Do you dislike your first name, or do you regret the name you chose for your child?

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who got divorced over a fight that started over their child’s name. The girl ended up with Catherine, which was way too plain for one parent. I think that the other parent wanted Paige. They only had one child. The father said that he hated being Tom since it was so common.

[Anonymous]

No. No.

I'm not absurd.

[Anonymous]

I love my given name and I don't regret my kids' given names. But I dislike all of our last names. In my country of citizenship, they're nearly impossible to change, and I don't fit into the narrow criteria to get my surname changed. Not to mention it would make my father, whose name I have, understandably disappointed.

My kids are dual citizens. I don't know how the law would work for them, if they want a surname change. Maybe it would only be valid in the US?

Anyway. Probably not happening.

[Anonymous]

I have a very weird foreign first name. I love/hate it: it's a topic of conversation, I get a lot of compliments, but I also get self-conscious. I sometimes go by a letter instead but it doesn't feel like "me". I love both my kids' names which work well in the US and my home country, and they have said they love them.

[Anonymous]

I love my first name, it’s beautiful, but it’s long/“foreign” (Spanish/Italian) and is CONSTANTLY misspelled and mispronounced. I wish I had been given the name my dad wanted to give me, which is Sarah.

[Anonymous]

^Not because I think Sarah is a better name, but because I know it wouldn’t be mispronounced/misspelled nearly as often, if ever

[Anonymous]

Absolutely hate my first name. My brother and I were both named after our father, and the amount of confusion that causes is terrible. It's also becoming "an old lady name." It was briefly popular for a period and now it's not. People can pick out my birth year within 5 years, just by my first name.

[Anonymous]

I really love my first name even though it is super common (Elizabeth).

And I love both my kids' names, which DH and I aligned on very easily and quickly--before we even became pregnant.

[Anonymous]

I don't like my first name, plain and outdated even when I was a kid
I like my kids' names and they say they like them too ( both now teens)

[Anonymous]

My name is a centuries old classic. My sister got a 1960s trendy name that no one uses anymore. I think I won out there.

[Anonymous]

I hate my name. I was born in the 70s and given a name that was top 3 in the 40s. But people stopped using that name as soon as the 50s so everyone assumes I'm much older than I am.

[Anonymous]

I like my first name. LOATHE my middle name. I learned that for while from 0-2, my family was testing calling me by my middle name. I'm so, so glad it didn't stick.

[Anonymous]

I wish I would have fought harder for DDs middle name. DH didn’t like it, so we gave her a middle name he liked that I could live with, but I hate it for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really love my first name even though it is super common (Elizabeth).

And I love both my kids' names, which DH and I aligned on very easily and quickly--before we even became pregnant.

I am also an Elizabeth and feel the same. Though I have realized Gen Z can't spell it without help. Which is interesting to me.

[Anonymous]

I like both my name and my daughter's name. It's impossible to say too much without giving them away.

They are somewhat similar, and we both had similar complaints at times. They're not names you find on a mug at Disney. They're both mildly ethnic. Hers, in particular, got kind of hot the past 10 years, so now she likes it. (Actually, I'll bet some of you sleuths can make a correct guess. )