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My friend hates names i have picked!!!!

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sarahmikeandharry · 26/09/2007 17:30

Hi everyone,

We are 21+3 and soo exited, Have decided on George Elliott for a boy and Rosie Grace for a girl, (our surname is Monaghan- pronounced mon a han)

DS is 2+9 and is called Harry Michael.

One of my closest friends has said she hates them and we are should choose again, she has really hurt my feelings and wont even keep her opinion to herself even though i have asked her to drop it!!!Now i don't know if were going to make a mistake.

What do you think of our names?

Sorry to have a moan, feeling a bit emotional today

Thanks for reading!!!

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Califrau · 26/09/2007 17:49

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tigerschick · 26/09/2007 17:58

I really like Rosie Grace and my only concern with George Elliot is the author reference - but it is a very nice name all the same.

Don't listen to your 'friend' can't believe how rude she is being by voicing such a strong opinion.

fingerwoman · 26/09/2007 18:01

they're lovely names, and it's nothing to do with your friend.
I do know how you feel though, my mum said she'd cry if I give this baby the name I want to use (if it's a girl). I am still going to use it though because it's MY baby and I love the name.

wheelybug · 26/09/2007 18:02

Lovely names.

kerala · 26/09/2007 18:03

We quickly decided not to tell ANYONE our names. People seem to feel free to voice negative opinions in a way they can't when the baby is born and you just announce "this is Griselda".

FWIW your names are lovely - cant see how they are objectionable they are traditional non pretentious names.

WinnieThePooh · 26/09/2007 18:06

I like your choivce of names.

Tell your friend to BUTT OUT. It is none of her business what YOU name YOUR child.

bookwormtailmum · 26/09/2007 18:08

It's none of her business so feel free to ignore her. One of my friends wanted me to call my dd Molly if she'd been a girl. I stuck with my original choice as she was my baby and not my friends. I wouldn't dream of telling someone else what to call their baby even if I didn't like the name, it's only polite to stay quiet.

LadyTophamHatt · 26/09/2007 18:11

I have a Harry and George so you've deffo made a good choice.

Tell you friend to F off.

lulumama · 26/09/2007 18:14

i bet she acutally really likes the names and wants them for her own dcs!

kimi · 26/09/2007 18:14

They are lovely names (I love the name Grace).
Your friend is being thoughtless, tell her that when she has her own child to name she can choose names, your child your choice.

stleger · 26/09/2007 18:24

Your girls' names are my dds' middle names - excellent. DD1 has started using both her names, so she likes it (she is a teenager). If people are going on about George Elliot and the author thing, I know a cool boy called Ellis. (I saw something advising you to check email spam filters for names, and threaten to use them...)

Jackstini · 26/09/2007 18:47

Lovely names SM&H
Out of interest - what is your friend's name - does she dislike hers for some reason?

Pruners · 26/09/2007 18:49

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BroccoliSpears · 26/09/2007 18:57

One of my very close friends was just the same - even said "God, I thought your dog's name was terrible, but now I've heard your potential children's names I think you should stick to naming dogs"!!

She was just being a jealous old bag and I ignored her. None of her business. Stick to your guns.

positive · 26/09/2007 19:13

Wouldn't worry about what your friend has said. Just remember that you have picked names that are for a special little one and these names are special to you and thats all that matters. x

oooggs · 26/09/2007 19:14

my friend has children called George & Rosie - lovely names - Ignore her - is she a real friend?

chunkypudding · 26/09/2007 19:24

I agree with the general consensus - we got so fed up with friends having random opinions based on people they knew in 1978 (that we didn't know!!) that we made a pact not to discuss names with anyone anymore... did tell my mum though.

Mum decided to wind my Dad up and spent 2 days pretending we were planning to call our wee boy "Ethelred"!!! Dad believed her, bless

He did me proud though, apparently looked a bit taken aback but didn't say anything against the name at all! what a sweetie...

chunkypudding · 26/09/2007 19:26

my DP now plans to tell anyone who asks that we are torn between 'Mungo' and 'Norbert'

lemonaid · 26/09/2007 19:35

Ethel for short, presumably?

Although I do know someone with a Mungo...

chunkypudding · 26/09/2007 19:37

really??? blimey!

Califrau · 26/09/2007 19:39

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lomondgal · 26/09/2007 19:41

I love your names, it has nothing to do with your friend. Don't let her spoil them for you. To be honest no matter what names you pick someone will have something to say about it! (Love Rosie Grace, I have an Eva Rose and and Emma Grace )

lemonaid · 26/09/2007 19:46

She is an older woman, though, and Mungo (whom I've not met) must be around my age.

chunkypudding · 26/09/2007 19:55

poor Mungo. Wonder how that affected his life?

hellish · 26/09/2007 20:04

love the names, agree with other posters that you may want to think again about George Elliot - could get teased especially when a teenager and all his frends find out that George Elliot was actually a woman.

What about Elliot George?

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