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We got the name wrong....

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TwinkleSparkleBling · 18/04/2013 23:16

DD2 is called Freya. It's become really popular, I never really liked it (dh's influence) and it doesn't suit her.

I prefer Miranda (Mimi) and she probably looks like a Megan in all honesty.

Any suggestions for a suitable nn?

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Chinateacup · 18/04/2013 23:17

Effie?

HerRoyalNotness · 18/04/2013 23:22

What is her middle name? Use that instead or variation from it?

MummyBurrows · 18/04/2013 23:26

Have u regisitered her yet? If not then u still have time to talk to ur DH and change it :) xx FWIW I much prefer Megan and Freya is becoming annoyingly increasingly common/popular now!

Yika · 18/04/2013 23:27

If you like Mimi, just call her it. To me it sounds almost like a term of endearment, like calling her cutie pie, and wouldn't necessarily have to relate to the real given name. (though I do know someone whose name is Mimi). I know plenty of people whose nickname, that they are always known by, bears no resemblance to their given name.

mumsywoo78 · 18/04/2013 23:45

how old is she?

doyouwantfrieswiththat · 18/04/2013 23:48

Fred

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TwinkleSparkleBling · 18/04/2013 23:58

She's 10 mths. Everyone knows her as Freya so it doesn't feel right to officially change it.

I think it's come to a head as we recently went on holiday and encountered 5 Freyas. I always wanted names that weren't popular so this really upset me.

Her middle name is v unusual my choice and I do love it so would feel happy calling her that.

How would I do that, or any of the other suggestions, though as she and everyone else recognise her as Freya?

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Startail · 19/04/2013 00:14

Freya is nice and I only know one and she's about 8 years older than yours.

DD2's name became very popular overnight and I agree it is very irritating when there are 5 of them at the same after school activity.

However, every DC is an individual, my name is very common, but I'm a bit eccentric and everyone tends to know exactly which Star they mean. I'm not sure if this is a blessing or a curse.

Certainly I'm not certain about very unusual names, I'm forever having to shh DD from talking about her BF in public because it's very likely someone will know exactly who she means.

Startail · 19/04/2013 00:18

Not that she would be saying anything unkind, they really are best mates. It's just her name and those of her siblings are really memorable and their village IS gossip central.

mumsywoo78 · 19/04/2013 00:22

my ds is 6mnths & iv never felt happy with his name even though it was my choice &iv suffered severe anxiety over it. things are getting easier though & i couldnt change his name now. u need to talk to your dh about this although im guessing he's probably happy with freya and wont want to call her by anything else. btw megan is a much more popular name than freya i know lots of megans.

KittenOfDoom · 19/04/2013 01:04

If she's only 10 months then I think it's not too late to change what you call her.

It's just her name and those of her siblings are really memorable

Not Biggles, Posy and Tuppence again?

WafflyVersatile · 19/04/2013 01:13

You're allowed a year to change their name with the registrars. After that you have to do it by deed poll.

My friend kept chopping and changing the order of her DC's names.

Longdistance · 19/04/2013 01:19

I've got a friend who's name is her middle name. She refuses to use her first name.
Her first name is used on official documents, and with her work (as she can't change it), buy everyone calls her by her middle name, and even though her I'd, and official documents at work have her first name, they call her by her middle name, so do het friends, and family.
No one uses her first name at all.

Startail · 19/04/2013 02:00

I'm absolutely not saying, it's possibly she lurks on here and some of here customers almost certainly MN

thegreylady · 19/04/2013 08:50

I have three names so x y z then surname. I have always been known as z which happens to be my least favourite of the three. If you start using the mn now it will soon become "her" name.

Bowlersarm · 19/04/2013 08:54

Insert Miranda or Mimi as another middle name, and simply start calling her Mimi and introduce her to everyone as that now. Any forms you need to fill out put her full name and insert 'known as Mimi'

TheRealFellatio · 19/04/2013 09:01

If you like Mimi then you probably like Fifi. why don't you start calling her Fifi - if you do, then soon enough everyone else will as well.

BTW Freya is much nicer than Miranda, and if it's veing too popular that concerns you then you won't be any happier with Megan.

TheRealFellatio · 19/04/2013 09:02

Or if you love her middle name the definitely use that.

KittenOfDoom · 19/04/2013 10:40

Personally I loathe both Freya and Megan, and I like Miranda, but it isn't up to us.

DizziDoll · 19/04/2013 10:46

A friend of mine started usung her DS's middle name after about 9 months. It took a little while to get used to it but now I have to think hard what his first namebis again. So it is possible and not too late.

Peregrin · 19/04/2013 11:13

One of my friends started using his middle name (professionally as well as socially) age 35... people took a while to adjust but by now it works well.

Also, both my parents have nicknames that have nothing to do with their given names (I mean, shortened versions of other proper names, not "Floofy") and people call my grandmother Mimi even though it does not derive from her given name either.

Just some encouragement!

Sarah0378 · 19/04/2013 11:16

I don't like the name Freya. It's not too late to change her name at 10 months. If you love the middle name then go with that and change the order on the birth certificate else she will always have to use a name that is not her first name on official forms and that could be annoying for her as an adult. Friends and family will get used to it quickly enough.

Snowflakepie · 19/04/2013 13:07

If you want to change the order then do it now, rather than leave it even longer. I thought maybe Fifi if you like Mimi. Or Rae. In the future it may well end up getting shortened to Fray if you don't set a nn yourself, kids seem to do that naturally. I don't know any here so still think it is unusual.

everlong · 19/04/2013 16:48

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fussychica · 19/04/2013 16:56

Freya is lovely and prefer to Miranda but if you are changing do it soon.

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