Hi, i'm a new poster (smile)
Just wondered if you could help with my naming dilemma...
We've given our DS1 an unusual first name which i like very much but have already found that some people mispronounce it and forsee he'll be forever correcting people and having to spell it. It also seems to be a bit of a marmite name from the reactions i've had. I've felt very insecure about this and i'm not sure if this is just hormones or rational doubts.
We gave him a very popular middle name (in the top 5) chosen because it's the name that jumped into my head each time i looked at him a few days after we'd named him.
The issue is i've been increasingly calling him by the shortened version of his middle name and because it's been such an issue for me DH has too. However DD1 continues to call him by his first name and family and friends know him by one or the other depending on which name was most in favour when we introduced him!
He's 7 months. They both suit him but his first name seems one more to grow in to, it's not so cute. I just don't know whether to go with the popular name, making him one of many. Or an unusual name, not to the taste of many people. Ahhhhhh! Need to decide soon as could possibly switch them on his birth certificate before 1 year.
Any thoughts appreciated (smile)