Reactions to the name you chose? - Page 2

[Areia]

Originally Posted by ~Christina~

We get one of two answers- "Huh, how'd you come up with THAT?" or "That's beautiful! I've never met anyone with that name." We call her Maggie, but her full name is Magdalyn. I thought she looked like a Madelyn, but we already have an Addi so I thought having a Maddie would get too confusing LOL. A friend of mine suggested Magdalyn and it was perfect! It really suits her. Although, my Gram calls her Meggie b/c she wanted her to be named Meghan. Annoying. Every time she says it I say, "That's not her name."

Beautiful name! My DD's middle name is Magdalene

[Jaesun's Dad]

People are pretty much indifferent on Jaesun (which we pronounce just like "Jason") but a little bit of shock over the conjugate last name [mine]-[hers] especially my dad.

DS's name is Corbin and we have only gotten positive feedback on it.

One of the expectant dads in our birthing class went by "Corby" several of us in the class were tempted to borrow his name for our son :-) I like both Corbin and Corby too.

[AmyKT]

DDCC, but I'm surprised at how sheltered a lot of people are. Seriously, you've never heard the name Liam? (a PP's DS's name)

Most people have never heard of DD1's name -- Zora -- although it is an old name and the name of one of the most acclaimed American authors of the 20th century. I can forgive that, though. It is pretty unusual, and not everyone is into literature. But Fiona? That's what we're considering for DD2, and I ran into a 50-something woman yesterday who'd never heard it. Hasn't everyone at least seen Shrek? Or heard of Fiona Apple?

[SilverFish]

ddcc too...
my daughter's name is tziporah. it's hebrew for sparrow, and the spelling is the old-fashioned one... i was going to go for zipporah, but my husband liked it with the t.

i'm amazed at some of the rude reactions i've gotten to the name, especially the spelling. i know it's an unusual name, but i thought it was common courtesy to say, "oh, that's nice" when you introduce a baby, regardless of whether you would have chosen the name yourself. even my immediate family, who KNEW the freaking name before she got here, spent ages questioning me and my husband about it (and only several hours PP too!!). i love her name so much, but i am wondering whether i'm going to continue to get this kind of reaction for much longer. a dear friend of mine is named zipporah, and based on how much she loves her name and how little anyone ever says about it when they're introduced to her, i thought that it would be a pretty usable name.

[hakeber]

such nice names...we went sort of boring/classic with both kids. Benjamin and Emily. We've had nothing but nice things about Emily, but the peds nurse when Benjamin was born asked me "what's his middle name?" It's David. "oh," she says," I like that better, I'll call him that."

And spent the week we were in hospial PP she called him David. I love the name David, but lady, his name Benjamin. Get over it!

[marinak1977]

Originally Posted by hakeber

the peds nurse when Benjamin was born asked me "what's his middle name?" It's David. "oh," she says," I like that better, I'll call him that."

And spent the week we were in hospial PP she called him David.

OMG this is so rude!!!! I would've had a hissy fit right then and there.
MIL didn't like DS's name - it's Aleksandr (spelled the Russian way, but usually pronounced just like an american name since DH can't really roll the R's etc) and Sasha for short (also a traditional Russian diminutive)
Before DS was born we nicknamed him Hank because it was cute. MIL was disappointed and wanted to continue calling him that. I had to put my foot down with DH that his name was Sasha and if he wanted to go by Alex or whatever when he got older it was his choice. Certainly no Hank -it was a name of my pet tapeworm I had for nine months.
When I say his name is Sasha people think he's a girl. But they usually like the name.

[Happiestever]

Originally Posted by AmyKT

DDCC, but I'm surprised at how sheltered a lot of people are. Seriously, you've never heard the name Liam? (a PP's DS's name)

Most people have never heard of DD1's name -- Zora -- although it is an old name and the name of one of the most acclaimed American authors of the 20th century. I can forgive that, though. It is pretty unusual, and not everyone is into literature. But Fiona? That's what we're considering for DD2, and I ran into a 50-something woman yesterday who'd never heard it. Hasn't everyone at least seen Shrek? Or heard of Fiona Apple?

WE were going to name our baby Zora if they were a girl. My mother said some really awful stuff about that. But it's beautiful.

[rlmueller]

All positive

for Laura Ann. We got fussed at for not naming her in a timely manner (10 days or so) and some surprise at such a 'normal' name.

[AfricanQueen99]

Today I got a "that's unusual. Your generation has some unique names.". We are talking about Griffin not Zebulan!

[hakeber]

Originally Posted by AfricanQueen99

Today I got a "that's unusual. Your generation has some unique names.". We are talking about Griffin not Zebulan!

Isn't Griffin actually an old fashioned name? DH wanted to name Benjamin, Zoltan. I cashed in my mother's veto on that one. If we were Hungarian, MAYBE, but all I can think of when I hear that name is the movie Big.

[hakeber]

Originally Posted by marinak1977

OMG this is so rude!!!! I would've had a hissy fit right then and there.

I would have but it was so utterly absurd, I just had to laugh. She was clearly a nut.

[purplemamaturtle5]

Well, I think most ppl like the name Rowan, but for some strange reason (really strange reason)...ppl just CANNOT pronounce it!! I dont get it. I hear "RoNan", or Rowan (like Row-on) Its kind of annoying. My father thinks its a really awesome name, but his mother...my granny thinks its a bit odd. His full name is Rowan Briar and I think its the "Briar" that gets her.... "you know that a briar is a thorny bush dear?" haha. Yes Granny, I know....

[gabeyho]

Originally Posted by StrawberryFields

Reactions to Aurora/Rory have been mostly either non-existent or quiet, so I'm pretty sure that people are a little freaked. Maybe I am spoiled but with dd1 everyone gushed about how pretty her name was. People still stop me to exclaim how much they like it. With dd2 the reactions are like..."Oh." and, "That's...unusual." or just silence. I have kind of defaulted to telling strangers her name is Aurora because people seem to freak more when I say Rory. Which surprises me really because I didn't think Rory was a shockingly unusual name. I know it is a boy's name but it's not like I named her Fred or something! Oh, well.

I love your daughter's name! I would give a girl that name in a heartbeat, although I would likely call her by her full name. All of my kids have names that can easily be shortened, but we are just not nick-name people.

That being said, my parents don't care for our son's name because it's too catholic (they're not and we are), and our Catholic friends think it's kind of presumptuous, and one person (who was being a little silly) asked if we liked the beetles . I have actually started calling him 'bubby', like buddy and bub put together, and my dad calls him JP. His siblings all call him 'the baby'.