Has anyone ever regretted their baby’s name?

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I am so nervous about picking a name!!! Has anyone ever regretted what they named their child once they were older? If so, what was the name and/or why did you regret it? Any advice?

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I did regret the spelling of my first baby. We changed it and I feel better about it now.

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I regretted naming my daughter Olivia for a couple months after she was born. When we chose her name we didn’t realize how popular it was. And I felt like it didn’t suit her. 
But now I couldn’t imagine her having any other name. She is my little love bug, Liv 🎀

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My son is a Jr. and I hate naming him after his sperm donor 🙄 my son is 5 and his dad hasn’t seen him since he was 9 months old. My son is William Terrell

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I had one name and one name only that I absolutely loved. Of course, my SO didn’t like it. I didn’t like his favorite either. I offered to do my favorite as a first name and his as a middle name (it honestly flowed better that way than it would’ve the other way) because I loved my name so much, but he still wouldn’t go for it. So we ended up making list after list, and we finally found one we both liked... and I still do... like it. But I don’t love it. I wish we would’ve given her the name I loved. So I guess I do kinda regret her name, but it was out of my hands, so it’s a bit of a different situation than you’re in since you like both of your name choices.

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My son was born with one name and 24 hours later we changed it! The name just didn't fit him once we met him.

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I had picked out a name when I was really young - my grandmas name. I loved it.  And got so tied to it I didn’t even think about other names.  Some crap happened (and I love my grandma more than ever) but it’s all I think about with my daughters middle name now.  I wish I had been a bit more open to other names.   I’m not going to change it but I might add another middle name to help alleviate that.

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Kinda... my oldest son, his dad picked his first name and wouldn’t compromise. It’s a unisex name, so I knew he would run into girls with the same name. His name is Peyton, so we call him Pey for short. He’s never met another boy Peyton, and about 4 girls with his name through school. It doesn’t seem to bother him though. I did get final name say in our other 2 kids first names. We also have a Madilynn and Damon.

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Kinda, I didn’t realize Evelyn would be so common but I love it, so it is what it is. Now I’m gonna have a John the third, and that’s an even more common name but I’ve come to terms with it lol.

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No, but my husband and I took a list of three names to the hospital and picked one when we met our son. But I will say I accidentally called him by one of the other names a few days after we got home (actually the name I originally wanted) but it was weird to say it. It wasn't him at all.

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We announced our sons name when I reached the third trimester so a bunch of people got personalized gifts for us and everything. Once my son was born I got really nervous because the name just didn’t seem to fit him at the time. I stuck with it though and he slowly grew into it 😊 now I can’t imagine him with any of the other names we had picked out

Has anyone ever regretted their baby’s name?

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