Should I change my baby’s name?

[Lau89]

I’ve recently given birth to a baby (girl) and in my hormonal/ sleep deprived state rushed into making a decision on her name. We chose the name Quinn which I do like but I’m now unsure if it’s the right name for her. It doesn’t help when people keep thinking she is a little boy when I say her name. Her sister has a more girly/pretty name and I am now thinking we should have named her something similar. I know it can be changed up until shes 12 months but her old name will always be first on the birth certificate. Help!!!

Don’t let people thinking she’s a boy make you change her name, unless you’ve totally fell out of love with it.

I don’t think it’s difficult to do. Would you keep Quinn as a middle name?

I like it. I think it’s very cool. Does it suit her?

Congratulations on your baby girl 😊.
It’s really difficult to give advice on something like this because it’s difficult to gauge your strength of feeling. Do you think being swayed by other people’s reactions accounts for a lot of your doubt? I’m not saying that’s not legitimate anyway, just wondering where the feelings come from.

I've made the opposite mistake before in assuming someone's Quinn was a girl. It's a very feminine name to me, and the only pop culture Quinns I know are girls (Daria and Glee).

But it's up to you, if you want to change it that's fine

Do you have an alternative name you prefer?
Despite often contributing to baby name threads, don't change it because of other people's opinions.

If you like her name, keep it as her name. My eldest is 16, has a traditional feminine name and as a baby and toddler she was regularly assumed to be a boy, even when wearing a dress. Once she had more hair, it happened less. DD2 has a very feminine name too and when she had her hair cut short aged 8, the general assumption by people who didn't know her was that she was a boy. It's just something people do and it may well still happen if you were to change her name. You chose Quinn for a reason, don't let random strangers undermine your choice because they're not with it enough to ask if your baby is a girl or boy.

I would. If I didn't hate it, I'd keep it as her middle name, but if I now hated it, it would be gone.

I’d definitely change it given what you’ve said. Do you have another name in mind?

Keep it as a middle name and give her a new first name?

I think it would be reasonable to change it but only you can decide if it's the right thing for you.
I'm not keen on unisex names and think it will be an issue to a degree all her life so would say change.
In the long run it'll be an insignificant blip but I would keep it as a middle name as it's part of her history.

How much did you like it before you had her? I only remembered the other day that after my dd was born I had name regret - think it was hormones. She's 18m now and I'm glad u didn't change it.

Why care what mistakes strangers make?

In a years time her hair or clothes can indicate girl, if that's important to you. When she's three and can talk , she'll tell people herself, I'm a girl.

People thought my youngest was a boy until her hair grew. I just use to laugh it off and correct people. I love Quinn!

Quinn is on my list if we have a third girl. I really like it. I don’t see it as a boy’s name either.

If you have changed your mind on it, change it. If you still love it, forget everyone else.

I love Quinn! If you don't like it I would change it but seriously it's a cool name!

Only change her name if you genuinely love another.
Don’t worry about other people’s assumptions — it’s hard to tell whether a baby is a boy or girl when they are infants, anyway. Just think of the trendy parents who’ve named their daughters James or George! With the way boys’ names are being appropriated by girls in 20 years Quinn will probably be regarded as solely a girls’ name.
Maybe put a sweet dolly in her pram or buggy when you go out to give acquaintances and miscellaneous folk a clue until your little girl is more identifiable as a girl. Actually there are benefits to being assumed to be male — eg when being selected for interviews etc where there is a male bias.

Dd has a girls name, she also had a pink pram, people still asked if she was a boy!

Stick with it op, it's lovely!

It's a bit close to quim tbh. Handwritten those two n's would look like a m.
I'd change it.

The first time I ever heard the name Quinn was
when the actress, Quinn Cummings, won an Oscar in 1977, aged 10.

I've heard it since and they've always been held by women.

I love the name Quinn for a girl.
I first heard it in a film called This is Where I Leave You. I think it’s really sassy for a girl.

I think Quinn is a lovely name 😊 but if you're not happy with it or don't think it suits her then change it

Take a few weeks to think it over and if you still feel the same go ahead and change it. It happens more often than you'd think.

I think it’s cute! I would definitely think girl! You obviously chose it because you liked it so I would keep it!

@megletthesecond

It's a bit close to quim tbh. Handwritten those two n's would look like a m. I'd change it.

Thats the other reason I’d change it - Quim/Quinny being slang for vagina and could come up at school in English Lit.