To change DS's Name?

[BlooBelle]

DS is 4. He has an unusual name which in hindsight I may not have given the go ahead...

DH loved the name and after having difficulty deciding on one I felt it would be better to give DS a name that meant a lot to DH rather than a 'compromise' name - plus I quite liked the name at the time!

I have been regretting his name for a while (feel really awful about this on many levels) and sfter reading a recent thread on AIBU I am seriously considering asking DH is we can change DS's first name on his birth certificate... We can keep his current name as a middle name but just him a more conventional first name... AIBU?

Rocky's fine! It's not a name I would choose but there's nothing wrong with it. I do understand the regret of naming though. I still wish I'd called DS2 Elijah, but he's 10 now and I think I've left it a bit too late to change it!

And as for the job thing, bollocks to it! I think by the time our kids are older these more unusual names won't be as strange to everyone. I have a Jayden which almost everyone says is a "chav" name! I don't care, it amuses me more than anything.

I'm with everyone elsroad have heard a lot worse - take solace in the baby names thread!

and remember if rocky wants a change of name as a grown up he'd be able to do that himself easily by deed poll, probably before he had to apply for jobs.
I agree with people who've said that if you approach the name with positivity, he will be cooler with it than being in doubt and giving off iffy vibes.

I have also called my son a name that's considered out of the ordinary, but in the hope he will stand out. I have a pretty but popular name, and always wanted to be called something more exotic.
My son also has a cool second name, a traditional third name (which also happens to be my surname, and his fathers surname.
When he's older he can choose to go by any of these, or something different if he hates them all !

I like it.It will be so cool when he is a teenager. People are ridiculous on MN about names unless you are named after a king or a laird. Life is short and it really is not something to worry about and as for the imagine him as a solicitor crap aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh! It will not affect anything like that.

I've only known dogs called Rocky but it isn't the worst name i've heard

Anyway, when I was pregnant with DC1 a colleague took me aside and said that whatever I chose for his first name I must make sure I gave DC a 'traditional' middle name.

Turned out he had a god awful given name and changed to being called by his middle name at the first possible opportunity.

My boss had 2 standard names but switched to his middle name as an adult because he didn't like his first name.

So in conclusion, leave it as is and let your DS decide when he is older

Our next door neighbours dog is called William so thats one to avoid too

LOL at Noddy

Anyway, not a name I'd go for if I'm being honest but just asked dh what he would do with a CV from Rocky & he said he'd review it the same as any other as he, presumably, didn't choose his own name.

colleague changed his name by deed poll as a teenager. his parents had named him 'lee'.

RubyFakeNails - it's Roxie!

I know a Rocky and I love the name!

OP - I can't see if you've said he has a 'sensible'/dull middle name he can use for CVs etc, if so, leave it. If not, I'd add a middle name (even a second one) rather than change his first name.

It's his name now, but yes, if he wants to get to high levels in a professional job that's not freelance or creative, then he might fine he has to 'prove' himself more than someone with a less imaginative name. So a middle name he can use for work and keeping 'Rocky' for friends and family is a good compromise, should he want to use it - it gives him an option. (And I do know of 2 'C' level men who use one name for work and one for family, sometimes it can be just because there was already someone in their field of work known by that first and surname so it made good 'office politics' to use the middle name to avoid confusion, then it stuck.)

A contemporary of mine in a big City law firm was called Rocky. He was employed a a fresh grad so it wasn't like he'd have had an amazing CV to counteract any prejudice. Firm clearly thought nothing of it and neither did I till I read this thread. You are over thinking. In any event, every time he introduces himself the other person will probably repeat back "Ricky?" so he can just nod and smile if he can't face a discussion about it.

I have a friend who introduced himself in a formal environment as "Timo". I initially thought it very odd that he was using some sort of lads' nickname professionally, till I learned that his Mum was Finnish and it's a standard boy's name there. I have since learned to be a lot less judgey about names.

Our solicitor is in his 60s and has a very cool name I agree over thinking and so conservative to think this way. Its whats wrong with this country

You could also change his name to a perfectly acceptable name now and fun that in 20 years name it is slang for something rude or there is some infamous person who the name reminds people of.

I'd just leave it up to him to decide and introduce himself.

Why is he asking to be called William though ? Has someone said something to him about his name?

Rocky in an ace name! Dislike William intensely.

I prefer the name Rocky to William tbh.

I think it's a bit of a silly name but then I have a silly name so who am I to talk!

He decided this morning that he doesn't want to be called William anymore and is back to Rocky again, I am pretty relieved!

I posted about our neighbours dog without having read about your sons request to be called william! Spooky!