Another name regret.

[Sappholit]

Hi,

I've just read the thread about the poor mum who regrets the name Ruby, and I, too, am regretting my baby girl's name, which is Bonnie.

I liked it when I first got pregnant, and we were pretty well decided. But towards the end of my pregnancy, I started having doubts, but my bf was adament. 'We agreed on Bonnie,' he would say, absolutely bewilered by how anyone in the world could be so inconstant as to change their mind.

I wish I'd put up more of a fight, but there was nothing else we could agree on. In the delivery room, I was so moved to see him in tears and saying, 'Hello, Bonnie' when she came out, that I just thought, 'Well, Bonnie it is.'

But I don't like it. She is 3 months old and it's probably too late to change it now.

Eugenie Victoria was Scarlet O'haras daughter known as bonnie becuase her eyes were as blue as the bonnie blue flag.

Bonnie is a lovely name!

Bonnie Raitt - another great Bonnie

love the name Bonny

I like Bonnie too Whether I like it or not is pretty irrelevant though as you're the one who has to feel comfortable with it, so change it if you feel that it isn't right. The birth certificate just gets ammended and its very easy to do. What does your BF think?

Fanfare, people just raised their eyebrows tbh. It was Dc3 and we took 5-6 weeks to name each of our children so I think people were thoroughly bored by then. We changed from a nn with an "ie" ending to the "proper" version of the name so making the switch was easy.

I'm still not at all keen on the name tbh, but that's another story and I could (probably deservedly) be labelled "attention-seeking"

I've never understood the rush to name babies in our culture, the panic if a name hasn't been chosen by the time the baby is born.

I like Bonnie a lot, too .
I know an adult Bonnie who is always immaculately groomed in spite of young children, very pretty lady; not a dog's name at all, imho!

Now Molly, Maisie, Jessie -- those are dogs' names (my niece is a Molly, too). I struggle to think of a girl dog we know who didn't have one of those names.

Sappholit I actually love Euphemia and I especially love the name Effie.

I think they're both lovely names, although I'd probably choose Euphemia, as I love the name and it has cute nicknames (Effie etc.), whereas Bonnie sounds more like a (nice!)nickname.

But at the end of the day YOU have got to feel comortable with your choices, and if you fee Bonnie doesn't feel right, I'd consider changing it.

Change it!
Three months is very early to do so - the change will be forgotten by her first birthday. I'd keep Bonnie as a middle name though, so if your daughter one day prefers it, she can use it.

I half wished I'd changed dd's first name (but half am glad I kept it). However, I am still seriously considering dropping one of her two middle names (swapping it for my maiden name), at 15 months old. I chose that name in a surge of hormones at the last minute before the birth, and don't like it at all anymore.
As dd is over 1 year, I'd have to do it by deed poll though.

Naming my daughter... harder than giving birth in my opinion. I second the poster who said our society rushes into naming babies, and we should give it a few weeks.

I think Bonnie is lovely.

Oh I think Bonnie is gorgeous. I went to school with a beautiful Bonnie.

Thanks everyone.

I think it's a very good point that perhaps she simply hasn't grown into her name.

My bf will never agree to changing it, and everyone knows her as Bonnie. Even I would probably struggle to call her something else.

I like the name Bonnie, it's not a name you hear often so it will always stick with you.

My mum is called Bonnie. She is fantastic.

Love the name Bonnie!

I think Bonnie is a wonderful name, I'd never have thought of it but if I heard of someone naming their daughter Bonnie I'd be quite jealous I think! My daughter didn't suit any name at 3 months, she entirely suits her name now though!

It is such a shame you don't love the name but I think you need to talk to your bf about it. He might be prepared to change or he might feel that it is her name now and hate to change it. Your relationship is important for this baby. Compromise is often key.

For what it is worth, I think Bonnie is a lovely name (unusual but not strange and cute for a kid without being silly for an adult). I only know one and she is fab.

Bonnie is a gorgeous name

I agree with winniecooper that any name on your baby seems strange to start with.

Is there a nickname you like that you could use for the moment? It doesn't have to be related to the name.