Let the young ones choose?!

[twolittleboysonetiredmum]

Help needed as I'm in a bit of a quandary! Due dc3 in 5 weeks ish and it appears to be a girl. I've a couple of names I like:
Matilda Annie or rosalind
Husband also on board with those. Problem being that since 20wk scan both our other chn have decided that she will be called Sophie (they're 2 and 3) I don't hate Sophie but don't love it either. But everytime I suggest we call her something else they get bothered and say 'but she's called Sophie...' Wwyd?! Use the name even though you think it's a bit meh? Or ignore them?!

[hawkmcqueen]

Hiya, DC3 was called Poppy for a few months before she was born and when she was born we ended up calling her Charlotte. The kids were slightly miffed for a fortnight but now they don't even remember this! They were 4.5 and 3 when she was born.

[CakeRattleandRoll]

Personally, I wouldn't let DC choose a first name that I didn't love. I think you could either:

Use Sophie as mn as PPs have suggested
Let the DC make the final selection out of your shortlist (assuming you like all 3 names equally)
Get a small pet (goldfish, hamster, etc) for DC to name Sophie
Buy a 'Sophie la Girafe' toy for new baby!

[BarbarianMum]

Ds1's choice of name for ds2 was 'Shere Kahn Ferrari'. Sometimes I think we should have gone with that .

[shutupanddance]

Use Sophie as a middle name

[insan1tyscartching]

Dd1 chose dd2's name because she was 10 and not exactly happy to lose the only girl position. In fact everyone chose a name and I picked the one I liked best which thankfully was dd1's. Other names chosen by dh and ds's were Sarah, Rachel, Sally or Billie or Samantha.
Ds1 and 2 wanted to name dd1, their suggestions were Annie or Clarabel

[shutupanddance]

We let dd1 and 2 choose middle names for dd3. Dd1 choose my name and dd2 who was 4 liked Princess and Twinkle no way but settled on Charlotte.