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Hate when people have negative opinions on your baby names

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Lauryn95 · 15/09/2023 16:37

Does anyone else just think people are so entitled and rude when they tell you they dislike your chosen baby name ? It really annoys me and I feel there's no need. I feel like that's an opinion you keep to yourself unless obviously say the names something like chlamydia. We've struggled to choose a name for our daughter so badly and then finally we found one we adore and everyone is just so against it and it's really annoying me ,it's so rude. It happened with my other two aswell ,named my son after my late grandad and SIL straight up said and this is a direct quote "ew I really don't like that " and now this baby people are doing the same saying they hate it and I just feel like you've a right to not like the babies name but that's an opinion you should keep to yourself ,just abit of a rant because I've only told my mum and dh mum and they've both said they hate the name and not even in a nice way ,I just think it's so rude. The name I've picked is Nova and they're both saying that's not a name and I should strongly reconsider My other daughter is called Luna so I fell in love with it (moon and stars) think it's lovely and now I'm so annoyed that they hate it and MIL is actually calling the baby another name hoping I'll change my mind ugh rant over

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traumallama · 22/09/2023 01:54

If it's a stargazing kinda theme you're thinking of what about Cassiopeia, Vega, Phoebe? These could denote a theme without being overtly obvious to anyone unless they know some basic astronomy. Also none of these are particularly common at the moment either.

Phoebe means bright/radiant and is one of Saturn's moons. It would go beautifully with Luna without being too out there.
Vega is the brightest star in the Lyra constellation.
Cassiopeia literally means constellation, and is part of the Perseus constellation family.

I would give it some more thought because there are definitely some names that go with Luna more than Nova and that have nicer meanings/origins.

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