Can you change name after nearly two months of having given birth ??

[teobaldo]

We really undecided to start with, up to the point that our son decided for us... so our daughter is now called Anna (Vittoria Vera) while we like the name Anna, for some reason it does not come natural to call the baby with this name. Also one of my best friend had a dd a month after me and called he Anna as well.

We are now thinking of to find a nickname like for example AnnaVee or call he Vera instead. While we liked Vera as a name ( my dh's mother) we have been told that it is very old lady and not in a nice way... suggestions ?

Are you English? Vera is a very old lady name in England.

I think Anna is perfect. She won't always be a baby.

Do you mean it doesn't suit her? She "doesn't look like an Anna" ? Then I would call her Vera if you like it, and it suits her.

Never mind if people say it's an old lady name. I like it, and if a name is nice in itself I can't see that it matters if it is shared by an older person.

i am french but my dh is english and we do live in england.

Yes we think she does not look like an Anna, or at least not yet.

Anna is much nicer than Vera. Vera is for an old lady. It's also a harsh name.

AnnaVee just looks made up.

I think the fact that your friend has called her baby Anna is the real reason you want to change it. Anna is a common name so it is hardly surprising you know another child called this.

Could you develop it into Annabel?

How about Annie or Ann?

Why not just call her Anna Vera with 'Anna V' as a nickname - which sounds like Annavee? Anna is a lovely name which works in so many languages, cultures and social situations. Great choice!

Vera is a very old lady name but it has a lovely meaning (either faith in Russian or truth in Latin). The more modern version would be Verity in England nowadays?

It is also Cockney rhyming slang for either gin or 'skins' (cigarette papers) from the WW2 English singer Vera Lynn. Don't know how many people know that though! I only do because when one of my children was born the No 1 single in the charts was 'Ebeneezer Goode' by The Shamen - a song about drugs!

I really like Vera. It's beautiful.

I love Vera - elegant and underused.

Even the 'old' Vera's were young once. It can't just be an old lady name!
If her middle names are Vittoria Vera why not call her VV (veevee) or vitty for short?
|I know many people who are known by one of their middle names rather than their first given name.

I actually really like Vera. Makes me think of Vera Wang.

Elsa's an 'old lady' name too, and there are plenty of them around. And Florence.

IF she looks like a Vera then call her that Anna imo is overused Vera will make her the only one..

I think its beautiful and elegant.. And Anna always makes me think bland and a b it dull (sorry to any with annas out there)

I lreally ike anna vera but doesn't it sound too much like Aloe Vera

Anna is nice. To be honest, most babies don't 'look' like their name - otherwise they'd be called baby/screamer/sleepless/pita/dribbles!

Anna Vera does sound a lot like aloe vera!

I am sure Anna will grow on you over time... what about Annie while she's little?

But if you want to you can change names, if you do it before she turns one it's much less hassle apparently.

Two months is probably the perfect time to change her name; you've tried it out and it doesn't work, but you can still change it because she doesn't know any better. At that age she's probably responding more to the sound of Mummy's voice than she is to the name. At this moment in time, it's completely you and your partner's choice.

I don't think Vera's an old lady name. 10 years ago maybe, but now I think it would be kind of cool. It would certainly be more individual than Anna.
However, Anna's a love name, and easy to grow into, so it wouldn't be wrong of you to keep that name considering how young she is, especially as she's got two other names she can use if she prefers them when she's older.

If you did properly change her name, I'd be inclined to keep Anna in her name somewhere so that your son doesn't feel left out.

Be aware though that baby names can be very deceiving - I've heard both of stories where people didn't suit their names as babies, but grew into them, AND stories where the parents chose the perfect name for the baby, but as it grew up it became less and less like that name.

P.S. AnnaVee is ridiculous. Anna V's fine, and it's much cooler to have initials than a joined name.

thanks very useful - Anna is a really nice name but as some have said not very original - thinking more about it Anna V sounds like it is the initial of the last name, tried to call her that but does not work. We end up calling her Annina most of the time - which is also kind of ridiculous, perhaps Nina ?

Anna is lovely, as is Annavieve, a bit like Genevieve, no?

If you are want to keep Anna, would you consider Annushka or Anyuta as nn (russian versions of nn)?

"If you are want" of course

Vera is quite an old lady name. My Nana was Vera but short for Veronica.

Anna is my name! I thought it was boring as a child but as a grown-up I'm pleased to have a timeless and classic name.

How about calling her Anna-Vittoria? Tori? Nanette?