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to want to change DD name?

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kittykat21 · 14/04/2009 21:38

My DD is nearly 8 months old now and I'm really not happy with her name. It is pretty but it just doesn't feel right. I had a dream about her when I was pregnant and in the dream I called her Lizzy (Elizabeth) but my husband didn't like it much. Now she's here and 8 months on I really want to change her name to Elizabeth, my husband said he doesn't mind but I think he would prefer it if I didn't and my mum doesn't think I should. What do you think? Should I change it or keep it as it is? Am I being selfish in wanting to change it? Has anyone else ever changed their childs name?

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thumbwitch · 14/04/2009 23:41

good luck with it kittykat

edam, sorry you had that experience but I think if kittykat's daughter is being called by more than one name she should be ok, as my friend's daughter Thea/Alicia/Flower is. I just ask her now which one she prefers to be called - she's pretty chilled about it!

branflake81 · 15/04/2009 07:49

Jesus Christ - that woman is mad!

Saying that, a name is for life and she is right when she says that 2 1/2 years (or 8 months in your case) is nothing in the grand scheme of things and in ten, twenty, fifty years it won't make the slightest difference that she used to have a different name.

FWIW, my sister is 25 and my mum still bleats on about how she wishes she'd given her a differenet name.

FunkierThanAMosquitosTweeter · 15/04/2009 09:14

I wish I had given my DD another name, people mis-pronounce it all the time and it drives me crazy! She's nearly 10 though so too late for a change really, I just call her B now!
If it feels 'right' for you to change your DDs name, I think you should- Elizabeth/ Libby is a gorgeous name ( biased because it is mine and DDs middle names)

FunkierThanAMosquitosTweeter · 15/04/2009 09:16

Whoops sorry meant Lizzy, was thinking about Libby being a nice name too! ( confuddled brain this morning!)

mummy2isla · 15/04/2009 19:18

Skylar Blair Berit ?!?! Crazy talk!!!!!! Yeah just change it to Elizabeth as it's her middle name anyway but then be done with it!

Is that post from an American woman by any chance?

chocolatewolfnipplechips · 15/04/2009 19:58

That woman is nuts.

YANBU but for what its worth i really didn't like my dds name but love it now.

Dh decided on it was i was in a gas and air haze and i could never fess up that i didn't like it, i hated telling people what it was because i was uncomfortable with it but it really suits her now, it wasn't even on our list. Her name is Chloe but i call her Lola or Lolly and have done since she was tiny, she's 4 now and answers to Chloe or Lola.

My friends little boy didn't have a name or rather had lots until he was a year but ended up with the first one.

You could always leave it but just call her Lizzy. My cousins called her middle name which is just as well as her first name is totally OTT.

frazzledgirl · 16/04/2009 10:07

Elizabeth is a lovely name and is already part of your dd's name. I think you could start calling her Elizabeth or one of the v many pretty diminutives of it without officially changing anything. Would that be enough for you? (that's meant to be said in a nice way, btw, the net's terrible for tone). I do sympathise - I like DS's name a lot, because it's him, but part of me still longs a little for the name I loved and DH hated.

And frankly, after reading that nutjob's saga of vile names, your wish sounds even more reasonable!

I think the true moral of her story is 'don't make up hideous absurd names and inflict them on a defenceless baby'. boaks

KimiAteTooManyEasterEggs · 16/04/2009 10:42

Why did you not just call her Elizabeth to start with?

I can never understand these threads.
But I guess I was lucky as I chose names I liked and that were strong names and they suit my children.
I know with DS2 my mum wanted me to call him oliver or zac but as oliver is so common now and zac is just not a nice name I stood my ground and said no.

I think Blairs mummy need a rest in a cuddle coat in a little room with padded walls,

I can see how someone would be upset if they really were bullied in to giving a child a really bad name, but I think to become obsessed with it is not healthy.

Kitty I think if you want to change her name then do so, but be sure it is the right name this time

SuziSeis · 16/04/2009 12:04

kimi that is a bit harsh

i always struggle with names and am changing ds's atm despite him being 9 months old

babyignoramus · 16/04/2009 13:39

FWIW my parents changed my name when I was four months old - they just reversed my first and middle names. I don't think anyone gave them any flack, and it's never caused me a problem. Bear in mind though that my National Insurance card has my original name, presumably because you're registered for NI when the birth is registered. Although that's never been an issue!

EachPeachPearMum · 16/04/2009 21:34

Suzi really?
Why? he has a lovely name is it just not 'him'?

SuziSeis · 16/04/2009 21:42

EachPeach - If you remember i changed it when he was a baby

just need to do his birth certificate now! Yes it is him he is the softest 'duvet diver' around!!!

He looks like Brian the snail! My other dcs want to call him Brian. He polishes his cheeks on his sheets!

EachPeachPearMum · 16/04/2009 21:55

umm- will email... I am all confused!

SuziSeis · 16/04/2009 22:44

lol have emailed EachPeach!

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