Do I have a choice on daughter's name?

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Registered: 09-09-2005
Do I have a choice on daughter's name?
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Fri, 09-09-2005 - 10:49am

Here is a question. Do I HAVE to name my daughter after my mother-in-law? I really don't want to becauser her name is Peggy Bonaparte.

I don't want to name her this, but my husband's family is really pressuring us. :(

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Registered: 07-06-2005
Fri, 09-09-2005 - 10:59am
No, you definitely do NOT have to name your daughter after anyone at all. (I know, I wasn't named after anyone!) But I think it would be a lovely gesture on your part to at least incorporate a form of Peggy in you daughter's name. Maybe using Margaret as a middle? Or maybe a form of Margaret? Megan, Greta, Meg, Gretchen, Maggie, Mamie, Margery, Margo, Rita, Marjorie/Jorie or even Maisie/Maisy. I know my own almost mother in law is thrilled that I have a form of her name in my own name!
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Registered: 06-14-2003
Fri, 09-09-2005 - 1:30pm
It's YOUR baby (well, & your husband's too) so YOU name your baby what you want. Extended family has no right to name your baby. Stand up for yourself & your baby & get your dh's help in this. No, you DON'T have to name your baby after your MIL.
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Registered: 05-07-2003
Fri, 09-09-2005 - 1:43pm
DITTO!!!
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Registered: 04-18-2005
Fri, 09-09-2005 - 2:42pm

I agree with others - you DON'T have to name your baby after MIL.

I would suggest, however, that you and your husband not tell your extended family (yours or his) the name you've chosen until the baby arrives and it's on the birth certificate. If they insist on knowing, make up something outrageous and stick to that name. They don't have any right to insist on a name and you don't have to tell them anything.

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Registered: 04-01-2005
Fri, 09-09-2005 - 3:41pm
Why are you posting rude comments on other people's questions on this board?
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Registered: 09-09-2005
Fri, 09-09-2005 - 3:56pm
Uhhh....
Thought this was a forum where we could exchange ideas in an adult manner. I detected a joking manner on some of the posts, and I responded in kind.
I mean really....have you ever met a Heaven who wasn't a stripper?
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Registered: 07-01-2005
Fri, 09-09-2005 - 5:39pm

I am sure all the other reponses say this(lol). But this is YOUR baby not theirs name her whatever you want! If they want the name to be continued then one of them needs to have a baby and name her Peggy!

Goodluck!!!

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Registered: 09-09-2005
Fri, 09-09-2005 - 7:51pm
Thanks!