Would you choose a baby name you know most people dislike?

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We're considering giving our daughter a name that we already know is going to be almost universally disliked. It's a very uncommon name (don't think there have been any registered in the UK). We both think it's pretty, and it has (religious) meaning for us. Our other children have more common names that are generally liked by the majority of people. We have saved this name prior to this baby because I haven't been brave enough to use it. DH really wants to just go for it. He couldn't care less about what other people think, but I am more concerned that they're going to be cruel and judgemental and think that we were trying too hard to be "unique" (which isn't our intention). I would like to avoid saying the name on this thread because I am looking for opinions on the situation rather than opinions on the name itself. What would you do?

RC.

Or when she gets a wee bit older will it make her sad to have this name ?

My first thought was the band!

I think it sounds quite pretty. I think there are too many downsides to actually pick it, though. Especially as your other children have more "normal" names. I can imagine wee Naz growing up quite resentful about that.

What I would never do is use an unconventional spelling, as to inflict a child a lifetime of having to correct people about how their name is spelt is unkind.

I personally would be a bit squeamish about any name that starts with the letters „Naz“… you just need to add an i to end up with an entirely unsuitable and unpleasant nickname.

Nazareth is unusual and I personally don’t like this as a name. But it wouldn’t be unconscionable imo!

You might also like Eden and Galilee/Galilaea.

not a name. don't do it.

It wouldnt be my first choice, but I wouldnt judge anyone who did, or even think much of it tbh. I did think it was odd that you only mentioned people judging or being cruel to you though, perhaps you might want to think about how she might feel.

I definitely wouldn't choose a name which I believed "most people disliked". Why inflict that on your child?

The more I say it it loud the more I like it but its a boys name to me.

I quite like but agree with PPs that it sounds masculine.

I knew a Nazareth about 40 years ago when I was a young teenager! I thought it was beautiful then and beautiful now!

That’s so funny, I know a few Esthers and I never thought that much about it. I wouldn’t have thought it was a Marmite name!

I think it’s lovely to have a name that everyone is familiar with but that still isn’t that common IYSWIM.

If you’re nervous about it
Imagine how your child would feel?

that’s cruel.

and I don’t like the name for obvious reasons.
sorry.

What about Nazanin?

Agree, I've always liked the name Esther and am surprised it seems disliked!

Biblical names are popular nowadays (Noah, etc) so I can't see why Esther should seem odd.

It isn't awful Op, and the religious connotation isn't a problem for me.

It's just, is this actually a girls name or are you doing a Brooklyn? I'm not a great fan of place names as names.