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I think I regret my son's name

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fromheretomaternity · 21/12/2011 21:51

DS2's name is Zakariyah (Zak or Zaki for short)

It took us ages to choose a name - had to be cross cultural which complicated things.

I've since come across an Arun and an Aydin and every time I think about it I wish we'd gone with one of those. Easier to pronounce, spell, and I just think they sound better. Feel sick when I think about it.

DS1 is one and it's probably too late to change but I've lost all perspective on this so any views welcome, either way.

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lovechoc · 24/12/2011 16:16

Personally I think you'd confuse your DS by changing his name now. I prefer Zak to the other two names you have mentioned. Nothing to stop you from just calling your DS 'Zak' all the time.

nicknamenotinuse · 24/12/2011 16:22

Zak is the best name by a mile.

guinealady · 24/12/2011 19:41

I think Zack (or Zak)'s a great name - possibly because when I was a little girl I knew a Zack I had a crush on... Xmas Blush

However I do think the more conventional spelling is nicer - Zachariah or Zachary. The way you've spelt it, to me, means he'll be having to spell it out to people all his life....but either way, Zak itself is short and sweet and he'll never have any trouble spelling that out.

Mollydoggerson · 24/12/2011 19:49

buyers remorse, don't worry it's normal.

Zack is lovely, don't dwell.

I got really sick of ds1's name when he was one because I was saying it all the time and obsessing over it, and like you I had put alot of thought into it. I like it alot now and have gotten over the name obsession.

lurkinginthebackground · 26/12/2011 17:51

I like Zakariyah.
Yes it will get mis-spelt but so would Arun-Arron, Aarron?
Aydin-Hydn,Aiden etc etc.
I would stick with it.

BettyBedlam · 29/12/2011 22:19

Zak is lovely Smile. I prefer it to the other two and seems cross cultural to me.

serin · 29/12/2011 23:25

I know Asian children named Arun and Aydin. I don't think the op is misspelling them.

FWIW I love Zak!

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fromheretomaternity · 29/12/2011 23:32

Thanks all :-) I am feeling happier. I have started calling him Zaki (which is what ds1 calls him anyway!) and that works better for me than Zakariyah. I kind of knew it's too late to change it but it was one of those things I just couldn't stop obsessing over. I genuinely do feel better reading these responses.

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fromheretomaternity · 29/12/2011 23:41

Ps Arun and Aydin are the right spellings - Muslim names.

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SoFreshNSoClean · 30/12/2011 11:34

Zak (and the full version) is a great name and much nicer than the other names you suggest.

Kewcumber · 30/12/2011 11:37

Was just about to say that Arun isn't a mispelling - its an asian name (don't think its specifically muslim though)

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