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?

I love my son's name but I realised from when he was a few hours old, that a lot of people don't - so I always feel I have to defend it. For example I can never say 'Name' in response to 'What's his name?' I always have to say NAME N. A. M. E. As in NAME SURNAME (famous well=loved, now dead, star). It also sounds like a girl's name.

It is known, but not that used in this country. It's about 700th on the list.

Is it Gene?

Love the name Gene for a boy and Jean for a girl

Back of the net!

Great name!

Yes a bit.

We chose Eva because we love it and it has such strong family connections but it has such gains in popularity (esp. the similar names evie, ava etc) that I regret it a bit

But I do love saying it, I think its so pretty

I actually never liked my first name.

It's not that my first name is in anyway bad, I don't know it just never felt like my name.

When I left school and got to university I started using my middle name instead. Haven't looked back since.

That's why I think it's important to consider both first and middle names carefully, as if they don't like the first they can always use their middle name like I do now

I love my daughter's name, although I do look at her sometimes and feel that she suits our second choice, Alice, even better. I wouldn't change it though.

i love the name Eva

psammead i look at Mac sometimes and think he suits Zander so much more!

My mum regrets giving my sister the name she did and still talks about it now (my sister is 26).

Still love all my kids names. They all have names that are not in top 20 and quite unusual but not weird.

I love DD's name.

There was another name that I always swore I would call my daughter but when it came down to it my mother wasn't happy as I have a close relative of the same name and my mother is very much a one of each per family sort of person where possible. Yes we were upset but I am very close to my mother and I care what she thinks. I didn't want any sort of cloud so we gave it her as a second name. I don't regret that decision but sometimes I look at DD and call her that name in my head. But she's very much her own name now and it doesn't sit right.

I still love my kids names (19 & 7) and i didn't choose either of them ! My eldest sons name became a little too popular (thanks to the tweenys) but it is still him ....and that's why i love it. I think he would have liked a name a little more weird/cool but think that is because he has friends called Tudor, Titus and Warwick.

I like my DS names (i have 4) and also my DD but would have preferred to call her somethingelse but DH refused! However, she is unique - so far we've not met another girl with her name

I really like my son's name, everyone else seems to love it and it suits him, but there was another name I loved more, which DH also really liked but persuaded me not to use because he said it wouldn't go with his surname (too alliterative). I can see his point, but as time has gone on I've been less and less convinced by this argument, particularly because in the past three years we've had to say DS's first name and surname out loud about four times at most, so it really wouldn't have mattered. If we do ever have another son, I'm definitely going to use the name - it goes really nicely with DS's name anyway, so it's almost tempting to try for another baby just to have the set! ;)

No name regrets here; both DDs have been given names simply because we loved them or because of the meaning. Middle names were chosen for meaning or memories too.

DD2 was always going to be the name she has but I'm now glad that we didn't call DD1 Bethany (a top contender at the time but DH felt she didn't look like a Bethany!). I still love the name but pronounced with a South London accent would be 'Beff-neeeeeee' which I'm less keen on.

DS name is often misheard because when people (mainly doddery old dears) ask his name & we tell them they smile & say 'Nigel, oh what a lovely name' we just smile & roll our eyes

I adore his name though & it suits him so well, do get a pang about DDs name though.

I love DS's first name, but regret his middle name, Callum. DH really likes it though

Padraig, I did the same thing. My real name is Carly, which is a nice name, I think my Mum has fine taste, but it never ever felt right in my mouth. I remember messing around with the spelling of it (Kali, etc) from when I was 8? And even today, although I like the look of it, it doesn't feel right to me. Too...mimsy.

So I adopted my middle name when I was in Yr 10, and honest to God it changed my life. It helped that a lot of new kids came into the school in Yr 11 and accepted the new name, my family were fine about it, etc. I blossomed. I became a different more confident person. It was...extraordinary.

As for my daughter's name (back on track here) I still love it, but I do think maybe it's not very her. But that's alright, she can make it her own, or change to her middle in turn.

I don't regret DS's name, I think it is the best name and that I am very clever and good for naming him... but not pg with next one and have no clue whatsoever, and feel pressure to come up with equally good name! I'm sure it can't be done!

Funny, I somewhat regret DD's name. It was my idea, DH latched on and loved it from the first minute and still loves it loves it loves it. He sings it to her, even now that she is getting older. Me, I find I just don't love saying her name aloud and end up using nicknames more often, and then of course I feel rotten for it, since the name was my idea

We get loads of compliments on her name, and everyone seems to adore it but me

Does your DD like it marenmj?

she's still too young to have an opinion (16-months). We gave her a very simple, old fashioned middle name if she wants to go by that when she's older.

Honestly, I'm the only person who seems to balk, which is pretty ironic.