Should I change his name?

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To those of you who have changed a babies name - when did you know it was the right thing to do?

Since the day we’ve named my son I’ve always been hung up on the fact we didn’t use his name we used whilst I was pregnant. This was mainly due to it not sounding right with our surname. It wasn’t anything that would cause him to be bullied or anything, it just could sound like two different words if said quickly together. I find myself not wanting to say his name to people who I don’t know. I’m not entirely sure why, both our families love his name and we both really liked it whilst I was pregnant. I’ve only had one negative comment which is that it’s a dog name.

My son is now 9 months old and I still have these thoughts almost daily. I’m starting to panic that I only have three months left if I do want to change his name, but I’m also worried that if I change it I might regret it. Those who have changed the name - did you ever regret it?

I just don’t know what to do.

I wouldn’t change it. There was a reason you felt that it wasn’t right to put that first name with your surname and that won’t go away and could end up annoying him when he’s older. I really liked the name Iona but we decided not to use it as our surname is also a noun, it just wouldn’t work!

Yes we have dual nationality. I thought we can change it there too. After changing the british birth certificate. Why it will make it suspicious:(?

It's what I was told. Presumably checking things in the UK is much easier than checking things in a different language/country/continent.

But she was born here. Will this make any difference?

I wouldn't have thought so.The checks on you will be the same, regardless of where your child was born.

It won't be a problem, it will just take longer.

Have you done the forename change while having dual nationality?.

No, but I've worked in situations where I needed a high level of security clearance.

what is your advice ? . I am inclined to another name as her name her I found same word in english in noun and verb which kept me frustrated. At the same time , I am worried about my daughter if she will face more problems if we did name change :(

My advice would be to leave the name as it is.
It's hard to say without knowing the name, but chances are the current name is quite lovely.

Her name is Leen which in arabic is soft and tender. However, I realised it isthe same as you say lean. So I am wandering if this can cause problem for her in the future .

It's lovely. Leave it as it is. You are overthinking. In the UK, there are lots of people with names from the person's heritage.

Lean isn't a bad association - 'lean on me' would imply someone dependable, 'lean' as an adjective means slender or slim.

Names starting with L are very popular right now, so you might find that other parents might decide to call their baby Leen.