To want an alternative baby name

[GreenieBeanie]

DP and I are trying to come up with baby names (we're waiting to find out the sex), he is favouring names such as Leo and Leona, but I love the name Green for a boy or girl. He's trying to veto it but I'm sticking to my guns here, I love it! AIBU to want a pretty out there name for lo? Would I be setting them up for a life of hating their name?

'Green' is weed where I'm from... just saying!

Wrigley

That is all!

My sister knew a child called Usnavy which the parents had named after a boat they saw on holiday. They hadn’t realised it was a U.S Navy warship.

Usnavi is one of the characters in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical In The Heights, named for that reason.

When I named my kids, I gave them names that sounded quite sweet when they were young but would also work if they turned out to be a barrister or involved in some other serious profession. They won't be babies forever. Good luck 😀

Treebeard

Humphrey.

I gave my dd a Gaelic name. It's beautiful. As an adult she hates it! Mostly because people mispronounce it & when they are told the correct way they still mispronounce it 😡.
Be careful what you saddle your child with. There was an interesting study recently on how employers view names on CVS. As much as it's wrong to judge sadly people do......

How about Verity? Not too far from vert? Or use Green as a middle name maybe.

I can't totally relate to wanting an unusual name. In my son's class there are 3 Emily's, 3 Oliver's and 2 Holly's. It's hard for the teachers and annoying for the kids.

This is true. But there are so many underused names out there which aren't "out there". In Scotland last year there were fewer than three children born and called Cassandra, Emmeline, Honor, Roberta, Barbara, Bronwen, Celia or for boys Abraham, Benedict, Gavin, Laurence, Ronald, Seamus, Kelvin or Russell.

All PROPER names which guarantee your kid isn't going to be one of three in a class, but are classic, suitable for all stages of life and not hipster-y.

Green is so yesterday. You need to go for Puce Khaki.

How about a 'Green' inspired name, that's still a bit 'out there'
Like Sage? Or Leif?
Juniper, Oakley...?
Ivy, Olive (less out there but still nature inspired names!)

A girl I knew at school named her LO Mustang-Sally which gives me shivers every time I hear it. Green wouldn't be myvcuonof tea OP, I second all the calls for it to maybe be a middle name

I think green is fine , no different to lots of less popular names. However the issue is would you really want to call your child this if partner hates the idea? I think common ground needs to be found to be fair.

Vert or Verte , foreign spellings of Green .

'foreign' :) lol
what about 'Zielona' or 'Gwyrdd'...:)

Please don't call your child Green! He or she will have the 'it's not easy being Green' sung at them and made fun of. Just because you like an unusual name doesn't mean you should actually use it. Being a child is hard enough without giving bullies easy ammunition. Please please don't name your child this. 😕

I actually think Green is lovely for a boy, but not for a girl as I don't think it's 'pretty' IYSWIM and you wanted pretty.

Gwyneth Paltrows little girl is called Apple and its gorgeous. People laughed but Clementine and Cherry are real names aren't they? As far as green goes, Jade, Violet, Scarlett, Rose, Ebony, Ash, Rusty, Olive, Hazel, and Sienna are all colours, so why not Green? What's the difference??

There are so many unusual names out there now and lots of foreign names too, so I honestly can't see it being a problem. My children's names are all really unusual and it hasn't caused them any problems at all, in fact they love their names. At their school most of the names are fairly different too, although it is an independent school - but i'm not sure if that makes a difference.

People will accept him for what he is, children are far more accepting than adults anyway. If you're worried give him a 'normal' middle name that you really like and he/she can use that if its a real problem.

The reality is that although everyone is thinking of things people will say to take the mickey, they do that anyway to normal names, both Christian names and surnames.

The problem with asking for opinions on names is that it tends to be a hugely emotive subject and some people (especially on Mumsnet) love to slam others, so you'll get those who weren't brave enough to do that saying its a bad thing as well as those who just want to be horrible because that's what they do on Mumsnet. I grant that some will genuinely be concerned for your child, but with a more usual middle name, it can be easily changed anyway.

By the time your baby grows up unusual names will be even more the norm, just as foreign names will be more common.

Where did names come from in the first place anyway? Most of them come from something that means something like April for eg, or June. There would have been a first for those too. What I'm saying is, what is a name exactly? It's something that came from something else.

I'd go ahead with a 'normal' middle name or two that you love as well and let them choose eventually.

Please don't, I've met so many kids with far out names who clearly hate the name. And silly spellings of perfectly usual names. It doesn't make them unique, just embarrassed. Call yourself Green if you want, but not your child.

P.S I don`t think kids are more accepting of names, I've met plenty who have been very cruel to kids who are different.

Green? Ahahahahahahaha. F-me, unless your kids joins the circus when they’re older they’re going to have to change their name as soon as they able to at 16... fecking green! Brill.

In my job i speak to people above the age of 70 all day and you’d be amazed at how many have unusual names. Some I can remember are Cole, Colman, Hartley and Gold for men. Pixie, Lady, Darling and Dainty for women

Yes, I've met a Lady, rudest person ever, a Bigbrain, (not), and countless others with weirdly spelt names.I don't think any of them had decent jobs.Unfair maybe but true.

Green is local slang for cannabis here.