Did you/ do you wish you'd given your DC a more simple name?

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We are mullling over names for DS and it seems to be turning out that the names we like are quite unusual and I suppose some of them, to us, are a bit unusual. Coupled with the double-barrelled surname DS will have, some of the names on our list seem a bit OTT.

Maybe I'm getting naming fatigue, but I'm beginning to think we should go back to basics and give him a good, solid, well-known known with just one of our surnames.

Has anyone else thought this or deliberately given thier DC a simple name?Does anyone wish they'd given their DC a more straightforward name?

I wish I had spelt my sons name differently.

Don't know what you mean with 'simple' or 'straightforward' but remember that we name a person to identify him/her. Also, depending on what field your dd/ds may work one day, it can be a great help to be 'identified' easily, say on the internet. This is likely to be easier with a less common name and a double barrelled surname imo.

If anything, I wish my dd's name wasn't becoming so popular. I agree with poppy that we name a person/thing to identify him/her/it. By having a common name (e.g. Steve Smith, Jack Smith, etc.) you are likely to have a difficult time being identified by your name alone. So, no I don't wish that I'd given my kids more 'basic' names.

My dc2's full name a bit frou-frou. I blame the hormones and now with a clear head I would have chosen something a bit more classically simple.

I'm the opposite - DS1 is one of 2000 babies with his name born the year he was born, and his name has been constantly popular for a good 20 years. I wish he had a slightly more unusual name but in the end of the day as long as you love the name it doesn't matter :)

FWIW, for DS2 we chose the popular name over the more unusual one as we just chose the one we loved and suited him.

You could be right about unusual plus double-barrelled being a bit much. It just depends if you're comfortable with that type of name. Sounds like you have reservations so it could be worth thinking again.

I wish I'd used my first choice for DD2, a shortened version, rather than the full version we opted for.
Only 1 person uses her full name, my MIL, it drives me mad & DD ( 10 months) doesn't have a clue that's her actual name so doesn't respond!!

I wish my parents had given me the usual spelling of my name instead of a made up one.

But hey, the deed poll put that right

We had the opposite issue because our last name is quite short/sharp. We went with a simple name for DS due to family reasons, but for DD we deliberately chose a more elaborate name to counteract the short, sharp surname.

I would say if you have a complex surname, keep the first name simple.

There are plenty of "straightforward" names that will be quite uncommon now. John, Peter, Paul ...

We deliberately went for very, very standard first names as we have a rather twee, hobbit-like surname (not Daisyfield, but of that ilk). Sometimes wish we'd also gone for very short, as their names tend to overrun the space on school forms. If you have a long surname, will your child take forever to put their name at the top of the page?

I don know, OP, my dds name has three letters, all of which sound 'phonic' and I still had to spell it to the pharmacist who even asked if it was a real name.

Go for a name you love.