People not liking your name choices

[Snowball]

We've got our little boy's name all picked but the problem is no one likes it

I don't mind that some people aren't keen but it kind of hurts when people laugh at the mere mention of it. I'm probably being over sensitive, his name isn't even that 'out there' and I have had people say they really like it.

Is it just me who's getting this?

 

[Vickie]

I didn't get that but I can't imagine it would feel good to have people laughing at my name choices

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

my MIL HATED our name for a girl, and if we mention it now she still goes off on one. which obviously made me want it more!!!!!

we had Sabrina Iris Alexandra

 

[Gunner's Mama]

It's impossible to please everyone...I would just stop telling people and say you are waiting to announce.

 

[Baby2ontheway]

Im sorry! If you dont mind me asking what is the name you have picked out?

 

[K&H]

If you like it go for it is what I have to say! If Im not wrong its Elvis right? I think its a lovely name and not over used.
x

 

[cupcake]

its your baby and you get to name it, no one else !

 

[ramblinhaggis]

a lot of people dont like River, our name for a boy, but who cares what they think? They may laough now but they wont when he is born. If you and your Dh like it, ignore anyone else.

 

[GEM81]

aw don't listen to anyone else! one of my sets of grandparents openly admitted they didn't like the name imogen and at first it made me really angry but after a while i did not let it bother me! also when i was preg imogen was one of the names on my list and when i'd mention it some ppl would say oh no i don't like that but funnily enough since i've had her the same lady has said oh imogen is a lovely name!! ha ha

you go with the name you like someone will always have something to say about it!

gem xxx

 

[Szaffi]

I stopped mentioning our choices (we haven't settled on anything), but it is horrible when people tell you that it is an ugly/stupid/ridiculous name and you should use such and such name.

I think we'll just tell once she's born.

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

no one liked my nephews name when he was born (Nico) but now everyone has got used to it and would never imagine him called anything else!

 

[MrsP]

Hon, you don't have to please everyone it is your baby and your choice.

I know what you mean though, in the end we didn't tell people names we had picked out we just said haven't decided and told them to wait and see.

x

 

[MUMOF5]

We are fed up people turning their noses up at our choices so we arent telling anyone until he/she is born, and to be doubly awkward im not telling them the sex either!!

 

[Baby2ontheway]

Elvis is a very unused name and maybe thats why they arent used to it!! They will have to get over it! This is your baby not theirs. Once the baby gets here everything will be fine and they will have no choice but to call him elvis because that will be his name!

 

[Tilly]

Sod them, there is no pleasing everyone and it is your baby! Some of our family members didn't like our name ideas, but I don't really care.. it wouldn't influence my choice.

What is the name you've chosen by the way?

 

[lucilou]

I think if you ask people for their opinion then they should be allowed to be honest if they don't like it (otherwise, no point asking them really!) but if you tell them in a way that says you've decided and you're not asking their opinion, then they shouldn't really offer it - people always will though!

Me and my mum gave my brother a REALLY hard time when he told us the name they had planned for their little girl, and we tried everything to change his mind (in the end they made it her midle name) but I feel really bad about it now, I should have just let them get on with it!

We have now decided not to tell anyone what names we have chosen until after the wee one is born - so no-one can try to put us off. As it stands, we haven't even decided ourselves although we are down to 3 girls names and 3 boys names that we both like.

 

[mummypeanut]

WE have a completely random boys name picked out which i know my MIL will hate because she likes traditional names. We're planning on landing it on them when the baby is already here and then they cant exactly have an opinion.

I think people feel differently wen they see a child connected to the name. My freinds son was called Eric and at first i really wasnt sure but now i know him as a baby it suits him down to the ground. No other name could be his.

Go with it - its your baby your choice )

 

[Snowball]

If you like it go for it is what I have to say! If Im not wrong its Elvis right? I think its a lovely name and not over used.
x

No it's not Elvis, that's just a nickname We're calling him Ozzie, which I really love. I have another little boy called Eddie so their names will go nicely too

Our baby that died last year was going to be called Ozzie but we changed our minds when he died because we wanted to give him a name with meaning. Now the name Ozzie holds a special meaning for me which is why I love it so much and want to call this baby it

 

[Pyrrhic]

Eddie and Ozzie go well together

Just ignore them. You can't please everyone. People hate our names for our next LO, so we've just stopped telling people!

 

[Emsy26]

I really like Ozzie hun xox

nobody liked Theo, but I told them if they didn't like it, it was tough, he's our baby not theirs. Now they have got used to it, they quite like it xx