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)

There is a Calvin Klein perfume called Euphoria, maybe that is what inspired the the OP's sister

https://www.poetryverse.com/ogden-nash-poems/no-doctors-today-thank-you

in case no one else has posted it, Ogden Nash’s poem about euphoria

I associate it as a high from drugs, horrible.

I thought you were going to say Climax 🤣. I associate Euphoria with Calvin Klein ;)

I think it’s alright, but I was expecting you to say ecstasy from the way your were building things up!

It might be a name, that doesn't mean it's a good idea to use it. Maybe you'd have got away with it in Victorian times!

There's so many children out there with horrible names that they are saddled with.

I'm sorry but if it was my sister, I would have to be honest. The connotations are horrible.

It's a classical greek name. I'm sorry the 90s were so rough for you.

How very ageist of you!

How did you come to that random conclusion?!

It is the name of a (minging!) perfume - what's that got to do with anyone's age ffs?

Are you going out of your way to be nasty or does it come naturally?

In the 'victorian times' - when we were going about building an empire by smashing other cultures - and our heritage - all over the place, people were called Sarah, Elizabeth, Thomas, David, Charlotte or John.

Are you ok? You're very defensive. You'll notice I didn't pass comment either way, only stated a fact. Kids come up with nicknames in school that can be cruel, and they stick. But if it wasn't for the hoover, Eufy is actually pretty cute as NNs go.

Not defensive at all, duck. The mum can call the baby 'Cat litter', for all I care.

There's a lovely name Eunice which I prefer much more to Euphoria. Euphoria reminds me of a plant I miss from my old garden Euphorbia. Then I also had a cd set of dance tracks... Transcendental euphoria it was called. It will be unique.

And that would help how?

It does come fairly naturally. But I'm not sure what you've taken offense at here? Sorry if I'm being obtuse. I was just trying to say names are subjective.

With my kids I had to do the practical thing and imagine their names on a CV, it weeded out anything stupid for sure.

Yeah, me too. Or a made up word/name that meant something totally different in a different language (so like OP's sister has accidentally called her daughter 'vibrating clitoris' or something in Russian)

Unless your sister has zero ambition for her daughter and expects nothing - why handicap her with a name that immediately marks her out (and not in a good way)?
It's fair enough if you're loaded and your kid doesn't have to think about their future, I'd have been so disappointed in my parents if they'd done anything like that.

Suggest to her that she just go for Ewie or, better still, Evie.

There’s far worse names out there and it’s all down to choice. One of my friends has a Das called Cyril and I think that’s ridiculous but a) clearly she doesn’t and b) it’s not my DS.

Poor kid.

It's from a classical Greek word, I'm not sure they ever used it as a name!

It's definitely a name. Google is your friend. And not your wayward brother's son's middle name.

@lettingsitallbeagain Why not suggest she try 'Euwena' if she's picking a name in memory of your dad?

Euphoria is a tad strange.

Same here! It's a good tune to be fair. 😁