Help us pick from out top three!

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We've managed to narrow it down to these three but baby's due in a week and we still can't decide for the life of us.

• Sunshine
• Symphony
• Seawillow

I know they're not MN Approved names but hoping some people on here will have similar taste.

We already have a Honeybee and a Starling.

I’m usually pretty cool with unusual names but Seawillow and Symphony are awful. And certainly not for a boy.

Of the three, Sunshine for a girl.

People are very rude! Op the names aren't up my street but they're not my children! I do however prefer them to some of the more modern hybrid names!

I disagree that people are being rude. They are just telling the truth.I've seen first hand repeatedly what happens to children with "unusual" names. It's selfish to inflict horrendous choices on a child who has to suffer the hilarity and p-taking about their name. Its no coincidence that children with "out there" names change it as soon as possible. Any parent thinking of their child will not subject them to ridicule. Really hope this thread is a joke.

Unusual names are very "outing". Your children will always be known in a group after day one, because they will be remembered by name. Or called "the one with a funny name".

If confident they will ride it out, enjoy it. If not they will run up to the person registering and say I prefer to be Jack or Amy.

I remember an 11 year old crying when I said first rather than second name. If they later have choice I see less of an issue, but I wouldn't have put my DC in that position.

Yeah, right.

I read Seawillow as Swallow, which fits with Starling.

I just hope your surname isn’t Lovelace
(Only fellow oldies will get the reference)

This has got to be a joke. No sane person would actually name their child any of these names, and even more so nobody in their right mind would be so cruel as to name a little boy Sunshine, Seawillow or Symphony.

You’re naming children, not pets.

I don’t think you’re responsible enough to be a parent if you can’t even take naming them seriously.

Good grief 😖

God those are tacky. You might think I'm being harsh but people are going to be a million times harsher to your poor kids.

1 Where did op say she was sane.
2.with a child called Honeybee The worrying about outthere names ship sailed long ago

I know of two honeybee babies. Becoming quite popular!

I like them all. Apart from Seawillow. I don't even know what one of them is.

Forgot to add that I quite like symphony although I do now have bittersweet symphony in my head!

Is this for a baby human?

Seawillow

Symphony is the best of a bad bunch.

My DD's middle names are Soraya Sunshine!

These names are awful enough for a girl but would be even worse for a boy. FFS, OP.

Actually as middle names sound nice.
Cosmoa I particularly like your combination as middle names, but Soraya is lovely anyhow.

They're humans not paints. Please have a rethink.

Soraya is a gorgeous name Cosmoa

I think we're going to go with Seawillow

To the pp that ask, it's a type of coral that can be made into gorgeous beads and jewellery.
I think if we do use Seawillow I think I'll look into wether they're responsibly sourced and maybe get baby a little bracelet of seawillow beads.

Sunshine of the three...

Seawillow isn't great, she will probably just use Willow as she gets older though so no massive harm done.

Seawillow is also one of those words which looks a lot better written down than said!

You say words differently when they're used as a name.

Just saying Seawillow in conversation, you'd automatically split it into the two words it actually is, when talking about the plant. Sea willow.

As a name... she'll be Seewulo.

Say it a few times as if you're calling her in from the garden. Or from the bottom of the stairs.

It doesn't work.

Awful names, especially for a boy. I can’t believe you’d seriously do that to someone you’re supposed to love.

I'd go for seawillow, I actually really like it and as willow is very popular right now it doesn't seem as unusual for use as a name as the other two. However, I would not use it for a boy. Regardless of your own thoughts on gender (which I also feel quite strongly about) I think it is really important to remember that you are not naming a child that will live in isolation within your own family unit, they will have to go out into society and live with that name - as far from the ideal as that is, it's the truth and I would urge you to consider the reality for your child and the response and experiences they will have in life as a result of it. I understand your own reasoning but it isn't about you, it's about your child.