i dislike the name I've given my girl WHAT can i do?

[chrissi]

my daughter is now 9 weeks and i don't like her name, would i be balmy or brave to change it?... bearing in mind i changed it once already. am i just being fickle and postnat or will i feel like this forever?!

Gosh, you've changed it once already?? Go on, what is it? Why don't you like it?

wouldn't you have to discuss it with your partner?

I don't know whether you should bothered to change it legally just call her the name you liked - then stick to it!

When did you change it the first time? Has it been registered?

i am a bit concerned now about dd3 middle name .

Oh no Misdee your Dd3's names are lovely.

Seriously, I think for some people (like, um, me) making a permanent decision is incredibly stressful. Found it very hard to name dd - Mumsnet did it for me in the end
Very happy with it, but hardly ever call her by it. Mostly 'dolly' 'baby' and 'Poppy Loppy"

dd3 hardly gets called her name, ost people call her nina.

my mums name is virginia, but everyone has called her jenny for years.

Change it, change it! I changed my dd's and still wonder whether I did the right thing! Is it registered yet? You know you can change it on the birth certificate up to a year, don't you? Then after that, you can still change it, but you can't change the birth certificate.

I think names are hard too - if it's any consolation, the name ds1 would have been had he been a girl, I hate now: can't imagine having a child called it.

That was appalling grammar but ykwim.

Perhaps we should all have a big swap round every couple of years?

Caligula - didnt know that you could change it on certifacte up to a year. Thank god I didnt, I would have been doing it on a whim every time I went into town!

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I still find myself - six months on - idly thinking up more names! And I LIKE her name.
Is it really that you don't like the name, or is it just the permanence of the decision that's freaking you out?

I know a very nice MNer who changed her son's name at a year.

And I've wondered about DD2's name, frequently...

what did u call your dd in the end aloha?

Cecily Frances, Misdee (was hesitating about posting it then realised there's a huge great thread on it somewhere!)

lovely aloha. my mum is called Frances

chrissi, change it.

I wonder about dd's name (Lily), as it is too commonplace for my liking. Not that I wish I'd call her 'honey - apple blossom pear' or anything...I am very certain about ds' fab name (Christian) - partly inspired by the rather delectable Christian Bale but don't tell dh that.

If you don't like her name change it - at this tender age it is matterless to her. Do you think you'll stick with her new name though?

chrissi must have down to the Registrar

Thats lovely.

and chrissi, whats your dd called and what do u want to call her?

I don't like Dd2's name really (dp chose it) as it is too common (no offense intended), but I don't think I could change it, would seem wrong to me.

Mind you Dd2 is 5 now, i might have changed it when she was a baby if i'd know i could.

can change it by deed poll i feel the same about my dd middle name havent got round to changing it yet
hmc my dd is called lillia -lily for short and i love the name we named her after her grandmother lillian so it was always going to be her name its not that common there are far commoner names and i think you will always meet other children with the same names unless you choose something totally outrageous (and probably awful !!

you're probably right lunachic!