Parents regret the names they gave their children.

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Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25 620 Send Message	Jane	Report	1 Sep 2016 14:44
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25 620 Send Message	I have no regrets as to the names chosen for my children. My Daughter does hate her middle name though. It is Elspeth. I love it. There are some very strange names given to children these days.Just 3 I know of recently are,Thursday ,Huxley ,Ottilie .
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 6 802 Send Message	supercrutch	Report	1 Sep 2016 13:52
	Almost a fifth of parents in the UK regret the name they chose for their child, a survey has suggested. An online poll of more than 1,000 parents carried out by Mumsnet found that 18% of parents regretted the name they chose for their offspring, but only 2% actually changed their child's name. The main reason for any regret was how regularly the name was used by others (25%), the data suggested. Other sources of regret included spelling or pronunciation issues (11%). The Mumsnet survey has been released in anticipation of annual statistics from the Office of National Statistics on the most popular baby names of the year in England and Wales. So do these parents who chose popular and classic names wish they chosen something outlandish? I bet the child wouldn't have thanked them as adults. I love my childrens' and grandkids' names. Mine classic (for the most part) and grandkids fully Welsh. Do you have any regrets? Sue
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