To tell my dad to keep opinion to stop badmouthing baby name?

[pinkglasgow23]

I am 6 months pregnant with my first baby, and my partner and I decided on a name when we found out it's a boy.

Partner came up with the name and we both really like it and others seem to like it too, except for my dad. He'll mention every other day "so is it still gonna be (name)?" and laughs about it when I tell other family members what his name will be.

I know it might seem a bit dramatic to be getting annoyed about it so much but we've been set on the name for about 6 weeks now and the laughing at the name infront of other people is a bit hurtful.

AIBU to tell him to back off a bit?

Have a new name every week, each worse than the last. By the time the baby arrives he will be so pleased with Zachary!

My suggestions are Agamemnon, Lysander and Paris. I like a theme. Or some of the names popular at the moment, very now! Jaxon perhaps? Maybe ask his opinion between a couple safe in the knowledge that it is irrelevant! Which you you prefer Dad? Parker or Perseus? Jasper or Casper? Lionel or Armstrong? Hector or Victor? Nice enough names to be taken seriously but far away from your choice. Enjoy :)

Tell him straight faced that you've changed your mind and you're calling him 'Obsidian Blackbird McKnight' or something equally awesome out there.

Zachary is a lovely name.

When my DM was pregnant with my DB she was on DC4 and clearly fed up with all this so she didn't find out the sex and told everyone (inc me) that their girl names was Honeysuckle and their boy name was Frodo! Me being a very naive 10 yo believed them and was very upset! But you're welcome to nick Frodo as a decoy name (my DB ended up being called Henry)

"Funny you should ask if we're still calling him Zachary. We were watching Harry Potter the other night, and it occurred to us that Voldemort is actually a really nice name, so now we've changed his name to Voldemort"

Or other silly name as an alternative. Maybe a bit of that will help him to get things into perspective.

Zachary's a fine name BTW. Not the most popular of boys names, but one that most people will be familiar with and not outlandish in the least.

Do come back and tell us his reactions to the names you now 'like'

Tell him you are going with Aeneas now.

Yeah, go for either the 'Dad, we've been thinking & you were right, Zachary isn't a great name. We chosen something else'. And refuse to tell him or tell him something really ridiculous. By the time you have the baby, Zacary will be a relief to him!

YANBU. I wanted to call my DD Brianna, it was a name from a book I really liked. In my head it was spoken in a soft Gaelic accent and sounded beautiful. My sister totally ruined it for me by taking the piss every time I saw her and saying the name in a 'chavvy' accent. It went on for so long I couldn't hear it the nice way any more so we called DD something else. Which suits her perfectly, of course. But I am still annoyed. I wasn't childish enough to get my own back when she had her own daughter this year, but I do wish I'd found a way to shut her up at the time!

I had Zac for second DC but had a girl, I remember by dad commentating it was very middle class and my mum said it sounded to American. TBH they had been out of baby naming for so long that anything was weird that was not john, Brian, Peter etc.

Blimey in this day and age, he should be grateful you have chosen such a reasonable and real name! In your shoes I would do as Chhesecake suggests.... Can I offer Horace, Hubert and Agamemnon as some names to use?!!😜

DS2 is a Zachary/Zach. Luckily family didn't comment on his name at all. That's because it's a fantastic name of course.

Congratulations

Like most of you said, I think it is because my brother and I are now in our twenties so it's been a while since they had to think up names! There are some pretty ridiculous unique names out there these days but I like the name we've chosen and thanks for agreeing!!

Dogolphin - I like Agamemnon, hopefully the tactic of telling him terrible names will work. I'm 26 weeks and due just after NY so if baby comes early then I might suggest a few out there festive names and hopefully he'll bloody appreciate Zachary at last!

There's nothing at all wrong with your choice. I was hoping you were going to come out with a stunner like Lh'aDraishee'awn or something equally fucking awful unique.

Zach,or Zachary is a great name. I cannot understand for the life of me why anyone would have a problem with it.

good luck!

Zachary and Zac are lovely names. I think there's a more interesting question here about why family members take the piss. It's designed to belittle and therefore I think ties in with their own insecurities. My Dad took the piss out of me all my life - In my early forties I called him on it - challenged him and he's stopped.