To Not wanting to explain my DD name

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My DD is 20 month old. She is called Dallas. I have named her Dallas after my great aunt who is no longer with us as my Aunty Dallas did alot for me when she was alive and holds a dear place in my heart

My problem is that when people ask me what my daughters name they dont seem to like the answer. They pull there face and say well that's unusual. I then feel like I have too explain it.

AIBU to feel like telling them to pit there face straight.

Probably time to change her name (chances are Great Aunt didn't much like her name either) we had a re-think for one of ours too.
What seems great in the post-baby haze of couchiness can really loose some of its shine when we awaken from the sleep-deprived early days.

Who about Matilda - always quite liked that.

It's unusual, but it's not awful.

If we can have Georgia, we can surely have Dallas!

As there are a few people here who are saying how much they disliked their unusual name I feel I should reiterate that I love my unusual name. I don't care that I always have to spell it out, and often have to explain it, or even that sometimes the response I get is 'pardon', or 'what' (it's not that weird!). My parents were proud of choosing an unusual name for me and so was I (I could have shortened it to somethign very run of the mill).

So OP, find the response you are happy with and answer those wry faces with a smile. Plus names (especially for girls) are so much more diverse now it probably won't be such an issue for your little one.

How difficult is it to say "Dallas, after my Aunt"

I think it's a nice name but it always makes me think of a character in a Jackie Collins novel. The Tom Jones one, forget its name. She was a nice character though.

< exposes self as Jackie Collins reader, albeit in the dim-and-distant >

< slinks from thread in shame >

Op i think "dallas" is a very nice name. I had a colleague turn good friend called "dallas" that ive lost contact with and wish i could find her

Easy, Boasting. Nikey is the Greek goddess of victory.

Nike is the Greek goddess of victory.

God knows who or what Nikey is!

Boasting
Please ask MNHQ to remove that post. Naming a child is not on, IMO, when that child's name is easily google-able.

"What about Matilda..."

FFS....

Coming to this one late squeaky toy I also was at school with a boy called Dallas do we know each other

There is nothing wrong with Dallas as a name, and it's lovely that you named your DD after a favourite aunt. But it is unusual, so it's not surprising that people double take at it. A shame they are judgey about it, though.

Think yourself lucky. You only have to explain it for a few years- she'll still be explaining it en she's 85!

Lol lol lol

If you call your child an unusual name there's no point getting all over-sensitive about it. Let alone think of rearranging faces. Just be confident about your choice of name and don't imagine everyone else cares so very deeply.

Dallas is a lovely name - people might think she was conceived in Dallas so good to explain about aunty - why is that such a chore ? There's a girl in my DS's class called Fantasy - now that I take issue with.

OP relax... the name is really very unusual so you have to deal...take it in your stride....no big deal...I went to school with a girl called happy and a boy called doodoo...

OP dallas is a really nice name and you are entitled to call her what you like, take no notice of snide remarks etc. My ds called her dd Brooke, we all laughed at the time (very nicely of course) and said "lucky you never called her River". Dont feel you have to explain yourself to anyone
:)

Wasn't the captain of the spaceship in the original Alien film called Dallas?

Played by Tom Skerrit. www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/

It is a lovely name. Don't worry what anyone thinks.

I think that when you have an unusal name or spelling you are going to get this, I'm afraid. Goes with the territory. Sometimes people will just be checking that they have heard correctly. I used to work in HR and it was imperative to get people's names right, so I quite often had to check spellings or pronunciations. Also, with a name like Dallas, it does sound more like a surname, tbh, and so I would check that I hadn't missed the first name.

I am afraid that I upset a lady in the park over the summer holidays. Her beautiful little girl was playing with my DD and I asked what her DD's name was. When she said "Harper" my first reaction was "like the Beckhams?". Poor mum looked so deflated and I felt so stupid. But I couldn't help myself. Girl looked like Lotte in Charlie and Lola and so I really thought that was what she was going to say - silly I know - but I was a bit surprised when she said Harper.