To think most parents these days don't consider their baby's names for when they are adults..

[LondonAnne5]

Just that really.

I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen someone post a picture on their feed of their newborn with a name that is either really, really different or something that the child may not enjoy being called in the future when they are a teenager/adult...

E.g. Billi Mucklow naming her new baby boy Wolf Nine. It's different, yes and okay when he is a baby but I'm just imagining a professional middle aged businessman named Wolf and can't picture it.

I grew up with a very different name that is often mispronunced and is also a bit "babyish" for my age now which I do find awkward in a professional environment.
AIBU and alone in thinking this?

I know a baby Colin. I had to stifle a grin when told.
Oh, and a baby Bruce too. Which I can't really get my head around but, hey. Not my baby.

And I know a Wilf and a Wilhelmina too (not same family)

Isn't it Sweden that has a list of names that you choose from, anything else isn't accepted. Supposed to be to preserve the country's heritage. Personally can't understand the need for all the made up and strange spelling applied to names. It's a case of anything to be noticed, which will unfortunately be for the wrong reason a lot of the time.

I’m with you @LegendOfTheBeans both my girls have Old Testament names. I’ve still managed to come up with some bizzare nicknames for them though 🙈

My toddler’s middle name is Alan he’s named after my dad.

My aforementioned Alan (aged 6) has middle names Patrick and....drum roll...Colin!

With a name like mairead I'm guessing you're from an Irish background? So is my baby Colin 😁

I'm surprised by people who are looking for a name for their new baby that "goes with" the name(s) their DC already has/have.

Don't they see their children as individuals?

I used to work with a guy whose name was Randy Bear...this was not a nickname but the actual name on his birth certificate!!

Some ppl have mentioned Daisy as being too cutesy for an adult. I was perplexed when it first became popular a few years ago, because to me it had always been an old lady’s name.
It was my grandmother’s name, and she was born in 1895. Her sister was May.
I never met another Daisy when growing up, but went to school with a May, whose name seemed very unusual at the time.

Outs self massively...

I had team mates called Candy,Tandy and Cindy at one point. I have other colleagues called Hunter and Wolf(gang). We are all middle aged professionals.

I have a childhood friend called Barnaby, who spent years as Barney or Baabaa before going back to his full name, another professional.

I also know a 7 year old Dave and my own son's name has been mentioned on here too as not being suitable to a professional career. Think they'll be ok.

Mxyzptlk I'm sure we all know our children are individuals, but you have to consider whether siblings names "go" or not.

I couldn't have a Theo and Leo, or a Donald and Donna for example (just my view).

I hate all this ‘name that goes with x’ stuff it’s completely different to names that might clash.

My 5 siblings and I couldn’t have more different names non of them go!

We absolutely considered what we would think if his name appeared on a CV at work. Pretty sure most people associate certain names with certain groups of people

My pet hate is shortened/nicknames on the birth certificate. Kate should be Katherine, molly should be Margaret, Harry should be Henry etc.

When I got my second-hand cat (aged 6 months), he was called Alan! Now name changed!

Gladgran- how dare you!

Kickincuh- yes, Irish! My middle boy is Cormac.

Iwanttobe- totally agree. One of my closest friends has 5 children, 4 of whom have shortened names that are their real names so I keep this under my hat!

Plenty of people couldn't quite picture a US president called Barack Hussein Obama, either... Happily that didn't stop him applying for the job.
And Germans seem to get by just fine being called Wolf and also being bank managers etc.

The best advice I’ve seen is to introduce/imaging introducing yourself to someone now with that name. If you feel like a total idiot saying it as an adult then don’t call your kid it!

I tried giving this advice to a friend, who still ended up calling her dd Blossom. Cute on a baby/toddler but makes me cringe at the thought of an adult named it!

Imagine rather

Some ppl have mentioned Daisy as being too cutesy for an adult. I was perplexed when it first became popular a few years ago, because to me it had always been an old lady’s name.
It was my grandmother’s name, and she was born in 1895. Her sister was May.
I never met another Daisy when growing up, but went to school with a May, whose name seemed very unusual at the time

My grandmother bane was Daisy May too :) I knew quite a few Mays when I was growing up - Mainly my nans friends and our elderly neighbours.

My other grandmother was Amelia Sophie and grandfather was Henry. Boy, those names have made a comeback!

I wonder if Reginald, Albert Winifred and Maureen will become popular again soon :)

• name not bane

I have a nephew called Albert