re: mother's reaction to list of baby names?

[MyBreadIsEggy]

First of all, I know this has been done to death, so sorry!!
DH and I already have a Dd and have found out from our 20 week scan that we are having a DS this time
We both wrote our own separate lists of names we liked, swapped lists, crossed the ones off the we really didn't like and then put the remaining names together into one final list.
My DM looked at the list on Sunday, and had a less than enthusiastic reaction None of the names on the list are particularly "out there" or "yoounique" (think: Jacob, Rhys, Caleb).
She made it very clear that none of the names we liked were suitable, or "right" for her grandson
I said in the politest way possible, that it doesn't matter if my mother likes the name we choose, as long as DH and I like it. AIBU to think that I am right in saying that?!
DM seems to think I am being wholly unreasonable, and she should be able to have her say in the baby's name

The only Caleb I know is the son of a doctor. They seem like a pretty middle class family.

Ha. Tell her to go have another of her own then! My family were discussing names at Christmas and my favourite boys names came up in conversation (not mentioned by me and I want pregnant or thinking about trying then) and they were declared awful by everybody. My mum hates the girls name we've chosen as that also came up in conversation but I don't really care. It hasn't really been mentioned since we told them I'm pregnant back in April anyway, I think that our families know that we are probably going to choose names that they don't like and are silently hoping that we'll choose names they find acceptable. We're not even choosing anything "out there" tbh, just not to their tastes!

purely because I "abandoned my roots" when I had Dd

Parents are mad aren't they. Is she first generation? Can you simply say that she abandoned her roots by leaving Poland in the first place or would WW3 break out?

At the end of the day you live in the UK , your children will be British citizens and if you choose not to be romantic about the "old country" and give your child a name that will usually be spelled and pronounced correctly in the country they live in, that's your choice.

Just ignore. She'll get over it. Ewelina is very pretty and from a "roots" perspective it will do your child no harm to be called a polish derivation of her name by her granny, provided that your DD doesn't mind it.

My DH jas a cousin whose daughters are Apple and Six.

Okay then.

Not relevant to your dilemma OP, but just remembered as someone mentioned names seen on headstones.....recently in a cemetery in Scotland I saw Kennethina and Donaldina...I don't see those beauties coming back as part of the Edwardian name revival!