Does anyone else's family make fun of names you've picked?

[JustCuriousToday]

Hi all,

Bit of a weird one but after literally nine months of going through every boy name is the world I have finally decided on "Louis" (Lou-ee) for my little boy and honestly it seems like everyone in my family has a negative opinion on it, "you can't call my grandchild that", "at least give him a chance, what a stupid name", "he'll be called Lewis" and more bizarrely "he'll grow up gay with a name like that" (I mean I don't think names dictate sexuality but jokes on you granny, I don't care if he's gay)

Has anyone else had this? It's really making me second guess the name but it's genuinely the only one me and DH can agree on and I've been calling him Louis for the past few weeks and it just feels right but I guess because I'm heavily pregnant and hormonal I just feel upset at the comments.

If you have had this, did you name them that name anyway? Any regrets?

Yes, my dh's brother commented, after we had named our ds "oh, we thought of that name when we were having (their ds) but discounted it because of_" and inserted the fact that it is randomly used to refer to a certain drug apparently! All said with a snidey grin. It had never occured to us tbh as we dont take drugs, unlike BIL - but i just thought "why on earth would you say that?". Him and his wife have form for being massively passive aggressive ans nasty though and it's just another reason why we now dont have anything to do with them!
Theyre the ones with a problem OP. And saying the name louis will "turn him gay " is particularly thick!

No. My family would not be so rude as to say so, even if they thought things like that privately. But in general, no one expects names to be announced until children are actually born.

I called one of mine an unusual name (not out there,just not in the top 100)
My parents went mental-‘he’ll be bullied’ ‘it’s awful’ ‘of all the lovely names out there your going with that?’
I told them to shut their mouths-they’d had their time of choosing names (badly-mine has dated) and they had no say in it
With the next,we didn’t tell a soul-and they badgered us left,right and centre but we didn’t budge until he’d been born and they would have looked like idiots if they’d tried the whole ‘it’s awful’ routine

I work with a lady who is having a baby-and her girl names are dreadful-trendy and will date so badly-not my choice-I just smiled,nodded and told her how lovely her choices are

Louis is a beautiful name and won’t date-it’s classic and lovely

I really like the name Louis. He’s your baby so you call him what you like.
I never tell people our name choices for this reason. Baby’s name is announced once the baby is born. I’m too easily influenced by other peoples opinions.

Yes my mum did this, hated every name we mentioned, we ignored her and used the name we loved and now she always makes comments to people how lovely DD’s name is. I do have to keep from rolling my eyes because I just keep thinking that’s not what you thought originally.

Louis is a lovely, normal, name. I have no negative connotions with it..

Connotations even

My MIL's response to being told DS's name was "that's a dog's name". We called him it anyway, it suits him (& whilst there may well be dogs with his name, it's definitely human, we're not talking Fido or Rover 😂)

It's a gorgeous name! Don't second guess it. They'll have an opinion on any name you pick picking a name that you and your partner likes is hard emoji! Stick to your guns with whatever YOU like

My friend had this with the same name and some of her family. She went ahead with the name anyway and now they love it.

Louis is a good name. Ignore the family. And don't discuss names before the child is born. I wish I hadn't listened to family - there'll always be people who don't like the name you choose, otherwise we'd all have the same names!

It's not my style, I prefer stronger names and it feels a bit wet to me, but you two get to choose and no one else. Everyone has different taste so just go with it if you like it.

Louis is a lovely name - go for it.

@JustCuriousToday I love Louis! And that's coming from someone who can't find any boys names she likes!!! X

It’s a lovely name. Ignore them. They sound horrible. I think this is why people don’t usually tell people their name choice. If they make such rude comments again I would tell them to piss off. Your baby, your choice.

I love the name Louis! Would have used it, but was vetoed.