So... If you DC has a different / unpopular name...

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If you've chosen a slightly different name have you had a wobble about it later?

I am and just hoping it passes...

Is Sonny pronounced Sunny?

My dd has an unusual name. Alot of people have said "shes called what?"

My mother hates it. I dont care, shes my daughter and i like the name!

Stand up for your son and yourself, say his name proudly and never justify it. He is your boy and no one has the right to belittle you or him. You will face harder tests than this as a parent.

Yes pronounced Sunny but as a general rule spelt Sonny.

Im a massive fan of rare names.

Dd is called Devon.

I ve never even been to the place. I love it.

That's the thing though, I'm not unsure I love his name. It was just everyone else's input that just kept playing on my mind. I need to toughen up n stop being influenced or worrying about other people n their opinions

everyone else can go hang. This is your son and your choice.

[I know what you mean though I spent yesterday sobbing about a passing comment some complete ass said about my Dcs)

What first attracted you to the name?

DD1 is Millicent. I adore it even now. We call her Millie, which is quite common, but we don't meet any many Millicents.

I think Sonny sounds a happy name, if that makes sense.

Earles I had that! Charles too, this is cos the particular relative thought me and DH had named him after the boxer Sonny Liston who's real name is Charles. many have said he needs a "proper name"

I think it sounds cool and happy, cheeky chappy type name.

Sonny is lovely.

But I'm following with interest as having my own wobble over 2wk old DD name. It's unusual and foreign so no one can pronounce it or spell it. It totally suits her, more than her back up middle name, but I wince guiltily every time I have to spell / pronounce it...

My family love it though (less so her dad 's). Don't think I'd change it in your situation where they didn't!

If you love it still, hold tight, everyone will get used to it and you will relax about it hopefully?

I think its nice to have a name thats not shared by loadsa people. My daughters called Eleni,I LOVE the name but people do often say it wrong...Eleeni for example.
Sonny is unusual but not wacky,stuff what others think x

That's a very sweet name! Conjure images of a lovely smiley little boy. I love the less popular names at least there won't be several of him in his class. DS is Talon constantly mistaken for Callum.

If you are still unsure and he isn't registered yet call him another name but refer to him as Sonny. My cousin has always been known by a nickname, despite being registered in another name.

Or give him a more traditional middle name so he can use that if he grows to hate Sonny.

When he's in his 50s he may not feel comfortable being called Sonny.

Sonny is a great name, I wouldn't change it because other people didn't like it.

It's not even an unusual name, I know 2 boys called Sonny.

Sonny isn't that out there. I wouldn't choose it (too fluffy for me) but not bizarre.
DS has a similarly unusual name (other 3 DC have very boring common names). People do mispell & mistake it for something else all the time.

I think its a fab name! My DS1 has a completely "normal" and dare I say boring name but I really don't like it. He is 8 now and it actually doesn't suit him at all.

However DS2 has an equally "normal" name but I love it and it really suits him!

Go with whatever you want to and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

It sounds like a nickname to me, but if you like it. Why the wobble? People's reactions?

Yep peoples reactions. Wish I'd of sounded it out abit before hand then I would of been prepared.
It's ok, he's registered. He'll grow into his name and I'll learn to love it again because it's his.
Where people get off telling a very new mum they don't agree with her personal decisions I don't know. It hurt so bad at the time and really dented mine and my dads relationship.

People shouldn't comment. It's very rude. Always amazes me that people do.

the only problem I have is when the names are so odd that you don't remember them - an acquaintance of mine has a very unusually named daughter (something Gaelic,despite having no Gaelic heritage) and I just CANNOT remember it form one meeting to the next and after you've asked a couple of times it seems rude to ask again!