Hello,
We are expecting baby no.1 on 3rd October 2019 and we decided to keep the gender a surprise.
We have always known exactly what we would name a baby boy but, have struggled so much with girl names.
I came across the name Marley for a little girl on someone's instagram post and immediately loved it. I thought my fiancé would poopoo the idea straight away as, he hasn't been a fan of the unusual girly names I have suggested in the past but, he also loved it!
I told my Mum, Dad and sister and they immediately referenced the dog from the film Marley and Me, which disheartened me until I mentioned it to my friends who all loved it and said no one would make the comparison to the dog so, I felt a lot better about it. But then, we told MIL and her partner and she said no way and referenced the blooming dog again.
My fiancé and I talked about it and decided that we liked it and so, stuff what everyone else thought but... queue the next hurdle.
We realised that if we were to have a girl now and name her Marley... then in the future had a little boy and wanted to name him Bobby, our children would be called Bobby & Marley. At which point everyone we have spoken to has insisted we couldn't do that to the poor children without people shouting 'No Woman No Cry' at them.
Looking for some opinions please! Are we reading too much into it? We may never be blessed with any more children and so, this baby's name will be the only one that matters (It took us 6 years and a mc to conceive this rainbow baby), we may also have two boys or two girls and so again, it wouldn't be an issue.
Do you think people would make the reference if they were introduced as Marley and Bobby?
I didn't realise naming your baby would be so hard! I thought that would always been the fun part. It's true they say you don't realise how many people you dislike until you try and name your baby!
Thank you in advance! xx