Baby name regret

[girlsname]

Long story but baby is 6 months old and we are having a complete wobble over our name choice. Would you stick it out and hope the feeling fades, or would you bite the bullet and change it?
Anyone else felt like this?

What's the name?

Why are you wobbling? Comments from other people (in which case - ignore)? Or was there another name you wanted? Or is it a general sense that something is off with the name (can sometimes be a sign of PND)?

If you don't like it I'd say change it now while it's easier to do so.

What’s the name or at the very least what don’t you like about it
Have you got another name in mind?

It's a very popular name, so obviously we dug our own hole and so I'm not sure it's justifiable to change it now. But since she has been born we have (no joke) had 6 others of the same day enter our life, so I'm struggling to identify the name with MY baby if that makes any sense.

I really wanted to name her Lois, but stupidly mentioned it to a few friends when pregnant, who were negative about it so it made me feel unconfident about naming her Lois

Day= name, obviously!

I like the name Lois (I know Germans who pronounce it 'Loy' as if it were French!)

Does she have a middle name? You start joining them and then sort of drop the first one? OTOH you could ignore others and remember why you liked it in the first place, if that's possible! In practice terms if you did change your baby would not suffer from this in the slightest.

I would go with your gut and change it now. I don't think a time will come where you will think and feel differently. I know I wouldn't. Lois is a lovely name. What does it matter that some people in your life don't like it. They don't have to live with it.

I changed my daughter's name when she was 9 months old. There's a thread on here about it. Best thing I ever did absolutely no regrets.

I like Lois, I'd say go for it.

Agree, if it doesn't feel right now it never will. She won't remember. I'd start calling her Lois and see how that feels.

Change it. She won’t ever remember. But because this is a hormonal time u might not be thinking straight. So pick a name u have always loved, from even before ur pregnancy. Not just a name u have suddenly thought about.

A common name can still be really nice though. I've got a name that was super common at the time I was born and it's never bothered me, if anything it gave me a fun connection with the many others who shared it at my school.

Lois is REALLY nice!

Change it when it's easier. We named my son the last day we could. Still regret it. So does his dad. We did his dad's traditional name for legal reasons as first name and our preferred name as middle we now call him his middle name but wounder how this will work at school ?

Just add the new name in and call her that. Children being children and particularly teens often shorten, adapt their names anyway.

By the way Lois is a lovely name.

I agree with pps who say start calling her Lois to try it out, then go ahead and change it if you still want to. You could as an alternative add Lois in front of the other name so you retain both.

Ah thank you everyone for your lovely comments, really reassuring and very grateful. We'll give Lois a go and see if it clicks. I have a feeling my three year old will be the hardest to convince!

When you say the name you picked is popular Op how popular are we talking? Top 10? Top 20?

Sorry meant to tag you @girlsname

No it’s fine, your 3 year old will understand. They are at that age where they can understand things once explained to them

Lois is really nice. Have only known 2 but both were lovely!!
My friend changed her ds's name at nearly 1. He coped!!

@Flymetothestars top 5! 🤦‍♀️

Is it Ava? That name is so overly used