To tell my sister she's mad for naming her daughter this?

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First baby. The name is a word. A word you would use to describe a very pleasurable feeling. No, not orgasm, before anyone says it!

It's absurd and I think someone should tell her. AIBU to say 'sorry, but it's ridiculous. You need to choose something else'.

My mum is all very supportive and says 'well, sometimes we don't like names. Then can't imagine them as anything else'

I think this is an exception.

May as well tell you the name actually, as my sister isn't going to be on MN! The name is Euphoria

She wants to call her Ewie for short, the nickname our late dad went by (he was an Ewan)

@lettingsitallbeagain yabu for saying the song Victoria is from a plumbing ad rather than by the kinks 😂

Bliss is NOT an established name.

My mortgage advisor was called Bliss! It always threw me off when she would call 😂

Someone once told me to imagine the baby becoming Prime Minister, how would the name sound then. PM Chardonnay Smith doesn't have the right ring for example!

That's pretty old fashioned thinking though. I see no reason why we couldn't have a pm called Chardonnay in the future. The era of politics being only upper class white men called William, Harold and the like should be over.

I made no reference to the gender/sex (or whatever), colour, social standing of the future PM, it's you whop# seems to be obsessed with twisting my words to shoehorn them into your very predictable agenda! A common MN trait, sadly.

Sorry to misinterprete your post. Can you explain why the name Chardonnay Smith doesn't have the right ring for a PM?

I was convinced she was going to call her Climax for some reason.

Euphoria isn't too bad. I'd just try and accept it

Ephemera means “things that only exist for a short time”. Hideous as a name.

I think Euphoria sounds ridiculous as a name.

Oh FFS I was Joking!! I know what Ephemera means for crying out loud.

Euphegenia - atleast as an adult can shorten to Gina when fed up with Ewie.

It's awful 😆 but it's her baby her choice, don't get involved she will only get huffy

My SIL is called that - she's Greek and we call her Effie. My exdh's uncle was called Euthemios.

You don't need the 'ph' as 'eu" makes the 'ef' sound. I know a few Greeks called Eugenia and really like the name.

It is a bit ridiculous, but not as bad as 'heaven' spelled backwards 🙄

Oh, the irony.

I actually think that Airohpue (Pue for short) is a very pretty name!!

I don’t think Euphoria is a terrible name as such, but it is one that will draw attention and potentially lead to embarrassment for the child. So as other have said, gently encourage a very ordinary sensible middle name so that as a teen the child has options. Several of my friends have eccentric parents and stopped using their given names as teenagers. But I think as sister, you’re close enough to give your honest opinion, but do it tactfully.

Eustacia...n tube? 🤣

Let's all not forget Zowie Bowie, who changed his name to Joe.

That was only ever a nickname, they never registered him as that. His real name is Duncan!

Eugenia is nicer, as a Welsh person who’s had to put up with a lot of sheep jokes Ewie would be a nightmare!

The nod to your Dad is very special and cute, Ewain would be closer and less likely for ridicule? You're her sister so you should say something gently, now before it's too late. Long names always get shortened by people, I worked with a Felicity who was called Fliss and worse. Imho, when there are literally thousands of names, it's a poor choice. In a world where we can't get away with using nicknames in any official way this will be an albatross. Personally I didn't want to do that to my children but I was lucky, at my work I got name suggestions from my colleagues, along with their childish abbreviations/alternatives, which helped me pick the right names for us.

oh, never knew that. I sit corrected 😄