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Changing babies name

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namehelp2019 · 05/03/2019 21:18

My DD is 12 months old... I have had name regret for the past year. I never liked the name I chose, in fact I even said 2 days before birth I dislike the name but in some hormonal state for whatever reason I chose the name.

Then everyone said how lovely it was (sure they would have said that about any name) but I thought oh ok it's fine. Just before we registered her I said to DH I want to change it but he said we can't do that everyone knows her name now etc etc.

We also couldn't agree on another name and were running out of time so I stuck with it but it has bugged me ever since. I have an older DD and I love love her name and I feel really bad that I dislike DD2's name.

It's not just the name it's the way people say it and the nickname they use for it which I know I won't have control over when she's at school etc.

Do I change her name now at just over a year old or is that way too confusing?

Does it really matter that much?

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247mummsy · 05/03/2019 21:25

If you really dislike it I’d change it before she really knows her name, and before she starts having friends who will call her it.

Aria999 · 05/03/2019 22:52

You could change it but keep her current name as a middle name to ease the transition? Or is that just more confusing? Does your dh want to change it? Have you picked out a new name you both like?

Easterbunnyiscomingsoon · 05/03/2019 22:54

You only get within a year to change a birth certificate.

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