Choosing a name your mum hates

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Hi all,

So basically from the day we found out we were pregnant my OH has been referring to bump by a boys name which I hated originally but now I love it. Anyway we know that his mum hates it because it was a name my OH's brother considered for their twin boys.

Part of me just thinks she will get used to it but just wondered if anyone else had a similar situation?

We don't actually know is a boy so it is a just in case.

And to be fair she openly says she still doesn't really like one of the names OH's brother chose for their twins!

It's come up in conversations with friends and they all like it (not that we told anyone it was the name we liked) but I also think my mum wouldn't be very keen.

I wouldn't pay any attention to her. She had her chance with her baby and now it's your turn. My mum sent me this card with name suggestions in (Nigel/Trevor... that kind of thing). Lets just say these names were not to our taste and also why do people think they have a say about the name you use?!! We picked what we wanted and told them when he was born and that was that. Don't tell anyone (even friends). Announce the baby name when s/he is born!

My mum was very rude about my DS's name when he was born, but she likes it now, because it is his, and she loves him.

Ignore, smile, nod, and do your own thing!

It's your baby, everyone else can just jump off a cliff. My FIL hated the name we chose for DD2 and even said it out loud that it was very horrible choice. Guess what, we went with what WE loved. She's our daughter not theirs. They had a chance to name their own kids.

I think it's a generation thing really - all come round on a cycle - look at all the eves Eva Evie Lilly Milly all very common now -

My mother would have hated these 'old people' names as her great grand etc would have them

Mom hates DD2 name and we knew she would!! Can't get work up about it as DD2 loves her name

Just to give another angle...We told everyone the name when I was pregnant after we knew it was a girl or boy, both times.

We did this because a relative did the whole 'announce when they're born' thing, and the family all brazenly said how much they hated the name and really really really upset her and her DH. My in laws are not known for their tact.

We got a few mutterings of 'ridiculous name' etc but nothing too bad. Used to it by the time baby arrived. Can't imagine anything worse than someone being a bit rude about my lovely baby's name when I'm a hormonal post birth mess.

My grandmother is very vocal about names she hates. She had no reservations about telling us she didn't like the name we chose, but it was too late, we'd already had the baby and named her. She had no reason to hate the name we chose: it's a perfectly acceptable, normal name which had its previous peak in popularity in the 1900s-1920s.

She did say that she'll get used to it though, and I'm sure that she will. But in the meantime I give no shits that she doesn't like it. She named her three children with no input from anyone else, so she's got no right to interject her opinion with other peoples' children.

wouldn't tell her in advance and wouldn't care what she thought. Did she consult anyone about naming her children? - I thought not.