Baby girl names… peach?

[PollyD123]

I’m due in a few weeks with a baby girl and struggling to find a name. I’ve swapped it constantly throughout the months and just don’t like anything. I was recently set on Lena but have realised how common it actually is, which puts me off a little bit. I recently heard the name peach and absolutely love it but after reading a lot of forums people seem to think it’s silly? I know it doesn’t matter what other people think but I don’t know if it’s too out there?! Thoughts?

If I has Spanish heritage I’d go for Carmen, beautiful name

What is wrong with you - you’re coming across as really mean and nasty yourself. Whilst insisting your child will be taught not to be. Poor child in multiple respects

No, I judge the three that I teach that have an asbo.

I mean, if you were being accused as being neglectful and a bad parent for a name choice would you not either? Let’s not pretend. Most mothers would get defensive when strangers were commenting on their parenting. I’m far from a nasty person. Unfortunately, judging by some of these comments I can’t say the same for the majority.

And poor you for judging a stranger on the internet.

What you actually said was that you personally think that Jayden/Kayden sound chavvy. That seems quite judgemental.

We live in a world of emojis and the peach emoji is associated with bum, just as the aubergine one has other connotations. No one doubts that your child will be loved and cared for, but you asked for opinions on the name Peach and the majority have said that they do t like it. You have no need to listen to any opinions, but you did ask for them.

As someone with a name very few have, I know how annoying it can be. People mishear, repeat what they think it might be, forget instantly and feel able to comment on it. Your child is wanted and loved. Give her a name that has meaning.

In an ideal world you could call your baby anything and it wouldn’t matter, as you can tell from this thread we don’t live in that world.
So, what you have to ask yourself is do you want to make your child’s life easier or harder?
I actually think Peaches Geldof really suited her name but I can’t imagine a really serious or really sensible woman named Peach.

I asked for opinions, yes. Not nasty horrible remarks about how I’m a bad parent and my child is basically being neglected.

You need to stop making this a bigger point than it is OP.

Yes, Olivia is number 1 at the moment.

But unlike back in the day when there was a much smaller pool to choose from (How many Louise's, Jennifer's and Rachel's did I go to school with!), the pool is absolutely huge now with people choosing a much wider variety of names.

So, yes whilst Olivia is number one, there was actually only 2,700. Spread across the whole UK that really isn't that many and there could very easily be only one in a class or school year.

I just googled the same for the name Lena and there's so few they don't even hold how many were born last year! Looks like it's around Top 500.

So, basically, stop worrying about it being 'too popular'!

Side note - we don't give ASBO's anymore so I doubt this is true 😂

I’m sure you will be an excellent Mum OP.

Calling your child a very unusual name does require you to be fairly insouciant with regards to other people’s opinions.

Clearly responses to this thread have upset you so you might want to give a bit of thought to how you’d manage real life responses to a child named Peach.

As I mentioned before I have an unusual name and I gave my DC an unusual name but you have to be sure that you love it enough to accept the reactions that will come with it for years and years.

Why are you on mumsnet then asking for people's opinion on the weird-ass name you're planning on giving your child? Just decide on your own like most of us probably did 🤷‍♀️🤭😆 instead of being rude when people give you their honest opinion. I think it's a stupid name and I would feel sorry for the kid plus I'd be silently judging you for naming her that. Do you have a regular name out of interest, something normal? or something wacky? Why not get a cat and call that Peach instead?

This doesn’t even make sense. As I said before making judgements is just part and parcel of being human. Without doing so we couldn’t make decisions or take any actions. Me reading your posts and forming an opinion of you based upon what you are saying is entirely normal. It’s something everyone does. Perhaps you should step away from this thread as you’re lashing out and getting upset and it’s not worth it, is it?

It's not my style but I have met a girl called Peach and she seemed to be happy and popular, not suffering because of her name. To me it makes a lot more sense than Peaches (why name one child after two or more peaches)? If anything I think it makes me think of the colour more than the fruit, and it's a nice colour.

Thank you! It’s not necessarily the responses to the name it’s the horrible comments that I’m basically abusing my child by giving her a different name but I suppose that says more about them people than it does me.

Exactly 🤷🏼‍♀️ I don’t understand why people have to sexualise everything. The world would be a boring place if everyone liked the same.

so you agree with the people on here calling me a bad mother because I want to give her an unusual name? 😂 if you have read my comments you would see I was being defensive because I was basically being called neglectful, if you’re a mother then I’m sure you can comprehend how utterly stupid that is. As I have said many, many times, I welcome opinions I do not however welcome horrible and nasty comments especially from complete strangers who do not know me.

I’m not worried and not making it into a big thing. I was just hoping for some ‘yes I like it’ or ‘no I don’t like it’ instead of being branded as an abusive mother.

No but criminal behaviour orders are :) and they’re the same thing, I’ve always known them as asbos. So yes, it is true :)

As I’ve said three times now. I were hoping for either ‘yes I like it’ or ‘no I don’t’ instead of horrible and nasty comments from bitches on the internet calling me a bad mother. I didnt realise how spiteful people on this platform were. I think I’ll stay away in future.

If you are so determined to call her Peach then why did you bother asking whether people liked it? The vast majority do not like it and have explained why they don't like it.

They are not being bitches, they are explaining that, despite the fact that you think emojis are irrelevant and that children/teenagers should be taught to be nice to everyone, the real world isn't like that, and someone with that name is likely to be teased a great deal and just not taken seriously.

They're not saying you're a neglectful parent, you're doing a real disservice to actual neglected children by saying people have suggested that. They're saying that it's selfish of you to put your desire for a supposedly unique name above consideration for your child who will have to go through life bearing that name.

I also really hope that you aren't a teacher as you claim you are, because you have used " should of" instead of " should have" in an earlier post, which is utterly unforgivable in someone who is supposedly educated and is apparently educating children.

Ok my lovely, have a nice day. I’m too pregnant to be dealing with this. Didn’t realise a name would cause such controversy.

I would also add that yes, I feel people are being bitches when they’re referring to my ‘poor child’

P.s let’s not pretend that you’ve never made a spelling error.

They're not being bitches, they just feel sorry for her being lumbered with a very silly name.

I've never made a spelling mistake as an adult, no, and never in my life, even as a child, have I either said or written " should of". That's not a spelling mistake, it's totally nonsensical grammar and a teacher just would not use it. No one is ever taught to write "should of" at school, and if a teacher, as you claim to be, told any pupil to write it, they should be sacked in my opinion as they would have failed at the most basic level.

Call your daughter what you like, but in 13 years time you'll be moaning because your daughter is getting teased at school. That's another reason I don't believe you're a teacher because if you were, you'd be fully aware that children are teased and bullied for all sorts of seemingly trivial reasons.

Look I think the name is a bit stupid. That's just my opinion. I haven't called you a bad mother. I would feel a bit sorry for your kid briefly - I'm still not saying you're a bad mother. You need to loosen up tbh. You cannot get so offended over a name. If you're going to get so offended maybe consider a different name - or every time someone raises an eyebrow over the name you choose you're going to get pissed off and defensive. I'm sure you'll be a great mum but don't forget most of us on this thread already have kids so we know what other kids are like in reality and we know that's a pretty 'out there' name - at least where I live. Most people on this thread don't really like the name but you're the one calling everyone bitches & spiteful tbh! I'm assuming it's your hormones talking. Good luck with the birth etc and those first few tricky months.

I’ve only read the first two tabs of this thread and haven’t thought people have been nasty.
Olivia is a lovely name, which is why it’s so popular. Peach is waaay out there. There are baby names somewhere between the two that aren’t common - you don’t have to pick the name of a fruit. I (along with many others) would hate to be called Peach! Especially as it’s the ‘bum’ emoji!