People's (not good) opinions on my baby name

[KarenLF]

I'm currently 19 weeks pregnant and finding out today what we're having!! Sooooo excited!!! My whole pregnancy I've thought it could be a girl - also I'm also massivley expecting them to say Boy just because I think girl! Anyway, I've loved the name Ada for a girl from about week 10 and, although I know I may change my mind, I just absolutely LOVE it!
However, I'm just so angry at people's reactions - where do people get off slagging off baby names when they've asked what you like and you give them an answer. My auntie for example said "oh god, you can't call it that!" when I told her I liked Ada for a girl!
I actually don't care if people don't like it - I think it's beautiful and my husband loves it too but if it is a girl and she comes along and we call her Ada I'm just going to remember all the people that slagged it off!!
Just think it's so rude and you should just respect whatever people want to call their children - within reason! Sorry, this was more just a rant than anything! Anyone experienced this who can give me any good come backs to shut people up?!!

Rookie mistake. Never ever tell anyone in advance, they think it means you want an opinion.

Once you present a baby with that name all but the most ill mannered will keep their mouths shut.

It doesn't matter what name you give a baby, people will have their opinions and some will be unnecessarily rude about it. It has nothing to do with them. My advice is to say you are waiting until s/he is born to see what name suits and then introduce your baby with the name you have chosen and leave it at that.

My one year old daughter is named Andie. I got a world of shit for naming her that an some relatives point blank refuse to call her it. People are strange. Ada is lovely.

Loads of people told me they don't like DDs name. I don't care and I can only remember who one of them was now and I really dislike their name choices for their children.

Loads of people told me they don't like DDs name.

You mean, after she was born and you had actually named her, rather than 'Oh, we're vaguely thinking about X if it's a girl'? Do you know a lot of rude people? It strikes me as fairly obnoxious to tell a new parent you don't like the name they've given their newborn!

Karen, Ada is lovely, Adam for a boy, just tell 'em to do one 😉

CitizenBloom no when we were discussing baby names when I was pregnant. They hated my choices for DS too! Even the sonographer told me I couldn't call my son that, but I didn't get any of my choices when he was born anyway. I think I know quite a lot of frank and honest people lol

I really like Ada OP

Ada is lovely!

And I also really like, and know, an Ada.

Ada is bloody lovely!

Ada was my girls name for dc3 but had a boy. I think it is becoming more popular (know one aged 5) and it is in style of a lot of other popular names (Ava, Edie) so don't think people would bat an eyelid.

When pregnant with DC1 9 years ago, Ada and Elsie were names that were on our long list for special/family reasons.

Couldn't bring myself to use either as they felt like "old lady" names to us then. But were special to us. (A friend did have an Ada around that time anyway so we probably wouldn't have gone for that if it came to the crunch.)

Now: Really wish we had used one or both as I've heard them for little girls a few times and felt pangs.

Lovely name. Times have changed.

Well? Are you team pink or team blue?

I've always loved Ada.

i think baby names do seem to be on a cycle and the names of 1890-1910ish (including Ada, which there is nothing wrong with as a name) are currently back 'in' (as an example, noone in the 1970s/80s would have dreamt of calling their child 'Alfie' as it was 'an old mans name'.... 20 odd years later it was ubiquitous)

Possibly some of the detractors of Ada have this in mind

I'm dying to know...Ada or Aiden?

My MIL was pregnant with my husband (back in the day) athe the same time as her SIL. SIL was about 2 weeks further on in her pregnancy. Together they had discussed names. MIL had said she had the names Martin and Anne.

Fast forward to the birth of SIL baby & she gave birth to a little boy called Martin!!!!!!!!! Which gave my MIL 2 weeks to choose a new name!!! Luckily she went 2 weeks over so had 4 weeks to choose a name.

So this has taught me NEVER to discuss your chosen names with ANYONE!

Uricon has a good point, it may be more to do with the age of the people who hate Ada rather than the name itself.

I remember when I was pregnant with DS1, my PILs being horrified at the mention of Isabella because it was so very, very old fashioned. IIRC, Isabella was one of the top 10 baby names the year DS1 was born.

My auntie was similarly shocked at a friend giving her newborn son the terribly rare and unusual name of Jack at roundabout the same time. Jack had been the one of the most popular boys names in England and Wales for ooh, at least a decade at this point.

Good I was expecting another Teddie-Blue thread!!

Ada is lovely

I ❤ Ada

Your baby - your choice

What is wrong with people?!! Nothing wrong with Ada. It is charming and a classic! Please don't be put off by other people's opinions; you will never please everyone. We have a three week old and didn't tell anyone our name. Very glad now as my parents don't like it much and would have openly opposed it when I was pregnant. Good job he is not their baby huh?!! See Love his name and he suits it. Stick to your guns (but quietly!), just announce your babies name when they arrive x