Have you ever meet someone who regrets their kids name

[Olga03]

I'm curious because names and their associations are constantly changing. I know someone who regrets giving in instead of finding a name both parents love.

I feel bad for Karen’s and Alexa’s everywhere. It’s awful when names end up associated like these

I have a relative who changed his name as soon as he could. We are sworn to secrecy to never reveal his original name he hated it so much. His mum struggled at first to accept his new name but accepts it now. Blames the name on exh who chose it!

@SherryPalmer was it Isis by any chance? I also know a young woman with this name, she now calls herself Iris.

@KohlaParasaurus are you serious? They called a chilled Niger? How was this even allowed? I thought offensive names aren’t allowed to be registered?
And then they changed it to Nijah? Like almost a Ninja? 😂 how are these people ?:)

[quote Elisemum]@KohlaParasaurus are you serious? They called a chilled Niger? How was this even allowed? I thought offensive names aren’t allowed to be registered?
And then they changed it to Nijah? Like almost a Ninja? 😂 how are these people ?:)[/quote]
Nothing wrong with Niger, not so far from Nigel.

Named after the river maybe

Or are you reading the name as Nigger?

Oh sorry @Jossbow yes I was reading as Nigger.
Still what is an obvious difference to adults won’t be as obvious to kids! God that poor kid’s life would have been destroyed in school

How to spell Niger - the consensus seems to be Naija.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11447252

[quote Elisemum]@KohlaParasaurus are you serious? They called a chilled Niger? How was this even allowed? I thought offensive names aren’t allowed to be registered?
And then they changed it to Nijah? Like almost a Ninja? 😂 how are these people ?:)[/quote]
Yes. This was in the late 1980s, and there was no intention to give the little lad an offensive name. As I recall, his mum had an ancestral connection to Niger, the country. We lived and worked in an ethnically diverse area and I can't imagine anyone being fazed by Nijah as a first name.

I'm trying to think of a name associated with a wife beater

I know some who called their kid Molly then changed to polly when she was 2.

My Mum changed my name to my middle name when she married my Dad and he officially adopted me....She said she was never sure about my name and grew to dislike it more as I got older.
I was 3.
I’ve spoken to several parents who regret name choices in my line of work over the years..... I remember one lady saying to me.....’ if I lived in London I would have called him x but because I live in ( a small northern market town) I called him Y’......she said X is ok but I will never love the name.... I thought that was sad ☹️
Another lady gave her DD by her Mums name.... then she later fell out with her Mum and changed baby’s name at 14 months ( DGMs name was then relegated to middle name) 😁

I mean Y is ok

I must admit I do a little bit regret one of my children’s names. I wanted to name him a short version of a longer name but everyone said I should put the long version on the birth certificate.

I was hesitant as I really didn’t see the point in naming him something other than what I actually wanted to call him but then I found a longer version that I did really like. However, everyone else including ExH and ExMIL much preferred the other long name so I gave in and went with that thinking he would never be called it anyway. For example, imagine I wanted to call him Al or Alfred but everyone else said no go with Albert.

Problem is school and professionals always use the long name! And it always feel weird to me like they are referring to someone else’s child. I wish I had gone with the other long name as I feel it would’ve suited him much better.