Worried about what people will think if I change baby's name

[Ijustwantapeacefullife]

As the title suggests, my main reason for not changing my 10 month old's name is what all my relatives will think after I do so. We've already had her christened and everything.

The name we chose was done so under pressure, she had been born and we still couldn't decide on a name so just went with the one she has. But I cringe every time I introduce her to people and they go 'what?'. I just can't get used to it, it doesn't even roll off the tongue properly and I actually end up saying sorry to my baby for giving her a name I don't like.

Has anyone here changed baby's name and what were relatives' reactions?

My cousin's name was changed (he still has an engraved photo frame with the old name) and a friend from my antenatal group did this at about 10 months. No issue.

People might be bemused or react for a few weeks, then they will forget. Your daughter will have her name for life. Change it. And sort a new birth certificate or whatever the legal paperwork involves.
I'd do it sooner rather than later as she will respond to her name very soon

Do you already have a new name in mind? Have you tried saying it out loud a few times?
I only say this as I know someone that called their daughter Grace and wanted to change it to Hattie. They legally changed it to Hattie but after 3 months decided they didn't like that either and went back to Grace even though she was Hattie Grace with Grace as the middle name

My parents changed my name when I was just under a year old. No problems. It’s never been mentioned to me by any relatives.
I have a short birth certificate in my current name and when applying for something ( can’t remember what) I had to have a ‘long’ birth certificate and that shows my original names with an annotation that it was amended via baptism to what I have now.
I don’t think that can happen now as that was over 60 yrs ago and rules changed about registering births etc.

The main person to worry about is your daughter. If you have a new one and think it will suit her better and not have issues etc then go for it.

Do what's in your daughters best interest

Do it!

Change it. If you cringe every time you hear it, your daughter will pick up on that. You have about a month or so to do it.

Your relatives don't matter here - you and your daughter are the ones living with the name.

Name regret threads come up on here fairly often, and I think there might be some connection with anxiety or PND, so it might be worth chatting to your GP.

Best wishes.

Did you end up changing it?

Who cares what they think - they’ll be over it within a week!