DH chose daughters name, opinions please

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I know it's two late to change my daughters name, and this is a pretty pointless post, but it will just confirm what I think people feel about my daughters name or not. DH named her.

I was very ill all throughout my pregnancy and after birth. DD didn't have a name for 4 weeks after birth, it was nearing the time to register her. I said that DH could name her. I was expecting him to let me know what he's decided before he registered her so I can give it the thumbs up or not. I wasn't going to be extremely picky, time wasn't on our side.

A few days later he came home and said that he registered DD. I asked what name he picked and he has picked Mackenzie-May (not actual spelling). I could write a whole page on how I felt about him registering her without even letting me know there was an appointment, or even letting me know her name! But this isn't a rant I was just wondering everyone's views on her name. Not something I would of gone for imo, but i now can't imagine her not being Mackenzie.

It's not too late to change it

I don't like calling her by her full first name because a) Mackenzie-may is a mouthful and a half and b) I hate the trend of adding may onto the end of every girls first name

@NoArmaniNoPunani she's 17 months old this month

Didn't know you could register a baby without the mother.

Oh dear. Would you consider changing it?

It’s not too late to change it

Couldn't you just call her by a nick name? Like Macey?

Deed poll if unhappy

If married the husband can register the child’s name.

Don’t you have a time frame in which you can go and get the name changed tho?

to be brutally honest i find mackenzie to be quite a ‘chavvy’ name - but that might just be because the few mackenzies i know are the offspring of raging chavs. and although i think may is lovely, every second girl around here either has it as a middle name or as a hyphenated first name.

Congratulations on your baby op.
It’s not my cup of tea - it will sound very dated in a few years, there are a lot of .......mai’s / mays around at the moment.
However if you like the name that is all that counts

It's sweet! Agree with you about the May bit. Nicer on its own. Kenzi is lovely as a nn too.

Erja, Either parent can register the birth on their own.

@erja you can when you're married

@SimplyPut I want to but she's almost 17 months old so I see no point unless it's really as bad as feared .

Mackenzie is fine. I’m not so keen on hyphenated names, but it’s okay.

I like either name on their own, together well double barrelled aren't my taste to say the least. I'd shorten to something like Maisie.

Hideous name honestly. Sounds American and low class.

Just May would have been lovely (imo).

Phew, there's a lot better reactions then expected!

I don’t normally like surnames as first names but I like it-without the May.
I came across the name Mackenzie the other day reading something and I thought mmm I like that.

Quite unusual for him not to have run it past you though.

2 'M' names didn't do Eminem any harm!!
Mackenzie is nice.
I knew 3 dsis's called Mackenzie, Milan and Maddison. Lovely girls. Not chavvy at all!

Can you not just stop the hyphen and have Mckenzie as her first name and may as her second.

But in all honesty if you don't like it, I would change it. I really wish I'd given dd1 a different middle name as I rushed it (happy with her first name) and it bugs me every time I have to write it out in full. If it was her first name it would be awful.

Mackenzie is not to my taste but much better than Mackenzie-May. I think JK Rowling has a daughter called Mackenzie...which might mitigate against the chav comments. It sounds quite American.

Dad has a friend Mackenzie Nn kenzie which I quite like.

I like it ! It's different!