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!!

I think it's a fabulous name by the way!
I'd be really annoyed if my friend said that to me!

Bullet Yep! Sorry. Hangover.

I was told on an american board that I couldn't use Marcus for a white boy. It was the first I'd ever heard of it!! It sounded awful with sur name and that was the reason I didn't use it. Still think it's a great name.

My 'friend' from school laughed at my dd's name. I was really hurt. She laughed for a minute and then pretended to try and stop laughing and said with this snippy voice dripping with sarcasm "it's very conservative" and tried to imply that I have no higher ambition than to be conservative.

She thinks I dropped her like a hot potato because I was too wrapped up in my baby I think.

Laughing at all of these!

My uncle, when telling my mother what his grandchildren were called "now brace yourself.............".

when I suggested a name idea to my Grandma she said 'oh my god, don't be so ridiculous, how old fashioned are you!?!'

Ds 1 has a name that links to angels. He also has autiam, and when we were going through diagnosis, and he was having tremendous difficulties just living, a 'friend' commented that it was ironic that I'd named my son that name, as I thought he was going to be an angel, when in fact I'd got a devil.

Must add that I was at my most low point ever in my life, had 3 DS under 4 at the time, and had no idea why my darling boy was so unhappy.

She will never be forgiven.

My next door neighbour asked what newborn DS2 was called. When I told her she pulled a face and said " I don't like that, its Welsh. "

Mmmm I understand the 'I taught a difficult child' association but Valentine instead?! Or indeed any other name than the one you gave your DS even if she hates it. It's what you called him.

WHAT? You named your son Francis, yet she calls him Valentine??? WTF??

Perhaps you could stop calling her by her name, on the grounds that "it reminds you of the most horrible, nastiest MIL you've ever had" and call her Vera instead.

lockets love your dc's names.

my dc have a 'black' name (ds) and a 'granny' name (dd).
but tbh, whatever name you chose, you will get at least the 'I knew one tom at school and he was an idiot' kind of comment.

When we told my mum what DS was almost called (took us 24hrs to decide once he'd arrived!) She said "ooooooooo no, there's a family around here (nowhere near me) who are called that (they aren't, it's got an extra letter on the beginning) who are really horrible, I'm so glad you didn't call him that!"

I then pointed out that she needed to think about what we may call our second child should we have one, as it could well be that particular name, so maybe she could think about it with a bit more common sense....

I'm now pg again and she regularly talks about what a sweet name this second choice is, and how she was silly to think about this horrid family, simper simper!

Am laughing at Marcus being a name unsuitable for a white man. Tell that to the thousands of German men called Marcus. It is a popular name there.

I think if you use a 'foreign' name you are likely to get some comments about the name. Our dc have Scottish names and German mil said "I cannot pronounce that. I will call het katharina instead" when we told her DD's name.

Lisa
My cousin's daughter is called Tanisha and one of my uncles said it sounded like "tuna fish". Idiot.

MmeLindor, seriously! i stumbled on to this american babycenter com/name board when pg with dc1, (I don't know if mn existed 9 years ago) and every single one of the posters told me that Marcus was for black boys. To me it sounds a beautiful roman classic.

weirdly enough my (adopted) nana chose our second daughter, if you call one Tanisha, second clearly has to have an equally as nice name. Shes called Jasmine.

That's strange about Marcus on the US site -- I have known plenty of white boys called Marcus in the States. I wouldn't assume that site is representative. (Of course, my experience may not be either.)

the registrar said 'oh, doesn't she get a real name?' when we were registering her. we'd just registered her as Evelyn, which i believe to be real but my then 2yr old called her Evie. had i registered her as Evie i would have expected a sneer.

I would have Marcus down as a WASP name - Marcus Albright Wilthorp III

My pil decided my dd didn't have a proper name / didnt like her name so they used her middle name ....until at about 3 she turned aeound and said nanny grandad I won't talk to you or answer you unless you call me by my name . That stopped them!! Lol they have also never called our youngest by his name again they don't like it, he doesn't seem to care and just ignores them ( hehe naughty boy )

Someone working at the hospital when DD was born - not sure what her actual function was, as I never saw her actually do anything except hang around talking - asked me DD's name. DD is called Amber, which at that time was not a very common name

Me: She's called Amber
Her:Emma? oh, that's lovely
Me: No, Amber
Her: Oh. Oh well, I suppose one name's as good as another....

On the other side.... we named DS after two family members- so fairly 'ordinary' names. When we told some friends they laughed incredulously and said they would NEVER have expected us to go for something 'normal' they assumed we would name the 'poor kid' something ridiculous that everyone would 'laugh at behind (our) backs'.

That really surpirsed me actually.

Not sure the friendship ever recovered really.

My MIl just gasped and started crying

Nobody frikkin told me it was the same as her brother who had killed himself many many years ago .

Ds1 is Rory
From a woman in the street "let's hope he dosent roar like a lion"

Charming.