My baby doesn't suit her name

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I don't dislike her name, but it just doesn't suit her. I chose it a week before she was born, as I was struggling to come up with something for her and decided it should 'go with' my elder girl's name.

I know it's really silly, but it's got to the point where it feels weird to even use it and end up changing the ending (from 'a' to 'ie'). I like her name, but when I look at her, I sort of wish I'd chosen something else.

If it's something like Anastasia and you call her Annie, I would just leave her real name as it is, but introduce her to people as Annie.

Wishing you well whatever you decide.

My daughter is Annabelle. It doesn’t suit her one bit. It’s such a pretty, girly name & my daughter is a cheeky, outgoing, plays in the mud kind of a kid! She’s therefore known & introduced to everyone as Annie. It suits her so much more! As she gets older, I’m sure she’ll change & grow into it plus she can choose what she’d like to go by. She happily answers to both names now, no apparent confusion!

Can you do anything similar with your little ones name?!

I know someone who changed their baby’s name after a year so if you really don’t like it you aren’t stuck with it! People will get used to the change.

I'd say change it.
I wasn't keen on my daughter's name but her dad was living overseas and I desperately wanted him to be involved in naming her and this was the only name he agreed to. When he agreed I immediately realised I didn't want to call her that, but we'd already been arguing for months, she was 4 days old and I was under immense pressure from my family so I just went with it. She's now almost 6 and truth be told I still don't like it. It's very unusual so I won't type it out, but it's a type of cream and a type of lace as well as being a place in France. There's a song called (Name) Lace. Hopefully you've figured it out by now. She gets tons of compliments on her name, but I just can't fall in love with it. I wish I'd gone with something else or changed it, so my advice is if you're uncomfortable with it, change it while you have the chance.

zyjezdica - Do you shorten it to Tilly?

I know someone who changed their baby's name when she was a year old. Everyone got used to it quickly and said baby is now 9 years old and absolutely fine. If you don't love it for her, change it!

I changed our baby name in the first 6 months we registered her the long name ‘ proper’ name , and always called her the shorter version ( although it is the most obvious one and the proper name lends itself to quite a few shorten/nicknames. To be it didn’t feel like my daughter had the ‘right’ name and I would prefer her name to be the known as one, so my husband and I agreed to change it officially. You really do have to do what feels right in your heart for yourself and your family. I know a lot of people didn’t see the need for us to change it but for us we did. I also felt pressure my my mother to registered the long name so now I feel content with her name :) sending you lots of love. I know how this consumes your thoughts xx

Sorry * it isn’t the most obvious one

@user1493494961 I don't, my stepmother does and that's one of the things that puts me off the name! I'm not keen on that NN at all. Thanks for the suggestion though x