Should we change our baby's name at 6 months?

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Our gorgeous 6 month old son is called Finley, which i just haven't settled with. My husband calls him Finn, which i feel is only a half-name. I have been unsure about his name since he was born but couldn't think of anything i preferred. Now i have - Hugo! I love it, it feel more 'wholesome' but Dh hates it, likes Finley and is happy to stick with that. Any opinions?

I would definitely explore other ‘Finn’ names. I really like Finnian and feels a bit more unusual whilst still sticking to the same diminutive!

I know a family that changed their dd name after a few months after the first one just didn't ever sit right for the Mum. Everyone was told about the new name and got used to it in a few days. If you and DH can find a different name together that you both like, do it. What is your son's middle name? Could you just use that?

Just save Hugo for your second child
6 months is too late to change. Your oh is happy and you don’t mind it - it’s fine. You name the next child.

Dido!

My girl is 5 months old. Her name is Marley. I loved it since I could remember (way b4 the stupid film about the dog). I named her after the legend. Anyway I’m not sure now and wished I called her Zen.

I am trying to learn to love it again

A baby isn’t a doll. You can’t change their name because you ‘fallen in love with it!!!!!!’ Are you 12?

Honestly you could name your baby Tallunabaduna and could guarantee bumping into several more in the weeks that follow. We just don’t really listen to children’s names until we have one and hear someone yelling it whilst in town or whatever.
You could add a middle name and call him that? Or find a nickname you both like?

I love the name Finley, and Finn. It’s a name that suits all ages, baby, little boy, teenager and adult
(our cat is called Hugo!) 😁

I just find it weird that you would want to do this 🙄

Dgs is Finn which is an Irish name on its own I think. It isn’t short for anything. I have heard Finbar and Finian as well as Finlay, Finley, Findlay etc but most are known as Fin so why not just have Finn?

Wow, some great opinions here , thanks. Yeah I know it seems weird to change names now, but not that unusual to have name regret, surely, as far as I know? I think I just needed a confidence boost that his name was the right choice. It's not so much that it's popular (I was also thinking I preferred George) but more of a 'feeling' that the name is not right for me. Anyway after discussing with dh and other siblings today we've decided to stick with it and I will hopefully grow to completely love it.

I like Hugo much better but if your husband isn’t keen then it’s a no-go, I think. Fintan and Finnian are both more interesting and less (whisper it) ‘chavvy’ than Finley, in my opinion. I’d go for one of those, if I were you.

Hugo is hugely popular in my area at the moment, much more so than finley. I think finley is lovely and finian is a brilliant name.

If you want to change I'd say don't leave it much longer. My nephew is 9 months old knows his name, has done for a while.
However it needs to be changed to a name you both agree so I think Hugo is out.

Finn is very overused it’s true but I till prefer it to Hugo.

Does he have a middle name you could use? Your husband could still call him Finn but you could call him by that instead.
A little girl at my sons school is called Alicia Rose, her dad calls her Alicia and her mum calls her Rosie.
I often shorten my youngest sons two names and call him Monty-Ben as a nickname, you could do that (name willing of course.)

Finn could be a nickname for:
Finley
Finnian
Phineas
Griffin
Finnick

Much prefer Finley. Plus if your partner doesn't like it you have no change of changing it to Hugo.

Ooh, i like Griffin!! A strong name.

Your DH can still call him Finn and you can call him Griffin (andbhis school friends will call him Griff!)

Hugo's reminds me of a dogs name. You shouldn't change it unless your DH agrees.

I think Finley is lovely

Does he have a middle name that you could use?

Op....this was me with my daughter! Very similar in that I wasn't convinced on the full name (imagine Elizabeth but we call her Libby) but the shortened form was ok.

Then I became convinced we should have called her Bethan. Utterly so. We all tried calling her it for a few days and in the end we added it as a middle name. I wasn't convinced enough we should change her full name in the end. I'm so pleased we didn't....she suits it so much more than she would have Bethan.

Finon is nice and a bit different

I changed my baby's name at 8 months. It's fine to do! The relief I felt when I signed the papers was immense. I love the new name and just put the old name as a middle name.

I would be strongly on the side of changing it (though if your DH doesn't like Hugo, you'll have to come up with something else).

I am insanely remorseful that I (a) went with the name DH liked for DS, and (b) didn't find out if I could change it while I still could. Sometimes, I'm really obsessed with the regret over it. I really don't like the name we gave him, I don't like writing it down, don't like saying it. I know I sound a bit unhinged, but if this sounds familiar to you and you can see it getting worse, deal with it now. The idea that the child has an identity now that needs to be stuck with really doesn't hold water for me.

Does he have a middle name you could use? Both my dad and my grandmother used their middle names. It's an option without changing his name x