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 think if you want to give your child an odd name, also give them a normal name. When they grow up they can then choose which they want to be known by. Nothing wrong Alan.

That last sentence should read, 'Nothing wrong with Alan or Albert.'

I don't have a problem with shortened names like Molly or Harry etc. My DS is named after my Grandad but the name he was know as rather than his full name. The reason for that is because, well, I love the name, but also it's the one that means so much to me and reminds me of my Grandad

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

I know children with these names. I predict Kevin will make a resurgence in 10 years time (say it to yourself, it has nice sounds).

Aah legend love Jed and Zek though please tell me you shorten it to those or Jedi and Zeky I have a long biblical name for my son that is shortened all the time although I really wanted Saul for my son and you can't shorten that it means "asked for"

Ps was joking about jedi and Zeki btw

I’m yet to meet an adult with an unusually spelt name (i.e. a common name, but an unusual spelling) who has anything positive about their parents’ decision. Parents may like giving their child something unique or special, but that doesn’t seem to be appreciated by the person living with the name.

Isn't it Sweden that has a list of names that you choose from, anything else isn't accepted.

Portugal too. Although they accept different names if the parents are ont of Portuguese origin. However, I know people who lived in other countries and were at one time forced to rename their children with an acceptable Portuguese version. For example, Stephan by Estefânio. (the last is incredibly lame)

@OJZJ

Jedi! Never thought of that

Re: list of names, Iceland has it too. And they are strict as anything about it (thanks to the patronymic system)

No Sweden doesn't have a list you choose from, but you do submit an application to name your child to the tax authority who can reject it under certain conditions.

I always thought it was Germany that had the list of names.

My DS has one of the diminutive names mentioned several times here and to the posters that say 'name the person not the baby' - I did. I like the name in it's own right and don't actually like the 'full' version. Current DC names will be the normal adult names when they are adults - well apart from Maddyson-Dyamond and the like which is just beyond silly.

I met an Aida once ( after opera; not ay-da pronunciation), never met another, nice name though.
Also know a baby Liberty and keep wondering if she'll be joined by future siblings, Fraternity and Egality

In the States I think Colin is still fairly popular for babies. I think Kevin might be too.

Just checked and Kevin is in the top 100 and Colin is in the top 200 with the alternative spelling 'Collin' not too far behind it.

I met twin boys one was called Blue and the other was Red. I couldn’t believe it and thought it was just a nickname for them.

God. I think I have the worst name. Hate introducing myself. Hate the looks/comments. My husband usually has a quiet giggle if I ever give my name while I'm with him.
Iv given my children what I consider to be great names, not Too common, no one can wonder about them or take the pee out of.
I do know a lady who has a 2 year old called DAVE.. actually calls him baby Dave, just like on the royals

I had a friend at school called Julie-nne, with the hyphen, pronounced Julie en with a sister called Nikita. Which is a Russian man's name. They'd both be in their 50s now so yooneek names aren't a new thing.

I hate my old fashioned name and have gone by a diminutive since I was 5 or 6. Except at the doctors when it always surprises me. Using the diminutive hasn't ever held me back.

I met a 2 year old called Keith the other day

my pet hate is shortened/nicknames on the birth certificate. Kate should be Katherine, molly should be Margaret, Harry should be Henry etc
No they shouldn't, unless you actually want your children to be called Katherine, Margaret or Henry. If you don't want them to be called that then why would you put those names on their birth certificates.
Both my sons have shortened names which are on their birth certificates, because those are their actual names. Why would we put names on their birth certificates if we had no intention of ever using them?
Incidentally they are both happy with their names, both have the option of changing them but they have reached adulthood without ever wanting to.

I always thought this about a friend who named their son “Marley”. Ok for a toddler, shit for someone trying to get a proper job

DS has an unusual name, with unusual spelling, but only because we live in England. The name is actually quite common with common spelling if we lived elsewhere in the UK. DS might hate it when he's older (and I doubt he'll want to go by 'pickle' which is what we call him currently!), so he has an more straightforward middle name. We have called him an actual real name though, based on our family heritage.

I think by the time these kids are adults they’ll be lots of them with unusual names so it won’t matter as much.
A friend of a friend has named their son fintan huckstable.
Saying that I know a woman in her 70’s called Princess and for some reason it just suits her!

The vibe on MN is very.... parochial when it comes to names, though. And I find adult MN-ers snigger and imagine potential ‘bullying’ versions of names far more than my kids in S London state schools ever do or experience.

We live in a multi-national, multi-cultural society.

I wouldn’t think twice about an adult called Marley or Liberty.

You can be known by any name you like and once you are of age make a legal name change. So anyone unhappy could actually change their name rather than all this hand wringing.

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

My parents agreed with you. It has been a pain in my life for 30 years now explaining that yes, I'm known as Molly, but my legal name is Margaret and no, that is the same name. I've also had multiple bureaucratic issues as Molly periodically gets out on paperwork sometimes and then I have to explain the two names again, once leading at least one official body to investigate me for fraud.

Two years ago I'd had enough and changed my mame, legally, to the shortened version by deed poll.