You're children's names. Any regrets?

I have two daughters, Hayley Anne and Skye Louise. I like their names but I don't love them. A part of me wishes I had of chosen something different (something less trendy I guess) I would not change their names, they are who they are and my younges, Skye has just started saying her name (their names would have still been considered though, even as middle names). My other half chose their middle names, Anne is mine and my nanna's middle and Louise is the only middle name for Skye he liked. Personally I would have prefer two middle names for each, maybe Hayley Elisabeth Anne and Skye Alexandra May (all middle names would honour family members). Well I can't change their names now and even if I had the chance I wouldn't. Just want to know if I'm not alone. Has anyone on here (or do you know anyone) who has had second thoughts about their childs names? I don't HATE my kids names, I just wished I had of a) gone with first names that were less trendy/commen or b) given them two middle names (and kept Hayley and Skye as their first names)





Anyway, sorry to ramble on and on;





Any regrets with naming?

You're children's names. Any regrets?
We named our daughter Gabriella Grace and while I still adore the name I do have a couple of regrets.





Gabriella was a named we both loved and we had always planned on calling our daughter that. I researched it well (making sure there were no unfortunate namesakes etc) but it never occured to me to check if it was going to be an easy name for family members (and others) to pronounce. Turns out that it is particularly difficult for many native Chinese speakers and as my in-laws are Chinese and we have many Chinese friends and aquaintences, this is somewhat of an issue. Fortunately, 'Gabi' seems to be much easier to say and so she is often called this (more than I had originally intended) but had I realised this earlier I may have chosen a different name.





My second regret is that we are now thinking about a name for a second girl and while we are both happy with the first name of Amelia the only middle name I really love with it is Grace (both for sound and meaning). There are lots of middle names that would have worked well with Gabriella and I regret not 'saving' Grace for our second daughter but of course this was only something I could have known with hindsight.





In the end I think almost all names end up being a compromise in some way (whether its because your partner liked something different or because your favourite name didn't go with your surname or because a family member already had already taken the name you liked etc) Like you, I would never consider changing my daughter's name but I do wonder from time to time if I should have made different choices.





By the way, even though you may have some regrets, I think you gave your daughters beautiful, classy names.
Reply:a really close friend of mine choses her sons name to be jack, but now she regrets it cause he goes school n loads of peoples names are jack her name is sophiah, n then she had a second kid(girl) she named it megan n she didnt wnt to name it megan because it was common but her husband did, so she agreed. she hates her kids names she still says its to common but she wont change it because it suits them.
Reply:my sons name is hunter Lin and i absolutly love that name and have no regrets of it either and it dont seem to be that common either or at least not here anyways... Lin is after my unckle who died in a motorcycle accident





mine on the other hand is tristan which the meaning of it fits me but i hate the name because most people mistake me as being a male
Reply:Not with me. As soon as a I found out I was pregnant I started choosing names I liked. Then I researched them.





But one of my close friends wanted to name her daughter Sienna. Her mother hated that name! So she choose something her mom liked. Abigail Sienna. Now she does regret it! She really wants to have Sienna as a first name still! That's what happens when you listen to your family for a name for YOUR baby.
Reply:I don't regret naming my son at all. However I do agree with you, I would have opted for Hayley Elisabeth Anne %26amp; Skye Alexandra May would have been a lovely way to honor your family members %26amp; they both flow so nicely together.
Reply:I have never had kids, but I regret naming my baby dolls Lilac. It stuck. And aren't you on BtN? My username is Bellatrix and I remember Hayley Anne and Skye louise in someones post on the message boards.
Reply:I named My son's Colby Lee and Cameron Daniel. I would not change Colby's name but Cameron's I would change his to Cameron Patrick (Patrick after My daddy). Daniel is my ex husbands name and he hasn't been a very good father ( and thats putting it nicely).
Reply:My daughter is Peyton Lynn and no I don't regret it at all. I love her name and wouldn't want it to be any different.
Reply:I love the name Hayley.
Reply:nope
Reply:I think my mom regrets deep down that she named my brother after his father. Kevin is the father, Kevyn is the son, but he's a deadbeat (insert every possible nasty word here) that needs to be shot. I just know that my brother, when he's old enough to understand, will get mad at her for naming him that. My mom really though that Kevin would come around after she got pregnant, but the whole thing blew up in her face. Serves her right.......Grrrrr.





As for my kids, I don't regret their names. My fiance really wanted to name our first daughter Kittie Kae, but I said it was too childish for a full name so we settled on Kristan Morsa (after my two friends, Kristin and Krystan and Morsa is my middle name). He still calls her Kittie though, and I swear she doesn't know her first name. XD Our other daughter, Jarzi Lynn, was named after a character in a book we wrote. It was his idea to name her, even though the name was made up, in the language in the book it means "beautiful destiny", so we settled on it. Lynn is his grandma's name.
Reply:My son's name is Dash Jerry Russell. I love Dash, we chose it out of a book and I have no regrets on it. Jerry and Russell are family names. Now Jerry is my husband's uncle who passed away when he was a kid. Apparently he made some promise to his father that he would name his first son after Jerry. My husband didn't even remember saying that. So my son got saddled with Jerry. I don't think I so much regret naming him that, as I'm not completely thrilled with it.
Reply:I really love my kids names but if i knew then what i know now, i would have done a couple of things a little different!


My second child was a girl i wanted to name her Rebecca Elaine but my husband insisted on spelling her name as close to Robert as he could in case we never had a son so


Robecca is how he spelled it


Robecca Darlene.


He gave her my middle name.


She is 30 years old and still hates her name spelled like this,even though she has always gone by Becky.


Also i would not have named my oldest son after his father with junior at the end,long story short my now ex-husband used our sons social security number unknowingly to me to get a credit card that he charged up and never paid!


My son was 10 years old then and now 19 years later this fraudulent charge still comes up on his credit report.


Their names are almost identical,born the same month and drivers licenses are similar too.It makes my sons life very difficult because unlike his father he pays his bills and maintains decent credit.His fathers identity theft still is a problem after all this time!!


I should have named him Rambo or Tony or Oscar but not after his father but i never dreamed that my husband would have done such a thing!
Reply:I hope more people read your question because it seems very in style now to give children very trendy names. People do not realize that after a while they might get sick of them! Sometimes more traditional names may seem boring at first, but with time you come to love them! Trendy names go in and out of style but classic names are always around.





As for your daughters names, I do think they are pretty though! I like that you paired them with classic names and didn't give them a silly middle name like neveah. LOL
Reply:My first daughter's name is Olivia Claire and I still love it to this day!





When we had our second daughter, I almost wished we hadn't used Claire so she could have been named Clara, but we went with Natalie Wynn instead.





This is where the regret sets in. We picked Wynn randomly out of the baby name book. We loved it. Come to find out there is a casino or hotel or something in Las Vegas called Wynn's and that's what people ask me when they hear her middle name. LOL I still think Natalie Wynn sounds beautiful... just wish I had maybe done a little more research first!
Reply:as there is two parents both have to come to an agreement in naming them my patner came up with primo which is latin for first born i hate it he begged me to use it as his first name and no way would i possibly its something i knew hed get teased from where not latin so its not like a family name and it sounds silly so i said it can be his middle name so its tyler primo i must admit now it kinda has a ring to it but ichange it quick smart if i could but then again its part of his father so it is what it is, people come up with all sorts of names and there stuck with it for the rest of there lives so choose long hard and carfully next time my partner dosnt have a say lmao
Reply:You know what 2 middle names are tacky. Don't hate the names dear because they sound perfectly fine and cute, I especially like Skye and it is NOT too trendy in my opinion and I too hate trendy names...I just think Skye is one of those really unique names and gorgeous and feminine...Hayley, Baylie, Kaylie are all names which I think are, modern yes but which not modern to only be 5 minutes modern, do you know what I mean, they are strong perfectly nice names and I am a fan. I especially like Kaylie but all of those names are in the same boat for me...so take comfort that I think you have chosen great names and I am VERY picky and do a lot of research on name, meanings, popularity...etc. Everybody does Elizabeth and Alexandra, and your kids would then be PLAIN JANES. I love your names and think they really go with one another as well...they are names that are strong and don't rewuire a nickname because they are just perfect the way they are. One of my favorite names is Etta because it cannot be broken down to anything simpler but I still think it is gorgeous...and if you do not like the names, at least take comfort in knowing that they "sound" great and I think the middle names you chose fit PERFECT with them, Alexandra and Elizabeth would not have been so good with them








When I think of the name Skye I think of someone who is just completely beautiful and graceful and it is paired with a beautiful, classic name, giving that name even more strength





When I think of Hayley, I think of a girl who is popular and philosophical and someone who will get somewhere in life and paired with CLASSIC Anne = BEAUTIFUL

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