Baby names

I named my first child Raevana Midnight and as soon as people found out about they said things like "she'll struggle in school" or "no one could ever pronounce it" and how "its a stupid name, go for something common", now she's 2 and in nursery at a school I get compliments on her name and most people love the uniqueness of her name and I don't regret her name for a single second. Just remember she's YOUR daughter not your mums and it's your choice what to name her, even if it means you have to temporarily go low contact to let her know your serious on the name, don't let anyone push you on what to name your child

I named my little girl Charlotte (from 5 weeks basically) & both my MiL and mum said they didn’t like it & tried jamming other names down my throat. They both said they would only call her lottie. Well, they don’t & they call her Charlotte and love her name now 🤣 We want to call this baby Eloise & I have had the straight up ‘no, I don’t like it’ and I just said ‘it doesn’t matter if you don’t like it, it’s what we like’. The end of the day, she will love that baby to the end of the world when they arrive & equally love whatever name you pick 🙂 if she doesn’t, well… doesn’t matter anyway 😆 xx

Id say you handled it pretty well telling her she has 20 weeks to get used to it, the nanny knows best comment would rile me right up cant lie 😂 She had her turn to choose baby names many moons ago this is your turn now, if you love the name you chose then stick with it she’ll just have to get used to it x

I've just gone with the name you're happy with, don't change it to please other people regardless of how long you've had the name for. I'm due baby girl 1st August and me and my partner and I found out the sex of her at 13 weeks and have had that name since. Regardless of what people think, I'd just do what makes you happy and let it known you're not changing it, so they get used to it. Good luck ❤️

If you are really really set on the name then go with it. Why are mums so annoying 😂 she'll 100% get over it when bubba is here

Sounds like my MIL. She was like this with our first. We’ve refused to tell her any names were even considering now. She doesn’t get a say and unless she’s going to be nice, then I’d rather not hear it.

Thank you all for the loveliness! We are set on Freya for this one. Me and my hubby love it and goes lovely with her brother Alfie. But really wound me up yesterday! I think she thinks this is her baby, she said to me, I wish I'd called you Tia, I was like that's so far from Charlotte. X

My MIL said that we were naming our baby after her to people because it had the same initial as her name 🤯 and also posted on instagram the name we had chosen , when I brought it up to my partner he thinks I’m over reacting and am just trying to cause problems with his mum 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

When I told my in laws I was calling my daughter indie they thought I was absolutely mental and tried to talk me out of it for months . She’s turning 4 soon and they absolutely adore her name. Everyone comments on how beautiful it is and how much she suits it. Freya is a gorgeous name xxx

With my first we chose the name Percival (Percy for short) when people heard it they said he would get bullied, they didn’t like it etc etc, and it put us off naming him that and we used it as his middle name instead. When we announced we were having a little girl a few family members went straight to commenting “what names have you chosen” rather than congratulations 😔 and it seems as though they were making jokes. I am not telling anyone the names we are discussing. It’s tough if they don’t like the names we have chosen… they’re our children!! ❤️

Oh gosh I’m sorry! Yeah I kinda wish I hadn’t told close family the name we are using as my nan gave me the most disgusted look and said ‘oh no don’t name her that’ then went on to say ‘well if you name her that then I won’t be calling her that I will give her a nickname’ 🤦🏻‍♀️ it’s not even like it’s an unusual or controversial name it’s quite old fashioned tbh but yeah, it annoyed me at the time but I don’t care now.. it’s our baby and we will name her what we want to🤍

My mum and friends don’t like my baby name either lucky for them it’s not there baby😂and I’ve told them to get used to it lol x

I think it’s incredibly rude and shows low emotional intelligence to share any negative opinion about your child’s name with you. Some people can be so selfish. I’m so so incredibly sorry this happened to you.