Do you regret your name choice?

[NormaSknockers]

I love both DCs names but I sometimes wish I had called DD Hermione, I will always be a little sad that I didn't get to use it. I was luckier with DS as DH couldn't think of a name he liked so I got my way with that one

Anyone else?

Only got 1 DD and I regret her middle name, Maria, and wish I chose Julia instead!

Sometimes I hear a lovely name and think what if..........!!

DS has 3 first names. I love the first and third, but really really dislike the second. It was his first name for a while, and we changed it. I wish we had removed it completely in a way, but changing his name at all seemed like a huge thing to do at the time as he was a few months old (so he was registered in the original name). All our video recordings of the early days have the original name in them.

I lurk on MN quite a bit now as have become slightly obsessed with baby names, and want to be prepared for next time. DH has terrible taste in my opinion. I post a lot in any 'name regret' threads, I guess because it felt like a big thing to do at the time. To be honest I still resent that DH was so adamant about the original name when I didn't like it. He was very supportive in changing it though. Maybe if we had removed the name completely I wouldn't think about it so often

My x bullied me into dc1's name. I suggested about 40 or 50 names when i was pg and he only ever had 4 names which were quite conservative imo. He just wouldn't budge and she has one of those four names. I do like the name, but it is a reflection of his taste more than mine. It does make me a little sad that I didn't 'get my way' which sounds very immature ! but I envy people whose partners 'let them choose' or loved their choice. That chance has gone now forever. No biggie really in the grander scheme of things I know.

I love my Dc's names although they have both become really popular, they are both unique in their schools.
However DS really dislikes his name, he went through a big phase at 3 where he wanted us to call him Jacob and now he's 5 he still says he wishes he had a different name.
This make me sad and DH gets annoyed. I have considered trying to change DS's name to the long version, as we gave him a diminutive name but he doesn't like that either.

Notso - does he a middle name that he likes?

I would be sad too if DS grows up not to like his name. I so hope he doesn't prefer the original. I cannot believe that I let DH have his way on this. A compromise would have fair enough, but I think it is unfair for one partner to be so insistant on a name the other doesn't like at all

Somebody must have said something to him notso. A 3 year old child would just accept their name without question! even if that name was Caesar. Somebody must have made him feel his name wasn't appropriate....??

I wish i'd used ds2 middle name instead of his first name, i hate his first name now, its chavvy...too late to change though i think

infact, im not even sure it is chavvy, i cant tell because its my sons name, but i think it might be?

I regret dd's first name a bit. It's a name that I've liked from childhood but I wish that I'd gone for something a bit less plain or more unusual. It was at around 90 on the top 100 popular girl's names for the year she was born and is now out of top 100 altogether but my perception is of it being really popular as it was when I was a child.

What is it kimbles?

Kimbles, what is it?

DD's nn, by which she is known, is increasingly chavvy imo, although obviously didn't think so at the time. Wondering if I ought to increasingly use her full name but of course she loves her name, it's who she is (she's nearly 4) and don't want to confuse her - after all it's my problem, not hers!

his first name is Macauley, his middle name is Alexander....

mine is nearly 4 too, and i have tried to start calling him Alexander, and he breaks down saying he's Macauley....and starts chanting at me Mummy Alexander,i think he thinks its an insult not a name lol

I know what you mean kimbles. I can't be objective about DS's original name either now. I know that I didn't like it when I pregnant, and that I like it even less now though.

Agghhh, damn DH. Obviously I should have put my foot down though so it's not entirely his fault

oh kimbles i love that name

I have asked him that a lot Magaly but he's never said so. In fact lots of people complement him on his name.
Two people we know have since had boys and called the Ds's name because they love it so much.

At first I though that maybe there were a lot of Jacobs at nursery so thats why he liked that it but there weren't any.

He says it's the sound of two of the letters he dislikes and he thinks the name doesn't suit him.

He has always had very strong likes and dislikes and reasons for them, for example he will never eat anything shaped like something. I made him teddy bear sandwiches when he was 2 and he said that people weren't supposed to eat bears so could he just have normal sandwiches please.

He said he likes his middle name in the middle and would prefer a new name at the front hattee.

Kimbles, Alexander is lovely, think I agree with your secret suspicion with regards to Macauley, although I can also understand why you were drawn to it, it's melodic. Mac as a nn can be cool though.

But if he loves Macauley then you probably can't change it. And people come to shape their names, not the other way round.

Notso, if he leads the drive to change it that's a different matter. But wouldn't rush to do it officially. My brother said he hated his first name at the age of 7, so we all tried using one of his preferred mn for a while but it never stuck and as an adult he's now at 'peace' with it!

What a sad thread!

I still love my children´s names although they are quite popular now I think-were unusual when we used them.

KimblesI´m not keen on Macauley because of the child actor but I don´t think "chavvy" when I hear it.
And I love Mac- have only ever known one.

I also think that the person maketh a chav-not the name.
Both my childrens names have been called "chavvy" on here.

And as I put on another thread-having just returned from a visit from the UK where we were complemented on our children´s manners, politeness and how well they spoke I think I can easily ignore that some people think their names are "chavvy".

I like Mac for short. That isn't easy to classify. I mean, sur name? nic name? It sidesteps the sur name issue.

I love my children's names. My only regret is giving my DS1 the only other name I love as a middle name! We eventually had to cave in and gave DS3 that name as his first name as there was just no other name that felt right.

So now it's a bit odd having two children that 'share' one of the names.

we do call him Mac unless he is in trouble i really do love Alexander though. I wanted to call my first son Alexander too, but had already had Aidan embroidered on his playmat

DS's original name has a chavvy reputation too. I only care what other people think about it because I don't like it either. I really feel like I need other people's approval of it, and I certainly neeeded that before the change. Most people seem to like the new name, but it doesn't bother me in the slightest if they don't because I am confident in my own choice. I just don't know what I thinking of to agree to the original

Butterball - my first name is my older sister's middle name and it has never bothered me. In fact I quite like it in a way

hattee, what was his original name

oh, I feel like telling you, but I don't want to out myself. It has been a popular name, but there can't be too many of us that have changed from it. Sorry

ohhhh ok