To have told my niece I'm not mad on her choice of name feel a bitch

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My niece has a little boy, 6 with a "normal name" popular and nice.
She's due in about 7 weeks I think with a baby girl. She lives about an hour away so don't see her loads, we've just chatted on the phone and she's mentioned her choice of name. I really wish I'd have said oh that's cute or something and as we were on the phone could probably have got away with it.

But I think I went quiet and said "oh right....Mmmmm I'm not mad" argh I feel like a cow, it's nothing to do with me.

My sister(her mother) has just text me saying I believe you don't like daughters choice of name, she's offended.

How can I put this right, we aren't particularly close but I really don't want to make anyone feel bad,especially when pregnant.

It's just a silly name, sorry but it is.

OP Id be willing to bet she's actually having a boy and naming him "John" or something equally plain

I can't refuse to believe anyone would name anything but a doll and a blow up one at that by that name

I was reading a magazine yesterday, where a woman had a daughter called Summah , what an awful name. Summer would have been much nicer. Yes op, I am not keen on that name either.

OK see I was all set to come in here and say YWBU. But KANDY-RAINE. Oh my goodness. I would have assumed it was a joke. I'm sorry to anyone out there called Kandy-Raine but I really would. Especially if the mother already has a child with a "normal" name (although you can get away with more in a girl's name, I think).

Oh dear... was all set to say ywbu. ....but I'm in too much

Haribo-Precipitation sounds much posher. Suggest that.

Oh crikey! I just think of Christmas and candy canes. That is the worst name I've ever heard.

If I called my child Tia Maria, I'd feel compelled to have Baileys and Malibu too.

I'll tell my dc they should be grateful for their standard names.

Or Bubblegum-Bucket.

... and your sister likes it OP !?

Would be ok if it was Candi Raine as 2 seperate names. Candi reminds me of one of my favourite ever songs (young hearts run free) and the brilliant singer Candi Staton.Rain - I personally love it spelt without the E as Rain, but it is a bit too hippyish for our society.
Just seeing it all spelt out as Kandy-rain just makes it seem wrong. Kind of like giving your kids a pot noodle for their Sunday dinner instead of a nice roast or similar.

YANBU. There should be a law against that name. She cannot possibly expect to go through the rest of her life only meeting people who actually think it's nice. You have done her a massive favour by giving her a flavour of what's to come. Stupid, silly girl.

Whoever said HariboPrecipitation* is just genius.

See, i actually quite like the name Raine.

But it's the Kandy ... and then something ... which is so - twee.

Kandy anything just sounds so sickly sweet and contrived.

And rain, rayne, raine ... kandy-raine. Raining candy ....

arrgghh.

Someone on my fb newsfeed has called their daughter Alivia. WHY???!!

fudge-storm?
biscuit -wind?

At least it's a happy name. [Is this a good time to remind MN of the woman I met called Maud-Lynne?]

The only possible birth gift you can buy your poor niece is a voucher for a deed-poll change to be used when she's old enough.

Honestly though, you were very restrained. I'd leave it and not say another word!

It's a bit like cockney rhyming for 'crack cocaine'.

Christ on a bike. YANBU. I read the OP and thought "ouch, keep opinions to yourself". If that had been my niece I would have said "what the actual fuckety fuck are you thinking lady"...and put the phone down. Perhaps she could put an "e" on the end of "Rain" and make it posherer

That poor girl will be judged so much on that name as she grows up.

OP, appologise but remain honest.

'i'm sorry I upset you. Its an unusual name. Its great for a baby but I can't picture an adult, a CEO or an MP being called that. If you are dead set on that name please consider giving her a very boring and dull middle name like I have so she has a choice to be either dull and boring or unique and stand out' or something to that effect.

FYI I am pretty sure there is a pornstar named Kandy Rain or very close to it My mind is a sponge for bloody useless info please don't judge me

Kandi-Rain? Is your niece a Kardashian??

OMFG that's awful! I've got this mental picture of sweets raining down from the sky and being whacked on the head by a gobstopper. That poor, poor child. She's going to have the piss taken out of her forever. I agree that your response was admirably restrained in the circumstances.

I literally roared with laughter when I read the name.

Poor kid. Oh dear.

Kandy-Raine sounds like the name of an Los Angeles actress in the pornography industry.

I agree it isn't a nice name at all.

You may have to apologise for offending (without retracting that the name is awful), OP.

Terrible name - think of the poor child. She might think twice now about choosing it now which would only be a good thing!
On the other hand, both my dm and dmil admitted a couple of years after the birth of my son that they didn't like our choice when we first said it. They love it now but because it is not very common it took some time to get used to. I'm glad they didn't voice their opinion at the time as it might have put me off.

Ice biscuit wind sounds like a symptom of overindulgence.

Raine by itself is ok, in a groovy, hippy, lentil-weavy kind of way. But Kandy. With a K.

I normally try not to be too judgypants about baby names, but Kandy Rain? Fuck me.

I think it's better than Satin-Beau which I came across. I shit you not

At least you can pretend it's just Candy and that it's short for Candice or something.