Do you say something if you don't like a person's proposed baby name?

I don't think I could ever say as name choosing is so personal to each individual. My opinion to "nice" names is as different as the next persons so we don't have that right really to make them question their choice.

If the name in question was Odin, I might just point out the neo-Nazi associations.

It depends. If it was one of my sisters/ brother, I would be honest. If it was a close friend, I would probably say it wasn't my style if they asked. If it was a less close friend/ acquaintance, I would definitely say nothing!
This has happened to me with a close friend and I did point out the teasing potential and say that it was a bit too much to handle imo. I think various other people said the same thing. In the end, she gave him a lovely first name and the name in question as a mn.

My mother decided that this baby was going to be called Matilda. She acted as if we fact until I told her it was a boy.

Nothing against Matilda but I didnt want it for a name.

When my son was born she decide how his name was spelt and told everybody (wrongly). We still get cards with his name wrongly spelt two years later. Its not even a common spelling of the name (which is admittedly a little bit unusual).

Bless her and her little ways.

Can you lot have a word with my mum??

She has no problem in saying which names she hates....Mum says 'what nameshave you picked' I say.."these are our favourites...". I don't say "what do you think of..." as i'm not asking for her opinion but she gives it anyway!

Didn't put me off though. DS was named with a name mum and dad 'hated' and it's in the top 10 so not wierd or wonderful but a solid boys name!

very close family- maybe, if it was a truly awful name
everyone else- only if asked "what do you think, honestly?"

If the baby's already here, no way.

If it's a suggested name for a not-yet-born baby, and it was a close friend/relative, I would think I was being a bad friend if I didn't point out either that it didn't work with the surname (eg Beverly Hills), gave embarrassing initials (eg Chloe Ursula Nicole Thompson) or otherwise sounded like an invitation to take the piss.

If it's just a question of taste, none of my business, but if I was going to call a child something that would set him up for ridicule, I'd want somebody to tell me.

IRL no, because usually people are saying "this is the name we have chosen".

On here, yes, because people are saying "what's your opinion on...."

Like most others, I would only say something if it was a name with terrible connotations which the parents had probably not realised.

My cousin called her son Henry James (James as middle name, not surname) and I asked 'oh, are you a fan?' and got blank looks. Nice name, and certainly not a terrible association, but imagine if it had been?

Sometimes I have felt like saying something- and then changed my mind completely once the child was born and we all started getting used to the name. I nearly fainted the first time I saw an Oscar announced in the birth columns- and now they're all over the place. Still not my favourite name, but you can hardly say that it's a name that would ruin somebody's life.

I'd never say anything unless I thought there was something about the name they didn't realise - like the John Doe thing a couple of days ago.

No, unless it was really dreadful (such as John Doe) and only if a good friend.

MamaL
I would go out of my way to find a name that your colleagues hate if I were you. They sound horrible.

no, unless it's a close friend and they ask your honest opinion on a few names BEFORE they've decided, and even then, I would say I wasn't keen and not 'oh my god no that's hideous'

In real life - certainly not. I would smile politely and nod and say 'how lovely'.

My colleagues, OTOH, screeched with laughter when I told them some of my baby name ideas, and said, "You can't call a kid that! Poor child!".

(I don't care - they say things like 'coloured' and 'spastic' and laugh at disabled people, so I am glad not to have their approval)

In real life? God no.

I wouldn't because everyone's taste is different. It's got nothing to do with me what someone calls their child.

I would gently point it out though if it was someone I was close to and I felt there was something really bad they might have missed (like the John Doe thing.)

Although...
I did almost get punched when I was 18 and in a nightclub cos this woman was shouting in the toilets about her new baby who was called Jack with the surname Daniels. And me and my friend sniggered

A couple of my friends were openly critical of DS name, one thinking I was joking to put them off the scent of what we were really going to choose cause we had DS due at the same time. Another friend who is usually very lovely and tactful snorted with laughter when I told her the boys name we liked when DD was due, then thought it was hilarious when I found out DS was a boy. 'Oh great! You can call him ' Which we did. I tease her about it now. And she says she's got used to it but I think she always says it with a snigger in her head!!

A woman I know had a baby last week and told me the name when I saw her on Tuesday.

It is, in my opinion, cheesy given how close were are to Christmas, boring and old lady-ish too.

But I said " Oh, how lovely" - cause it's none of my business. She obviously likes it and it leaves the good names for my daughter

No never ever.

Not even if it was Princess Tammani herself.

People dont tell you for a negative opinion. If they have chosen it they already like it.

I have had a fair bit of and at my DC's names. Do complete strangers honestly think I am going to change my child's name because they dont like it?

I suppose the only exception would be if there was a really obvious that they hadnt noticed. Like if someone was married to a Mr King and they wanted to call their PFB Wayne.

I would probably feel duty bound to point that out.

jamie - Mr Rochester is having a sit down.

I wouldn't be overtly critical. I would avoid giving an opinion if I didn't like the name.

I wouldn't want to hurt their feelings. I might just make some other suggestions with the wording of, "Oh, I've always loved Kit. Have you thought of that?"

I think it's none of your business unless there are very good reasons - see recent thread about couple wanting to call their baby John Doe.

It's the reason we always kept quiet about baby names. I didn't want to hear people's opinions.

You are clearly me thisisyesterday

Hiya Hully - left Mr Rochester twirling have ya ?