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 guess there are times when getting a bad response to a name isn't always being on the wrong end of a pointlessly rude remark.

Some mates of mine set their heart on Sacha - everyone pointed out that, while their Russian ancestry wasn't immediately apparent, the fact that they had given DS1 a a girls' name was. (I was too wet to do this.) Parents simply took offence and stuck with it.

Anyway, DS1 was very badly bullied at aged 8 and he himself insisted on getting it changed. (The school agreed heartily, by the way.) The parents were forced to do it by deed poll.

I think 'wrong sex' names, partic the names that change gender when they cross country borders, are a tricky area. No matter how PC or aware of your cultural background you and your partner are, you can't always rely on the rest of the planet to be so too.

But Sacha is a boy's name! Sasha is unisex.

Sacha is a boy's name.

It is very rude to point out that a child's name is the wrong gender, especially when the child is stood there.

Lockets, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_(name)

Do you have Italian heritage, Evilclown? If I met you and your DS, and you pronounced his name Neecola (IYSWIM), I wouldn't think twice! People are daft.

Greek and Italian. Ds is very dark and clearly of mediterranean extraction.

I would be interested to know if the bullying magically stopped once his name had been changed by deed poll. I would have thought changing your name would be cause for bullying in its own right!

ny 2 grandsons are called lucas matthew & oakley noah my 3dc are nick ,sophie & kenzie

I wanted to give DD the middle name Cara. My dad told me it was a fat girls name . This is based on him knowing someone with that name. She is admittedly not a small girl and prone to putting the bins out in her pyjamas, with her thong hanging over the bottoms. It put me off a bit - took the shine off it somehow.

Anyway her middle name is now Clair, after my sister.

My mum told me that DS3 name (Max) was a dog's name and put her in mind of Max Boyce. I ignored her, but have to say that DS3 does share personality traits with my mum's puppy (mischievous, pays no attention to anything he's told, but very cute and loveable)

After about 22 weeks we ran a name past a relative and their response was "you can't call him that! everyone called that dies young!"

Since then we've kept our ideas secret.

Ds is Jake. According to my Grandma it's a dogs name, she said it with a sneer on her face. I love being present when people tell my Grandma new baby names. She thought my cousins baby Erin was called Aaron for at least 6 months!

Whilst pregnant with DD she was always going to be Rosalie. Made the mistake of telling people this and had so many negative comments and bewildered looks that it put me off. I called her Elizabeth in the end and have mixed results when telling people her name. Younger people tend to screw their noses up and older people usually grin widely and say "how lovely!"
I look at her now and think she would of really suited Rosalie though!

What was the name RednBlack?

LetThereBeRock, the name was David (!).

A couple of weeks later the relative said they had been doing the family tree (or something like that) and they had noticed that lots of Davids had died at young ages. So it made some sort of sense. In a way. Sort of. :)

She won't thank you when she's bullied at school- from a total stranger

shineoncrazydiam0nd Sun 26-Jun-11 09:43:23
My little boy is Teddy and someone once said it sounded like a Chav in a Burberry cap. And the Doctor's receptionist asked me what his 'real' name was..

I think a lot of people would assume Teddy was short for Theodore. Still a nice name though

MIL on announcing DS1's name would be Lucian - "Oh, I didn't know my grandson was going to be a Bond villian."

Aaand on hearing DD's MN would be Amaryllis - "Sigh...well, at least I can always claim you were a crack addict."

ByTheBeardOfZeusI'd like to meet your MIL she sounds hysterical

When my brother and sil had their son. I was told what he weighed, I said "oh that's nice what's the baby called" "Weighed" said my brother, " you've already told me what he weighed, what's his name"!! I said. "weighed" said my brother! Lghtbulb moment... They had called the poor child Wade.

What can I say..........

I never pass comments on anyone's name after the last time!

Person who shall remain nameless - oh god, you never guess what she called him (insert highly amusing name)

ME - Oh thats not THAT bad could be worse could of called them (insert very unusual out there utterly mental name)

Person who shall remain nameless - Thats my son's name.

Me - Great. (go very red, talk very fast and oh is that the time )

It. Could. Only. Happen. To. Me.

Always, for all three, very politely, 'Is it a family name?'

DD2's name is Beth Annabel. When I phoned my mum to tell her, I made the mistake of asking her if she liked the name. I wasn't expecting her to turn round and say "well, I don't have much choice, do I?". I still don't know what is wrong with Beth Annabel.

My mother's response on hearing DD's name was 'well I shall call her Pip'.

Her name is Ophelia

Beth Annabel is lovely. I think your mum just meant that it doesn't matter whether or not she liked it, because that's what you like and have chosen. Think she just didn't put it very well.

I know 2 Sachas and both are men. I know someone who named their dd Sascha and did think it a bit odd to give her a boy's name.

My little girl is Beatrice Annabelle and my Gran thinks that the name is terribly old fashioned and insists on calling her Trixie-Belle as that's much more suitable in this current age :) which is reather irritating as that name makes me think of a yorkshire terrier with a little pink bow 'tween it's ears. Makes me shudder everytime I hear it. The rest of us all call her Bea.