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[Opinions] Re: Thoughts on a nickname for my still-regretful name choice....
I think that you should forget about this.When I first told my mother that I planned to name my baby, if a girl, Victoria, she stood there for a minute, saying, "Victoria" over and over again, while making a face and sticking her tongue out.I laughed and said, "If it's a girl and I name her Victoria, you'll say you like it." She said, "Yes, I will, because I will like it then because it will be your baby's name."When I first heard that my grandson's name was going to be Leonidas, I was inwardly appalled. I admit, I had never heard the name before (which fact I think precludes me from being a true namenerd) and it struck me as unbearably strange. After he was born, within a few months, I began to like the name and began to see it as my daughter does, "strong yet beautiful." But you know what? I think I mainly like it because it's my beloved grandson's name.Why can't this happen to you? I think it can. Give it a little more time.
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Agree with you.My own daughter's name is Carol, her Father's choice. though I like it too. For whatever reason, it was common in my (French-speaking) community about the time of her birth, that's why my husband heard of it, I suppose, he's not English speaking. Some find it common or outmoded, but for me, it just glows, because it's my dear daughter's name. (Her middle name is, in fact, Victoria;it was my husband's mother's name.My mother-in-law, of course, but I never knew her, she died young.)
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hi QueenV,I felt that way about my own son's name when I knew my mother didn't like it. I named him Felix despite her pronounced loathing of the name, and trusted he would grow into it for her, even though she had different/negative associations at the time. She's OK with his name now, and I have always been happy I stuck to my guns.This seems different to me since it is my child, not grandchild, whom I agree I would have no say in liking/disliking/changing. but I understand that I'll need to move on, or find a solution that is more palatable that reflects her given names if he is unwilling to change it.

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