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ARE YOU STILL HAPPY WITH THE NAME YOU CHOSE?

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amber5 · 29/03/2006 22:17

DD is now 9 weeks old and I'm really not sure about the name we've given her. It took three weeks to come up with a name and I felt very hormonal, disorganised and hassled at the time and enormous pressure from everyone to name her. We eventually chose a long name which can be shortened a variety of ways, but I'm increasingly unsure about it in all it's options.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? might it grow on me, or should I change it now before she learns it herself. How easy is it to change their name once registered? Does anyone have any suggestions, what I really wanted was a two syllable name ending in 'a'; like anna, or emma etc??

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Pagan · 31/03/2006 14:46

I love both names for both my kids although they were chosen way before they were born. Wished I'd given DD an exotic middle name though.

Had huge hassles with DS's name (Finn) due to an overbearing FIL. He had DH convinced that it was a dreadful name (despite both me and DH agreeing to it beforehand) and we had the most awful row about it when I came out the hospital and the first week of my son's existence was marred by this. I'm sure he's got his own back though as he always saved up loads of puke to deposit all over his Grandfather

mogwai · 01/04/2006 19:49

My daughter has a long name which can be shortened in two ways. I prefer one way of shortening it, but this doesn't sound right with our surname, so we use the other way.

Unfortunately, this shortend name is in quite common use as a first name at the moment and I feel compelled to give people her "real" name as well. Love the long name, not terribly keen on what she gets called

MaloryTowers · 01/04/2006 19:52

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rosycheek · 01/04/2006 21:10

Love all my 3's names. Ds1 and dd were decided before they were born and we stuck with them Ds2 though had thought of calling him Luke or Adam, but when he was born he didn't suit any of them. Spent whole day trying to think of a name until we decided that he looked like a George - a name that we hadn't even considered before! I love it now though - really suits him. :)

TwoIfBySea · 01/04/2006 22:25

We had two pages of names to consider if one or both of our twins had been a girl, but only a handful for boys.

Of course when dts arrived I did worry I hadn't put enough thought into it but both names have a meaning for us and they have, now aged 4, grown into their names.

My mother said the name we had chosen for dts1 (which was dh's choice) sounded like a "Liverpool" name. Have no idea what that means but am used to the criticism so it made no difference. It can be pronounced two ways though, we chose the Irish way but some people insist on calling him the other way which does annoy me. And it will annoy him. But he so suits that name!

cataloguequeen · 01/04/2006 22:51

I chose dd1s name before she was born Kaya Honey which I think really suits her.

My dh chose dd2 Bethany Kasey I wasn't sure mainly because so many soap children seemed to have the name at the time, but now I love it, it really suits her and I couldn't imagine her by any other name!! we call her beth beth.

I'm sure you'll feel the same soon

JoolsToo · 01/04/2006 22:51

knock knock

joash · 01/04/2006 23:04

I was talked into the name I gave my eldest DD (okay - bullied and she's 25 now). I hate, loathe, despise the person who insisted that she was to be called that, but now I can't imagine her with any other name.

aviatrix · 02/04/2006 21:07

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nooka · 02/04/2006 22:08

What does your dh think? You'd have to do all that choosing again - can you really cope with that? Are you thinking about making the change soon - I remember the first few months of sleep deprivation, it may not be the best time to be making such a big decision. Having said that I do know several people who are known by their middle names because their parents decided they had made a mistake.

Anoah · 03/04/2006 08:10

I called my son Noah. DH and I loved it but by they way people reacted you would have thought we called him sh**head or something. MIL thought it was the end of the world that we named him Noah, and rang the whole family to tell them to ring us and try and change our minds. I doubted my choice for awhile but now I think it really suits him.

Pagan · 03/04/2006 09:10

Anoah that is so awful. It never ceases to amaze me how insensitive some people are. What fecking difference does it make to their lives what you call your son? Glad you stuck to your guns

TwoIfBySea · 03/04/2006 20:08

Well Noah was on our shortlist. I think it is a lovely name, what could they possibly have found so wrong with it and how nasty for them to do so!

If dts1 hadn't come out screaming his head off that might have been his name!

blueteddy · 03/04/2006 20:15

I still love both my DS's names, although I probably wouldn't choose them now as they have both become really popular.

Hausfrau · 03/04/2006 20:17

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nutcracker · 03/04/2006 20:18

Dd1 is Lauren Amy and I still love that, Ds is Harry Thomas and it suits him so much so I still love his.

Dd2 though Is Chloe Eloise and I really really wanted Eloise Olivia but it was supposedly Xp's turn to choose and I was to exhausted to argue.

I don't dislike her name, just would have preferred my choice.

Dizzymama · 03/04/2006 20:20

Love my Dd's name but also shortens to a very common first name for girls so ALWAYS tell people longer version Poor kid will be spelling her name for people forever though. Dis find out we'd spelled it incorrectly on birth certificate though thought about changing it and only reason we didn't was because we'd had her forrtprints done in clay and her original spelling etched onto it!!

PutAPeachyInYourSimnelCake · 03/04/2006 20:39

Didn't like ds2 or ds3's names but they've really grown on me, adore ds2's name now and ds3's (named for my FIL) has a nice shortening and is fine.

They do tend to gain ownership of their names; good when shared with a relative who has since proven to be an adulterer with cross dressing tendencies

321 · 03/04/2006 23:01

If you have your child baptised with the name you prefer , you can return to the registrar and they can enter name given after baptim to the birth certificate a new short form of birth certificate can be issued with this preferred name. I felt as you did hormonal and harrassed, felt much happier after this.

chipmonkey · 03/04/2006 23:26

Not sure about ds1 but he's 9 now. D'you think its too late?

handlemecarefully · 04/04/2006 00:39

I still like Lily but regret that it is a little too popular.

I love Christian.

pebblemum · 04/04/2006 00:58

With Ds1 I chose the name Jordan. At the time I had only heard one other boy called it but once we had registered him it seemed everyone was calling their children it, boys and girls. I had my doubts after that but stuck with it and think it suits him.

With DS2 we had two names for him Deacon or Ethan, both were rarely heard where we live. In the end we settled on Ethan but suddenly there seemedto be a lot of Ethan's around. Sometimes wish we had gone with Deacon but wouldnt change it now.

If Ethan had been the girl everyone kept telling me I was having he was going to be Alana May, I still love that name so maybe in a few years I will have to try again

threebob · 04/04/2006 04:52

I think it's easy to change a name within the first year - just say you've changed your mind and fill out a form.

If you know what you want to change it to that is...

I would do it before she starts to recognise herself as being that name.

jabberwocky · 04/04/2006 06:47

I spent forever researching unique names for ds. finally decided on Aiden. Then, the year he was born, it wound up being the second most popular name in the US I still have my moments where I wish we had gone with one of the others, but he's 2.7 now, so that's that.

bizzi · 04/04/2006 12:41

My 3rd child was born very early in the morning and dh wouldn't let her go a day without being named! I agreed to his choice of name just so he'd leave the hospital that night and let me sleep! He stood his ground the next day and I was weak and left it at that, I felt unable to change it after everyone had been told so his choice stuck, it's still not my favourite name but it's her and that's that. Couldn't imagine calling her anything else now, she's 5.

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