Will my christmas baby hate me if i call him this?

[reban]

I was due dc4 today and still no sign but the closer it gets to christmas the more my dp is doubting our boys choice of name. It is Christian, which i absolutely adore, but do you think as he gets older people will tease him for being born at christmas and being called Christian? We dont actually know if we are having a boy, but no christmas issues with girls name!

My best friend's DS is called Christian and I love it, it's a nice unusual name but not weird unusual IYKWIM.

TBH I wouldn't even have connected it with christmas in anyway.

I think it is fine, even if he is born Xmas day. I was due over Xmas last time and very nearly called DD Holly but decided not to in the end as we found a name we loved.

DS2 was nearly born on 5th November and one of our neighbours was convinced we would call him Guy

I would go with Christian if I were you. If you were asking about Noel, that would be different.

Thought you were going to say Star or Donkey...

I thought you were going to say Noel and I was going to say 'yes he will'! Christian is lovely.

Reban - I love the name and don't think it is odd having it related to a "sometime around Christmas" birthday. There is always of course Wenceslas...

Could be far worse. I knew a girl at school whose first two names were Merry Christmas. Imagine having to go through your whole life having to explain why your name isn't spelt Mary...

Thanks all ... i do really love this name so i think my dp has stopped trying to convince me otherwise!

Why on earth are people saying: "unless he is born on Christmas Day?" So what if he is born on Christmas Day? Maybe if you were considering calling him Rudolph.

Tis a nice name. I like Emmanuel too.

What's wrong with Jesus? My baby is due in 4 days, and I'm going to call him Jesus , because the angel told me too!

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I thought you were going to say Noel
But I like that name anyway, and I also like Christian.

My mums birthday is today,a dn she is called Christine.

I never really made a connection

I like it. Prefer it to Christopher.

Nicholas is another appropriate name.

as long as you don't call him Jesus if he is born on a stabl eon Christms Day

Nice name. Robin also great. Noel: liveable with. Frankincense not so good.

5 presume you are a Christian family?

Might it be awkward if he becomes a committed atheist in later life?

Ah come on! Even Jesus would work in multi-cultural England, so long as you pronounce it Heyzoos.

My uncle is Christian, born on Xmas day

And BIL is Stephen, born on Boxing day

Both unscarred by the association - go for it

Regardless of when he's born, isn't it a bit of a risky name, in that a child might grow up to have serious philosophical objections to it? [I do actually mean this totally soberly, I'm not taking the piss or trying to be argumentative - its the sort of name that might actually matter to someone]

What grimma said.

His middle name could be 'Atheist'. Or possibly even 'Satanist'. To even things up, like.

I really like the name, and wouldn't associate it specifically with Christmas or with christianity- it's just a name, iyswim!

If he does object in later life, it shortens nicely to Chris.

Mind you, I was due around Christmas a few years ago, and rather liked the idea of Balthazar (blame the hormones ), so don't trust my judgement

I did give birth on Christmas Day, and my 'in labour' shortlist included 'Christmas' for a boy (shortened to Kit)- the midwife said "lets hope it's a girl then"

Forgot to say, good luck!!