Baby name regret - disagreement

[RCornelsen]

My wife and I had our son 9 months ago, and deliberated over his name for a couple days in the hospital before settling on Braiden. My wife started to have significant concerns with his name around 4 months old and her concern has only grown with time. She has wanted to change the spelling, add middle names to alter his initials, and now wants to completely change his first name. I personally love our sons name and could not be more against changing it, but I am trying to be supportive and sympathetic to my wife's concerns. It has literally become a daily discussion in our house. I have read a few threads on name regret, but all of them seem to have agreement between Mom/Dad. Has anyone else ever been in my position, one parents wants the change the child's name and the other doesn't?

Personally I would change it to Jacob only because I dislike Braiden. It looks made up to me.

There are lots of people who are called something different to their birth certificate name. When I was in nursing patents were often" Jacob, always known as Michel" or whatever variation.
So maybe don't think of it in terms of changing his name, which sound drastic, think of it in terms of him something different iyswim.
But which ever, I agree with op who say middle names are never used, ( my kids are early teens, and we've only used them on passport application), and Braidon isn't over popular where I live , I've never heard it before.

i know it seems shocking but i (we) changed our daughters name when she was 18 months !
Her name grated on my almost immediately and she ended up having a stupid nick name because i couldn't bring myself to keep saying her Actual name !
i was so relieved to finally do it , my family thought it was hilarious and that it wdnt stick, but after a few reminders we've never looked back.

Dnt mean to be rude , (but) your son's name fits in with the Jayden, Kayden,Logan dreaded C word name that gets slated on here.. i do understand y ur wife would rather change it , my first child, who i was rather young having is Cain, which also fits in that category and i often cringe when telling pple his name !!

Why not just stick in an extra middle name to break up the B and J , or swap the two names officially so that his initials are JB . You can still then call him Braiden or Brady or whatever .

Personally, a small spelling change will make no difference and in school he will be known by his first name and surname. The BJ will not be an issue. That said, I know a family member and several others who are known solely by their middle name through choice. I would say leave it for now and see how the DS feels when he is older.

The B.J wnt b an issue... as long as no1 ever , Ever discovers it whilst he's in high school!

Jonas Braiden is very cool.

I've never heard of Braiden - at least spelled like that. Are you in the States? Your use of "mom" might indicate that. It might be much more a standard name there, in which case she might be worrying unnecessarily. Jonas does sound better to me, though, but then I'm UK based.

I'd switch it to Jonas Braiden

JB is a cool nickname
BJ is not!

You can still call him Braiden and he can choose to be "J. Braiden Surname" when he grows up if he likes.

Can you use his middle name? I know a few adults and children who go by their middle.

Pretty sure OP is American, yes. In the UK, Braiden is not a trendy name AT ALL.

I also agree about PND because those "alternative options" are basically the same name (apart from Jacob, of course). The "i" in Braiden vs Braden makes no difference to anything.

Ok what did you decide?
I much prefer Jacob for what it's worth

Another vote for Jonas Braiden, very cool !

I like Braden, knew one, called him Brady or brads, pronounced braids. Don’t think anyone made fun of him

Braiden is awful. Jeremy Kyle school of Kayden, Jayden, Jaxon wannabe American names.

Jacob is so much better.

Are you American?

Braiden is a name I've not heard outside the US and you say mom instead of mum.

What are the legalities of changing a babies name if you are American?

I live in America and Brayden/Braydon is definitely a trendy name over here in the vein of Brandon, Hayden, Jayden; Ryan, Dylan etc. It is already riding up the charts in the UK and will be a trendy name.

I would personally stick to a classic such as Jacob or Jonas.