Calling parents by their Christian names

Our kids call us by our Christian names, the dog knows us as mummy and daddy...

My mother didn’t want to be called ‘Mum’, and she didn’t want to be ‘Granny/Grandma/Nanny’ either, so she was known universally as ‘Moomin’ by all the family. It was a name that had gradually evolved over the years and then stuck once we discovered the ‘Moomin Family’. 😁

Our neighbours were called by their first names by their children. As a nurse, I’ve encountered patients whose children called them by their first names. I love that we can all be individuals in life. 😂

I think it is absolutely none of my business what other people in other families call each other - as long as it is loving.

As for my own daughters - I don’t care what you call me as long as you call me.

Totally weird and 'woke'

I would find it odd to hear a child refer to their parents using their Christian names too.

In our family it was always Mum and Dad. They are special names for parents. When our children were born, my mother didn’t want to be grandma so they called her Joan but when they went to school they didn’t have a grandma like the other children so they changed to Nan. We are a Christian country we have Christian names.

Nothing odd about that in Denmark, although it is not very usual, but since the seventies some children have called their parents and aunts and uncles by their given names.

I think a lot of DILs and SIL use their parents-in-laws given name in preference to addressing them as "svigermor" = MIL and "svigerfar" = FIL, which formerly was the done thing here, at least until the young couple had children, when most grandparents were addressed as such, even by their own children and children-in-law.

What does sound odd to me is hearing a son- or daughter-in-law addressing parents-in-law by their given names whils his or her spouse still addresses their parents as mum and dad, or the equivalent.

Wendywe may be as you point out 'a Christian country', but not everyone in Great Britain is a Christian.
The 2021 census tells us that 46% are Christians. 38% no religion. The remaining percentage is made up of Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jewish people, or 'of another relgion'.
I doubt that any of those people would refer to their first or forename as their Christian name, why should they? It's fine if you consider yourself to be a Christian, but we can't impose the title on others these days.

None of your business if the parents are agreeable.

I had a cousin who always called his parents by their first names and we all thought it was odd.

My DGD is nearly 6. Recently she was talking about me going into her school to help. She said “My teacher will call you Chicklette. Is that ok?” Bless her. I told her that’s my name and that’s what other adults call me.

I don't have a problem with the term 'Christian name'. We all know what it means don't we!
Calling parents by their given names: hmm, a bit tricky in family WhatsApp groups! The late Queen (ER II) called her mother 'Mummy' and that's good enough for me.

For goodness sake, I live in the UK, in England actually and will continue to call peoples first name
their Christian name unless I know otherwise. It’s not disrespectful it’s what it’s always been here.
I find it odd when middle aged and older refer to their parents as Mummy and Daddy, that seems wrong.

I don't think it's strange for offspring to call their parents by their first names. My kids always have from babyhood onwards. Didn't cause any problems.

My grandkids use my first name too.

I like my name. It would be a pity to waste it

Mojack26

Totally weird and 'woke'

Did 'woke' exist in the 1980s?

I never wanted to be called "Mum". Yes, the relationship is important but what you call your mum, unless it's rude, doesn't change the relationship.

Baggs

Mojack26

Totally weird and 'woke'

Did 'woke' exist in the 1980s?

Mojack26 -different views are allowed . My view is your comment is weird and rude

Whatever a person accepts being called is what it will be. If a person doesn't prefer to be addressed by their first name, they need to just say, " Please call me ......." ~ and do it each time that person uses their first name.

Met son at a noisy rail station recently. He called “Mum!”across the crowds several times. No luck. When he shouted “Shazam”, I finally heard him.

Mojack26

Totally weird and 'woke'

You may think it 'weird', but I don't think it's 'woke'.

Definition: Being woke means being aware… knowing what's going on in the community (related to racism and social injustice). In other words, it means to be awake to sensitive social issues, such as racism.

Both my sons called us by our first names , never ever Mum and Dad.
Very useful in crowded places.
I've been watching some ancient DVDs recently, of the boys aged about 10 and 12 and yelling "Wendy" at me.

My grandchildren all call me by my first name. I like it!

I always called my parents Mummy and Daddy when small, then Mum and Dad as an adult. When we got married my PILs insisted I must call them Mum and Dad. I politely asked if I could call them by their first names as I already had a mum and dad but they said no and were furious saying I’d been disrespectful in asking. They then marched out of our house! Soon afterwards my mum died suddenly and early the next morning the phone rang. I answered and heard ‘Hello, it’s Mum’. I felt pleased it was my mum and was about to chat when I remembered and realised it couldn’t be her. I burst into tears and handed the phone to my husband. I called PIL ‘you’ after that!

What a sad experience autumncolours. I foolishly married very young. My parents were called by their first names by new (temp) husband. His mother insisted I call them mr or Mrs or mum and dad. I avoided both

I think it’s strange to still be calling your parents “Mummy” and “Daddy” once you’re into your teens. I am “Grandma” too, not Nan or Nanny. Definitely strange to use a parent’s “given” name rather than Mum or Dad. But as my own Mum often said “It wouldn’t do if we were all the same!”

I think there are quite a few of us that like to be called by our own names on this thread.
...and probably more who don't.