https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:19:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-450298 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:29:06 +0000 autumnlove 450298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg, I can see my Dad saying Medicine instead of Madison! Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-450295 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:26:19 +0000 erwoo 450295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was pregnant with #2 I told my mom that if we have a girl I like the name, Madison. She said she didn't like it b/c when Chinese people say it it'll sound like "Medicine." She's right. Thankfully, we had another boy! She wasn't thrilled with his name but it was better than "Medicine." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-449992 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:19:40 +0000 LuLu Mom 449992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have never had a direct comment, but I have heard that my MIL first thought it sounded like a boy name. (Emerson) and my BIL refuses to call her Emme because he hates that nickname. </p> <p>I could careless, to me she is a total emerson and no other name would fit her! haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-449953 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:48:15 +0000 mamimami 449953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we introduced our son to his 100-year-old great grandmother, she was like, "I don't like that name!" But we just thought it was funny. She's old and can say whatever she wants, plus she's Mexican and the name is Anglo and she probably thought it was weird. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-449788 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:36:11 +0000 yin 449788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told people our two choices and most people would voice their opinions about how much they disliked our second choice, including my MIL. I learned my lesson and will keep names a secret. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-449781 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:33:24 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 449781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we shared M's name, someone very close to me said she didn't like it at all, but as soon as she met M she said, "what was I thinking!? It's perfect for her.". It highlights why we waited until the girls were born to tell. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-449768 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:20:44 +0000 Mrs. J 449768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandpa never liked my name or my 2 cousins' names, at least when we were little. He thought the one name was too Jewish, the other one he didn't get ( what's that short for?), and Lord knows why he didn't like mine. God love him...he always told you what he thought! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-449745 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:21:57 +0000 Rubies 449745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG, that is terrible! I agree with @Andrea that this is why we never shared with anyone what LO's name was going to be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-449742 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:17:20 +0000 lomom 449742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We picked names long before TTC and for our baby boy, he will be a Jr. Pretty hard for anyone to say anything negative to my or my husband's face! </p> <p>I've had a few people say that they'd never have a Jr. but nothing directed at us. One lady said she'd've never named her son after his father... But his father has never been in his life, he left when she said she was pregnant... I can understand not having a Jr. in that situation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442831 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:15:05 +0000 photojane 442831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were settled on our name before we ever got pregnant or even tried, and when I told my SIL she told me that its a dogs name and I can't name my baby that! But, now that I'm actually pregnant with Sadie everyone seems to love it... or at least they're pretending. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442822 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:11:20 +0000 lemondrop 442822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We kept ours a secret, we figured we were asking trouble if we told anyone before he was born. This was our decision and we didn't want anyone else to influence us. </p> <p>My husband's grandfather after he found out said he didn't like it or understand why we picked such a modern name. It stung a little, mostly because I was a hormonal wreck, now I think his comments were silly.</p> <p>@Crumbs: ha,ha- genius! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442816 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:09:11 +0000 chopsuey 442816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dang. Everyone loves my lo's name.<br /> At least they haven't said anything to my face! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442800 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:03:41 +0000 prettylizy 442800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is awful :( We didnt' share our name until it was already her name and no one has said anything to us about it. I have no idea what is being said behind our backs, but I honestly dont care either! lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442795 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:02:01 +0000 Andrea 442795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a cardinal rule in my book that you do not share the name before your baby is born! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442766 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:48:31 +0000 BelugaBean 442766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's terrible! We were expecting some not so great reactions to the name we chose since it was a little different but luckily everyone at least said they liked it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442757 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:42:26 +0000 SugarplumsMom 442757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's horrible! I never gave anyone a chance to critize our name choice because we only revealed the name after she was born. My mom kept bugging me about it though, she's super opinionated so after awhile I "gave in" and told her a list of the ugliest, old maid masculine names I could think of and let her sit on it! I figured no matter what name I chose after that, she'd love! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442739 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:35:27 +0000 autumnlove 442739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She shared the name at her gender reveal party in Sept and they said they loved it but I guess they didn't mean it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442735 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:33:12 +0000 Mrsbells 442735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah I find hat this usually only happens when you tell people the name before hand. We also didnt share the name with many people until the baby was here </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442727 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:29:09 +0000 Smurfette 442727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: That is awful!! And the #1 reason we are keeping her name a secret till she is born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442712 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:26:25 +0000 sorrycharlie 442712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that is terrible! we got some negative opinions of name ideas, but never the name we chose (or the two we were deciding between). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442708 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:26:02 +0000 plaidpants 442708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my dad one name that we had decided not to use and he went on and on about how terrible it was and if that was the kind of name we were thinking about, we should run all our names by him. Needless to say, that reaction was exactly why we didn't tell anyone our actual choices!</p> <p>And the name he hated wasn't anything crazy (at least to me). It was Beatrice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442693 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:18:58 +0000 sea_bass 442693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: That's why we are not telling anyone our name choice! Yiked! My Mom was really offended when I told her we won't tell her the name we choose. She said she would never say if she didn't like it, but I am sure I would be able to tell if she didn't and I don't want it to affect our choice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442691 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:17:52 +0000 rachiecakes 442691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thankfully we had a boy - my mother hated all our girl names. She criticized every single one of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442684 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:12:51 +0000 mrbee 442684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: dang!! That's brutal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-a-family-member-ever-told-you-that-they-hate-your-los-name#post-442681 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:11:10 +0000 autumnlove 442681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My FSIL's parents and grandma told her that they hate the name that she picked for her LO that will be born in early 2013. She says she knows it isn't their decision but she is reconsidering the name because she wants them to be happy. :-( </p>