Do you regret the name/names you gave your children?

[debilorrah]

I named my son Brandon. My ex wanted a girl named Brandi and we had a boy so he is Brandon. He has grown to wear his name well. It fits him perfectly.

My name, however; I am called Debbie Reynolds ALL the time. I always tell people Raymond as in Everyone Loves.

 

[Elite Silkies]

ray's two cents :

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I like your name! I think it's pretty!

Thank you

I don't see it that often.​

 

[Brody's Broodello]

Well my mother wanted to name me after her grandfather who had the same name as my dad's father. So Carl it was until..... yep! I was a girl! So on the day they wanted to send us home, good ol mom still had not thought of a good name. The nurse was filling out the paperwork and asked for a name, mom said "I don't know" So the nurse suggested "April" since I was born in April. So thanks to the nurse, I'm not Carl!!!!!

So as a child I RARELY found the pencils, nametags, all the fun things you can find with your name on it! I was even ticked at Miss Sally, and boycotted Romper Room as a 5 yr old, because she could see all the other kids who ahd "normal" names and never could see me in the magic mirror through the TV sscreen! lol

So I decided to pass on the torment when I had a child. I saw a short lived TV show as a teenager, and really like the name of the main character, Brody! So I decided then and there, that no matter what I had, I would name the child Brody for a boy, and Brodie if it was a girl! Needless to say, I had a boy! And now he can share the same memories I have, because you rarely find anything with the name Brody on it.

 

[ODS-n-ENS FARM]

I regret what I named my son. He is named after his bio- dad and grand father. I guess I was young and thought I was in love . He is a "III" and people (even teachers) assume he is like the Jr. & Sr. who carry the same name. He is not,his work ethic and moral compass is stronger than the other two's put together.

 

[sheila3935]

My kids names fit them. I have Jennifer(prefers Jenny) and Andrea (prefers Anda) that I gave birth to. Then I have Sandra (Sandy) Bobby Ray and Donald (Donny). My granddaughters have unusually names Jaelyn Makenzie Fayth, Daija Noell Love and Izabelle Eileen Hope. And my grandson Michael Ray Scott named after both grandpas and dad. I have always liked my first name but not my middle until I became an adult. It is Rae named after my aunts middle named. Hers was Jacqueline Rae, she was my moms twin that died when she was 2.

 

[goldtopper]

My daughter's name is Pearl. She loves it, we love it. About 1/2 the time she's introduced, people say "oh, I had an Aunt Pearl"…so did I !

I have an employee who name two of her zillion kids "Quanteerias" and "Valencha". Those poor kids, they might as well just wear name tags.

 

[dainerra]

my youngest, Alexandra, has always been Allie. Last year in 5th grade, she wanted to try being "Alex" It was hilarious. "Alex....Alex!.....ALEX!!" and then she would say "OH. ME????" Needless to say, her time as Alex was short. Maybe if there had been more people who were just meeting her, but most of the teachers she knew from 4th grade, so everyone just called her Allie. Of course, she would also introduce herself "My name's Allie. I mean Alex!"

 

[darkmatter]

I named my kids after minor characters that appeared in the original Star Trek series, each only once in lesser known episodes. Since the names are also within our family's ancestors/ethic origins, that is what we told them. Their names are unique and unusual which seems to have been advantageous in their life/careers so far. Everyone that works with them remembers them.

 

[Southernbelle]

I still like the names we picked out for our kids: Jacqueline, Matthew, Ella and Jacob. We picked out the first names because we liked the name and the middle names are family names.

 

[EweSheep]

With my own name, my parents had no regrets. Robin, because when I was born as a premie, one pound and so many oz. As my Dad puts it, he could put me on his big hands, as blueish as I was, like a little robin that just hatched. Defied the odds of survival in the 60's, I was a miracle baby. However as I was growing up, the classmates were teasing me unrelentlessly about my name as a "Rocking Robin Bird" and my Maternal grandmother named me "Robin Egg" which I would cringe everytime I heard it from her.

As for my daughter, Kathlena Mary Elizabeth, well, it was a challenging part when both boyfriend (now hubby) and I were butting heads about the time I had her that I thought we agreed on it and then he decided to pull a fast one on me. The nurse said the mother has the right to name her child, whether you approve it or not. LOL!

I loved the song "Kathleen Mauroveen", an old Irish ballad. My hubby's beautiful great grandmother was Mary Pauline and hubby wanted to name her Pauline. I HATED that name but found out that her nick name was "Lena" as she was affectionately called. I liked her first name Mary and always loved the name Elizabeth. So with much writing, doodling her name around, trying to get the Kathleen figured out Kath Lena, drop the extra e and add the a at the end. Perfect.

Katie is a very strong willed child, with dreams so far and vast it could be anything when she grows up. She does not back down after a fight either whether it is good or bad, she is not going to let up to let people know she is not to be bullyied but so helpful when others are down. Sometimes she can be manlipulative as well or being very unreasonable or unrealistic when her sights were set so high. I guess her name as alot to do with it along with her daddy's hard headed genes being passed down.

She will be the only child and I do not have any regrets in naming her at all.