Everyone laughs at my babies name......thinking of changing it????

[KidderminsterKate]

Well, title says it all really. DS is 10 weeks old and is a handsome smilng chap already so gets alot of attention. My parents hate his name but are sort of used to it...my other DC's love the name but its HVs and shop keepers and friends and friends of friends that usually just eh and then oh.

I wasnt bothered at first but now its starting to get to me. I do love the name but am a bit embarrassed now.

Would these sort of things make you change the name??? I'm thinking of changing it to Edward (Ted).

Going back to Tee Jay which was talked about earlier in the thread ... we have a maths scheme at school called Tee Jay. I am, of course, now willing some parents to name their child this so I can say 'Tee Jay, can you fetch the Tee Jay?'

Please give your child a proper name-and I say this as someone who loves unusual/not common names but how can anyone expect to be taken seriously as an adult when they have such a name.

Davina mcccall planned to call her ds bear I believe but opted for chester-maybe she thought even as a celeb she couldnt pull it off?...

Oh ffs, woman, your title says it all.
Everyone is laughing at the name you have given your son, why oh why do you still think it's cool?

I know an eleven year old 'Bear', his name is Edward, he loves his name and I think part of who he is is in his name.

Sorry I am not surprised that people are a bit surprised but surely you must have thought of this before you gave the child the name ,i feel sorry for him when he gets older he will have the mickey taken out of him something rotten. Lovely nickname for a baby or a grandad.

Have you put it on birth certificate yet ??

"A child will rarely be teased due to his/her name - kids are pretty accepting of different names. A child will be bullied if it allows itself to be bullied."

I was, Hellokitty. And it certainly wasn't because I allowed it.

Sorry kidderminsterkate but Bear is an awful name to give to your son. I work in a secondary school and kids can be awful, please change it. The poor boys life will be made hell in school and believe me teachers at both primary and secondary will make assumptions about him/you (not nice ones) because of his name. He will change it when he is an adult, after years of hell. Change, and I'm not sure I like Ted either, again, kids will take the piss big time! Sorry, but you did ask. Change it and blame it on the hormones.

I hope he doesn't cry alot otherwise he will be a 'grizzly' Bear - sorry couldn't resist

and when he gets a black eye playing rugby he will be 'Panda' Bear

if he wears glasses he will be a ' Spectacled' Bear

Change it to Edward .

I'm not so sure about the bullying issue. As far as I see in 'our' school, there are so many unusual names around that none of them register as odd to the children.
As for this thread, I'm not keen as I think Bear Grylls is a dick.

No he is a man I think an outdoorsy type

What I meant with bullying was that most bullying is not due a specific thing or name. It has to do with the character of the bully as well as the victim. In other words a bully will find something to tease if he wants to bully someone else. And equally many children with different hairstyles, names, clothes, skin colour etc will not be teased.

In other words, I doubt that it would make any difference if a boy is called Edward or Bear in regards to bullying.

Not really keen on Bear, think it's quite cute now, but when he starts at secondary school people will be like "he's bear cool" etc. Has both connotations , the animal and the slang for more. I think Edwards Better, at least you could still call him bear/ted while he is little but when he gets older he will be able to use Ed or Edward, and i think a name like Bear may be a little embarrassing when applying for jobs etc. Even Jamie oliver son, Buddy Bear, has Buddy infront of bear makes it a little bit more grown up.

Please don't let bullies off the hook by saying certain children "allow" themselves to be bullied. It's a bit like saying old ladies allow themselves to be mugged.

I do actually like "Bear" but never would have used it as unfortunately the reactions you're getting here would be exactly what I would expect.

Bear? Yes, it is stupid, sorry.

I'm not letting bullies off the hook, chipmonkey. All I'm saying is that a bully is a bully because of who he is, and that he will bully others regardless of their names.

Kids will bully, but their victims don't allow it - they don't choose to be shy, have red hair or glasses, or have mums who make them wear a balaclava to school or untrendy shoes. They don't choose to be poor, or rich, or have siblings with a disability, or foreign parents or grandparents.

And as for the name 'Bear', well, it's not a name, it is an animal. Bear Gryllis isn't actually called Bear, is he?

"A child will be bullied if it allows itself to be bullied. And if it does, the bullies will find something!" that what your post said a bit different to what you saying now me thinks

How funny just watched 'The Big C' on my sky+ and they went to a Bear Bar!
So now I do think of Bear as being a big, chunky, hairy, gay, fella.

Really? Changing it from Bear to Ted? heehee
I agree with the idea to go for Edward, with Bear as a nickname (if you must use Bear, that is)

Nay, kid, don't call him Bare. You nude it'd be wrong.

How funny ! My friend has a little boy called bear , he's 7 months I think it's a great name .

I think its great and so much nicer the all the Alfie's, Josh's Ryan's and Kyle's that seem rampant these days

I actually strangely quite like it, but then I'm fond of nature/animal type names.

Not sure I'd use it as the full first name though, probably better as a nickname (Edward or Arthur are good proper name alternatives) or middle name.

Bear? It's certainly unusual, but if you like it, don't change it cos other ppl laugh, or don't like it. You obviously chose it cos you liked it, and it was different.

My dd goes 2 nursery, and her little friends she plays with are called Tyson, and Mimi. I once met someone who's child was called Urban, and they used 2 call her Urby. Well, that 2 me was really pretentious!!!