Ridiculous name for baby

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My step son and gf have recently called their newborn a really awful pretentious name. I know it’s their choice but neither me nor my husband can bring ourselves to say it in a sentence. Every time we talk about him we say ‘the baby’ or the ‘little one’. We have been very diplomatic and said things like ‘ oh that’s unusual’ but they have started to notice we don’t use his name in conversation and it’s becoming tense.

Any advice on how to move forward?

Wow that is truly naff. The reasoning, I mean. The name is pretty bad but the 'meaning' behind it is dreadful. Do they not realise they are naming a human person, not a coming up with a term for some kind of new age ceremony?

Jesus. Then get a tattoo of a stormy rain cloud, or a picture commissioned to hang somewhere. Don't inflict it on a child for the rest of his life.

It makes them sound really egotistical.

Storm or stormy are nice imo. But Stormy-Water Cloud very try hard - and yet what they are trying so hard to do isn’t entirely clear…
I generally find it annoying when people hyphenate two names that don’t really go or are a bit of a mouthful or should blatantly just be first and middle name and insist you say the whole thing.
Can you just make ‘Stormy’ happen? Stormy-Water will never stick anyway, his friends won’t call him that.

You know - even just reading the bit of this thread since you have revealed the name has made the words Stormy Water start to feel familiar as i've read it so many times :)

Oh gosh, I can see why you're struggling. That's a terribly name.

Immediately made me think of the song Stormy Weather which I think would be preferable to the actual name. Their reasons are just so twee and embarrassing.

Fair play OP, you’re right, it’s awful. Are they kicking off if people try to shorten it to storm?

Awful. Poor kid. I’d feel the same as you OP.
There’re names which aren’t to your taste and then there are just ridiculous names.

That really is bad. Poor little bugger.

Stormy-Water doesn’t even make sense.
It’s stormy waters.
Or are the two unrelated?
They liked the name Stormy and they liked the name Water and they couldn’t choose?

Well, it's certainly unusual.

You and your DH on the other hand are going to wind up being Grandad and Nana Dicks if you don't get over yourselves.

I’ve got Crowded House in my head.

Actually I'm curious, were they actually allowed to register him as that? Have you seen the birth certificate; it might actually say Name: Pete

I’m sure you’ll get used to it

Awful name.. poor kid. Would they let you shorten it to Storm? That’s not so bad.

It's terrible OP. I'm sorry. But it'll become Stormy and that'll be that. He'll just be changing it by deed poll as soon as he's able

Maybe you could call him Thor for a nickname?

Do they think they sound terribly clever and pleased with themselves, as they tell their tale of the wonderful name? OP, you can't say anything, but I really feel for you, and completely understand your husband's reaction.

Ridiculous name. Poor child!

The reasoning is even worse than the name

hes not a birthday card poem hes a human

Poor kid!

DH and I are sitting here with Smoke On The Water going through our heads. You have our sympathy.💕

He will eventually and inevitably be known as Storm, which is fine.
So OP and DH need to hang in there until the the novelty of the full (ridiculous) hyphened name wares off.

Aside from the water cloud bit I think storm is a proper cool name! I once met a girl called storm Johnson & I adored her name!!! If I ever have a girl.....

Stormy-Water cloud

Omg

Guess can go to storm

Tho poor kid when at school

The rich and famous can call fruit weather and places

Not the average jo blogs

And yes this will end up in the papers