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myLot reputation of 90/100. Katesmama (3232)   ranked 3 out of 326 in be a great friend5 months ago

Have you ever wanted to talk someone out of their child's name? I have this friend, who named her son something terrible, which loosely translates to "will live at home at 40 and will have hands that smell like cheese." She just had a baby, and is about to name it, a name that is Latin for "shrew" or the Greek, "most hated third grade teacher in the world." I poke fun, but the names are really bad. But she gave the son, and is giving the daughter, a cool middle name, which at nearly two she is starting to call the boy, perhaps because she doesn't want him living at home off of her retirement.


I want very badly to talk her out of this name choice, but I feel like me not liking it will only make her like it more. I got a lot of grief for giving my kid a name off of the top ten most popular for the year, but I grew up with a name that was out of the norm and mispronounced and made fun of, Brinda.


What do I do? Let her regret the name choice at her girl's second birthday, as she is her son's name? Or tell her how I feel, so I can say I told you so?

Ever been in this situation?


Kinda cute, for a shrew
 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 63/100. GnosticGoddess (3452)   ranked 42 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

I say tell her how you feel but keep in mind that she will do was she wants in the end.
But I think reminder her that she regrets naming her son as she did is a good thing to do as a friend.


myLot reputation of 90/100. Katesmama (3232)   ranked 3 out of 326 in be a great friend  5 months ago

She is a very young and stubborn lady my friend. I'm sure she will do as she pleases, but even when she confesses she regrets her son's name, she denies it later.

Hmmm.


myLot reputation of 63/100. GnosticGoddess (3452)   ranked 42 out of 326 in be a great friend  5 months ago

LMAO - well...that does make things difficult huh?

I wasn't going to mention it before but I believe in life charts (blue prints of our lives here on earth that we make before we come into this life) and I believe we choose our name that we are going to have in this life. Because I believe our name helps to shape us into the people we are which helps us be and do the things we wish to accomplish and learn. So even though there are times when I wish my extremely, rare name was different I don't entirely blame my parents for it. And I realize that I might be at the very least a different person than I am today if I had a more common name.


myLot reputation of 90/100. Katesmama (3232)   ranked 3 out of 326 in be a great friend  4 months ago

I chose Kate's name because of the strength associated with the K sound, and her full name is an American version of an Irish name, which I thought, though a common name, would give her an air of both individuality and heritage.

I like the big picture too. happy

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2. myLot reputation of 75/100. myklj999 (5187)   ranked 29 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

"will live at home at 40 and will have hands that smell like cheese."

I about choked on my coffee reading that! lol I've had some friends give their kids names that I thought were kinda strange, but that seems to be the norm anymore. Is the name she's choosing really that terrible? Is she going to get mad if you try to talk her out of it? Names can be extremely personal things to some people. I really can't advise you either way on this one. I will wish you good luck in whichever route you take.

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3. myLot reputation of 95/100. makingpots (4275)   ranked 60 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

ROFLMAO
You just can't win in this situation. I have no recommendation. Maybe just be a friend and be there for her down the road when the regret sets in. A hormonal mommy-to-be thinking of naming her child... it could get ugly.

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4. myLot reputation of 90/100. ellie333 (5192)   ranked 17 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

She will name her child what she thinks is right no matter what anyone says. I always cosidered the intials when naming mine also as I remember there was a boy at school who used to get teased because his initials were VD poor lad. I would talk to her about it but I think if she has already decided you may not sway her but saying that I had chosen names for all three of mine before they were born and once they were named them something else because that name didn't seem to suit. Ellie:D


myLot reputation of 95/100. ShepherdSpy (1310)   ranked 320 out of 326 in be a great friend  4 months ago

Yep..gotta be careful with the Initials,too!


myLot reputation of 96/100. mommyboo (1510)   ranked 174 out of 326 in be a great friend  4 months ago

I know people who had minds made up about a name, then the baby was born and they changed their minds because the baby didn't 'look' like the chosen name. Layla turned into Oliva and Lainie became Lydia. It's not really so odd now because the girls definitely have the right names.

 
5. myLot reputation of 73/100. everlasting (10037)   ranked 54 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

We have a nasty neighbor who named their twin sons from lords of the ring names. We were not aware that their names were from that book because we are not in speaking terms. We named our dogs Frodo and Legolas from that book too! Everytime our neighbors learned of that, they illicit laughter!

All my kids' names were well thought of and they usually get praises from them.


myLot reputation of 95/100. ShepherdSpy (1310)   ranked 320 out of 326 in be a great friend  4 months ago

Your Neighbours named their Sons Frodo and Legolas?? Oy..


myLot reputation of 73/100. everlasting (10037)   ranked 54 out of 326 in be a great friend  4 months ago

yup!

 
6. myLot reputation of 94/100. Lakota12 (11411)   ranked 59 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

here you can pay an amount to get a name change and if she regrets it maybe she should check into it.
Y a might point out to her what the name could mean to the child in later years.

 
7. myLot reputation of 96/100. Mirita (1130)   ranked 148 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

I think that I would tell her something,but in a very diplomatic way.

 
8. imagenius128 (45)   ranked 150 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

I know exactly how you feel! One of my best friend's moms does the paperwork for hospitals and such (including birth certificates) She says that some of the names she sees are awful! One couple named their kid "America" and another, not sure if I can say this without being explicit, ummm... "(excretion)head" pronounced with the first 3 letters as one syllable, then the last 5 as another.

I honestly don't know what some of these parents are thinking


myLot reputation of 96/100. theproperator (2077)   ranked 325 out of 326 in be a great friend  5 months ago

I believe the name you are speaking of is pronounced "Sha-theed" but some parents mispell it to be unique without really looking at what the new spelling says.

 
9. coolingembers (19)   ranked 149 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

If I see another girl named 'kylie' or 'kaylie' one more time, i think I will lose it. Not that they are bad names, but they're so overused anymore.

 
10. myLot reputation of 91/100. sylvia13 (743)   ranked 151 out of 326 in be a great friend   5 months ago

Yes, once, a few years ago. My friend was Brazilian and she wanted her son to be called "Caio", which sounds like "Cayo" in Spanish. Cayo can be several things, one is key, like the Florida Keys, and the other is the past tense of "caer", which means to fall down. My friend just told me that the name she had chosen sounded nice in Portuguese and I know that the baby was given that name after all. Sorry, but I still think that name does not sound nice.

 
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