of the general public sway me from naming my child a beautiful name.

So are Anya and (King) Edward but I don't see anyone cautioning parents against calling their kids those names. Lots of first names are used for fruits, vegetables and plants, because - obviously - growers often name their varieties after people.

I like Rey. What about that as an alternative?

I knew a woman - much older, different generation - and her name was Dadzlee.Dadzlee!

@OP surely when you read comments like this you realise that you are mad to care in the slightest what such ignorant people think of your daughter’s name? You wouldn’t care about any of their other opinions, would you?