What's worst response from people about LO name??

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When we told my fil (arse) what we had called dd1 he told me " you can't call her that it's a black girls name"
and another " and how am I meant to spell that!!

my DFb's paternal grandmother would constantly tell me how awful DS's name was and comments like 'why on EARTH did you call him THAT? its a GIRLS NAME'
even when i told her it was exP's choice she would still insist I CHANGE HIS NAME.
her critiscism was only ever directed at me, never her DGS who had chosen the name.

He is called Louis btw.

I have an aunt who refuses to call me by my nickname , saying we should all use our PROPER NAMES (i have been known by my nickname since the day i was born) I wasnt too fussed until i discovered her real name was not what she is known as, what a hypocrite !! (as for my nickname on here...well I was too boring and uninspired to think of a good one, sorry!)

My mother was telling her friend, Maude, about my DD. When she said her name was Chloe, the friend said, in a shocked voice, that she had a cat called Chloe. "Well", said DM, "we had a cow called Maude...".

I love reading about all the names and remember all the fun we had choosing names. Although I won't be having any more now (two daughters age 10 and 5, and DH has had a vasectomy) I am always still imagining what I would call more, imaginary children. It's the most fun bit of being pregnant. My family weren't keen on DD2's name at all before I had her and my brother in law said "Pearl Harbour" (she's Pearl) but they all just accept it now they know her and love her and it's not just an abstract name anymore. You have to choose what you love regardless.

glassescase That is hysterical!!! I LOVE your mother!!!!

Extended family round a table for 12, complete silence. Just the clinking of forks. Ahem.

Ooh there are some lovely names on this thread. Not a single one has made me go [shocked]

All my work colleagues told me I couldn't call me ds his name because it would be mean. I have only had one negative reaction and that was from a stranger in the park who said "oh gosh" and walked off laughing!

Ds is called Arthur. I wasn't sure I had made the right choice but I think I have. I would have liked the welsh pronunciation but couldn't be arsed with a life time of correcting people.

DD1 Asha when taking to a birthday party (to me) "Oh, so is it Daddy who is Indian then?" DD is blonde with blue eyes, so purely an assumption based on her name alone. Also, a colleague I have worked with for 4 years "but what is her real name?"

DD2 Billie (Wilhelmina) many people have asked if we actually love her or not!

If we have a boy he will be Solomon.

Probably the best though is my Mum who, 14 months on, still calls Billie 'the baby' admitted she calls her "fat bum" when I am not there.

Bollocks2U I am often asked if Billie is short for Wilhelmina - in my daughters case, no

She gets called Bill and Billie and family members have spelt her name as Billy

My dad refused to call my DS by his name for over a month and always asked how he was by using his middle name. (Until I hung up the phone on him after telling him to stop being so annoying and rude). Other people actually thought we were joking and were using it as a decoy name until we decided on a real name. His name is Edgar. Carrier of Spears and the name of a macabre author and the director of shaun of the dead - how could it be wrong with that behind it!!!

Tigerbomb If it were up to me, it would not be short for Wilhelmina . I chose DD1, DH chose DD2. Billie suits her so

Oh Lockets that's awful . Rex is a lovely name and I hope the breastfeeding improves soon.

DS 4 is called Barney (not aged 8) but we were begged by friends not to call him that because he would get teased about being a dinosaur!! To this day not a single child has ever made that link and referred to the purple creature of the same name Most people, in fact all I think, say how they love the name

When I was pregnant we had a sweep going on what the baby's name would be (obviously dp and I had already chosen it) so after she was born and we announced that her name would be poppy and nobody had guessed it and won my grandma (grandparents seem to be the worst for making rude comments) said that we had cheated! As if poppy wasn't a real name!? And my cousin said it had taken him a while to get used to but now he thinks it's alright! I wouldn't care but shortly after he named his son kaide, which they had made up and is the chavviest name I've ever heard! (sorry if that offends anyone, i know we're not meant to be name bashing)

This is funny, although probably not if you are on the receiving end!

My mother on telling her what we were calling DS3 (Lawrence): 'Well, we never really liked Joseph either' (DS1's name)

Thanks Mum.

On holiday, in Scotland, watching my half-Scottish children play on the beach... DD called her brother's name. Woman sitting near (unaware they were mine), said in RP tones, 'Angus? Oh God, is that really necessary? Can't stand all this Scottishness,' then turned to me and said, 'What an awful name.' I drawled back (in my own RP tones), 'His father and I rather like it, that's why we chose it.' She made a quick exit... Her face was a picture. Sweet!

I remember telling my office mates my choice of names for DD1 or DS1 (before DD1 was born) and the little silence that followed spoke volumes. Finally someone piped up, 'When I have a baby I hope it's a girl and I'll call her Brittany. I love that name.' (My chosen names were nothing like Brittany).

It was only the predictable response of my mother to a name very high on my list for DD3 that kept me from using it, and I wish I had had the courage of my convictions even still.

My auntie said "Oh NO! NOOO! It means she'll be very dozy". Runs in the family methinks.

When telling my father (in New Zealand) the name we had chosen for ds he came up with a corker "Samuel Edward, well that very English sounding" that would be because he is English!

when pregnanat with DS2 i told my nan that he would be called Charlie.
her reaction was "oh. What about craig, thats a nice name" she then phoned up a few weeks later to tell us she had just seen the most perfect name, apparantly there was a reprter on the news with the same last name as us and hos name was Quentin. No offence to anyone with the name quentin but we live in the west of Scotland and you can guarantee my child would be bullied to hell if i sent him to school with the name quentin.

When DS2 was born and we phoned her to let her know and that his name was Charlie she said "oh you've stuck with the name then?"

alot of other people tell us it's quigte unusual or different

I was speaking to my neighbour about this thread.

Her son is called Wesley and everyone calls him Wes. She says when she introduced him to the family her own mother said God awful name for the poor child and others have said why he isn't black!!

I try hard not to comment if I don't like the names for a proposed child, but when I was told a friend was calling her (unborn) twins Marmaduke and Aubrey I think I might have struggled to maintain a positive facial expression. Ooops.

We have a lot of children called Charlie at work, it's a very unisex name these days.