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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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I love, love, love the name EDEN. But dh absolutely would not go for it. I'll always wish I had an EDEN but oh well. I do like all my kids' names. I wish that I had spelled my dd, Jade different. Never thought of it before her birth but I think Jayde looks more feminine. I also have a Jamee and get a lot of questions about the spelling. Again we never thought much on it before her birth. She's named after DH, James we dropped the s and added e. I still like it and what's more, the older she gets the more SHE loves the unique spelling. My sweet little Moise (Mo-ees)is severly disabled and I really questioned at the time if it was the right name but now I know that it's perfect he has been dubbed by my kids Meesy-Mo (don't laugh) and it's perfect for his beautiful eternally childlike personality.
With our daughter, I let DH do most of the choosing - I ran a long list past him of names that I thought could maybe work, and he chose Cassidy. I do like the name, and it's better than what I would have gone with myself in hindsight (Bailey - but EVERYONE we know has a dog named Bailey!), but I don't absolutely adore the name. It fits too many trends, and I really wanted to avoid an overly trendy name.
That said, I have never, for one second, regretted the middle name I pushed DH hard for - Drew. It's after DH's granddad who died before Cassy was born, and I really, really love it. It makes up for any part of me that doesn't like Cassidy. We call her Cassidy Drew and Cassy Drew all the time, and I love that the name has meaning. It also flows well with Cassidy. So overall, I don't really regret it, but I think I would have gone with Cassia
My DD is Audrey Katelyn. Her mn comes from my mom and great-grandmother (Catherine) and my MIL mn Lynn. But originally I wanted Avery as her first name. But the closer I got to my due date, the more Averys I came across, so we decided on Audrey. And it couldn't fit her more perfectly! But I do admit for several months after she was born, I called her Ave-Audrey on several occassions because Avery just wouldn't leave my mind! How embarrassing!
But now I just love the name Audrey.
Bek
When we were about 6 months into our pg with Solomon I suddenly thought of the name Bram. In a lot of ways, I kind of wish we'd used it. I mean, I LOVE Solomon...but I thought I liked the NNs that come with it (Sol, Solly) but I discovered that I HATE them, and I hate the presumptions that people make - people meeting him for the first time will call him Sol, and he doesn't respond, so they think he's stupid. Sol is NOT his name, though.
Max Amasa - LOVE his name and he loves his name, too.
I once asked Solomon whether we should have called him Solomon or Bram and he says "BRAM!" Sadly, though, changing it would not be an option, because we'd need to add another MN, too. If he were Bram it would have been Bram Simcha James, rather than Solomon James.
My only other regret is that we haven't had opportunity to use Mordecai yet, and I don't know if we will...
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