AIBU- Someone has used my unusual baby name

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I wanted my baby to have a one of a kind unique name.
I made up a name that I love. It's definetly never been used before.
(I realise this sounds dodgy already)

Anyway, my baby is 7 months old and someone in my town has just given birth and used the name.
I actually feel really gutted about it.

I realise I am about to be flamed in the comments.
BUt how can I feel less gutted about this? Meh

I feel the same way every time I have to make a username on something and up pops 'sorry that username has already been taken, please choose another one' aaaggghh 😂🙈

You're right Andrea

I wonder if there are restrictions on what you can put on a birth certificate? I know you can't have numbers. There was a couple in the press that were blocked from calling their son "4Real" recently

There must be a limit to the amount of letters in a name allowed.

OP isn't coming back now that she's been told her made up name isn't made up then?

Farrah??

Its a beautiful name but no way a unique made up name.

BUT the Clarissa in the smash hit 18th century novel 'Clarissa' does have a made up name. Subsequent Clarissa's are all named after that Clarissa.

When people post on baby names threads asking for a unique name, I've asked what they would do if they found someone else with that. I've got my answer.

Butchy
Farrah Fawcett's real name was Mary

Ofcoursethishappendita

Farrah is definitely not original or something the Op made up.

No way can she think it is.

I know a lovely 4 year old Farrah.
OP did you change the name you'd decided on after the Farrah thread? A quick google would show that Farrah was an actual, fairly well used name so I can't believe you could think it was original.

I guess she made up the unique thing so the thread was less outing? Maybe she just meant fairly unusual name.

Bit disappointing
I was holding out for Spike
I met a baby Spike the other week
I did think it sounded more like a name for a puppy than a baby, or a grown up adult

@PelvicFloorClenchReminder Did you just make a Buffy reference?

YABU on two counts.

1. You dont own the name. Anyone can use it.

1. You won't tell us the name.

We call our son Baby Short Legs. You can use that if you like? I imagine he'll grow out of it.

Is anyone else more intrigued to know the two syllable name that people didn't realise was a name?

I guess she made up the unique thing so the thread was less outing? Maybe she just meant fairly unusual name.

So its a pointless thread. No one woumd be surprised that another child in a town has the same, fairly well known name.

What a cruel bunch of people you lot can be. Shameful.

Working in recruitment I have seen strange spellings, double barrelled or just joined up names and old fashioned (now fashionable again) names. Many wish to be known by by a variation of a shortened version, a middle name or a completely different name. I once worked with a Clara but only HR knew her birth certificate name was Clarissa. Another friend was Suzzetter because her mum wanted a variation of Suzette she was known as Sue which her mum hates.

Vanessashenessa

Is it another Daily Mail 'set up' thread ?

Pashley! Like the bike? Who name there dd after a bike?

People who like bikes

YABU, OP. Farrah is not an unusual name.

Well it's more unusual then all the rubys Lilly's and Lexie_Maes but yeah it's not unique .