Bit of a rant, but also I need some rational people to give me their honest opinions on a name.
DH and I have had a nightmare deciding on a boys name. We narrowed it down to two, but one is definitely our favourite. We weren't going to tell anyone our choices because we didn't want to be influenced, I'm sure you all get the 'I went to school with someone/ dated/ met a kid with that name and they were terrible comments'
Anyway, over the last couple of weeks I think we have become pretty set on our name of choice.
I was at my Nans on Sunday with my mum, auntie and uncle. Over dinner names came up as my cousin has recently had a little girl, who coincidently they also do not like the name of.
Anyway, I reluctantly admitted that we are keen on the name Owen.
We wanted something different, and something that couldn't really be shortened.
His full name would be Owen Geoffrey Pretty.
Finding a name that goes with my DHs surname is already a challenge in itself but we thought we had escaped possible name issues.
This is the response I got
"You can't name him that, it's a surname'
"His initials will be 'OP', hi 'OP'
His signature will be 'opretty' which then prompted my mum to wander around the room to chorus's of 'O so Pretty' etc etc.
I left on Sunday feeling deflated, and it has now really made me question my choice, but everything else I look at just doesn't feel the same to me.
What does everyone else think... is being Mr O Pretty so bad?