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So we told the ILs our girls name choice and they sucked their teeth.....

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bratnav · 11/03/2009 18:13

So I am just checking we are not totally mad, because we love it (which I know is all that matters really)

Felicity Georgina Rose

Thoughts?

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boodleboot · 12/03/2009 10:11

i love georgina and i love felicity....i know a felicity who is lovely and they call her Fliss which i think is cute. i would be tempted to drop the Rose......

CoffeeCrazedMama · 12/03/2009 10:13

Your names are absolutely beautiful - classic, and lovely. Take no notice of them. I called my ds a name that I loved and which meant something to my side of family. Tight lips from ils, including overheard comment from dh's gran along the lines of 'Fancy calling the poor little fellow that, I'm going to call him X, hope SHE [meaning me ] won't be cross' lead me to change it and have lovely (if at the time unusual) name as middle name. (I was a bit fragile after bad delivery at the time otherwise would have stood my ground). Though we love ds's name and it would have been his middle name anyway, I really regret listening to ignorant old bat but too late now.

IGNORE THEM.

thisisyesterday · 12/03/2009 10:14

it's lovely. and who cares what they think?
my IL's thought ds1's name was awful. I can remember sitting there while dp was on the phone to him and he told them and then I heard him sying "well, you'll just have to get used to it then" lol

CoffeeCrazedMama · 12/03/2009 10:14

Oh Boodle, no, Rose is gorgeous! (dd1's middle name )

Indiechick · 12/03/2009 10:15

They're lovely names, v. pretty. I suggested Abigail when I was pregnant and my mother helpfully told me it was a slut's name. Thanks mom! Should never have told her, I still really like it.

MrsJoeMcIntyre · 12/03/2009 10:20

I wanted to call dd Mia, but she said she'd heard someone shouting it in a supermarket, and even did an impression for me, "Miaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Miaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa." Put me right off. I would never discuss baby names with her again. Ever.

edam · 12/03/2009 10:24

Very nice names, ignore ILs. (Did they suggest any alternatives? Do they like Chuck or Diesel or Babydarlingangelpie?)

mrsgboring · 12/03/2009 10:24

You can't have Felicity. It's my girl name. (Where do you live?)

duchesse · 12/03/2009 10:33

ditto, mrsboring!

duchesse · 12/03/2009 10:36

btw, mine's 13 an loves her name, and we have never had a single negative comment about it from anyone. Your ILs must be barking.

HeyMa · 12/03/2009 11:17

Bratnav that is a gorgeous name for a little girl and she'll love you for it forever.....don't worry bout the ILs,when i told my MIL (very nice i love her) our DS1s name she said "OMG that's AWFUL when will you change it?" of course i didn't change it and she now agrees its a great name and he's still the only 1 she knows

BTW he's Reuben and now 17

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bratnav · 12/03/2009 20:24

HeyMa - that is our boys name, spooky

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Ineedsomesleep · 12/03/2009 20:51

Love it too. Agree with only discussing baby names with us and occasionally the father.

Tell everyone its Myra for a girl and Adolf for a boy. That way they'll just be relieved when you have your baby and haven't given it one of those names

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bratnav · 12/03/2009 21:08

MrsBoring - we are in Bristol, does that help?

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smellen · 12/03/2009 21:09

Lovely names. Who cares what the ILs think - by the time they cuddle Felicity, they will think it's the coolest name in the world and that she is the cutest baby ever.

oliviasmama · 12/03/2009 21:47

Pretty lovely i'd say. Forget what the IL's think

2Helenback · 13/03/2009 08:39

PMSL at Myra and Adolf!

We told no-one last time, and this time we have been far more open, and when people have pulledc a face and made comments it has put us off. It's a vulnerable time and you feel people will react to your child the same as the name in abstract, but they won't.

Have you asked the Ils what they like? You could go in for a bit of revenge by reacting vvery negatively.

(Love Felicity btw, vetoed by Dh for reasons II won't explain as don't want to colour your perception of it)

floaty · 13/03/2009 08:44

My dh has an aunt called Felicity who is known as Flick,I think its a gorgeous name ,my IL didn't much care for ds1 name but hes 15 now and I'm sure they've forgotton because he just is his name IYSWIM.I hate my nephews name but I would never sya so and i adore him so it doesn't really matter

Simplysally · 13/03/2009 08:48

Not read whole thread - but they're lovely names.

Karamazov · 13/03/2009 09:00

I think Felicity is a marmite name - some people love it and others hate it. FWIW, I loved it and it was one of three contenders for DD1, but like you we had lots of people (particularly family) who hated it. I loved it!

LibrasJusticeLeagueofBiscuits · 13/03/2009 09:10

they are lovely names, I second,third and fourth the motions not to tell anyone else the baby names before birth. We told my father we were considering Emma for a girl and he the most bizarre reaction along the lines of you can't call her Emma, that's a horrible name etc. Emma ffs!

mrsgboring · 13/03/2009 10:54

bratnav, okay, you're allowed. Provided you stay out of Oxfordshire

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bratnav · 13/03/2009 13:04

Will do, we can't afford Oxfordshire

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BonsoirAnna · 13/03/2009 13:05

Georgina is much prettier than Felicity...

cece · 13/03/2009 13:08

A lovely choice of names but NEVER discuss baby names with others. Especially PIL until after the baby has been named... and it is too late for them to say anything!