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Mother wants to change baby’s ‘unusual’ name after four months

Jul 04, 2018

A mother decides she no longer likes her baby's name. Source: Getty

Parents know all too well the difficulty in picking the perfect name for their child, hours upon hours are spent poring over baby books and sometimes when you think you’ve chosen, the baby is born and it just doesn’t fit.

There are loads of different, and we mean really different names out there, so the options really are endless – seriously some people have tried to name their children Monkey and Nutella.

But for one mother, whose daughter is now four months old, the name she grew to love throughout her pregnancy no longer seems like the right choice and she is on the brink of changing it before it’s too late.

Taking to popular online forum Mumsnet, the concerned mother explained her baby girl’s “unusual” name has received some unkind remarks from others, creating doubt in her mind.

The name in question? Audrey.

Now just what’s so unusual about the name Audrey has left some people flummoxed, but apparently the mother has been copping a lot of flak for it.

“I haven’t had one positive response, “oh” is my most common response, followed by “it doesn’t matter what she’s called, she’s beautiful” to try and cover up the fact they hate it,” she wrote.

“I just seem to be regretting it a lot, the more and more I look at her, the less I like it and the more I start to think I can’t have you with that name.”

Considering the name Olivia instead, the mother asked for advice on whether or not to go through with the change after coming to dead ends when trying to discuss the matter with her mum and partner.

“I tried talking to my mum about it and got “you had nine months to name her, then a further few weeks”, I know that,” she exclaimed.

The concerned mother received a flurry of responses from people sympathetic of her situation.

“Absolutely you can! (change the name) It’s hardly the case that you actually have nine months and then you need to pick a name that you and dad love and that suits bub. Of course it might end in regret and there’s no sham in changing your mind. My advice is don’t worry even for a second what others think but decide what you and your partner want for your daughter,” one person commented.

“Audrey is nice….but honestly, if she doesn’t look like an Audrey and you don’t think the name fits, do change it. She’s only young and people will soon get used to the change,” another added.

While others were a little more harsh in their response and firmly against the idea of a name change.

“Erm no, you child’s identity isn’t changeable. This is one of the oddest things I read on Mumsnet, and it’s really regular as well. Don’t change your child’s name. They are not a pet or a doll or an invisible friend. She is your daughter and you have been teaching her to recognise her name for months. It’s her name. Her identity. Don’t be so fickle,” a user wrote.