Name regret... but she's 3!

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We had picked out 2 names when I was pregnant with my daughter. One of them was the name we would have used if our son was a girl, so had obviously loved the name enough. I suffered some complications after birth which resulted in me not seeing my baby for 3 days. By this point, DP had announced the name to everyone - the name we had loved for our son too. He said he was sure we would have chosen that name because she looked just like this name and it suited her perfectly.

I was happy with the name. However... I've never ever called her by her full name, always a nickname derived from the full name. And the older she gets, the less I like the full name. The nickname suits her perfectly. The full name is very frilly and feminine which isnt my daughter at all.

Also my brother calls her a horrible nickname from the full name as a joke and I hate it and feel she's now going to be picked on if people know her full name.

ARGHHHH

Drop the hyphen and bump Willow into middle name territory. She shall henceforth be named Juniper, Juno for short.

Junioer Willow is gorgeous! And Juno is a cool nickname!
Dont worry about your stupid brother... tbh people will find anything for any name. I've got a really big standard name which youd think wouldn't rhyme with anything and yet at school a few people used to call me a horrible nickname based on my name (think Man-Abble for Annabel) ... lol kids are just dicks!
Dont let it ruin the name for you.
I think Juniper Willow is great because it has so many options for her to use as she grows older... maybe one day she will feel a bit more floaty feminine and want to use the whole thing.. or maybe she wont and shell just stick with Juno, but it's good to have the choice!
I have an old friend called Rosamund and shes gone through several variations of her name over the years... just to suit whatever she felt like at the time. That's why I love longer names.

Juniper not Junioer!

Love the name - all of it!

Juno is great. I quite like Juniper Willow as well, though not really my style - I definitely wouldn't have said it's frilly and feminine (I was expecting something like Clementine or Seraphina), more strong and cool - but I would definitely get rid of the hyphen (officially, if you can).

Have a sharp word with your brother and tell him to grow up and have a bit of respect. I wouldn't let my sons get away with this sort of nonsense, and they're 13 and 11.

Your brother is a twat...
That name is stunning,. She won't have another in the class.

I think her nickname Juno and her full name are lovely and unusual.
Look at Prince Harry. He is always called Harry but his real name us Henry.

Maybe just drop the hyphen and use Juniper as a formal first name and Willow as a middle name.

Juno is great but your DD might like to use Juniper later on in life.

Don't let your brother put you off her name!

I'd shame your brother and tell him it's inappropriate to give his niece a name with sexual connotations
^^ what SleepingStandingUp said, it's creepy.

Just don’t declare the ‘Willow’ part and put her down on all school forms as Juniper known as Juno. Beautiful name OP.

I love her full name (probably wouldn’t have used a hyphen- just first name and middle name) but it’s lovely and there’s lots of variations she could used if she grows up and wants to change it.

And yes your brother is an idiot, tell him to piss off. If he keeps doing it create an equally bad nickname for him and start using that instead of his real name!

Juniper is nice
Willow is nice
Juno is fabulous
Juniper-Willow is just too much of mouthful.

I’d bite the bullet and change it officially to Juno. It might be some annoying admin, but she’s 3- you probably only need to provide the deed poll to the doctor, child benefit office and maybe change a passport? Much easier than when she’s school age.

Actually sleepingstandingup that’s true and the better way to go! Tell him he’s creepy and inappropriate because she’s a 3 year old ffs!

I would keep the Juniper, drop hyphen and have Willow as a middle name. It's too much altogether.
Juno is what she'd be called by everyone on a daily basis.

There's no need for the hyphenation. Just drop Willow to a middle name and go by Juniper & Juno. I've read multiple times that those with hyphenated names (Emily-Mae etc.) almost always drop the second name at high school anyway.

I don't think Juniper is frilly / feminine at all either. It's a lovely, strong name.

Juno is lovely. Does everyone call her that?
I see what you mean about Juniper- it's a bit Enid Blyton isn't it. But I would keep it so that she can choose when she's older.

I think hyphenated names work if then entire name is short, like Lily-Rose but Juniper-Willow is 5 syllables.

Juniper is pretty strange to be honest, so I'd stick to Juno which is much nicer

I like all 3 names, but not the double-barrelled name. Changing it to Juniper then Willow as a middle name would be a good idea. Then she can still be called Juniper when older if she likes, as an option, but can shorten to Juno like you do currently

Just change her name to Juno. Juniper willow is a bit odd as a name.

Juno is much better.

I’d just change it formally.

Agree about dropping the hyphen and just using Juno.

Don’t stress, this is quite simple. Like pp’s have said, just drop the hyphen. She is Juniper, but known as Juno. My dd has a nickname we always use but I’m keeping her long name on her bc. My friend’s daughter was had a hyphen name and they’ve just quietly dropped the second part over the last few years, no one could handle such a mouthful! Think Eleanor-Verity but now always known as Ellie. It’s not a problem.

Lol at willy nipper 😂 your brother sounds quite funny!

Juno is nice

& i actually really like Juniper, puts a nice twist on Juno which is a bit on-trend imo.