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I've vetoed this baby name, AIBU?

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FreakyZoey95 · 07/01/2021 15:37

I love my DH, but he's said he wants to call our baby Marrack if we have a boy (apparently Gfather name). I've vetoed it, won't he be bullied!? AIBU?

OP posts:
Sally872 · 07/01/2021 16:06

*Any name not anytime

user1493494961 · 07/01/2021 16:07

It's an OK name, is it from another culture if it's his Grandfather's name? Use it as a middle name as a compromise.

Aimee1987 · 07/01/2021 16:08

We had unlimited vetos when we were naming our son. Neither parent should have to call their child by a name they dont like.

rabbitheadlights · 07/01/2021 16:09

I like it, will probs be shortened to Mack by friends as he gets older and I like that too

Original poster
FreakyZoey95 · 07/01/2021 16:11

@Want2beme it is from the West Country apparently! Thanks for the help girls, maybe middle name is best!

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CaptainMyCaptain · 07/01/2021 16:11

I can't see why he'd be bullied but you should choose a name you both like.

MobLife · 07/01/2021 16:12

I too straight away thought of the MARAC....
Don't do it OP!
Marek-fine
Merick-fine

Boxerdogmum · 07/01/2021 16:13

middle name. i think its nice to keep names in the family. just imagine in 60 years one of your future relatives tracing their family tree it would help a lot.

Blue565 · 07/01/2021 16:14

[quote FreakyZoey95]@Want2beme it is from the West Country apparently! Thanks for the help girls, maybe middle name is best![/quote]
It isn't from the West Country, I know someone called this who is from Poland

Rafflesway · 07/01/2021 16:15

@rabbitheadlights

I like it, will probs be shortened to Mack by friends as he gets older and I like that too
This!

Personally I think it's a really cool name but, in fairness, I do like unusual names so long as they are not too far out.

Brighterthansunflowers · 07/01/2021 16:15

Why would you be unreasonable to veto a name you don’t like?

MaelyssQ · 07/01/2021 16:16

Marek is an Eastern European name and means 'warrior' apparently. I'm not sure if Marrack is a different way of spelling the same name. Marek is a lovely name but I maybe biased because I used to work with a man with that name, and he was good-looking, compassionate and charismatic.

elizabethdraper · 07/01/2021 16:17

It's a pretty standard polish name. Why would he be bullied?
If you dont like fine but I dont get the bullying part

pictish · 07/01/2021 16:23

I like it. But no, you shouldn’t have to agree to a name you don’t like. I don’t think he’d be teased, it sounds fairly ubiquitous even if it’s not.

Godimabitch · 07/01/2021 16:24

I dont see why he'd get bullied but if you dont like the name then don't call your child it. Could it be a middle name as a compromise?

SparkyLauz · 07/01/2021 16:24

You don't have to call your baby anything you don't want so no YANBU. How about a compromise something similar sounding like Mac or Max?

MacDuffsMuff · 07/01/2021 16:25

I like it.

Most of the names of the kids in my school are made up or a combination of two different names so this is quite nice!

Unicant · 07/01/2021 16:25

Can you have it as the middle name as it has such personal significance to him? Think its a bit mean to veto it completely... but yes its not a name I like and if you don't like it I wouldnt use it as a first name... compromise with the middle name... lots of people have weird middle names in honour of family names

unmarkedbythat · 07/01/2021 16:25

Marek is a great name. What don't you like about it?

That said, neither of you has to agree to name your baby anything. If you don't like Marek of course you can say no, if he doesn't like your choices of course he can say no.

Bluesmartiesandpandapop · 07/01/2021 16:26

Another one who thought of MARAC

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 07/01/2021 16:27

I don't think he would be bullied (because Marrack doesn't sound like anything rude or silly which is the usual reason for teasing from another kids).

But I would keep it as a middle name anyway (to honour Grandad) because it is unusual enough that he will likely always have to spell it for people, which could be annoying (as pp have pointed out, the Polish Marek or the surname Merrick are more well known so people may assume it's spelt like these).

Tianatiers · 07/01/2021 16:27

I knew someone called Merrick at school, he was cool and I'm sure never bullied. Not sure about Marrack as never heard it before but I don't think it's so out there he's going to get bullied for it. If you really don't like it could it be a middle name?

EpitomeOfIndifference · 07/01/2021 16:28

You don’t have to name your baby a name you hate. However, I recently (in the past couple years) taught a Marek and a Merrick in secondary school and no one batted an eye. I don’t think a Marrack would be bullied, either.

IfTheSockFits · 07/01/2021 16:28

I've just searched the name on FreeBMD and there have only been 7 births registered with that spelling between 1837 and 1964 - 4 of them in Cornwall, 3 elsewhere.

So it is about as uncommon as you could possibly get really. I don't dislike it, but perhaps a middle name is the way to go.

Dawnlassie · 07/01/2021 16:28

Its not even name. Sort of like maverick but it isnt.

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