Absolutely hate my 1.5 year olds name

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Just that really. Absolutely hate the name we chose for her. We've called her a nickname since she was born (it sounds a bit like "baby" but it's not exactly that) and it's stuck 😳 she responds to that nickname and has absolutely no idea what her real name is.

Sometimes our family do call her by her real name and it makes my skin crawl I hate it so much.

What am I gonna do 😳

I think it’s important we know the name...for our own sanity at least! 😂

Tbh i think it’s too late to change and saddle your child with deed poll papers for life. What’s the name, is it workable at all?

These posts are so boring when the OP won't share the name

It doesn't matter what the name is.
The OP hates it, that's all that counts.

Can you think of a name that sounds like it could be the origin of the nickname that you like? Then you could keep using the nickname but she'd have something else to move onto when she gets older.

Keep using the nickname or change her name.
She might like it, though, so, if wait until she's older to make any changes.

At 1.5 years it's too late to change imo. Wait until she's old enough to decide for herself. She'll appreciate being able to have a say.

@thesungoesdownthestarscomeup Name please...

How bloody rude Who the hell do you think you are!?!

Is she called Bibi?

Is it Barbara and you call her Baba?

Sorry everyone been so busy today! She's called Polly. I absolutely loved the name whilst pregnant and then suddenly just couldn't stand it a couple of weeks after she was born, but I assumed it would grow on me

What’s her middle name

What name would suit her?

Aw, Polly is lovely. Sorry no useful advice!

Name change by deed poll with a solicitor ASAP ! Then change it at GP, nursery and passport etc job done. Choose a name you love really love. Make sure people call her by her new name - no harm done I promise!

Yes do it now if you hate it that much before it's too late. Doesn't matter whether we like Polly or not it's how you feel. How does your family feel?

Aww polly is gorgeous. I love it. Could you extend it to Pollyanna to give you the option of using Anne/Annie/Anna or possibly even Lana?

Start using it all the time, you'll get used to it. There used to be a name that absolutely made my skin crawl, I'm now married to someone with that name 😂

I struggled with my DD's name. It's a nice enough name, literally nothing wrong with it, but it just didn't suit her. I called her by a nickname until she started nursery at 3. I still use her nn at home but no longer cringe when I say her full name now she's at school.

She's never struggled between the nn and her full name.

Polly is lovely.
I know a child who was always called Booboo at home. She answers to her given name at school though and it hasn’t caused any issues.

You just need to use it. Itll grow on you. It's not an awful name at all!

I LOVE Polly, it was my grandmother’s name.

But if you don’t like it, fair enough.

Polly is a gorgeous name! Own it OP! You made a great choice and Polly sounds like the name of a happy little girl

Fab name but I know that’s not helpful. Sorry

I love the name Polly x