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).

Read the first few posts, then realised this was an old thread, and clicked last. Couldn't be bothered to read the whole thread - Friday night, lots of red wine.

But Bear? For real? Poor kid

You CANNOT change Bear to Teddy - you just can't.

But you could use Teddy as a nickname.

I posted under a previous user name back when this thread was live saying to change it, but in the time that's elapsed, I've come round.

Bear Grylls (even though it's a nickname for him) has given the name mainstream credence - and like all names, the more you get used to it, the more normal it becomes.

Nice to get an update. :)

Bear is cute as a NN but please give the poor child a proper name.

Bear!
Im sorry
But how would you feel if you was called fairy or
Something growing up!
Imagine him in a tracksuit with all his friends such as jake, daniel and theres bear...

Not my cup of tea!

Please don't change it. Bear is fine. Kids really don't care about their friend's names when they're young and by the time he's old enough to know, for all you know Bear could be in the TOP 10 names list! You just never know what will happen. My DS1 has a very standard, top 20 name and I wish I had been braver and used the one I really wanted. With DS2 I went for a more unusual name and it really suits him.

Love it, love it, love it. My DD's best friend is called Bear ( though his first name on bc is actually Joseph) and it suits him down to the ground. Your DS can always use his middle name later on if he wants to.

Jamie Oliver's son is called Buddy Bear... Sure it'll be mainstream enough in the next few years!

I actually really like the name Bear Alexander. You don't need to change it at all because he could always use the Alexander if he really disliked it when he's older(which I'm sure he won't). A lot of these things are just down to perspective I think. The name Seren is getting more popular (Welsh for star) but being Welsh myself I just think it sounds like a horse's name! And whilst we're on the topic of animal names I know a Llew (literally welsh for lion). Bear is certainly not outlandish enough to be ridiculed it's an awesome name!

So pleased you stuck with it. I think it's a lovely name.

Now I love Bear Grylls as much as any red- blooded female (he's slept in a camel's rotten carcasse and eats his own prey! what a man!) but Bear is a nn not a real name. If your son grows up to be a SAS legend too then I'm sure he'll be able to pull it off...otherwise it's a tad pretentious.