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Regretted an unusual name?

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MickeyAndMallory · 20/04/2017 09:20

Reading comments on other name threads, a theme seems to be people saying they loved 'insert unusual name here' but stayed safe and picked a more conforming/normal name. Wishing they had been braver to pick those wilder names they loved- but has anyone gone the other way- picked the unusual name and regretted it??

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OneHopShop · 20/04/2017 19:19

I would love to know Rockaby's names

OneHopShop · 20/04/2017 19:20

And Greeeen's too. Your names sound lovely and intriguing

HolditFinger · 20/04/2017 19:22

Nope, don't regret it one bit. I've never come across another child with DD's name, but there's a reporter and an MP with the same name. I like to bring that up when people ask me if I think she could be a judge with her name.

OneHopShop · 20/04/2017 19:22

Basic Zara is a lovely, lovely name

wigglybeezer · 20/04/2017 19:26

I want to know Fakenamesfornow's 10 year old's name...

fakenamefornow · 20/04/2017 19:32

I can't say, it'll out me! grin

Think Brenda, Alan, Tony, that sort of name.

Glittter · 20/04/2017 19:32

Isis is a name of a 10+ dc I know. His parents regret his name choice but tbf they couldn't have predicted it and I thought it was lovely when he was born.
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greeeen · 20/04/2017 19:39

OneHopShop I too would like to know what lots of the names on here are :) not so I can steal any ideas for my next DC at all no no.

pushingthroughcracks · 20/04/2017 19:41

I dislike mine but it's because I was bullied with it.

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MickeyAndMallory · 20/04/2017 19:59

Well I'm loving these responses!! Thanks everyone- it would seem a lot of parents wish they had been braver but for all you who did brave an unusual name there have been no regrets! very handy to know!!

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MickeyAndMallory · 20/04/2017 20:01

pushing I'm sorry to hear that I'm sure your name is beautiful- kids can be very cruel

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Goingtobeawesome · 20/04/2017 20:05

The only thing my mother ever did for me was give me a nice name.

Level75 · 21/04/2017 10:42

I want to know what these names are!
My DS has a name which doesn't appear in the listing (so under 3 of them that year). The spelling is a not-made-up variation on a name which was given to about 30 children. I don't regret it at all but I think there's a chance it will date despite being unusual.

Level75 · 21/04/2017 10:43

Glittter - a relative had a baby Isis. She's nearly 3. They changed her name just over a year ago to Iris.

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MickeyAndMallory · 21/04/2017 10:54

level75 Yeah that is unfortunate! They couldn't have known though- as she was two already what did she have to say about her name being changed?

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petitdonkey · 21/04/2017 11:00

Before I had my children I loved the name Ava for years as I adore Ava Gardener. When I named my daughter in 2004 it was really unusual and lots of people commented on it. I still love the name but it became SO popular, so quickly. that I regret it a little now. My second daughter has a very uncommon but not unusual name. I love that she is the only one in her school. In fairness, Ava is the only one in her cohort but there are a few now in the pre-prep.

Moussemoose · 21/04/2017 11:04

Neither of my DS's names were top 100.
DS 2_has never met anyone with his name.
DS 1 - there is 1 other in his (big) high school.

They love the fact they have unusual names, they comment on it and are grateful they are not part of a pack. Never regretted it.

grufallosfriend · 21/04/2017 11:50

No regrets at all (ds shares his name with 15 others in his birth year)!

BitOutOfPractice · 21/04/2017 11:57

Perhaps a more relevant question would be "if your parents gave you an unusual name do you regret it?"

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MickeyAndMallory · 21/04/2017 12:06

bit You can't regret something you had no part in- although I understand your point. I find nine times out of ten people own their names, however if they don't like them they nickname them or totally change them! No big deal. I have the most basic top ten name ever and I hated it- had fields of girls share my name at school. Hence why I lean towards unusual names!

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JOMH1982 · 21/04/2017 12:19

I have a very unusual name, so unusual that in all my 35 years I have never met or heard of another one. It can be shortened to a very simple name which I like just as much as my full name. It's usually a nice talking point when I meet people and I do like having a name that others haven't heard of. My parents have me middle names which are very popular now in case I didn't like it, but I've never done so xx

BitOutOfPractice · 21/04/2017 12:32

You can regret that they did it. Or rather wish they hadn't.

I have a very common name but I have read on here many times that people with unusual names hate them. In fairness I've also heard them say they love them too.

Cerealnamechanges · 21/04/2017 12:32

My dd has a rare name, not really unusual but very rare, I don't regret it, she hates that she can't find a key ring/pen/drinks bottle with her name on!
Where do you find out how many other babies shared your child's name the year they were born? Thanks

Cineraria · 21/04/2017 12:33

No regrets on DS's unusual name. It's very unusual in the UK (only people I have ever met or heard of named this are from other countries or their parents are) but variants of it are fairly popular elsewhere and there is a famous historical one too, plus place names after him etc. so it's very recognisable and easy to spell for most people though some hesitate to use the British pronunciation (a bit like assuming someone called Jesus is Spanish and pronouncing it Hay-soos) when they have only seen it written.

Raaaaaah · 21/04/2017 12:35

DS has an unusual name. Not totally far out but I don't know anyone else with his name and never see it mentioned here. He is 7 and loves it. His younger sister has a really conventional name and she doesn't like it. I don't regret it at all. We live in a cosmopolitan area which helps as a majority of names are foreign and not common.

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