Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, like a good DCUM'er I posted our name choices here. Thanks to this boards's preference for normal names coupled with my own raging hormones..we went with a solid traditional name. (Think William or Henry) I really wanted to go with something a bit spunkier (Think Leo or Max) and almost a year later, still regret not using the name I wanted. Our son would have fit that name perfectly.

So, please let this be a lesson to others. Choose the name you want and don't allow others to sway your decisions. I'm still feeling bad about our decision and wonder if I always will

+1,000,000

This is a board full of unhappy women who don't have a healthy outlet with their SO's so they come here to ruin the lives of others with their uninformed, ignorant biased opinions. I just read this board to make myself feel good about myself and the people in my life who actually matter.

Ah, I see. Like how nobody goes to that restaurant anymore because it's too crowded. YOU are Ms. Normal, everyone ELSE here is unhappy and unhealthy.

Precisely!!! As illustrated by your response my dear.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn't think this sounded like OP was blaming DCUM. She took responsibility for the name choice, and warned us not to take DCUM too seriously. As someone who knows what it's like to post in the middle of the night as a hormonal first time pregnant lady (and now a sleep deprived FTM) I welcomed her candor and words of wisdom/experience.

+1

+2

By the way, I would never listen to these nitwits on here regarding baby names. Usually it's some European name that's acceptable and that's boring. Most of them are pregnant with nothing better to do than trash names.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, like a good DCUM'er I posted our name choices here. Thanks to this boards's preference for normal names coupled with my own raging hormones..we went with a solid traditional name. (Think William or Henry) I really wanted to go with something a bit spunkier (Think Leo or Max) and almost a year later, still regret not using the name I wanted. Our son would have fit that name perfectly.

So, please let this be a lesson to others. Choose the name you want and don't allow others to sway your decisions. I'm still feeling bad about our decision and wonder if I always will

+1,000,000

This is a board full of unhappy women who don't have a healthy outlet with their SO's so they come here to ruin the lives of others with their uninformed, ignorant biased opinions. I just read this board to make myself feel good about myself and the people in my life who actually matter.

Ah, I see. Like how nobody goes to that restaurant anymore because it's too crowded. YOU are Ms. Normal, everyone ELSE here is unhappy and unhealthy.

Anonymous wrote:So, like a good DCUM'er I posted our name choices here. Thanks to this boards's preference for normal names coupled with my own raging hormones..we went with a solid traditional name. (Think William or Henry) I really wanted to go with something a bit spunkier (Think Leo or Max) and almost a year later, still regret not using the name I wanted. Our son would have fit that name perfectly.

So, please let this be a lesson to others. Choose the name you want and don't allow others to sway your decisions. I'm still feeling bad about our decision and wonder if I always will

+1,000,000

This is a board full of unhappy women who don't have a healthy outlet with their SO's so they come here to ruin the lives of others with their uninformed, ignorant biased opinions. I just read this board to make myself feel good about myself and the people in my life who actually matter.

We went with a very common name for our daughter. As we are Jewish, we also picked out a Hebrew name. Her Hebrew name is unusual but not too unusual, easy to pronounce, but you're likely to never meet anyone else by that name. We do kinda regret 18 months later that we didn't use her Hebrew name as her given name, but she responds to her English name and we feel like it's too late to change it.

Anonymous wrote:You could name him Maximillian Leonidas and call him Ximill Nidas for short. No one will have that name.

You could also call him Lian Leon.

You could name him Maximillian Leonidas and call him Ximill Nidas for short. No one will have that name.

Anonymous wrote:Those names are all in the same category to me.

Agreed. Leo and Max are super common and not at all "spunky." I know like 5 Maxes right now.

Change it now.

Anonymous wrote:OP, had you named your baby Rhys, by age 6 you'd be so tired of correcting the spelling and pronunciation that you'd wished you'd named him John.

There's no way of knowing that the OTHER option would have been perfect, right? I completely disagree that you should change his name now. You just need to let it go and learn to love his name!

I had a more atypical name I liked for DS's first name, but DH couldn't really come around to it, so we used it for his middle name. I still love it as a first name, but I certainly wouldn't waste mental energy on regret!!

Also...use Rhys for baby #2. Problem solved

I think Rhys is the name of another poster's child. I'm still curious what was the name OP really wanted.

Anonymous wrote:Change it to Leomax.

hmmm, i like it. but it does sound like a pharmaceutical, much like a name floated a little while back on here, Avagail, I think. But wait! Then again, what if Leomax grew up and fell in love with Avagail...

OP, had you named your baby Rhys, by age 6 you'd be so tired of correcting the spelling and pronunciation that you'd wished you'd named him John.

There's no way of knowing that the OTHER option would have been perfect, right? I completely disagree that you should change his name now. You just need to let it go and learn to love his name!

I had a more atypical name I liked for DS's first name, but DH couldn't really come around to it, so we used it for his middle name. I still love it as a first name, but I certainly wouldn't waste mental energy on regret!!

Also...use Rhys for baby #2. Problem solved

You can change your son's name legally, once and for all. He's only one. It's not late.

OP, I'm sorry people can't read and they are being mean. I totally understand what you're saying. You aren't blaming DCUM, but saying you allowed yourself to be talked out of naming your son what you wanted to name him based on other people's opinions. It's easy to do.

I named our daughter the crazier name rather than something more traditional because I didn't listen to other people's opinions, and I question if we made the right decision. You might have felt that way if you named him Leo or Max.

At this point you have to make a decision - are you going to be at peace with your son's name, are you going to call him another name, or are you going to legally change it? Personally, I would not change a child's name that far into his life, so I would figure out how to come to terms with the name you named him.

Anonymous wrote:Is Rhys pronounced Reese?

Yes.