Baby name

[Millylou3]

So although I’m quite early On in my pregnancy myself and my husband have already picked names out - we told our mams who both absolutely hate the boy name we have picked out 😱 they literally just said hate it! Has anyone else had this - I’m so not changing the name as we can’t decide on any others we like at all - I’m hoping they grow to love it but I’m not sure they will 😂

Reggie is cute and I think it will grow on them!

They will get used to it. Ignore them 🤷‍♀️

Our boy will be called Robin and we have had so many people say they didn’t like it or weren’t sure but we have called him that for the past 9 months, have signs in his room with his name on and now everyone has just gotten used to it. Next time I won’t be telling anyone but this is the only name me and my partner both liked and he’s been called this ever since I found out I was pregnant so not changing it now!

Also I love the name reggie it’s so cute! Don’t worry about what some daft people on here say, I don’t think there is anything wrong with having an abbreviation as their full name. My nephew is a just Tom and my sister is a just Beth and they are two of my favourite names (and people!)

Yes I had this in my first pregnancy. Wanted to call my baby Walter if he was a boy. My mum hated it so much and kept saying so. We had a girl, now pregnant with a boy and I can't face calling him Walter after that reaction so we've chosen something else. Luckily I do like it better now but we have not shared the names this time and won't till he's born. Sorry you've had a bad reaction - I found it quite upsetting at the time.

We shared a selection of names we liked with DD1 and her name was included in that list. Anyone who knew me well knew what she was going to be called though because it was a name I had loved for years.

With DD2, we didn’t even share a list of potentials. DH and I knew what her name was going to be but we kept it to ourselves.

Also, I don’t subscribe to the ‘wait and see if they suit the name when they’re born’. My DDs both looked like babies when they were born. We named them what we had chosen and they became that name. We had nicknames for both of them before they were born and we only called them that.

I expect once the name is attached to their adored grand son they will come to terms with it and even grow to love it.

@Lantern156

I expect once the name is attached to their adored grand son they will come to terms with it and even grow to love it.

This

We kept the name secret until my daughter was born and an hour after she was born I told my mum and she turn round and said it was awful and she didn't like it as reminded her of an awful family member ( I wasn't to know this). Literally broke my heart and I had just given birth (my mum doesnt think before she speaks)

However after a short while she came round and loved it and forgot the attachment to it, and I wasn't going to budge on the name

Moral of the story, Name your child what you want

I’ve told my mum some names and she’s given me a look at some of them so I won’t be saying anything more until baby is here.
But when my newphew was born my dad hated the name so much he called him Junior for the first 6 months

@Fruitloops34 it's absolutely ridiculous isn't it? People are so rude they actually think they can behave like this 😂 My mother hated my eldest name -she never said anything though, but I know her well enough. And I know she doesn't like my second and third DCs names but probably more along the lines of 'she wouldn't have chosen them'. I really don't care at all. I know she has a specific name in mind for this baby and she's going to be disappointed 🤷‍♀️😜