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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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baby name regrets still at 8 months

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hopnpop · 19/02/2011 20:35

Still having regrets every so often about my DS name at 8 months old. Just not sure its too 'now' and doesn't really suit him. We chose it at the last minute at the 6 weeks deadline to get him registered as we couldn't agree.. Really wanted a classic name for my DS but worry he's got a 'fashion' name now. Sometimes I can't sleep at night for thinking is it too late to change it and he'll have to live with it! And I'm not sure I can but i know family and DP would think me crazy. Cant use any of his middle names either, we really didn't choose well for him. Thinking I should change one of his middle names and then start calling him this!

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SherbetDibDab · 19/02/2011 21:54

I can sit in both camps here.

I have a ds and I changed his name. It was only a middle name but it was so easy to do.

But I also have a dd and I really struggled with her name. I was a little uncomfortable with the name we ended up choosing for her. However, when she reached 18 months or so, it really became the favourite of all my children's names.

I agree Isaac is fashionable but it is also a classic. It'll never sound silly.
Ultimately though, who cares what us lot think, you need to decide how it sits with you. You can still change it, you're in control.

Valinor · 19/02/2011 21:57

I don't think it's a fashionable name at all.

My great grandfather had a brother called Isaac.......so pretty timeless no?

MoonUnitAlpha · 19/02/2011 21:57

I know two Isaacs, one of about 9 and one in his 30s.

When you said fashionable I was thinking more along the lines of Kayden or Jayden.

cairnterrier · 19/02/2011 22:02

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Okay, am laying myself open for a flaming, but how do you pronounce Isaac then? Or are you meaning that the 'aac' bit is a softer sound than Zack?

mummypontipine · 19/02/2011 22:07

hopnop would agree with bringback on how you can focus other anxiety on the name issue
to be honest i'm not sure mumsnet helps if your worrying because no names are universally liked and some lovely names get very negative comments by some posters .
it's also veryeasy to over think a name , i know this from experience.

fwiw we changed one of our dcs names at 8 months we had argued up to registration when i finally agred to dhs choice ,hoping it would grow on me . our family and friend all loved the name but i disliked it ,loathed saying .felt like crying whenever i herd it etc and worried constantly about changing it. after 8 months of unhappiness we changed it to a name we both liked but thought was too posh . it has been wonderful to to have aname i love to hear and say , areal weight offmy mind .although i still worry when she's older she may wish we'd stuck with her first name. so if you do decide to change it ,people will accept it very quickly

by the way issac nn zac is imo a lovely biblical name that is cool yet classic and will not date .

PirateJelly · 19/02/2011 22:16

I hated my ds's name upto about a year old and really wanted to change it but felt I couldn't. I have to say I quite like it now (nearly 2) and really couldn't imagine him being called anything else. I do sometimes wonder what if and worry he may get teased at school but his name seems quite popular now so that's unlikely. Not sure what I'm trying to say here but I just thought you should know I have been there and it does get easier.

PirateJelly · 19/02/2011 22:19

Oh and my ds's name is old and possibly classic but also very now, fingers crossed they won't date. (I'm sure they won't )

breatheslowly · 19/02/2011 22:20

Isaac is absolutely a classice name. I thought you might mean something like Alfie which is incredibly popular and a nickname rather than a full name or Harrison or Harvey which I don't think have historically been used as first names. If you look at this list you can see that Isaac isn't all that high up in the list. Your DS is unlikely to be one of many Isaacs in his class.

Concordia · 19/02/2011 22:33

she was 3 months when we changed it hopnop. like mummypontipine said it was a weight of my mind when we changed it
i wouldn't worry too much about isaac being too now, to be honest. if you like it, keep it, if sounds wrong to you then consider changing it. but i would do it quite soon before he recognises his name.
this may sound a bit batty but have you 'tried out' other names on him?!

yousankmybattleship · 19/02/2011 22:35

Isaac is a gorgeous name.

Raahh · 19/02/2011 22:43

I LOVE Isaac- had DC3 been a boy, he would have been Isaac, nn Ike. Gorgeous, classic name.

Def don't see it as a 'fashion' name- if by that you mean too popular, or chavvy

mamatomany · 19/02/2011 22:49

My 8 month old is an Isaac so I won't be upset if you want to change it so my baby's is less popular

grubbalo · 20/02/2011 09:30

Cairnterrier - it's hard without knowing your accent, but the best way I can think to say it is that it is said more like Is-ook where the ook is like the end of took. Am sure someone will come up with a better pronounciation explanation though!

I think it is a lovely name (but am a bit biased), agree to ignore some of the comments on here. People can be very mean... I have been told my second son's name is so self conscious it is choking itself - when I just thought we'd picked a name we liked with a family history!

Galdem · 20/02/2011 09:32

I love Isaac. It's not a fashion name at all. It has definitely become more popular in recent years, but that is because it is lovely.

Ike and Zac are both great nicknames, too.

whatagradeA · 20/02/2011 09:44

My dd's best friend is Isaac so I love it! I was a bit self conscious about my DS's name for a while - might your family's reaction be making you worry when actually it's not your problem it's thier's!?

I realised I was introducing DS almost apologetically when people asked his name. When he was about 4 months I thought 'this has to stop - I want to teach him to say his name confidently' so I made myself say it confidently with a smile until that was natural.

Can you do a bit of positive thinking about it. Try to convince yourself and perhaps give yourself til.... christmas? And if you still don't like it with your new positive attitude then you know you've tried, but it's really not right.

Sorry, I probably didn't explain that very well but hope you SWIM

seeker · 20/02/2011 09:52

I think the only pronounciation issues are

Eyezuk or EYE-zack

I should be iEyezuk, shouldn't it?

Lovely anyway!

2and1ontheway · 20/02/2011 13:42

I used to have regrets about both my kids names - daughter is Anna, which we chose partly because my husband is German and I am British and it works in both countries - she was born in the UK where it is neither a "common" nor an "off the wall" name, and we knew no other baby or small child Annas... Then we moved to Bavaria when she was 19 months old and it seems like every second little girl is called Anna, including our next door neighbour's daughter who is the same age, and another Anna who is a year older about 10 doors down the road!

My son's name goes the other way - we still wanted a simple name that works in both countries, and found boys names really, really hard (I am a sometime school teacher too, which seems to have strongly put me off some previously perfectly acceptable names, more so with boys names - as well as not wanting to give my son the same name as any ex-boyfriends or family members.). We finally settled on Erik, despite the fact a few people expressed the fact they didn't like it openly we felt right about it - he has Thomas (DH's name) as a middle name, which we thought he could switch to if he really hated Erik).

When DS was under about 2 I had huge doubts about his name some days and really wondered if we should just have named him after DH, even though there are loads of Thomas' here, as at least it is inoffensive... BUT now he is 3.5 he so suits and loves his name (he is a tall, broad shouldered, strong, and stompy 3 year old and the name seems so right) and it is totally his own! He even says he wants us to give baby number 3, due in April the same name as him, so they can both be Eriks! .

I would say give it time - I think Isaac is a lovely timeless name suited to any profession etc. when he grows up, and is not common without being a fashion or deliberately quirky name, and is the kind of name lots of people aim for! You will most probably find your son grows into his name and you cannot imagine him being anyone else by the time he is 2 or 3!

Underachieving · 20/02/2011 14:04

When I read the first post I had some really terrible expectations, I was surprised that his name is Isaac. Isaac is lovely, really. You may be feeling a little insecure about it now, but it honestly isn't going to scream "fashion name" to the world. Isaac is fine, honestly.

Try giving him a cute nickname. I call my 4 month old Mittens (she is never without a set- winter baby and gets cold hands) which I find disgustingly cute, but there is no way I'd want it to stick with her until school age or to be her real name. Perhaps nicknaming Isaac something you adore just for now will help you get used to his real name over time?

Don't take any notice of your family. I called my first daughter 3 really poncey unusual names and got huge amounts of stick from my family for not giving her something "normal" like Emma in the middle names "in case she hates it". Well she's 11 now and she doesn't hate it, in fact she loves her names. She is every inch her first name and the middle names work fine.

I'm sure your son will really come to suit Isaac. You obviously liked it, even as a compromise, and really took your time deciding for him. You simply can not please all of the people all of the time. Have a look at the Mumsnet favourites on the baby name finder and you'll see not one of them, no matter how popular, has escaped without at least one person clicking on "loathe it".

Tell your family to sod off and have more faith in yourself. Isaac is fine Dear.

Mushrooms · 20/02/2011 14:41

Isaac is lovely in my opinion. My DFather is Isaac. It is classic, and suits a boy and a man.

You could call him Izzi for short?

I also have/had a name for our DS that i detested at first... it was a family name. Yucky yucksville, but now i love it.

Mrsmackie · 20/02/2011 19:22

I have a 10 week old Isaac and love it. We have had so many compliments on his name. I have only ever met two others - one two and the other twelve. It is a strong, classic name

AnnOnimous · 20/02/2011 19:32

Isaac is wonderful

ensure · 20/02/2011 19:37

It isn't too trendy at all! Very classic. :)

Susiewho · 20/02/2011 19:38

On the question on pronunciation, there's an Isaac in my NCT group. His parents pronounce it as "Eeesack".

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hopnpop · 20/02/2011 21:24

Such wise people on here! My worries about his name are probably partly because of grandparent's reaction (ie. seeming to trip over his name whenever they say it), and probably to be honest feeling a bit stressed and tired anyway about other stuff so its something to focus on. Next time I feel a wobble about it, I'm going to read this thread and try to stay positive rather than starting to think what i should have called him. And being confident and positive when people ask me his name!

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