Do you like your grandchild's name?

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I really didn't like my DGS name but like others here I think he's grown into it. The problem with teaching is that you associate certain names with certain children and it puts you off the name for life. Spellings are something else. My favourite memory is two parents arguing about which was the correct way to spell Calum/Callum. I didn't mind either but I was grateful their surnames were different so that I remembered them as Calum one L-X and Callum 2 LL -Y ?

I think it's spelled Sorcha.

Just wondering if there could be an element of double-bluff going on here? You may be being fed a name which they do not seriously consider using, but it will deflect attention away from another. My GCs names were announced along with the happy news of their arrival, and I think this may be the best way; name and baby arrive together in your lives.

My cousin's grandson has been given the name Hieronymus; I rather like it but do wonder if he'll be teased at school? Maybe by then he'll be known as Hero!

Hi, my son's 3 children all have very common names. I was very surprised because they just took the most popular name from a list of most popular names of that year. I can imagine another 5 or so children being called their names when they go to school, at the moment 2 go to nursery school and yes there are another 2 children with the same name in the class.
When they told me the chosen name I was disappointed with my son because I knew he had no say in it and I felt he had let his welsh heritage down choosing such common English names. Now several years on the names have become my grandchildren. They shorten the names which are more better so I'm okay with them. I did though have a great aunty called Asnath, I'm glad my son didn't go down the "naming after ancestor's route" lol.

My Grandson is called Roman,my husband wasn't keen, I love it!! He was told by me not to say anything. We nearly lost him in Childbirth and he's a little fighter so it suits him. Names pale into insignificance in the great scheme of things.

both my grandson's have unusual names , one is an old english name which is quite common in the states & the other a welsh one. DS also have a welsh name which due to a light speech impediment he can't say properly

whatever my GG were called I would have loved them, as it is \i approve of the choice, suits them both perfectly

I adore my grand children but I cringe every time I have to tell someone the name of the youngest. When she was born and people asked her name they were genuinely astonished when I told them. I'm just grateful they told me her name over the phone so they didn't see my face.

My DGS has a name that I thought of as belonging to my grandparents' generation, so 'old' even when I was a child. Although it seemed an odd one to choose before he was born (hope I didn't say so! We had thought of having Michelle as a second name for our daughter and my husband's aunt had said 'poor little thing!'), as others have said, you get used to whatever the name is and soon can't imagine the child with a different name. It does still sound funny though when you hear children being called many of these 'old' names that are popular again.

When I worked in a secondary school there was no doubt that there was a correlation between the children with the weirdest or most oddly spelled names and their behaviour. It was as if all the parents' energies had been put into naming them and there was none left for actually parenting them!

When my first child was born, we kept being asked by family member's who we would call him after and were then met by disappointed looks. That is until we realised that we have an awful lot of family members and friends with the name John. So we used this as a second name and all of these 'Johns' thought the baby was called after them.

Another tip. Throughout my life, I have been known by my second Christian name (My first name is my mother's and so I suppose they did this to avoid confusion.)
It is a pain! On medical and formal occasions aand qualification certificates, I am addressed by my first name. eg coming round fron anaesthetic, I didn't acknowledge them calling me. Worst of all, my bank refuses to accept cheques made out to my second name and I then have to return them and explain to the sender.
You can guess what my full name is by looking at my username!

I think it's pretty much certain that Hieronymus will be teased, ctussaud. As my DD1 said when she heard the name one friend had given her baby, one can only hope he's going to a private school.

I have a name I detest so gave my daughters very unusual names. My son was named after my dear father. My daughters have both gone on to call their children by unusual names. so I have six grandchildren with names rarely if ever heard...the same as their mothers. I asked my daughters if they liked having unusual names and thy both said that the only problem was that teachers always remembered them

DH has always hated his name(s) and he thinks DGS2 will be the same "but at least he's got a decent middle name". I've told DH he must never let this be known.

I don't dislike DGS2s first name but it seems to have become quite trendy so lots of them about, totally defeating DDs efforts.

I'm one of many senior ladies with the same name and it doesn't take much to guess the era. When I did the family history there were many Isabella's - I love it! I'd be a different person if I was called Isabella .

Who are we to comment on the names our DCs choose for their children we fall in love with the child not the name,my DGC all have good strong names my DGS2 has a Portugese name which depicts his heritage and he has never had a problem with it either at school or work he suits it,if he lived in Portugal his name would be heard everyday just as "John or David" is heard here in this Country.

my two older grandaughters were named after flowers - briony rose and heather lily. they're both lovely names and suit them.
my two younger grandaughters were called ada and mabel - very old fashioned i thought but then i had no input whatsoever and the choice was my son and daughter in law's.
however all four of them are MY grandaughters and i love them all equally whatever their names.

My grandson has unusual name but it really suits him but my granddaughter name is even more unusual and after nearly 2 years not sure about it.

I think it's spelled Sorcha. Pronounced Sorkha with a hard 'c'
I can't find the post that refers to; however, following on from that I find that many people use the phonetic spellings of Celtic or other names - I know of at least one Neeve, another Neve etc.

Ps one of the worse I ever heared was 'sorrow' easy to pronounce
Perhaps they meant to call her Sorrel
Or perhaps they were Puritans or Quakers. I was thinking of Endeavour Morse
historyofnothing.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/puritans-and-their-weird-names/

My sister referred to her second grand-daughter as the baby until she was ten months old when her daughter-in-law told her she could not go on referring to her as the baby. The name was unusual for the family, probably too modern, but like others, it has grown on us and you do get used to it and, more importantly, she is a gorgeous little girl.

I adore the names of my two grandchildren - Jamie and Eliza Rose. The names suit each child and I wouldn't call them anything else! 'Nuff said!

I like 4 out of the 6 but I must admit I have got used to the 2 I wasn't keen on. They grow into a name. I'm odd as I have always really liked my own name- not of my friends did.

I did not like my first & only GC's name at all at first. Everyone else said- What a lovely name! She is now 14 months & I adore her! Of course she is as she is named and now it seems just right! We recently adopted a cat called Tabitha and DD said that had been her second choice for our GD's name! Oops

I love all my grandchildren's names. DS told me early on their choice of name and I immediately loved it, had I not I would never have said anything. DD was completely different - all the family were asked if they liked their choice, and what were our suggestions, once decided it was then how many other children have this name. Then one was rejected because they were both foreign names and she was worried what it would look like on a CV!!!

Maybe if it is an off the spectrum name a careful conversation loosely based on have you thought about how names could be shortened and is he/she likely to be teased at school about it. In which case they would blame their parents for giving them such a name.

I'm embarrassed to say, when my son said the name they were calling their baby girl, my husband blurted out "you can't call a baby that"! My son went back to his wife and they changed the name. I feel my husband shouldn't have said anything. The name they first thought of is an old fashioned name, but I'm beginning to hear of it more and more so it is getting popular. i won't say it, for fear of offending anyone.