To think it's rude to critique somebodies chosen baby name?

[Mothership241]

Expecting a little girl next year and have chosen a name that me and DP love. It's not an unusual or unpleasant name so I've taken offence to a family member constantly expressing their dislike of it whenever they see me and suggesting names that they think sound nicer.

The name we've chosen is Evelynn-Grace.

AIBU to think they're being rude and a babies name choice is nothing to do with anybody apart from it's parents, or am I just being hyper sensitive?

It sounds very goth to me. Evil In Grace

Love the amended name.

You shouldn't tell close relations and friends your baby's names before they are born, though it's fine to try them out on randoms.

The only time I have commented about names is if the child is named after someone with a "unique" personality as they could be stigmatised.

Sorry to throw a spanner in the works, but Evelyn isn't pronounced 'ev-a-lin', it is pronounced 'eev-lin'.

My grandmother was an Evelyn pronounced Ev-a-lin and she was born in 1888.

The boy's version is definitely Eev-lyn though

Good call for choosing the classic spelling. (Not old fashioned!) Classic names are very much in vogue, so your cousin doesn't know what she's talking about anyway!

Evelyn is very popular so your cousin is probably a bit out of touch there. Loads of the old names are gaining in popularity. I know absolutely tons of Evelyns to be honest. Agree with PPs on the spelling and hyphen.

My fil said to me 'wait until that poor kid realises what you've called him when hes older' He has a perfectly normal old classical name! Just dont worry about it.

We never said the names we like because there's always someone who will say something negative and I didn't want them putting a dampener on it.

Once they have been named people are less likely to say something unless they are really inconsiderate and by then it's tough shit lol

I say this as someone who's name can legitimately be spelt at least three ways (Anglo, Spanish and French - all of which are in common usage). Hardly anyone lands on the correct one (for me).

I wonder if you have the same name as DD as we have the same problem! We chose the French spelling and invariably get the wrong one!

@Flewog I never noticed the "evil in grace" until you mentioned it

We're definitely not goths

Very rude. I would take out the extra n and - but it’s your choice and go with what you and your oh like! Your daughter! After my daughter was born we told bil the name and he said ‘what Mabel as is Mabel stable or Mabel table’

@Mothership241

Given that I was the first commenter to mention it I don't think many would notice.

That said, if your daughter has a goth phase you should definitely point it out to her!

Stating an opinion politely once would be OK, but to keep harping on about it isn't.

Personally- the 'yoonique' spelling for the name is unnecessary is you want it said as Evelyn (personally) and not a fan of the hyphen thing at all, unless the child is to be referred to as the full hyphen name- which they rarely are. So basically it's juts there as a middle name. It's not an old name, but I'd say a very quickly dated trend name with the hyphen,separately it 'looks' better in my opinion. But your baby, your choice. It's hard- is want family to tell me if they weren't fond of a name and why. But if I then went with it, would expect them to fully get on board regardless of what it was.

Evelyn Grace is pretty, though I personally prefer it without the hyphen and extra n. I would never criticise anyone's chosen name, unless they were soliciting honest opinions.