is she going to hate her name?

[July0707]

Hi,

I have a daughter -and we will move UK soon. My daughers name is Demi- actually we love her name, she loves it too. its lovely name where we live but I am worrying that she might get bullied when we move to UK because its not a common name in UK.

Please share what you thing about this.
Am I over thinking?

She might end up hating her name, but I’d say that no matter what the name was. You can’t control which names your child will grow up to hate. Demi in the UK is a bit of a dated name. I went to school with a fair few Demis and it’s been declining in popularity since. It’s probably that you’ll meet a few school mums called Demi.

I know of loads of Demis, they’re all in their 20s now. It’s not uncommon, perhaps a bit dated now. But no one will comment on it

Demi peaked in 1996, it was 79th most popular name. So there are thousands of young women name Demi. Besides Moore, younger generations will know of Demi Lovato. She won't be bullied!

Short for Demeter or Demetria, isn’t it? Greek, not wildly uncommon.

It's fine, it's a fairly common name in the UK. If you love it then it's okay

I love the name :)

I'd use a full name. Demetria is a good choice.
Demi has a dairy product feel to it. Demi desnatada.

Lovely name.

I thought you were going to say something awful!
Demi isn’t that uncommon in the U.K.

Why would she be bullied?!

If it isn’t short for something people might think you’re a Demi Moore fan, but.. who cares?

Thank you so much☺️ I feel better right now - she is already a bit upset and worried because of moving so I really don’t want her to feel sad in her new school xxx

There are lots of the in the UK def not unusual.

If anything it’s a bit old fashioned as most I know are in their 30s. It’s definitely not that unusual, I don’t think you need to worry 😀

It’s really not an uncommon name.

we have an 11 year old Demi in our family. The only issue she has is people pronouncing it wrong. She gets ‘Demmy’ which she hates.

Demi Vollering won final stage, came 2nd overall in GC, on Vuelta Feminina yesterday. So to me it's an athlete's name.... and not uncommon either.

She's Dutch so pronounced DAYmee.

It makes me think of ordering a demi bouteille of wine in France but that's not a bad association.

I know two! Never thought it was uncommon I think she'll be fine!

It’s a lovely name and is neither common or unheard of either in the uk.

My brother’s ex was Demi, I’m not aware of anyone batting an eyelid at the name.

I went to school in the U.K. with two Demis, it’s fine.

That's the logical way to pronounce Demi, especially if you have knowledge of French.

I guess if it's short for Demitria then you might put the emphasis on the second syllable, but in its shortened form people aren't going to know whether it's a standalone name or not so will likely opt for Demmy.

I knew a Demi at school. It's not that rare, and I don't think anyone would have problems with it, unless you pronounce it in a very different way from the typical British pronunciation.

I have a relative called Demi (U.K.)

Over thinking, It's a wonderful name!

Bullies like to pick on what you are worried about, so it could be a nose, the colour of your hair, whatever.

My dd has an unusual name but she just thought that the jokes her friends made about her name were funny and came home laughing about them.