So they don’t like the baby name you chose?

January 9, 2013 By 14 Comments *This article may include a provided product or affiliate link. See footer for full FTC disclosure.

I know I am not alone when it comes to finally choosing your baby’s name and someone has to comment about it. Hell, even my mom doesn’t like the name we chose for baby #3 coming soon. If this happens to you, just use one of these comebacks…

  • These stretch marks are on my body, so I get the final word.
  • Good thing she’s not your kid.
  • Hey, you had your chance with your children.
  • I’ll let my grandmother, whom she is named after know. Thanks…
  • Well we were going to pick a name that you liked but since I get to push him out, I figured I get the last say.
  • I guess I don’t have to worry about you using it then.
  • Good thing I didn’t ask you to pick it.
  • What would you have chosen? …Um, yeah, I think I’ll stick with what I picked.
  • Well, my husband wanted to name the baby after you but I’m like, “No way! I am not doing that to our baby.” This name was the compromise.
  • Yeah, I’m not crazy about the names you picked for your kids either. Thankfully we don’t need each other’s approval.

What have you said to someone that didn’t like or agree with the name you chose?

Filed Under: Motherhood, Pregnancy
About Hanan Webster

In 2010, Hanan went from talking about her parenting up’s and down’s on private forums to discussing them with literally everyone on the internet with her blog lilac city momma. Since then, she’s had the opportunity to talk about parenting, cooking, photography, marriage, crafts, faith, and so much more. She also shares her opinions on everyday products from food to baby gear, and everything in between. With three little girls all under six, there is never a dull moment in their home. When she’s not blogging she’s chatting about parenting and life in general on Facebook and Twitter, or wasting way too much time on Pinterest.



Comments

  1. Amanda says:
    October 3, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    I hate that! Although I do have to say I have a lot of “What the heck were they thinking?!?!” and “That poor kid,” thoughts when I hear when I hear a lot of name choices. As a rule I pretty much keep my mouth shut though.
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  2. Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy says:
    October 3, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    Ha, unwanted advice. People are full of it.
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  3. Liat says:
    October 3, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    I loved this post. I wish I had the guts to actually use some of these comebacks.

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  4. Stefani says:
    October 3, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    Great post!

    Some of them made me laugh.
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  5. Kathleen says:
    October 3, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    lol I love the comebacks. So quick and witty. I never would have thought of them. Luckily we never ran into any problems with family or friends hating the names we chose.
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  6. Brandy says:
    October 3, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    I love these comebacks! I don’t know as though I would have the guts to respond that way, I just always ignore without any comeback what so ever. My fam wasn’t so okay with my first borns name because no one had it and now it’s becoming more common. My other two are boys with “common” names but “odd” spellings so that got the fam all messed up too! Love this post!

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  7. Dealectable Mom says:
    October 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    LMAO – love it!

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  8. frances says:
    November 21, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    I hate it when this happens too, but insulting some kid’s name is a shitty thing to do.

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  9. Ashley says:
    December 10, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    All of my family loved My son’s name, its perfect strangers that always seem to have something to say about it. Its a normal name just spelled different, a lot of what I got was poor kid he’s gonna have to spell it out every time someone asks for his name. I usually just said I guess its a good thing you didn’t ask me to name your kid for you, have a nice day.

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  10. Merry says:
    January 19, 2012 at 10:14 AM

    THanks for the article

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  11. Karen says:
    January 9, 2013 at 8:34 AM

    My parents didn’t like the name I chose for my son. They were insisting on calling him a shortened version of his middle name. One day when he was about 8 weeks old, I told them “HIs name is SETH. If you can not get that in your head and call him that, don’t plan on seeing him much. That got across to them that they would have to call him by his given name.
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  12. Kasandria Reasoner says:
    January 9, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    My favorite is ”
    Yeah, I’m not crazy about the names you picked for your kids either. Thankfully we don’t need each other’s approval.” love that one lol
    Kas
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  13. Fee (Phyllis) Roberts says:
    January 9, 2013 at 11:09 PM

    I think we’re all a little selfish when it comes to naming our children. We don’t think about what they might go through when they get in school and get picked on for their names.

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  14. Amy @ Oh So Savvy Mom says:
    January 10, 2013 at 6:33 AM

    We’ve actually run into this a LOT trying to pick out a name for baby that is coming very soon (I’m due in less than 2 weeks!). My family is very “whatever you want to name your child is wonderful!”. My husband’s family…well, let’s just say that we won’t just be receiving ONE negative comment if the name is disliked (as most of our names so far have been). No, we won’t hear the last of it until the baby’s old enough to know what’s going on. Ugh.
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