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?

If you called a child 'Green' people would assume that they smoke weed/were a dealer when they're a teenager and older.

Green? Really?

Why is it nowadays so many people feel the need to be so out there with a child's name? A girl in my village called her DD1 Skye which was fair enough but then called DD2 Breeze! FFS it doesn't even roll off the tongue. She was obviously going for a weather related theme with the kids, what next for DC3 thunderstorm?

IMO Green is a fucking stupid first name and it's quite selfish to subject a child to a lifetime of raised eyebrows and ridicule because at this moment in time you find it cool and are too stubborn to entertain the idea of a more normal name.

Green Orbit

I like it. Way better than Amelia, Tallulah, Ella and that ilk.

Green Orbit and her little sister Minty Fresh.

BelindasRedPlasticHandcuffs

Your poor child....why would you saddle them with a name that other children will make fun of?

YABVU and you would be very cruel to name your child Green.

And the excuse “but they did it too it’s much worse than mine!” is not a valid argument. Other people being cruel to their children does not give you the right to also be cruel to yours.

Green with envy, green-eyed monster, big green giant, green mucus, being so ill that you look green - seriously?

Threads like this make me think that some people have difficulty thinking of their baby as a human being. An actual sentient person who will very quickly have views and opinions of their own. Who will go to school and then work, have a social life, home, friends and family .

They are not just a little fashion accessory that will hang on the parents arm like a designer handbag to show everyone how cool and right on their owner is.

You are NOT naming a cute lil baby OP. They will be a baby for a few months. They will be a person with opinions and a clear personality for, oh, about 85-90 years . This ISNT about you and you making a statement about yourself and having all your mates say “ oh wow”. Its about THEM.

In the Joni Mitchell song "Little Green" the child she gave up for adoption was really named Kelly (Kelly Green is a named colour in USA) so not called Green at all.

As Kermit the frog once so wisely said "It's not easy being Green" If you want your child to be teased for being a Muppet, go right ahead OP.

Better idea! Change your own name to Green! Then you can be out there and your innocent child won't. Sorted. How do you feel about that op? There's your answer...

Arf at it’s not easy being Green.

I liked Lake for a girl but DH really hated it so unfortunately it's gone on the veto pile.

I never knew ‘little green’ was about giving up her own child for adoption. I can barely listen to it without crying as it is.

If all the kids that you know are called names like Storm, Tatti, Drogon, Tartan, Colman, & Hart then in order "be alternative" and stand out you are going to have to use a name like:-

Sarah, Sandra or Jane for a girl
John, Derek or Nigel for a boy.

I'm at the different ends of the spectrum on what "green" means to MN.... bowling green ....or drug dealer !

Oh, or mucus filled spit.

Greenleaf. Hmmm. I once knew a child called Bud. Mind you I also knew a Buster , a Satan (pronounced Sateen) a Beowulf and a K'Dee so I have been desensitised to unique names.

It's not easy being green.

comedy genius

OP I LIKE IT!!

Bogey comments very childish. Green is also colour of spring. Crops growing. New life. Verdant landscapes.

There are plenty of Reds and Blues esp in US so why not a Green.

I think most people would assume it was your maiden name and think no more.

As for “saddling” a child with an unusual name? Why saddle them with a boring one. Not everyone wants to conform...

And the adults I know with unusual names are very happy and successful... they like their unusual names and being unforgettable is pretty good!

Poor kid

Naming your child 'Green' is try-hard in a sad ridiculous sort of way. And thats exactly what it tells people about the parents, after they momentarily feel sorry for the kid.

No-one remember scritti-politti? Singer was called Green. And years ago I met a girl called Blue. I like it!

Leona and Leo are lovely names - my DS's middle name is Leo.....we have a lot of Leonard's in the family but didn't want to saddle him with a name of yesteryear!
As for Green. I'm sorry I really don't like it. I like the sentiment of what it suggests - new life, spring etc - but I don't like the name itself. I am of the slightly old fashioned opinion that children and even pets should be dignified with a proper name. I think it would be sad for your child were given such an off-the-wall name, essentially to stroke your ego.

This is a joke right OP? Please don’t label your kid with such a ridiculous name just to be ‘different’. There is nothing wrong with a lovely, traditional name. He or she will be laughed at and you don’t want that.