Baby’s name could break up my family

To be honest I can hardly make head nor tail of the OP....it sounds too peculiar to even begin to formulate an answer to it.

My mother in law was quite a forceful woman who announced that all the men in the Peardrop family had the same first name although all known by the second including my MrP. When we were expecting our first child I purchased a budgerigar and called him by the family name. When our son was born I was able to say that I couldn't possibly call our firstborn after the budgie.

There is no 'value' in feeling gutted because your grand-daughter to be is not apparently going to be named after her aunt on the paternal side, only ridiculousness of the first order.

Gosh JaneA your Mum was so young to be widowed. You obviously inherit your love of walking from her? I can understand her not getting over it ?My MiL was also called Glad by FiL

lemongrove

To be honest I can hardly make head nor tail of the OP....it sounds too peculiar to even begin to formulate an answer to it.

Have a glass of Chardonnay, Asti, Margaux or Sherry lemongrove

All good girls' names

I once knew someone whose surname was Grocock. My mother was at school with an Easter Primrose. In the Chester telephone book many years ago there was an entry for Lillycrap. For goodness sake OP don't cause a rift in your family over a name. Be thankful you still have a son, and his family.

You obviously inherit your love of walking from her?
I wouldn’t put it quite like that Marmight
As children, my younger sister and I were dragged unwillingly up and down the Lakeland fells and endured Saturday walks in the Peak District, mitigated only by the promise of fish & chips for tea on the way home.
It wasn’t till I was old enough to plan excursions myself & go off with my school friends, youth hostelling in the Lakes and Yorkshire Dales, that I really appreciated that I should have been more grateful to my parents for introducing me to the joys of the countryside and the open road!

Callistemon haha, I think it would muddy the waters even further.?
I would have you know that Chardonnay is an ancient family name for us Lemongroves, we can trace it right back to the Norman conquest.?

All your children and offspring need in life is unconditional love. If possible parents need their own life and interests, to offer help and be helpful when needed.
The maintenance of good relationships should be the gold standard. Just enjoy each other!

Normskill The name just doesn't matter. Your son and his wife need to make this decision together. You need to tell your son that and leave them to it. And tell your DD it is not anyone's business but the new parents.

Breaking up a family over a NAME ...that would be so silly wouldn't it. Just enjoy being a Grandma and hopefully your daughter will enjoy being an aunt ...whatever the lovely new baby is called

Sorry to be harsh, but are you for real?
Their baby, their choice, how can you possibly think otherwise.