Any name regrets?

[Janey33]

Do you have any? Would you change or tweak your children's names if you could reverse time?

I do. I like DS's name in isolation but it estarts in the same way as the cat's name. So I call DS by the cat's name and vice versa. (Not that the cat answers to any bloody name)

Though my friend does the same thing and her child and cat have completely different names so maybe it wouldn't have helped!

Maybe I would change the cat's name if I could go back in time?

I still love my DCs names but I now have a little regret that I didn't think to use more family names - DS has FIL's first name as his middle name, but DDs names don't have any family connections, just chose them because we liked them. Looking at my family tree, some names have been used through generations and it would have been nice to carry on this tradition. Wasn't aware of it when DCs were born though, only did the research fairly recently.

I regret thet there probably won't be any more dc to name. Have 3 already so shouldn't complain, but I'd love a Max and a Rosa, and a Margaux and I could go on, and on

DH chose DS3's name, and I am still not sure about it, despite ds3 being 13 months old. It isn't a name I had on my list, and not a name I would have picked myself. Not much I can do about it now though is there.

I would have given ds my father's somewhat unusual first name as one of his middle names.

I do regret it, yes. Still think it's a lovely name (and still the only name dp and I could agree on) but I had no idea how stonkingly over-popular it would get almost immediately after dd was born. Now face prospect of dd being one of 3 with that name in her class.

Also - I gave her too many middle names in response to family pressure. Poor kid, carrying that lot around. Still, if she's got any sense she'll quietly drop a few dozen as soon as she can.

I'm with hester. Ds1's name became VERY popular just after he was born. We had considered a couple of minor variations that are not so popular and I sometimes wish we had gone with one of those. Still, it does fit him very well.

Although I love DS name and it suits him, it almost rhymes with DH's. It didn't dawned on me until it was too late. I have to be careful how I end cards and letters, otherwise it sounds like I'm trying to be a poet!

Also, I didn't know how popular DD name would be. I should have checked MN first!

I would give DD my maiden name as a middle name, plus her existing middle name. Sod my worries about fitting her name onto forms.

I didn't know how popular DD's name would be, but I'm quite glad for her really coz I've grown up with a crap and unpopular name.
Do regret DS's name though, we decided on it while pg, but then I had a bit of a wobble and wish I'd spoken up at the time. We talked about changing it when DS was 5 months, but DH really likes it and I've not quite had the courage of my convictions. I just hope DS likes it as he gets older, that'll make it easier for me. If he hates it, I'll feel guilty forever!

I did, so I changed Ds's name at a few months. We added a new first name and made the original name an additional middle name. I'm much happier with it now

I wished I'd given both children extra middle names so they'd have two each. Am slightly narked at DC1's name becomming very popular, I picked it out of a name book and had never heard of it on a child before, now they're everywhere and is sometimes described as trendy

DS3's name wasn't that popular until a B list celeb names her baby the same a month or so after my DS2 was born. Now it is in the top 10. I am not bothered by this as much as I am by the whole "i'm nt sure" feeling I till have.

Is he Alfie 5inthebed?

No, but close. Harry.

Have always loved ds' name even though we decided on it at last minute. It's strong, simple but not over used.

DD's name I'm less sure about, even now. She's known by her shortened name which is very on-trend which imo always ends up being dated and poss even chavvy, something I hadn't noticed until after she was named. Some say we should use her full name as it's pretty but it now feels rather over ornate. There were very good reasons for choosing it at the time, it's a version of my mother's name and she was named in memory of her, but my naming tastes have changed and I do wish we had gone for something plainer. Dh says I'm over thinking it and he is completely right.

Hopefully we are going to get it spot on with no 3!

I wish I'd used MIL's middle name for one of my DD's.

I wish I'd thought a bit more before naming DS - although he has finally grown into his name now and I wouldn't change it.

I am 100%, totally delighted with my children's names. I honestly wouldn't change a single thing.

Mine each have 2 middle names, which is a bit much.

DS has DH's mum's maiden name as a middle name. I hate it.

wish we'd stuck to our guns and called dc3 (now 3.4) the name we chose - stupidly told MIL it before he was born and she went about how "it was a name only "rough" people call their child"!!!! WTF!!! its a perfectly normal name!

so we gave him the name we had chosen as a middle name (and the original name as his middle name) but i've never loved it and i'm now trying to shorten it to a name i like better! maybe when he's a bit bigger i might try to persuade him to use his middle name as a first name - that would probably still piss off my MIL!

Yes... I would have swapped around DS's first and second name. I wanted his second name as his first name, but DH wasn't so keen, so we compromised. Wish I hadn't because I think he looks more like a than a

my son hates his middle name which is stacey(as in Stacey keach) he says its a girls name and wont use it. It is one of those unisex names but he still hates it.

I love my DD names, but my DH and I agree they just don't suit her at all. So we call her something completely different as a nn. Which now everyone else uses as it is a much better fit. Maybe she'll still grow into her real names yet...