Negative comments about baby's name are bringing me down - Page 3

[great_with_child]

Nickname idea for this...

My kids have different names because of my husbands heritage, but we like them. We get strange looks all the time and have to repeat all of our names - I have a different name, and so does my husband.

I like Edelweiss - it is a beautiful and rare flower. As for a NN - I know a very sweet lady named Adie (pronounced Aid-ee) and I thought that would be a sweet nickname for Edelweiss (spelled Edie or something like that).

Best of luck - and remember, it is a name you are choosing for who you want your daughter to be. Everyone else will learn to love her for her, not her name.

[lalaland42]

I think we just met IRL unless there are 2 pregnant women who are naming their babies Edelweiss. I vote you mail the book Chrysanthemum to your mom. Love the name BTW.

[gabeyho]

pretty

I think it is a pretty name, but I have to be honest with you that the first thing that came to my mind, since it is the only exposure I have ever had to that word, is I thought "like the beer?" Just my two cents.

Everyone will learn to love it over time. Maybe just act like you have others in mind, don't tell your family what they are, and then announce the name after the birth. We are not telling anyone this time, because after 4 with # on the way I am sick of everyone's opinions and my kids have beautiful names, as will this one. Good luck!

[catchthewind]

We were very selective about who we shared name choices with prior to our last daughter being born. That being said, I did share with a few friends and online, because I wanted to get some reactions from people whose opinions I trusted and valued (in the case of my friends) and also from people who had no real stock in trying to make me happy (people online). I wanted to get some honest reactions to the names, as the kid will be the one to live with it, not me. If one of my friends didn't like a name, but it was just a matter of preference, it didn't concern me much. If a lot of people had had a negative reaction to a name though, I would have assumed that that's going to be the general reaction and either stuck the name in the middle (if it had a lot of meaning) or chucked it altogether.

I do agree that once your kid is named that it becomes their name, but I think Edelweiss will be a hard one for a kid to live with in the US. And for people who know her the name will fit, but there will be people who will see the name on paper before they meet her who might have preconceptions because of it. Likely she will end up with a nickname, like Edie or Adela or something along those lines. Especially when she's younger and her friends have trouble pronouncing it. If you used a name like Adela, and said she was named after the flower, or put Edelweiss in the middle, would it still hold as much meaning to you?