naming regrets?
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naming regrets?
| Mon, 06-25-2007 - 2:29pm |
Hi all,
Just wondering if there's anyone out there who went through a period where they found themselves not entirely thrilled with the name they gave their baby? When DH and I originally chose our son's name I liked it, but several months later I found I'm going through all sorts of naming regret and agonizing over names we didnt pick (I know ridiculous, right?)
Anyone with similar stories?

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It's not ridiculous. I think a lot of people feel that way. With my 2nd son, we named him Sean. I liked the name a lot. But once he was born, I began to feel that the name was too short when compared to my first son, Alexander. At about 2 months old, I nearly changed his name to Jonathan.
But now he's 13 and I'm so glad we stuck with Sean. It suits him well and is not too common.
Good luck deciding what to do. You won't be the first person who ever changed a name, if you decide to do that. Or maybe you'll grow to love it again.
Thanks for sharing your story with me. I think back to the timeline of how we came up with our son's name and as DH and I combed through potential baby names we hit an impasse over the names he and I liked. There was one name he really liked, and that name just kinda stuck with me even though it was one of those names that had never been on my radar. I basically liked the potential the name lived up to and how it sounded with our last name.
So here we give our son this name we agreed to and then one day several months later, the name just doesn't gell with me. I've kept this feeling to myself hoping I one day just embrace my son's name and not get wrapped up in this weird regret thing.
I do find other people's stories encouraging of how they just came around and ended up loving their kid's name.
My DH picked out D's name (Darius). It was his favorite name since he was a kid. I liked it so we went with it. When he was born though he didn't "look" like a Darius. We kept it though and it has been really hard for me to get used to calling him that. Just recently I have started using his name more and I think it totally fits him. There was a time when I wanted to change his name but I'm glad we didn't. I really couldn't imagine him anything but Darius now.
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There's so much pressure/opinion/connotation with every name that's out there. Its so hard not to get caught up scrunitizing a name too much.
I think as time passes and as my son's personality comes through, I'll start to chill out over his name and appreciate the reasons why we went with that name to begin with.
"Keeping your food-allergic child physically safe and emotionally healthy can be the greatest of all balancing acts." Lisa Cipriano Collins
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