Ridiculous name for baby

[PegorySpeck]

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?

Isn't the girl on that Jeremy vine morning show called Storm?

On its own it's not that bad it along with his other names it's a bit silly. So just call him Storm

@Doomscrolling has won the internet for today 😂😂😂

I love how this went from 'you're being completely unreasonable, just call the kid by his name and get over yourself', to 'no chance, tell them they're being ridiculous to call him that'

Holy crap.. I was going to say River which is actually ‘ok’ but Stormy-water cloud? They sound like hippies , that poor kid.

[quote Lolapusht]@Doomscrolling has won the internet for today 😂😂😂[/quote]
The what3words location is in Japan - it’s stormy.water.cloud (not stormy.waters.cloud, which is in Namibia).

As a serious point, it shows how important it is get the words exactly right when using that app (and I have used it to call emergency services to a difficult location).

@SpiceWeaselBAM

There's no way the parents won't find out about this thread.

The parents don't exist don't worry.

LOL! You may be right @nordicnorth

YABU. The poor child, it’s not their fault. Don’t let it make you be less warm towards them.

You need to get over it, and move on. The name has been picked. Pull yourself together before there is a big falling out over it.

Oh God, I’ve just seen your name update!

Ok, fair enough. It is dreadful. I think I’d have to gently express some concern about bullying at school- otherwise they might be condemning him to a life long casting as “the weird kid”...

@PegorySpeckMy old (antisocial, racist, drugged-up, oxygen-wasting) neighbours had a son with the same name, but they proudly announced that his was spelled “Original”. (My first thought was “O.r.i… Huh? How’s that supposed to work?”. Luckily I hadn’t said it out loud, but they must have seen my confusion anyway and explained that his name was spelled “Stauhrm”. Of course it was. They also had a delightful 11 year old cherub (who didn’t ever go to school because it was “too hard to get up and get her there on time - literally over the road) called “Xhrysytyle”, too. Her mother explained how she had “Style in her name.” (Vitally important.) Secretly, we were more convinced that the poor unfortunate lamb chop was named after the meth that held her parents together.

I tried get.fucked.cunt into 3words.
Corrected it to gets.bucked.hunts which is in Culver City,L.A. county.

Either of those combinations are no worse than Stormy-Water Cloud Jones

Any advice on how to move forward?

Yes, get over it and call the baby by his name. You don't need to like it, you just need to respect their choice and not 'cringe' at your grandson's name. That in itself is 'cringeworthy'.

That is one god awful name.
Like truly bad and i feel so bad for you and your DH (as well as poor baby)

Maybe try to get on with stormy?

The good news is by the time he is 5 he will be self-identifying as Neil/Trevor/Kevin and the problem will resolve itself.

Pahahahaha it's chavvy

@Marmelace

I don't know, you tell me as you're the one predicting it? Will small minded people like yourself snigger at it, will you press into your children the same negativity teaching them to bully. You seem ridiculously to not be able to back up your own reply.

WTAF?

Did you actually read my first (and only) post in this thread when you saw fit to quote and pull it apart?

Small minded? And me teaching children to ridicule others?!

I'm someone who went through school with a first name that was ridiculed (not my MN name) and wouldn't wish that on another child after how it affected me and my confidence for years after school, hence my original post, which said:

"Wow. That's pretty awful.

Another example of parents who think of their child as their property and only care what they like, not about how it will affect the poor child throughout their life.

Selfish sods."

If you can honestly take from that that I'm sniggering and would teach my children to ridicule someone's name then I don't know what planet you're on.

Anyway, don't reply. I don't care.

[quote OrangeTortoise]@TwinsandTrifle it's a reference to this thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/2197937-Help-Difficult-choice-of-boys-names-Sean-Daniel-or-Balonz[/quote]
😂 I wonder if she’s had another child since then.

What name would go well with Data and Balonz?

Any advice on how to move forward?

Yes, get over it and call the baby by his name. You don't need to like it, you just need to respect their choice and not 'cringe' at your grandson's name. That in itself is 'cringeworthy'.

I agree 100%. I have zero respect for anyone who would ask such a stupid question of a bunch of unknown strangers. Whether you like the name or not doesn't matter one jot, it's not your baby, and it's not all about you.

Even my 12yo found the full name funny. Does your SS smoke peyote??

Storm, for short, is pretty cool though.

Not only is it rude to not call him by his name (whether you like it or not doesn't really matter), it's pretty shitty putting it on a public forum for random strangers to make fun of it.

@KurtWilde

Not only is it rude to not call him by his name (whether you like it or not doesn't really matter), it's pretty shitty putting it on a public forum for random strangers to make fun of it.

Or rather it's really shitty to saddle your child with an utterly ridiculous name, that's ALL about you/your relationship and leave them (and everyone around you) to deal with the embarrassment of what a self indulgent set of parental twits you are.

@BreadInCaptivity and it's absolutely no ones business especially not a load of randoms on the internet.

Take out some key letters to form a nickname. Lovely little baby Tom.

Not the same, but a family member has called her baby something which has upset me: I can’t imagine writing the name on cards for the next 18 years. I’m going to have to write ‘To the .....family’, aren’t I? 😥

[quote KurtWilde]@BreadInCaptivity and it's absolutely no ones business especially not a load of randoms on the internet. [/quote]

Disagree.

To be fair, the thoughts of "randoms" are not that relevant, but if you give your child a stupid name then you're naive if you think people (including family) are not going to judge you for it.

It's absolutely a shitty thing to do to saddle your child with a ridiculous, self indulgent name.

There's names that are unusual and then there are names in Zowie Bowie or Stormy-Water that are simply bloody cruel.

Giving children stupid names really gets my goat.

The one silver lining is that names can be changed.

People are always a little snooty at first if it ever comes up that I changed my name at 14. Usually witter on about upsetting parents and how upset they’d be if their child changed their name.

Once you tell them your name was Starlight they get it. Especially as my siblings had very normal 70s names.