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?

My dd's name, isn't imaginitive enough i suppose - and for some bizarre reason i gave her a hyphonated first name (like myself )

Don't get me wrong i like it, however thinking back now some of the other names we shortlisted were a little more 'interesting'

My 12 month old sons name though? I wouldn't change it for the world. Even if i did vetoe it 6 years ago.

I suppose i matured and gained taste and confidence

I sometimes wonder if I wouldn't have chosen the name I did if I'd known DS2 was going to have such red hair. I really hope it's not a cruelty upon a cruelty in terms of possible bullying at school.

No, not for a single moment. I am convinced that my son's name is the nicest name in the whole world!

It took me a few weeks to get the hang of it, though: when he was new, I kept going to call him various other names such as Julius and Ishmael. On more than one occasion, I actually asked myself out loud, 'What's his name again?'

Both our DC have very unusual names. DS's can be shortened to something more normal and I adore both the long and short versions. DD's can't be shortened and that does worry me a bit. I think her name is fantastic but because it is so rare it is taking me a while to get used to (she's just a few weeks old...) But, I have a deep feeling that it does suit her and that it will "sink in" and be perfect for her. Plus they both have middle names they can always use instead.

I still dislike ds's name ( he's nearly one) dp really liked it and we were struggling to choose a name because the one I liked he hated and we couldn't really agree. I don't know if it was the post birth hormones or the extra strong pain killers I was on, but one day I thought sod it we'll go with your choice it could be cool, even though I didn't really like it when I was pregnant.

I just hate it, it doesn't suit him and just doesn't seem very 'me' either if that makes sense. I've already changed the spelling of it hoping that would help but I still think it sounds weak and girly.

And what else it annoying is when I was pregnant people said oh that's nice and now when I say his name people say nothing, they can't even bring themselves to say that's nice as you do to be polite I know I shouldn't care what others think but like Hatee I care because I need there approval because I'm not confident in it.

I remember when you were discussing changing the spelling PirateJelly. I like your DS's name! I was imagining that it must be awful, until I remembered what is is.

Still it's how you feel about it that counts. I felt the same way about DS's orininal name not suiting me. I didn't like telling people his name, and I was always realy conscious of their reaction. I think people were always surprised that it would be a name I would choose. I always followed up with 'my husband chose it'.

Oh, I wish I had been that little bit braver and had removed it completely. I feel like his name is now fabname rubbishname anotherfabname. Maybe DS will share DH's bad taste and like it. Otherwise he can remove it himself when he is older (there would be no objections from me!)

Oh I need to get a life and stop thinking about his bloody middle name

Hatte just change it by deedpool and then stop thinking about it. Just curious but did you have pnd after your ds was born.

No I didn't have PND, but I can see why you are asking. I thought I might for a while as I became very anxious about his name. I felt a million times better after adding in a new first name, and realised that it was the name causing the problem, not PND.

I can't change it again - I just need to move on. I love his new first name and can live with his second name