Help me be strong after rude comments

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DH and I have just found out our pfb will be a little girl! We're over the moon and all the family is very excited especially as she will be first grandchild also.

The problem is when family members ask about names. DH and I have pretty much been set on the girls name Aria Dawn since before ttc. But so far we've had nothing but negative comments

• can't you pick a different name? How about Ava that's much nicer?
• where did you pick that name from?

In hindsight I'd have kept quiet but the negative comments have affected me and now I'm wavering on a name I adore?

What do you guys think? Are we scarring our child for life or should I tell people to butt out?

I think it's really pretty, stick with your choice! Also not quite as popular as Ava.
I don't know why family members feel the need to be negative about something like this. That's why I'd never reveal final name choices to family members until the baby is born! Why can't people just be nice or not say anything at all...

It's a lovely name! Congratulations!

Tell people to mind their own business. That's a lovely name, but in future I just wouldn't tell anyone until after she is born.

Ignore other people's views. As long as you and your DH like a name, that's all that matters. It's no-one else's decision but yours. If anyone makes remarks in future, tell them that their opinion is irrelevant. Congratulations

nothing wrong with your chosen name. Its pretty

They are being overinvested, selfish assholes rude. Ignore, ignore, ignore. Stick to your guns. It's a lovely name and, to me, a much nicer choice than Ava, though there's nothing particularly wrong with that either.

I love the name Aria! The only reason I'm not picking it is we agreed to pick something well outside the top 300 and it's creeping up the rankings (because it's so lovely! and probably also because of game of thrones, never a bad thing!)
Ignore whatever anyone else is saying, and maybe next time refuse to name share before baby's arrival xx

my daughters are 14 and 16. when both were born, family had a massive mutter about the names we had chosen. we told them to mind their own.

now 14 and 16 years later they are simply their names. no one has even thought about it for 13.5 and 15.5 years. that's just who they are.

ignore :)

Your child, your choice. Ignore them and refuse to discuss. They'll get over it.

(it's a lovely name btw)

Risk factor is GOT8. Depending on plot could become hugely popular. That said, I like it.

Aria is much nicer than Ava IMO.

Congratulations.

It's really pretty.

I agre, GOT would make me personally hesitatete... But it is a really lovely name!

*hesitate, agree...
Uhm, yes. Idk.

Say you are going to decide when you see her, throw everyone off with a list of alternatives then announce your chosen name when she arrives, no one says anything negative when they meet a baby already named
Bloody cheek, they get to name their own DC
Lovely name btw

love it, very different too. Go with what you want, ignore other people and I wouldn't bother letting anyone else know. Congratulations, enjoy your little girl when she arrives xx

Lovely name stick to your guns.
Don't like Ava, plus there are about 100 per 10sqm. It's all I seem to hear parents shouting (cringes)

Love the name, but also worried about GOT

I opened this expecting to see something like Hepzibah-Skye*. Aria Dawn's a lovely, usable, unusual but not weird bame.

*FWIW, I actually like Hepzibah and Skye, but the combination's a bit marmite.

Hepzibah-Skye is actually awesome!

How about it, OP?

It's lovely!
I wouldn't worry about GOT connotations either as the character's name isn't the same, it's Arya, supposed to be pronounced Ar-yuh, not Ah-ri-ah.

The character in GoT is Arya, not Aria. It's pronounced Ar-Ya.

Stop disclosing names before the child is even born

Lovely name, but i'd be concerned that it is going to become the Milly/Ella/Ruby/overused name of the next few years due to GOT, and I wouldn't want to use a very popular name where there are likely to be 8 of them to a class.

Only my thoughts. It's still a lovely name.

Mind you, there are even more Ava's!

Don't tell anyone your names.

This is the first rule.

Tell your family you've taken their comments on board and that you are going to call her Pepper (because you love Iron Man) or Chudney (because you love Diana Ross) or Dave (because you don't believe in genderising names). Say it with the straightest face and then refuse to discuss it further.