Opinionated mum and sister.

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Have you come up against problems when suggesting baby names with your family?
My mum and sis are very opinionated /verbal when it comes to baby names
They like old fashioned, frankly frumpy and dull names and amazing. My partner and I like modern names or names they think are tasteless and common.
They are snobs but I'm finding it really difficult to let it go and choose a name we like.
What can I do?

Exactly. I wouldn't dream of pulling and face and saying urgh. I know my sister taste is not mine but it's not my place.
Btw Freya is a beautiful name.
Taste is such a funny personal thing

It's funny how people just can't seem to help repeating the mistakes of their own parents. My mum had a terrible time with my grandma trying to interfere with the planning of her wedding to my dad. By all accounts it was awful. When my now husband and I got engaged she and my dad both said not to let anyone interfere and organise the wedding we wanted. Months later we were standing in the ballroom of a hotel with my mum having a full on tantrum with tears and shouting and screaming because we wouldn't book it for our wedding. I don't think I'll ever quite forgive her for the stress she put us through in the run up to our wedding (which turned out perfect and was the best day ever).

When we had our kids we discussed names with nobody. Except to make sure the grandparents knew in advance we would not be using any of their names.

Never suggest names. Just tell them when you've chosen.

I had this problem when naming DD1. Don’t voice your choices from now on, this is YOUR baby no one else’s! your mum had her turn!! only tell them the name you have picked when the baby is born, when a name is connected to a person they will both love, it will be difficult to look at that cute baby and say “i don’t like that name”! xx

My mother has strong opinions. I couldn’t give a fuck though, it’s not her life. I just ignore or pull her up on them, depending.

Sienna is a lovely name!!

Saying that I also love Clementine!

Just dont tell them the name until you've actually written it on the birth certificate... before that people think it's some kind of discussion and you want thier opinion!

My childrens names are quite unusual. One of my close friends started saying 'you cant name a child that! Please dont' when I told her my daughters name. I just told her that was her name and it wasnt a discussion. Shes never mentioned it since.

I told my family my DS’s name before I had him, they hated it and wanted it to change. I told them that’s his name and they had their choice to choose a name they liked with their DC. I won’t be making that mistake this time around, they’ll find out this LO’s name when they’re born

Basically what it comes down to is keeping quiet!
For the life of me I would never ever say or have the right to think I could give my opinion and think that'd change said persons opinion.
Absolutely going to take the resounding advice of not saying a word.
Even though I'm a grown adult I whince at having to stand my ground with my mum and sister. Problem is they're always in agreement and then my sister will then say we both have bad taste!
Ridiculous

Isnt Sienna a constipation relief medicine?

@Dvg you're thinking of Senna.