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Baby name remorse

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WantingSomeAdviceOnLife · 29/10/2025 00:03

I have name remorse for my 8 week old baby. Quite severely. Husband is being largely unsupportive. AIBU to expect that he would support my feelings and want to change it?

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Lb603 · 29/10/2025 21:44

hello! I had this with my second, i actually didn't call him by his name for the first year really, as his 14m old sister called him buba- so that stuck until he was no longer a baby 😂 but i am glad i didn’t change his name, as he does really suit it.

Delphiniumandlupins · 29/10/2025 22:22

WantingSomeAdviceOnLife · 29/10/2025 21:28

I think this is the latter, tbh.

We had two family names shortlisted when DS was born. DH advocated for one name and I agreed but slightly regretted it, although eventually it became his. Now I have a grandchild with my preferred name and that is even better.

mumofbun · 29/10/2025 22:29

Do they have a middle name you could use rather than entirely changing the name?

TheHairInClaudiasEyes · 29/10/2025 22:37

Greggsit · 29/10/2025 20:58

A baptism has absolutely no legal standing whatsoever. It's purely religious. It has no bearing on whether a name can be changed or not.

I purposely said I believe as I wasn’t 100 percent sure.
This is what is on the back of my son’s birth certificate. It states once your child has been baptised you cannot record a change to the Christian names given in baptism. I may have misinterpreted it somehow or rules may have changed since 2001.

Baby name remorse
Emanwenym · 29/10/2025 22:50

@TheHairInClaudiasEyes , is that a UK birth certificate?

TheHairInClaudiasEyes · 30/10/2025 05:37

Emanwenym · 29/10/2025 22:50

@TheHairInClaudiasEyes , is that a UK birth certificate?

Yes.

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