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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP. You probably rejected most names for some reason or another, and people you talk with are the same.

The best strategy is to tell no one, then when the baby arrives, you say "here's Sybil", and they'll generally go "how lovely" (to your face anyway!)[/quote]

OP here. I actually was pretty open minded about names and liked a lot of them. When I rejected names, it wasn't because I thought they were simply bad names. It was usually because it just didn't feel right for our family, didn't feel like it went with our last name, etc. Even when I rejected a name because I didn't like it, I usually recognized my distaste was generally due to an unfortunate association with a person I don't like, and not really a problem inherent to the name.

So it's been weird to encounter so many opinions during my sister's naming process that are extremely negative about names that established and inoffensive. It makes me wonder if the people who are so judgmental about names walk around judging the names of all the people they meet, too. Because the level of harshness seems to indicate a general dissatisfaction with most names.

And while I get why people might suggest telling no one your chosen name, I think it's sad that people are so unable to control their apparent hatred of most names to make it a more communal event. It seems functional and normal to me that you might discuss potential names with family and close friends, and unfortunate that apparently people can't handle their own judgment in a way to make that possible.  It's sad, honestly.[/quote]

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