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

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chrissi · 25/07/2005 14:37

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?!

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Fauve · 25/07/2005 21:56

LOL 321, I don't actually recommend taking a year to decide - we only managed to pull it off because we moved to a completely different area where nobody knew us, or what our ds had been called up to then

starlover · 25/07/2005 21:57

ooh hello roosmum... i wanted to call a DD rainbow.... but dp vetoed that! so it would have been Emilia

roosmum · 25/07/2005 22:01

sl - i'm on the feb thread

lockets · 25/07/2005 22:23

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aloha · 26/07/2005 10:14

Lockets, I think you are referring to something I once posted lightheartedly, and I can assure you 100% I knew/know nothing whatsoever about your situation or what your daughter is called. I can honestly say that even with a gun to my head I wouldn't have been able to say what sexes and ages your children are and even how many you have. I don't tend to keep the details of other mumsnetters families in my head, unless I know them personally.
I presume your dd isn't called Science then?

starrynight · 26/07/2005 10:32

I am considering Sophie for a girl for this pg. Agree about unusual names - some people are soooo thick that no matter how many times you correct them they still pronounce it wrong (vanessa BB).

A friend of mine called her son lucas but changed it when she realised it rhymed with mucas.

Someone else I know changed her DD name from Sarah to Sara so that all her kids had 4 letter names (saddo).

Errr, do what you like and can live with I guess - your DD will grow into her name IME.

eidsvold · 26/07/2005 12:16

Megan or Hannah - Fleur - not on... have tampons here called Libra Fleur and Sophie is becoming very popular.

tiffini · 26/07/2005 12:26

My twins are called, Aimee and Megan, so I love the name Mehan, but often wished I had called Aimee- Paige.

LouBeeLou · 26/07/2005 13:04

Hi chrissi

My dd is a Megan, but we call her Meg. I think it's a lovely name, althought I was a little disappointed as when I named her I didn't know any Megans and thought I was being unusual, but it's very popular now.

Agree with what people have already said about Fleur meaning flower, could you just use it as a nickname? DP called DD 'Monkey' when she was 3yo and being cheeky, and it stuck (she is now 7)!

Also good suggestion to add as a middle name then you could have the option to use it or not.

PeachyClair · 26/07/2005 13:23

've grown to love the name I gave DS2 but initially did for my DH, (Stirling, I know it has some fans on MumsNet [grin}), so call her what you want for the time being, you might get to love it.

And worst scenario, if she gets to 15 and desperately wants to rebel, there are far worse things to do than insisting on being called Megan (which I quite like!).

{grin} LOL

(NB: Only two Fleur's I know hate it, and completely coincidentally have psychiatric issues)

lockets · 26/07/2005 13:28

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meggymoo · 26/07/2005 13:44

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aloha · 26/07/2005 16:02

Actually some of the BB contestants have very pretty names this time round (like Saskia and Orla) - nice names but ghastly people! Must be so annoying.

babywipe · 26/07/2005 16:37

why on earth would you want to change your baby's name.
what a weird thing to do.

Enid · 26/07/2005 16:38

i cant remember any of the old contestants apart from Jade

bundle · 26/07/2005 16:39

one of my friends told me the other day that she changd her ds's name when he was a few months old - she had just gone off it, and now everyone calls him this name as if the other one never existed (i didn't know her then though)

motherinferior · 26/07/2005 16:41

Because it's weird enough meeting the new person in your life, babywipe, let alone having the massive responsibility of naming them. Took me ages to get used to DD1 being her name and not just 'baby'.

Blu · 26/07/2005 16:47
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chrissi · 26/07/2005 16:51

Is it sooo weird to wonder/worry if you've got the name of your child right? I think it odd that many people these days find out the sex of the baby from a scan and name it... almost creating a personality for it before it even gets into the world!!

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flamesparrow · 26/07/2005 16:54

I still look at Dd and see another name

We had agreed on her name before she was born, and in the last few weeks, and when she was born, I suddenly decided that she should be Jennifer. DH didn't like it, so we stuck with the original.

She still looks like a Jennifer to me.

I have said that I don't want to discuss names this time round... when she comes out (or he I guess ), then we will name - even if its nameless for a few days.

Baby's should tell you their name.

flamesparrow · 26/07/2005 16:54

babies... not baby's

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chrissi · 26/07/2005 17:01

Good for you flamesparrow! Burn those baby name books; we tried too hard searching a names for our 2nd... we should have been more spontaneous.

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aloha · 26/07/2005 17:17

chrissi - um you can do both. Ds was named from 14 weeks in utero, Dd wasn't named until she was a few weeks old. I don't think giving him a name imposed a personality on him!

Micku5 · 26/07/2005 17:35

Why don't you add Fleur to her other names. My mum gave us 3 names each so if we didn't like our first name we could choose later on. Most of my family call me by my nickname 'Micku' from my middle name but dh and others call me by my first name.

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chrissi · 26/07/2005 17:39

No I'm sure it doesn't... must be odd with twins or more though!! I think I've been to hung up on it though. These mailings have been fun, which is what babies should be about! I needed to 'chill out' more!!!

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