If you were going to name your existing child today, would you change their name?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. I am a black mom with a child with a very white name. My child noticed that although the name is common she has never met another child with her name.

I met a white woman named Ebony. Her parents just really liked the name. She said people are always surprised when they learn her name.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, Isabella is a classic name that will go the distance.

But there are so many Bellas. Also too many people are naming their animals Bella. My niece did Ella. Same thing, the market’s flooded.

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Yes. Both names became too popular. For my younger dd, the masculine version of her name is everywhere. They have middle names from my culture. Should have used those as first names.

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No real regrets but I might have switched the order of first and middle names. Both are family names and before my kid was born I thought maybe I’d call her by the full first name or a nickname no one else is using. But after she was born it was weird to use the full name (my sister has the same name and uses the full version) and the nicknames I liked just didn’t suit. So we call her by her middle name which I also love. But I kind of wish I’d used it as her first name so she doesn’t have to deal with the whole “My name is Jane. Well actually Larla Jane but I go by Jane.” situation.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, Isabella is a classic name that will go the distance.

But there are so many Bellas. Also too many people are naming their animals Bella. My niece did Ella. Same thing, the market’s flooded.

Is it really that common? Like Heather or Jennifer were in the 70s? At least a couple of each in each grade at my tiny school. If so, I’ve just never encountered it that much for some reason. I only know one Isabella (my niece; never goes by Bella), who is in her 30s and Italian. And one Bella, who is 12.

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I love my kid’s name. He does, too. I could have done much better on his middle name, but truly couldn’t think of anything at the time and was not prepared — truly just went blank — so tossed in an initial.

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I would not! I gave my son a family name that people recognize and can pronounce but isn’t in the top 50. I have the number one most common name for girls born in the 80s so it was important to me that my son not have a super common name.

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Anonymous wrote:I named my kid a little old man name and I love it! Only challenge is as a toddler/preschooler, when I call his name sternly in public, often 70-80 year old men turn around because they think I am addressing them, lol.

Ha! That has happened with my son (Arthur).

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For obvious reasons, I wish that I had considered the name Judge or Major.

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I’m just so glad I didn’t name my first kid the name I had been lobbying for. Whew.

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I would switch their names. The meaning behind each of their names fits their sibling perfectly.

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I gave my kid a second middle name that I wouldn’t do now. I thought of it as a way to honor my grandfather when I was 35 weeks pregnant. When into labor shortly after that. I think if he hadn’t been a preemie, I would have moved on from the name.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, Isabella is a classic name that will go the distance.

But there are so many Bellas. Also too many people are naming their animals Bella. My niece did Ella. Same thing, the market’s flooded.

Is it really that common? Like Heather or Jennifer were in the 70s? At least a couple of each in each grade at my tiny school. If so, I’ve just never encountered it that much for some reason. I only know one Isabella (my niece; never goes by Bella), who is in her 30s and Italian. And one Bella, who is 12.

+1. I have a close friend who named her daughter Isabelle and while I thought it was beautiful, I internally wondered if she'd find it was super common (I have a really common name so that's something I thought about). But -- nope! She's met a handful of other Isabelles/Isabellas in her life, but not that many. And there are actually a few different nicknames associated with it (Isa, Izzy, Belle/Bella) so it's not the big a deal.

Isa is my favorite nn for Isabelle/a. I think it sounds modern and is very versatile.

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I would choose the same names. Though our younger sons name is spelled differently by many others and is less common with Caucasian males. But it suits him.

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We named our daughters well and were smart enough to use SSA name trend data to avoid HarperAvaSophiaOlivia. To be honest Im not sure why so many supposedly educated couples still pick something that's been in the top 20 for several years and then get all mad when there are one or two other kids in their kid's class with the same name. I mean, the data has been published every year for decades.