https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:58:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768848 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:42:07 +0000 dagret 768848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: ha exactly, neither did we! And when I was 8 months pregnant I met a lady whose dad had the same first and middle as my son. And both names are unusual! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768839 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:40:05 +0000 hilsy85 768839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: ha! People always say, "Oh like Uncle L on Seinfeld!" :) Which I never even thought about when we named him... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768836 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:38:50 +0000 mrsjazz 768836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768712 Wed, 08 May 2013 19:54:38 +0000 MrsStormy 768712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's really rude and so strange, it never occurred to me to care what other people name their kids unless I was asked, or in a naming discussion. On another not though, why did your friend tell you? Not helpful, although good for her for telling the coworker off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768526 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:48:56 +0000 Boheme 768526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: FWIW, your baby girl has one of my fav girl names ever :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768494 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:35:25 +0000 birdofafeather 768494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow, rude. i've heard of people saying R's name wasn't a real name and that we made it up (?!) but not to my face. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768323 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:59:57 +0000 stargal 768323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: thanks :) yup his name is pierson. We love it and I get its not some ppls cup of tea but really the worst name she's ever heard?!? </p> <p>@bunnylove08: ooo I love Audrey. Don't they realize that those are 2 different names?!?!</p> <p>To be fair she didn't say it to me personally but she kept going.on and.on about it to my friend... Like on multiple occasions and To the point where my friend told her off about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768283 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:40:19 +0000 bunnylove08 768283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow thats rude. </p> <p>DH's family questioned our name choice . my DD's name is Audrey and they said we should change it to Aubree....well DH snapped and said its AUDREY and I dont want to hear anything else about it. </p> <p>We never heard a peep from his side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768244 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:30:12 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 768244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Springtime: exactly.<br /> Why do they feel they should have any opinion? It's none of their business.</p> <p>We get criticized because we named LO after DH's dad. Everyone is like, "but he's still alive!!!" I don't know someone had to be dead in order for their grandchild to take their name?<br /> Eta: I loved his name long before I met DH or his dad anways </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768195 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:16:33 +0000 Springtime 768195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have received a little criticism for my LO's name. Why do people feel like they have to give their opinion?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768189 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:14:40 +0000 mrsjazz 768189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know some people don't like LO's name--initially both our moms gave us the side eye about it, but we like it and honestly, they should not be criticizing anyone after the names they gave us!</p> <p>A teenager once asked me, "Why did you name her that?" Haha. All I could do was laugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768174 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:08:22 +0000 ninja 768174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had that happen, but I think I would just tell the person how rude they are if it did! If I don't particularly care for the name of someone else's child, who cares? I'm not fond of my newborn nephew's name, but I would NEVER say it to the parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768149 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:56:35 +0000 swedishfish 768149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: I love your son's name if I'm thinking of the right one (begins with a P?) and that's so incredibly rude of her to have said something. I don't particularly care for a name I just heard recently but I would never, ever tell the parent that. It's not my business!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768138 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:53:29 +0000 prettylizy 768138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not to my face, though I'm sure some people think it's dated. Luckily I don't care much what others think! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768067 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:33:07 +0000 MrsTiz 768067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I think it is incredibly rude and I feel bad for whomever is stupid enough to think they have any say in LO's name</p> <p>That's the good part about having your own kids, you get to name them whatever you want! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768065 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:32:36 +0000 Dandelion 768065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septemberlove: So rude for her to tell you it's stupid...especially in the midst of you dealing with a preemie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768061 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:31:31 +0000 pui 768061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, seriously? Some people do not know when to shut their mouths. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768056 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:30:18 +0000 Smurfette 768056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. At least not to our face. I think it helped since we didn't say her name till she was here and named. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768049 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:28:08 +0000 lomom 768049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: my grandmother called me while LO was in NICU and asked if she could "make eddy some preemie hats". I allllllllmost told her to go f*#% herself. Maybe LO will prefer Junior, maybe he'll prefer Eddy, maybe Ed, I don't know but for now, I get to decide and she can kiss my butt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768034 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:23:46 +0000 Dandelion 768034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septemberlove: DS's dad, who is not my husband, and doesn't see DS very often (or pays his cs reguarly) does this. DS's name is Daniel and he insists on calling him Danny, and my son HATES it. He's even told him that he doesn't like it, but my ex insists. It really grates on my nerves (and my son's!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-768024 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:21:38 +0000 Dandelion 768024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No...DS has a pretty traditional name that no one can really scoff at. S's name isn't rare, but unusual these days, so when people heard it they thought it was a nice idea when I was pregnant. I don't think anyone would dare say anything about her name to me at this point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-767941 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:56:21 +0000 stargal 767941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: exactly! Like I don't like her kids name but I'm not gonna tell her that BC she obviously loves it which she should! I understand not liking a name BC its not your taste but to go on and on about it repeaditly (whxih sadly she has done) is just rude and tasteless. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-767913 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:46:46 +0000 googly-eyes 767913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not to my face. Actually I was the one who didn't love the name for a long time, lol!! (Dh chose.) Our lo's name is unique but easy to say/spell. These days who really cares, there are so many names out there!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-767907 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:44:37 +0000 autumnlove 767907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! Friends and family have criticized my name choices a lot before the baby was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-767894 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:39:04 +0000 lomom 767894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of. My son is a Jr. and we call him Junior, at least for now. My baby was 4lb, 4oz at birth. Calling him by even a nickname of his full name felt like too much. And DH has always called him Junior. </p> <p>My grandmother hates it and calls him a nickname of his first name. (If his name were Edward, she calls him Eddy). She tells me Junior is a stupid name. I think she's a bitch anyway, so it is what it is... She's the only one though. </p> <p>Eventually we will call him some variation of his first name, whether it be Ed, Edward, Eddy, etc. but for right now, he's Junior. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-767873 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:31:04 +0000 Bookish 767873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: Thank you! We love it :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-767860 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:25:54 +0000 dagret 767860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really, but it seems like everyone says "oh I have an uncle L." It was a popular name back in the day but not so much today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-767855 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:24:42 +0000 shopaholic 767855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! Weird and rude! @Bookworm: love that name! Had a BFF in Jr. High names Gwenny and I thought it was unique and beautiful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-767711 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:52:27 +0000 Lindsay05 767711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So rude! I would never ever criticize a child's name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-ever-criticized-your-childs-name#post-767709 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:52:08 +0000 Bookish 767709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, so rude. Yes, we had a get-together at my DH's family's place, and one of his cousins went on and on about how weird LO's name is (Gwendolyn) and how she will get teased because we are using my maiden name as her middle name. I wanted to slap him. </p>