Family members not fond of name choice - any experience with this?

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We find out the gender next week.
First mistake I probably made was to tell our family some name choices and not everyone seemed keen.
Our top boy name is Nathan. Some people have turned up their nose on that name and think it’s a bit out dated.
We are still 99% sure we will be calling our baby (if they are a boy) Nathan but now I feel a bit anxious about it

It is a lovely name. Yes this happened to me with DC 1 but generally only with rude people Inc MIL! There will always be some that don't like any given name. Stick with your choice.

It’s quite popular, along with Nathaniel.

Not at all outdated.

Don’t discuss it amy more

No one liked our name choice for DD. My dad and stepmum made it clear they hated it. My mum now denies that she didn't like it. Everyone now agrees our DD's name suits her.
My DP's mum hates it and calls her by a different name, which I think is just rude.

Family didn't like our DS's name either. My dad said he didn't like it but knew I wouldn't listen to him anyway (correct!). My mum loved it. My DP's mum hated it and said we were setting both kids up to be bullied. They're not particularly unusual or odd names 😕.

The best thing to do is tell them as little as possible if you know they'll cause problems. Or tell them the names but that they're not up for debate and you're deciding yourselves without family input.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - there should be a health warning on pregnancy testing kits advising expectant parents NOT to discuss or tell anyone their choice of names before the baby is born.

I also wouldn't be telling anyone the sex of the baby either - keep 'em guessing!

It's a lovely name. Don't listen to what anyone else has to say - your baby, your choice.

People feel that they have to give their opinion on everything, even when you didn't ask for it...

I don't understand why people get offended by their family being underwhelmed by their name choice. I appreciated my family's feedback, it tested the water before committing to a name. I wouldn't want to lump my child with a name that has dodgy associations that I hadn't thought of. I don't get the obsession with finding the most woah unique name that everyone thinks is amazing but still isn't popular. Concessions have to made somewhere.

Nathan is a good solid name. You can't please everyone but I'm sure your child would be happy enough being called Nathan.

I wouldn't want to lump my child with a name that has dodgy associations that I hadn't thought of

My DGD nearly got landed with a name like that. It didn't have connotations for my DD's generation, but very much did for anyone a bit older. Several of us trod on eggshells trying to warn my DD that DGD would get a load of annoying comments and teasing, but without saying "jeeeze, what are you thinking?!" and I'm sure she didn't initially appreciate us saying that. But in the end she did take what we said on board and DGD had a narrow escape.

We named dd after a great aunt of dh's. My paternal grandmother referred to her as "that child" from her birth to my grandmother's death. I ignored it.