Fallen out of love with my DC's name

[Tootsings]

I don't like it at all now, really.

DH does

I loved it when pregnant.

But did think when he was born that he didn't suit it much/I didn't like the sound of it.

But couldn't change it because DH and I had bonded over the name.

Anyone else feel the same way?

I'm a firm believer that children ' grow ' into their names so whilst xyz seems a bad choice in a few months / year you couldn't imagine them being any thing else.

Not the same but I HATE one of DDs middle names. My husband asked me to put it in when we registered her 3 days after she was born. I was ill with an infection and had spent the entire morning crying. I was an emotional mess and I said yes because I felt bad.

I ignore it entirely now.

Is there a way you could make a nickname up that you like and use that instead? And his official name be just for paperwork?

I knew an Italian who went by Enzo, which is used as a modern day shortening for his V name.

The name is Vinko in some Balkan country, maybe Croatia?

I love Enzo as a nickname for it.

It's a great name. I don't like my daughters name and she's 14. I've felt like this for 12 years .

My son has a similar type of name and I really struggled with it, you don't get the same "oh so cute" reactions as you would with a Harry or Charlie. I got words like "unusual" and "old fashioned" which was fine in the sense I knew the name was like that, but it did take the shine off a bit.

That name is classy, uncommon and lovely , a wonderful painter had that name, if it’s the one I am thinking of, and there is a film named after him out at the moment which is absolutely beautiful, and it is my DS middle name after the painter, so stick with it!

Is it possible he just has too many ears for his name?

Please OP, You must go and see” Loving Vincent” it will wipe all your doubts away, and take hankies!

We chose an unusual name for DD but I lost my nerve just before birth. Without another first choice we decided to wait til she was born. She looked like a squashed frog when she born and we were no closer to a name. Eventually, after six days of no sleep and tripping on oxytocin we chose a very flowery, girly name “as pretty as my baby”. It never suited her though and the NNs weren’t right either. We tried to get used to it but both DH and I felt that we should have gone with our original choice. We just couldn’t shake it and eventually at eight months we officially changed it, keeping the “wrong” name as a middle name. She was fine and after a bit of teasing and confusion everyone else accepted it, though DH’s family took a while. DD is 3.5y now and we’ve never regretted making the change. If you really, really feel like it’s the wrong name then it’s not too late - 14 weeks is bog all in the scheme of things.

I really like that name.

Please don't wake a 14 week old to feed. My DDs both slept through from 8-10 weeks and we didn't wake them. They're fine.

I picked DD1's name and loved it, DH picked DD 2's name and I hated it but couldn't think of a better name. Now I absolutely love it, it is very unusual and people always comment on what a lovely name it is but it did take until she was about 6 months for me to love it!

Lovely name, now that I have figured it out. I didn't think of first names, so thought you'd gone for Vermeer or Velasquez, and thought you were trying a bit too hard.

I picked DS name, DP had absolutley no choice as I’d had th name in my head since I was 15.not that he really cared about names, he was happy they were having his surname and he knew it was hard enough to match something with it being so awkward. He chose DD name after the name I wanted didn’t sound good with surname, I gave him a list of my favourite names and luckily he chose my 2nd favourite 😂