Do you say something if you don't like a person's proposed baby name?

[Buddleja]

If an expectant friend or family member or even a random stranger told you the name they were planning on giving their future off spring and you thought would you say anything or would you simply nod and say 'oh that's nice' disingenuous as that might be?

Like most others, I would only say something if it was a name with terrible connotations which the parents had probably not realised.

My cousin called her son Henry James (James as middle name, not surname) and I asked 'oh, are you a fan?' and got blank looks. Nice name, and certainly not a terrible association, but imagine if it had been?

IRL no, because usually people are saying "this is the name we have chosen".

On here, yes, because people are saying "what's your opinion on...."

If the baby's already here, no way.

If it's a suggested name for a not-yet-born baby, and it was a close friend/relative, I would think I was being a bad friend if I didn't point out either that it didn't work with the surname (eg Beverly Hills), gave embarrassing initials (eg Chloe Ursula Nicole Thompson) or otherwise sounded like an invitation to take the piss.

If it's just a question of taste, none of my business, but if I was going to call a child something that would set him up for ridicule, I'd want somebody to tell me.

very close family- maybe, if it was a truly awful name
everyone else- only if asked "what do you think, honestly?"

Can you lot have a word with my mum??

She has no problem in saying which names she hates....Mum says 'what nameshave you picked' I say.."these are our favourites...". I don't say "what do you think of..." as i'm not asking for her opinion but she gives it anyway!

Didn't put me off though. DS was named with a name mum and dad 'hated' and it's in the top 10 so not wierd or wonderful but a solid boys name!

My mother decided that this baby was going to be called Matilda. She acted as if we fact until I told her it was a boy.

Nothing against Matilda but I didnt want it for a name.

When my son was born she decide how his name was spelt and told everybody (wrongly). We still get cards with his name wrongly spelt two years later. Its not even a common spelling of the name (which is admittedly a little bit unusual).

Bless her and her little ways.

It depends. If it was one of my sisters/ brother, I would be honest. If it was a close friend, I would probably say it wasn't my style if they asked. If it was a less close friend/ acquaintance, I would definitely say nothing!
This has happened to me with a close friend and I did point out the teasing potential and say that it was a bit too much to handle imo. I think various other people said the same thing. In the end, she gave him a lovely first name and the name in question as a mn.

If the name in question was Odin, I might just point out the neo-Nazi associations.

I don't think I could ever say as name choosing is so personal to each individual. My opinion to "nice" names is as different as the next persons so we don't have that right really to make them question their choice.