News, One in five parents regrets name they chose for their baby: survey. (teens, girls)

[JD59]

What's in a name? For some moms and dads, a twinge of regret.

One in five parents reports having second thoughts on the name they so carefully chose for their baby, a study in Britain found.



Read more: One in five parents regrets name they chose for their baby: survey

[haggardhouseelf]

I don't know if my parents regretted the name they gave me. I don't want to give out my name on a public forum, but I will say that every year there were about 5 of us all with the same name - and sometimes even with the same first and middle name - in the class and we had to go by nicknames or "Jane B., Jane T. Jane D.", etc... I always wanted to change my name.

I'm wondering how many "Bella's" there are going to be... I'm so tired of that name. (Tired of the Twilight hype, too.) Bella Bella Bella. Sheesh. I wish people were more original. Violet and Lily are becoming pretty common as well. We gave our boys unique names. So far they are the only ones in their school with their names, which we like.

Our neighbor's family names all the girls born into the family after rare flowers or precious gemstones. It's pretty sweet!

[Hopes]

The woman up the street is named after a country in Asia. She named her daughter after a country too---a different country than her own name.

I always mess up their names! I can never remember which countries! Sometimes I call them a country that isn't even one of their names!

[Eresh]

My daughter's name is easy to pronounce, easy to spell, and not very common (though it was more common around 100 years ago). I have no regrets.

[TouchOfWhimsy]

My kids have traditional, but not exceptionally common, names. No weird spellings. No regrets here!

[maciesmom]

Yep. Traditional names here too (and no weird spellings either). I've never regretted their names. As far as I know, they both like their names.

[Hollytree]

quote: "My kids have traditional, but not exceptionally common, names. No weird spellings. No regrets here!"

I think that's the way to go as well. I've heard that a good test is this when pondering a name:

Pretend your child- now grown up- is somewhere in public where there is a loud intercom- a hotel or convention center maybe- and his/her name is loudly announced. Will they be proud or embarrassed to hear it? Is it a grown up, dignified name for a (potential) professional? Will six other people answer to the name? Is it a definitely male or female name so the caller won't be confused?

[nightcrawler]

No regrets here, I still love the names we both picked out for our sons
Omar,
Cezzre,
De Leyon

The boys however, are not as enthiusuatic (sp)
Oh well.......................

[DubbleT]

I regret that I let my husband talk me out of the name Alyssa for our daughter. The name we compromised on is so common that she always had at least one or two other girls in her class with the same name, and she hated that.
Funny thing is that my son's name is extremely common too but he thinks it's hilarious. He joined a club exclusively for people with the same name, just for laughs.

[maciesmom]

Funny thing is that my son's name is extremely common too but he thinks it's hilarious. He joined a club exclusively for people with the same name, just for laughs.

LOL - my son's name (first AND last!) was used as one of the main characters in a movie (marketed towards teens) several years ago and the movie setting was near where we live. He got a kick out of that for awhile. His first name is pretty common but our last name, while not unusual, isn't one you hear every day.