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Like most others on this thread, I do not consider it is my place to get involved in the choice of names for grandchildren. And the suggestion that anyone would disagree with the choice of names that parents choose really astounds me! Surely none of our business.

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Not up to us to choose their names is it? I do like what they chose though.

When I heard what they intended to call the baby I immediately blurted out, "Oh. It's a bit common. There's a lot of them about. Kerry Katona chose that name for her daughter."

What a cow, eh?

Fortunately they both burst out laughing. My words didn't influence them either, I am glad to say.

I have done these surveys but i keep getting E-Mails asking me to do them , are we meant to do them more than once before we stand a chance of winning?

I think it is entirely up to the parents to decide. We did and it was a surprise to the GPs. DS and DIL decided to reverse the names of the baby after 48 hours.....I still prefer his second name though

never been involved the kids and partners always done it themselves as did we with ours

I like the name gazelle and ella

I see no reason why grandparents should be involved in choosing grandchildren's names nor why there should be any pressure to use traditional family names. Our three grandchildren have names that I like but, even if I didn't care for their names, I feel it is inappropriate to make negative comments about their choices.

I believe it is the parents choice not the grandparents. Even if we don't let me the names they choose we shouldn't say. Fortunately I love the names of my grandsons

When my DD was pregnant i overheard her telling a friend she really disliked the name for a boy her Husband had decided on.I went ballistic and told her she had to stand up to him and say no and that they should decide together the name of their child. He was a bully and would not allow DD to have her say. He then decided that if "it" was a girl ( which he was happy to say he didnt want) it would have an Irish name as his family were Irish, i said nothing until the idiot registered my DGD then pointed out her name was Not Irish but was in fact Welsh

I am lucky in that I love all six grandchildren's names. The first was named after her two great grandmothers, so old fashioned names but beautiful. Youngest daughter named her first born the feminine version of our first born son who died at eleven months. She asked my permission first but I am so glad she had a girl. Don't think I would have coped if it was exactly the same as our son.

Some names of 8 GC so far I've been less sure of than others but the moment I've held them they become that person and I can't imagine not being happy with my children's choices. With another 2 on the way will I be made to eat my words.

I couldn't fill in the survey because the first question doesn't give the option "I wasn't consulted and didn't expect to be."

I`ve completed the survey, but where it asks for the ages of my grandchildren I could only tick 3 boxes, because 5 of them come in one age bracket 18+, hope that was OK?

Where is the survey????

My DD
& her OH chose the names for my 2 DGS, I love both names. IMO choosing names is for the parents, if they wish to ask that's ok but no need to consult GPs or any other family members

DS and DDiL discussed names with us, asked our opinion etc.
Just one name that they both liked if the baby had been a girl was disliked by both sets of GPs. There was a valid reason for us all hating the name, but DS & DDiL were unaware until we told them about a historical event connected with the name, they then dismissed it.
All the other names they chose were lovely, and we're all thrilled with the name they picked for our lovely DGS, it's an old English name, unusual these days, but suits him perfectly!

I was told my Granddaughter's name in advance & it is lovely & unusual but invites some very obvious nasty nicknames but, since I am sure my son & his partner will have realised this, I did not mention it as it is entirely their choice

I didn't complete it because they didn't include the statement: "I wasn't asked for my opinion, but I gave it anyway"

When my daughter said, if the child was a boy they were thinking of calling him **, I said, 'There's no way a grandson of mine is being called **'. Luckily they had a girl and they called her a beautiful name.

Hospital scans got the sex of DGS, now 14, wrong, so his middle name, which is the same as a beloved great uncle on our side of the family was a lovely surprise.

DGD, 15, was called by two names initially, not hyphenated. The second name was given to remember a recently deceased lady then in her seventies and is a typical name of that generation of women.

Fortunately it isn't too bad. It's not a name that even registers as being given to any children in the last 20 years on data charts though. Mine averages around 50-60 a year, in comparison, though I can't recall hearing it given to anyone now under 25.

Over the years my grand-daughter's 'extra' name has quietly dropped out of use. She's now doing her GCSE's and I don't think it's been used whilst she has been in high school.

Seems like we all agree. Is this a first on gransnet?

As we already know the gender of our unborn grandchild, my daughter says the name is the only surprise left.

I wasn't involved with the choice of name for my granddaughter and I didn't expect to be. I'm sure it never occurred to me to involve my parents with the decision years ago. It is one of the joys to be shared by the child's parents.