Mum wants to change her four-month-old daugter’s name as she ‘really doesn’t like it.’
“I had hyperemesis and PND and as a result, coupled with the fact the partner didn’t agree with me on many names, I still didn’t have a name for her when she was almost six weeks old,” shared the mum.
“The only one we could agree on was Esmé (Es-may) so reluctantly went for that. Now I really don’t like it. She’s forever getting Es-me and the accent is a pain. It’s too late to change it, isn’t it? She’s four months. Anyone else have name regret and did it grow on you?”
Other parents recounted their experiences with baby name regret.
“I had the same problem with my oldest daughter, I did change it. I was embarrassed to change it etc., but it’s better to do it then because you won’t do it when they’re older and live forever with regret,” one mum said.
“Please change it. Not because it’s not lovely but my daughter is nearly 10 and I still regret her name. I thought it was too late to change at a month old. And six months old. And a year old. It has not grown on me. At 10 years it probably is too late so I’m being creative with nicknames,” said another.
Another mum turned to mumsnet sharing her baby name regret
The mum shared that she is unsure about her name choice and wants to change her newborn’s name after eight weeks.
“I did like Charlie until every person I said it to immediately went ‘awww, Cheeky Charlie!’ I hate that. It makes me think of a class clown and an idiot. Someone else said ‘I always immediately think of cocaine when someone says Charlie!’ I did not laugh with them, but just looked at my beautiful baby whose name I was starting to hate more and more and now apparently reminded people of packet of drugs!,” said the mum.
“I feel embarrassed that my baby, in my view, has no name! Did anyone else here have name regret? Did you change it or did the baby just ‘become’ the name?” she asked.
One comment recommended changing the name to her bubs middle name, “You can always use his current name as his middle name and you can tell your son the story when he is bigger. Now is the perfect time to change it as he won’t know any better.”
Did you have baby name regret?
