How do you feel when you tell people a potential baby name and their reaction is 'whaaaat?!'

[ilikeyoursleeves]

I have posted another thread re the name we like for DS- Zach (full name Zachary). I am humming and hooing over this name, secretly I do love it but when my DH told his family about it they all went 'you can't call him Zachary!!!' (apparantly, I wasn't there, not that they'd say that in front of me anyway).

So I continue to feel a bit hesitant about the name Zach, in case others don't like it. But then I think 'he's OUR baby!'.

What have your experiences been when telling other potential / actual baby names?

When people asked what my dd2 was called, it was obvious what people thought. It generally got a "aww how lovely" or a depressing "oh ...right ..." lol

Yes, I was a little offended at first, but I love the name and it is her through and through - she couldn't ever be anything else and really typifies the name.

Of course everyone has an opinion (particularly on here - "it's too little girlie" "it's not a proper name" "I can't imagine an adult called that") but I can honestly say, hand on heart, that now I really don't care. I still love it.

The worst thing you can do is let other people put you off a name that you love ...now that you would regret.