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

[lisad123]

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 always get some strange looks and mispronouciations of DS1 name.

His name is Colm.

ningthemerciless - I was given my grandmother's surname as my middle name - as you say it's an old Scottish family custom.

Causes no end of confusion here in England though when I have to give my full name - no-one believes it's a middle name, they think it's a hyphenated surname.

(A bit like Lulu's real name: Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie).

People are so rude!

DS2's name has already been mentioned on here, MIL's response:
"Is that a real name? I've never heard of it before (it's been around for years and is a proper name). I'm going to need some time to get my head around it (you've got his whole life)."

After she'd spoken to SIL (who, I believe, gave her a bit of an earful) MIL called back to say it was quite nice really.

We'd really struggled to come up with a name at all, I love DS2's name but I'm still not confident how well it goes with DS1's name and that was our first response so it was a bit painful.

My father asked me what made us choose the name Audrey. He then said 'hmm', stared around the room, sucked on his cigarette and said 'I like Anna'.

Oh well in that case...

DD - lots of people asked if we had made it up? . No it is a normal name ffs!

DS1 - my mum asked me why I had called him after a 'French letter'? I asked her what a French letter was and she has never mentioned it again. MIL never said anything but could say his name out loud till he was about 12 months old.

DS2 - no comments as far as I know as it is a very popular name.

People usually just look like this when they hear dd1's name

With ds2 family member asked where we had got the name from in a kind of oh my god why on earth did you choose that? Same side of the family have referred to the name as being posh.
When I was pregnant with ds2 I told a friend one of the girl's names we had as a possible, she told me she really didn't like it. She hasn't commented now that we have called dd it 3 years later!

My Father on hearing we'd called DS Noah said 'oh you have, have you'.

Cece - What is DS1's name? I thought a "French Letter" was a condom?

Well, both of my DS's have very bog-standard "top 10 names" (we chose them because they were our favourite names - to hell with if everyone else was using them too), and had no negative comments at all until we moved house 3 years ago.

Our new elderly neighbour (who we've since discovered is more than a little odd) asked what the boys names were - when he heard them he said "ah, lacking in imagination I see" .

Yes it is a condom! His name is a nn that people sometimes use for a condom! LOL

Hehe- quite a few of the more unusual names earlier on in this thread would get me thinking similar comments to the ones typed!! I do think if you choose odd/unusual names people will react to them.

However I hope I'm polite enough in real life to not react that way!

When pg with dc 4 after 3 dd's we told my mum that if dc was a boy he would be Gabriel
"well I hope you have another girl then "

My uncle thought my niece's name was too Jewish, Rebecca. Not like David, or Sarah or any other pretty standard Old Testament name, then?

I get of "oh, what made you pick that?" -we like it, obviously!

Here's a tip: if you say "awww, what's his/her name?" and don't like the answer, turning to the baby and saying "hiiii little " is the best bet!!

oh dear
Never thought of my name as "too jewish"
My sons names are so.....normal and I still got comments!
They both have the smae initial which, apparently, is terrible
I think unless a name will mean a child will be mercilessly bullied, then call them what you like. If they hate it, they can legally change it when they are 18 (a cousin of mine did just that and 2 other cousins are only ever called by their middle name, as is my MIL)

Becaroooo, Becci, as she insists on spelling it, is my favourite niece! And it's a lovely name. Stupid Uncle Peter! (Isn't that in the Bible?)

In the bible Rebecca was the wife if Issac, so yes, it is hebrew in origin, albeit spelt Rebekah.

I really like biblical names, both my dc have them.

Not Herod though

No, and that Judas wasn't exactly a good role model!

I really wanted to call dd2 Freya but everytime I told me sis she said 'frayed around the edges, makes me think of someone a bit giddy' When we named her Robyn, DP is a big batman fan, she did the 'oh that's nice' then told me later that she didn't like it.
Mum thought we were naming them after birds, dn is called Ren, she still says that isn't a proper name. she almost died with shock when I told her if dd3 was a boy i liked Woody

I love Reuven (another version of Reuben)... character in a much loved book when I was young. And i LOVE Ren for a girl.... I considered 'Wren' if we had a girl.

I am not Jewish, but I also love the Hebrew version of Rebecca - Rivkeh. (or is it Yiddish, not sure)/ Pronounced Rivv-kie

My brother just said 'oh great so my nephew's called Sebastian and my niece is called Evelyn' in this tone of voice. Bah to him I love both their names!

I would so have a boy called Reuben but DP won't have it

One of the surgical team at child 2.0's birth (ELCS) said when we announced the name "oh, being posh".

Nice, isn't it?

"Is it too late to change the name now you've registered the birth?" For us MIL, yes it is She reckoned the name we chose for DD is "common". I admit it's been in the top ten names for a good few years now but I don't give a rats arse coz I love it. Don't think she thinks much of DS's name either for the same reason, which is ironic as all the names she suggested we name them were also very common and really rather dull.... (imo)

I was told " That is a bloody silly name for a boy"

It seems they were right, I have yet to meet someone who agrees with me that ds's name is a male name.