Family don't like baby's name

[Shelly2706985]

Expecting baby boy in 3 weeks and we can't get a name, the only name me and hubby have agreed on is Casey, but every single person I tell screws up there face and say naw I don't like that it's a girl's name,
My other kids are Jake, Annabelle and Jamie.
I don't want to call him it if people are going to make fun of the name.

And this is why you don’t tell people the name before the baby is here. No one can object when a) it’s a done deal and b) it’s the announcement of an adorable newborn baby.

Casey = clearly unisex (Kacey, Kaci etc obviously female). If I’m being honest it’s not really my taste but it doesn’t have a weird meaning, sound ridiculous or anything like that so if you love it then use it. Just think of the confusion at nursery and school if we all liked the same names!

It's unisex. I neither particularly like nor dislike it. It certainly doesn't offended me.

You already have a Jaimie which which is another unisex name. Go with what you and your partner like.

Josh/Joshua goes well with Jake (Joshy for a cute nickname).

If you like it, stick with it. It immediately made me think Casey Affleck, so certainly a boys name.

Glad you settled on a lovely name!

People can be so rude about names for a child. Best not to tell anyone until your bundle of joy is here 😊 xx

I think there’s rude, unhelpful feedback (just saying the name is awful) and helpful feedback (informing you that it has negative connotations or is more commonly associated with the opposite sex.) I think Casey is a name like Taylor and Ashley, which used to be predominantly boys’ names but have become predominantly girls’ names. All the Caseys I know (US) are female - and they’re all over 35 so it’s not a very recent change. I like it, it’s SIL’s name, but I wouldn’t use it for a boy.

I only Casey I ever heard of was Casey Jones. I think he was a cowboy.

The name is very different from your other children’s names.

Not sure I like Casey but it’s unisex. And if it’s your choice go for it.

I agree that it doesn't fit with your other childrens names. Also to me it's predominantly a surname, then a girl's name.

Never ever ever tell people baby's name before they are here. Ever.

The first three Caseys that came into my head were

Casey Jones (Steamin' and a Rolling')
Casey, Newt's little plastic doll from Aliens
Casey Novak the determined but flawed (blah de blah) ADA from Law and Order: SVU

Iconic, I'm tell you!

It may end up being adapted to 'K.C.' though as a nickname.

Boys name for me too, also makes me think of Casey Jones the railroader who died saving a train full of people and was immortalised in song!

I like it.

Call your baby what you want to and if family choose to make fun of the name you choose, steer clear of them. I wonder if they thought you were asking for opinions rather than sharing the name you plan to use? Perhaps they would have been less outspoken if they'd realised Casey is your chosen name.

I think of Casey as a unisex name but it is quite different from the names of your other boys. Both Jake and Jamie are names within their own rights but also nicknames for the more traditional Jacob and James. Casey doesn't have a more traditional version so it stands out as different. Names such as Sam, Ben, Tom, Alfie, Fred, Max and maybe Harry are the sort of names I'd imagine as brothers of Jake and Jamie.

They don't need to like it! I didn't tell anyone the name we'd chosen as I/we didn't want anyone else's input or opinions.

Casey is a good name imo.
If people make fun tell them not to be rude.
When my df made a rude comment about DD’s name and threatened to use her middle name instead I told him not to bother visiting.

Unisex. Not a name I'd choose, but not one I'd bat an eyelid at on the playground.

I knew a Casey whose name came from their initials, e.g. Kevin Craig =KC

I know a Casey both male and female, call your baby what you like

I know a young man called Kacie

I actually think Casey is quite a cool name. Not used very much but not too way out there.

I know one other Casey and he is a young man.

It's not your family's choice to make. You get to name your own baby.

It's best not to reveal the name until baby has arrived. At that point any response other than "that's lovely" to the new parents is extremely rude.

Agree with this fully.

We have two DC, we are a mixed cultural/ethnicity/religious family, we knew our name choices would receive criticism from both sides of the family (although much more from one particular side) with efforts to persuade us to choose other things. We didn't therefore tell our name choices to anyone before the baby was born.

We had one comment from one relative with our first born where they literally paused when we told them the name and then suggested a completely different name in response that began with the same letter. To which we both burst out laughing at the cheek and that was the end of that.

Ignore them, pick the name you like, they won't go on about it once it's baby's actual name.

It’s unisex to me. The only bad thing I have to say about it is that it reminds me of that sleaze Casey Affleck but other than that it’s an okay name.

Ahem Casey Affleck - it's definitely not just a girls name.

If you and DH like it OP then use it. It is nobody else's business.

Makes me think of Casey Kasem - now that's a daft name! But okay for showbiz.

I don't love the name but it's definitely unisex.