Changing baby’s name?

[peonies1988]

Hi everyone,

I know this insane!!! My little girl is five weeks old tomorrow and has a lovely name. The issue is it just doesn’t feel like her name - I can’t describe it. My husband feels the same but would just stick with it regardless. We had another name we both liked which I feel suits her more - I would make her current name a middle name. She hasn’t been registered yet but I still think it’s a bit weird to change her name.

Thoughts? xxx

If you want to change her name OP then do it! She's your baby so why not?
I know a few people that have done that.
You haven't registered her yet so there shouldn't be an issue, just make sure you change it with the NHS as they log all of your babies details following their birth (as you probably know!)
Sod anyone who judges you for it! She's not their child and don't feel like you can't because of what others think! 🤪🤪🤪

5 weeks is nothing, I would change it.

I'd change it at 5 weeks. A friend of mine had about 6 name for her son before he was registered.

Change it! In the grand scheme of their life 5 weeks is nothing. My little sister had no name until 6 weeks as my mum was convinced she was going to be a boy.

There was a boy in my class at secondary school that had preferred name that was neither his first or middle name (or any common abbreviations)

Just to give a slightly different perspective - we had two shortlisted names for dd, when she came out we felt she 'looked' more like one of them - she was quite an elegant looking newborn, as ridiculous as that sounds, really dark hair and big eyes and long. So we went with what we thought was the more elegant sounding name. She is now two, the dark hair is gone, she is curly haired and cheeky and sturdy and I would probably say if I saw her now we'd have thought the second name 'suited' her better. In reality, she absolutely suits her name because she is her name, though I had some wobbles when she was a baby.

I think all you can do is pick a name you like, that won't cause too many problems for them. If you really are feeling uncomfortable with the name, then of course you can change it esp if not registered and I wouldn't worry about other people thinking it strange, better that than a constant nagging feeling. But I think this idea that children always have a name they 'suit' is nonsense really, esp given how much they change in the early years, and if that's the only thing that you're worrying about I wouldn't make it change your mind.

A friend of mine changed her dd name when she was 4 months. Everybody got used to it fairly quickly and the name suits her so much better.

It does take a while for a baby to suit their name. We spent the first weeks/months referring to them as "the baby", and had to force ourselves to use the name. It's like it took us some time to accept they were staying, were real, were human. Eventually we got used to it, and the cutest thing was when they began pronouncing their own name and definitely owning it.

Thanks everyone for your input, I really appreciate it. It’s not so much about her looks as about a “feeling” - my eldest daughter was unquestionably her name from the start. Sounds so silly I know, just a nagging feeling I have!xxx

Definitely change it!
5 weeks is still really early.

We thought about changing our daughters name 100 times. She's 6 months old now and I really wish we had done it x

I would start using the other name for a few days and see if you think suits her better. You can tell other people after a week or so if you do both decide you prefer It.

I don't think it is odd at all to change the name at this stage if you don't feel it is right. Do it.

Oh god change it! Do it now before you've registered her and everyone's gotten used to her current name. All you've got to say is "we decided to change her name, the one we chose just didn't suit her" and everyone will simply say:

"Ok cool"

Def change it!!

My little girl doesn’t ‘suit’ her full name in my opinion. It’s a name I associate with a dainty, very girly girl & my daughter is a muddy puddle, great outdoor, paw patrol loving grub. 😂 she’s cheeky & a bit bonkers and suits her nickname/shortened name so much better! I’m hopeful she can simply choose what she wants to be called as she gets older. Maybe she’ll grow up to suit her full name much more 😊 I say, if you don’t like it, best to change it now! Don’t worry about other people, it’s your child. & their name. No-one else’s opinion matters!

Thanks so much @HolA13 - sounds like you’ve got a great little girlie :)