Have you allowed anyone(besides the other parent) to name your baby?

[CaraMellow]

I was talking to a friend about this. She allowed an Uncle she's very close to choose a middle name for her son. He was thrilled and has very traditional tastes and so she wasn't worried about what he'd choose. There was one name though that she really hates but didn't think to tell him about it. Of course he unwittingly chose that name. She didn't have the heart to tell him that she hated it, so put it on the BC.

Have you ever allowed anyone else to choose a name and how did it work out?

We let DD pick DS's name. Not "let" but simply let. She even picked the name of her favourite cartoon character.

I'm just amazed at the (slightly) older siblings who chose normal names. I would have expected more little brothers and sisters out there called Pooface or Stinkybum - and any gentle steering away fiercely countered by "But you promised that I could!"

My daughter named my youngest son she was 8 at the time and disappointed he wasn’t a sister.
Luckily it was a name we liked. Would’ve been different story if it was something ridiculous.

God no! We ask mil for name suggestions and she suggested nuala for a girl 🤣🤣🤣 needless to say that wasn't happening 🙈

In my home town,there was a family who allowed the paternal grandparents to pick both the first and middle name for their first child.
They didn't like what they had chosen but still put it on the birth certificate. They didn't use either name but called her by her initials JG instead.
I could never understand why they made the offer in the first place or they just couldn't say they hated the names.

I was 10 when my youngest brother was born. Parents where undecided between two names (say James and Jack) relatives started to call and I told everyone he was called Jack so parents went with that.