Everyone keeps commenting on how much they hate our new baby's name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have loved the name Sara since I was a little girl. I just thought it sounded and looked SO pretty. When I got pregnant and we found out it was a girl, I explained my love for "Sara without an H" to DH and he said sure, and suggested Grace, after his first cousin who died as a little girl, whose parents were excellent aunt and uncle to him and his brother. So now we have Sara Grace.

I have always been very close with my parents, sisters (2) and extended family. Everyone is saying how basic and simple, old and unimaginative Sara is. And apparently my parents knew a couple with a daughter named Grace who became such an awful person - she would get random jobs and then have an accident and get workers comp and when that ran out get a new job, etc. and didn't take good care of her kids. This is such a distant person to me - I very vaguely think I might remember my parents going out for dinner with her parents? But I never met their daughter and my parents haven't been friends with her parents in well over a decade.

We love the name Sara Grace. Every time family comes over or calls or texts they ask if I haven't reconsidered, they offer to pay for the paperwork to change her name, they talk about how this is the only bad decision I've made in my life. DH finally lost it and told them to leave if they were going to continue on about her name - it's been 4.5 months, we agreed on the name well before DD was born and we're not going to change it. When he finished yelling he immediately said sorry for yelling at my family and stormed off to our bedroom. My mother and aunts all looked around and said, "What's HIS problem?" "Is work very stressful lately?" and then continued on talking about changing DD's name.

How much longer will it take them to accept this? Other than this, they are all wonderful and helpful. When they come by they cook, they fold laundry, they planted flowers outside. In every other way they are great and supportive relatives. I am at a loss.

My sisters name is Sara without an H. I think it’s beautiful and classic.

We had a little girl and named her Vivian Elaine. Everyone has made rude remarks about her name too. I just try to block it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m having a very hard time believing this.

I dunno why but I immediately thought this was fake too.

+1

They’re asking you to reconsider “Sara grace”? It isn’t...Apple Seven

[Anonymous]

It never ends. My dd is 30 and my mom still comments to me on her name. I just tune it out.

[Anonymous]

Tell everyone you’re renaming her Sara f’rtalot

[Anonymous]

OP - Your family is rude. True. They should shut up. But, are you referencing your daughter as "Sara" or "Sara Grace?" Personally, maybe being a Washingtonian, when I hear someone being called both first and middle name, like "Jamie Lynn" or "Honey Bobo" or whatever, it sounds very very southern to me. Sara = DC. Sara Grace = someplace south of here I would assume. If you are in Honey Bobo territory, maybe just call your daughter Sara. Her middle name won't change, but you don't have to call her by it.