Changing a baby's name

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What are your thoughts on changing babies names after the initial obligatory annunciatory texts/emails/phone calls have gone out? And what about doing it twice?

My situ - DH and I could not agree on a name for DD. An hour after giving birth, DH told me I could choose and he was always going to let me choose. I kind of panicked and chose X. About two weeks later, I realised I didn't even like X, and we slowly told everyone we knew she was going to known by her middle name, Y. I eventually registered her with Y as her Christian name.

NOW, I'm not even sure I like Y. There is another name I really like, and wish I had gone for. DD is now almost 7 weeks old. Can I change it again? Legally, obviously, I can. But really is this going to seem ridiculous to everyone? I'd like to be someone who doesn't care what others think, but I'm wondering what I would think if a friend or acquaintance had a new name for her child each time I saw her. Your thoughts?

YANBU. Do what you feel is right and don't worry what others think!

You don't even have to tell anyone else straight away.

Happens all the time, read this in the Guardian a couple of years ago Why I changed my baby's name.

my Aunt changed her daughters name a few weeks after birth - my cousin who is now 40+ changed it back about 10 years ago (it was bloody stupid) - I ALWAYS forget as for me she is what she was for 30 years (and she is very kind when I forget) - do what you want - but remember - after 18 they do have their own mind.....

I love Rhiannon. It was on my list of possible names for DD. Then all of a sudden there seemed to be a million Rhiannon/Rhianna in a matter of months. It is very popular where I am

Our DD didn't have a name for the first 6 weeks!! We even got the reminder letter to get her registered and DH sent out the announcement texts (it was 230am when she was born) referring to her as Thingy
I wouldn't think you were mad to change and also Rhiannon is a lovely name. What were the other 2 names?? (V nosey emoticon!)

I love Rhiannon.

I have friends who changed their DD's name - they had picked one that they really liked, everyone else liked it, we even got used to calling the DD by her associated nn - but then they realised that the way they were pronouncing it sounded like a different name said with a lisp. So they changed it to the other name. Too late for some of us, we still called her by her nn and in fact she is still known by that nn among a certain group of friends and family, some 8y later. The little girl herself isn't bothered - she responds to her name, her nn, and another nn that her cousin gave her as well quite happily and will call herself by any or all of those names too.