I'm pregnant (still superstitiously negotiating 1st trimester so not "out" on mumsnet yet but am a regular poster) with older kids (all over 9). I was idly discussing names with my other half today only to be interrupted every two seconds by our children's impassioned pleas not to inflict any of our most treasured choices on the new bairn. Cries of "Urrgh! that's the worst name I've ever heard!" and "No! There's a horrid kid called X at school and I will never forgive you if you name my brother/sister that!" and so on and so forth abounded. I'm not planning to hand over naming duties to them wholesale or anything but if they really hated a name should that be taken into account?