Would it bother you if your parents didn't like the name you chose?

Depends on the name. If i know deep down the name is kinda questionable it would bother me i think. But if it was a basic name like John, i wouldnt care because its such an easy basic name. They can get over it. 😆

When I was trying to figure out a name for my daughter it ended up coming down to two names. One name my grandfather preferred and the other name my mom preferred. These are two very important people in my life so either way I was going to disappoint one of them. In the end I just had to do what my husband and I liked because it's our kid and we have to live with this decision every day. I ended up choosing the name my mom preferred, and now that baby is here and my grandfather has seen her, held her, and called her by name, he likes it. The name ended up fitting her well. My mom told me when determining the name, "It doesn't matter what others think. It's your baby. You know them better than anyone else. When you find "THE name", you'll know it.

I personally think no one else’s opinion matters, yes it’s sad they don’t like the name, but it’s life. Not everyone will like the name you pick. Before I had my little boy I had a list of all the names my partner and I loved, boy and girl as we didn’t know what we were having! I let my mom go through the list to see if there were any that she liked, and our #1 girl name she pointed at and said it was a horrible horrible name. It upset me a little, but it wouldn’t have changed my mind, if my boy came out and he was a girl, I would’ve still chosen that “horrible, horrible” name 🤷‍♀️😉

It would bother me a bit if my mom didn't like it but I'd probably try to ignore it. I don't care if my stepfather or anyone else doesn't. My sister in law doesn't like our name choice but I just brush it off, she has no filter really so I don't worry what she says.

I think it would grow on them pretty quickly.

With both out children we didn't tell anyone the names we were considering. And we waited to make the choice until the baby was here. My parents weren't happy that my son has his paternal grandfather's name as his middle name and my husband's surname. They got over over it. We had our daughter in August and I'm not sure they initially liked her name, my dad messaged later to say that they did. Now they love it. Both times we chose the name we liked best, that suited OUR child. their reactions both times confirmed why we didn't tell anyone before because we might have changed our minds

I think different generations have different ideas of what is popular. But in saying that, there are some people that do like names like La-a (Ladasha) or Bench and are confused about why people don't like the name. If you're that into a name, it shouldn't matter. Go super wild/unique though and lots of people will have something to say about it, whether it's to your face or not.

My mom hated my son's name... She gave me her reasoning and I heard her (my mom's literally my bestest friend) and she kept arguing with me about the name. Still chose the name I wanted and she can suck a big toe! It's still a topic of discussion for her but I don't feed into it. That's her problem and the second she says something to my son about his name... There will be consequences for her, I love her dearly but my family! Not hers.

I can’t imagine my parents even making it known they don’t like it. They couldn’t even pronounce my child’s name until he was born, but I never got the indication they didn’t like it. I don’t think they did, but they didn’t let me know.

My first son my dad didn’t like his name but I chose it anyway because it’s the only name I loved! Guess what? He got used to it and started to like it, said it suited my son well. With my second son my brother didn’t like his name but I still chose it again and same thing happened he began to like it after a while

It would bother me a little but if we loved it I wouldn’t change my mind x

My Dad never cared what I named my children and was just happy with whatever I chose My Mum and sister sent me names all the time for my first born, my sister was more easy going about it but my Mum really had opinions which was fine because at the end of the day she would’ve respected anything I chose anyway but her picks were names like Jagger whereas mine was Isaac from the beginning so we were never going to have the same tastes though she did always like Isaac anyway as it’s a family name 😅 She never got to meet my second and won’t meet my third but she knew if I had another boy it would be Theo and if I ever had girl it would be Thalia, her picks would’ve been a lot more out there though 😂

Everyone loved my first sons name but if he was going to be a girl there were few they didn’t like but I still wouldn’t have let it effect my decision but we’re currently pregnant with our 2nd son and me and my partner have decided to keep his name between us as we weren’t going to find out the gender and wait till baby arrived but we decided to have a gender reveal, so we wanted to have something only we knew etc🩵🩵

Before disclosing my baby name to anyone who asked, I was very clear it was THE name and I was not interested in opinions… because I find it so disrespectful when people shoot down a name

I’m not sure if I’m going to tell many people the name we picked because I don’t want anyone trying to change our minds 😂 I think it should just be the parents decision!

I was hesitant to tell my mom the name we picked, and she definitely didn't seem to like it at first. She told me last night she was "warming up to it". I held my ground that it was definitely the name when she asked.

There was no option for I'm bothered but did it anyway 😆 Neither of our moms liked the name Mary. It's my maternal grandmother's name and my mom actually said you don't have to do that you know. Mother in law tried to rename her by middle name but everyone told her you can't do that. They've all gotten over it by now.

My son’s name is Stanley. None of our family members liked the name and I can see why people don’t like it. But I still loved it so used it anyway x

Possibly, depends how much they hate it vs how much I like it. Ideally I’d want them to not hate it

Not really. Maybe for a minute, but I'd get over it pretty quickly. In my experience even really weird names just don't feel weird anymore once you get to know the kid, so I know they'd stop caring once the baby was born and it's not a big enough deal to make me dislike a name I genuinely love. Some of my nieces and nephews have unusual names that my family (and admittedly myself) weren't big fans of at first but they fit the kids and none of us even think about it anymore. My mom didn't say anything but I don't think she loved my second baby's name at first (her reaction was kinda like "oh...that's a nice name..." and she only called him by a nickname for a while) but now she says it's perfect for him. If they told me a legitimate concern they had about the name I'd consider that, but purely based on opinion no