Anyone named their kids names they don't particularly like??

[TeniBear]

*takes a big deep breath*

I don't like Ianto's name. I was hoping I'd be able to change Scott's mind about it in those last eight weeks, but obviously they didn't happen. I like looking at it, it's a good name on paper, but saying it out loud makes me cringe sometimes. If you're talking to me and I bring him up, now you know why I always hesitate before saying it. It's not that I don't want to talk about him, it's that I'd rather his name was something else. If he'd lived, I bet we'd be calling him by his middle name by now, or some nickname unrelated to his real name.

[smiles4u]

i couldn't help but pop into to say the name Imogen if i had to chose it for my own child it could easily grow on me

[skybie]

charlotte and isabelle work well together

[LimeSlice]

charlotte and isabelle work well together

Can't use Isabelle, our surname begins with Bell lol And it is too common for me now.


Smiles - Yep, same here, Imogen is one I could warm to.

[LionsandBears]

Imogen was on our shortlist for a while. It could grow on you. I was thinking Immy or Gen for short.

I know a lovely little girl called Chloe. She's a really girly girl

[The[cookie]Doctor]

I dont like Chloe... it was going to be a middle name but so over it.

I LOVE IMOGEN though (mog ) I think it sits really well with Charlotte. They are both a bit old fashioned, or classic (though charlotte is pretty popular I guess).

Ive loved it forever but DH hates it..

As for the actually question... Alexander was a 'fall back'. We could not decide on anything else so Alexander it was and it suits him sso well now I wouldnt call him anything else.

[Phteven]

I think Cordelia is better than Imogen.

[kristi14]

Dont give up on finding that "just right" name yet, research, research, research. With #6 i was stressing because we couldnt find that name that gave us that "wow" factor, i trawled baby name sites and looked at movie credits and read everything i could really, then one day, there it was!!

With #1 though, i did find that we had a name we both loved and when she was born, every time i looked at her i kept thinking she was Rebekah (shes Ebonee), for about a month i struggled to call her Ebonee because the rebekah feeling was so strong but DH wouldnt change her name. So it can work both ways, u think u have the right name and they are born and they totally suit another name.

I say go in with a list, even if it takes you several days to name her, her name will come to you