Would you consider changing your baby's name at 9 months

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I absolutely love our daughters middle name. We were between that and her first name. Went with the first name and whilst it's pretty, it has an unfortunate autocorrect and it also sounds like a few different words in other languages. None of that we realised before naming her.

It's eating me that we didn't go for the middle name.

Would it be very weird (I think yes) to start using her middle name as her first name?

She is at nursery, has siblings. So all of that would be a bit awkward and embarrassing.

I’ve always been known by a “short for” version of my legal name, but it’s also a proper name in its own right (so not just a nickname). It’s a bit of a pain to be honest having to explain it. I would change it legally to avoid a lifetime of irritating questions and misunderstandings.

What about the impact on the baby? Surely she knows what her name is by now.

She'll be confused for a week and then it'll be fine. Babies and children and remarkably adaptable.