We got the name wrong....

[TwinkleSparkleBling]

DD2 is called Freya. It's become really popular, I never really liked it (dh's influence) and it doesn't suit her.

I prefer Miranda (Mimi) and she probably looks like a Megan in all honesty.

Any suggestions for a suitable nn?

[Chinateacup]

Effie?

[HerRoyalNotness]

What is her middle name? Use that instead or variation from it?

[MummyBurrows]

Have u regisitered her yet? If not then u still have time to talk to ur DH and change it :) xx FWIW I much prefer Megan and Freya is becoming annoyingly increasingly common/popular now!

[Yika]

If you like Mimi, just call her it. To me it sounds almost like a term of endearment, like calling her cutie pie, and wouldn't necessarily have to relate to the real given name. (though I do know someone whose name is Mimi). I know plenty of people whose nickname, that they are always known by, bears no resemblance to their given name.

[mumsywoo78]

how old is she?

[doyouwantfrieswiththat]

Fred

[TwinkleSparkleBling]

She's 10 mths. Everyone knows her as Freya so it doesn't feel right to officially change it.

I think it's come to a head as we recently went on holiday and encountered 5 Freyas. I always wanted names that weren't popular so this really upset me.

Her middle name is v unusual my choice and I do love it so would feel happy calling her that.

How would I do that, or any of the other suggestions, though as she and everyone else recognise her as Freya?

[Startail]

Freya is nice and I only know one and she's about 8 years older than yours.

DD2's name became very popular overnight and I agree it is very irritating when there are 5 of them at the same after school activity.

However, every DC is an individual, my name is very common, but I'm a bit eccentric and everyone tends to know exactly which Star they mean. I'm not sure if this is a blessing or a curse.

Certainly I'm not certain about very unusual names, I'm forever having to shh DD from talking about her BF in public because it's very likely someone will know exactly who she means.

[Startail]

Not that she would be saying anything unkind, they really are best mates. It's just her name and those of her siblings are really memorable and their village IS gossip central.

[mumsywoo78]

my ds is 6mnths & iv never felt happy with his name even though it was my choice &iv suffered severe anxiety over it. things are getting easier though & i couldnt change his name now. u need to talk to your dh about this although im guessing he's probably happy with freya and wont want to call her by anything else. btw megan is a much more popular name than freya i know lots of megans.

[KittenOfDoom]

If she's only 10 months then I think it's not too late to change what you call her.



It's just her name and those of her siblings are really memorable

Not Biggles, Posy and Tuppence again?

[WafflyVersatile]

You're allowed a year to change their name with the registrars. After that you have to do it by deed poll.

My friend kept chopping and changing the order of her DC's names.

[Longdistance]

I've got a friend who's name is her middle name. She refuses to use her first name.
Her first name is used on official documents, and with her work (as she can't change it), buy everyone calls her by her middle name, and even though her I'd, and official documents at work have her first name, they call her by her middle name, so do het friends, and family.
No one uses her first name at all.

[Startail]

I'm absolutely not saying, it's possibly she lurks on here and some of here customers almost certainly MN

[thegreylady]

I have three names so x y z then surname. I have always been known as z which happens to be my least favourite of the three. If you start using the mn now it will soon become "her" name.

[Bowlersarm]

Insert Miranda or Mimi as another middle name, and simply start calling her Mimi and introduce her to everyone as that now. Any forms you need to fill out put her full name and insert 'known as Mimi'

[TheRealFellatio]

If you like Mimi then you probably like Fifi. why don't you start calling her Fifi - if you do, then soon enough everyone else will as well.

BTW Freya is much nicer than Miranda, and if it's veing too popular that concerns you then you won't be any happier with Megan.

[TheRealFellatio]

Or if you love her middle name the definitely use that.

[KittenOfDoom]

Personally I loathe both Freya and Megan, and I like Miranda, but it isn't up to us.

[DizziDoll]

A friend of mine started usung her DS's middle name after about 9 months. It took a little while to get used to it but now I have to think hard what his first namebis again. So it is possible and not too late.

[Peregrin]

One of my friends started using his middle name (professionally as well as socially) age 35... people took a while to adjust but by now it works well.

Also, both my parents have nicknames that have nothing to do with their given names (I mean, shortened versions of other proper names, not "Floofy") and people call my grandmother Mimi even though it does not derive from her given name either.

Just some encouragement!

[Sarah0378]

I don't like the name Freya. It's not too late to change her name at 10 months. If you love the middle name then go with that and change the order on the birth certificate else she will always have to use a name that is not her first name on official forms and that could be annoying for her as an adult. Friends and family will get used to it quickly enough.

[Snowflakepie]

If you want to change the order then do it now, rather than leave it even longer. I thought maybe Fifi if you like Mimi. Or Rae. In the future it may well end up getting shortened to Fray if you don't set a nn yourself, kids seem to do that naturally. I don't know any here so still think it is unusual.

[fussychica]

Freya is lovely and prefer to Miranda but if you are changing do it soon.