I was given the weirdest name by my mother & for weeks it’s what I was called, until my dad vetoed it at the last minute
MOST of us have asked our parents what other names they considered calling us when we were first born.
One woman was more than relieved when she learned the baby name she narrowly avoided.
In a Reddit post, user Who-is-she-oh-it-me revealed what her mum almost called her before her dad stepped in.
The poster explained that her parents were scrambling to settle on a name, even after she arrived later than her due date.
“I was born two weeks late and my parents still didn’t decide on a name for me,” she wrote.
The hospital assigned her a temporary title while her parents decided.
To differentiate her from the other unnamed girls, her wristband read “Baby Girl” followed by her surname.
However, in her “post-partum state,” the Redditor’s mum started to like the unique name.
According to the poster, her mum wanted to make Baby Girl her daughter’s official name.
“I’m not kidding, I was almost named ‘Baby Girl,'” she said.
However, her dad’s family put his foot down and argued against the odd name.
“My dad’s mum vetoed the f**k out of it, thank God,” she explained.
The Redditor said she couldn’t imagine growing up with such an odd name.
Other Reddit users shared their thoughts on the unique baby name.
One reader joked that she would’ve had to change her name to “Adult Girl” later in life.
“My [former] teacher’s dad was named baby because his parents didn’t change it in time,” another person wrote.
“He had to change his name when he was 17 because he didn’t want to be Baby [surname] when he applied to colleges.”
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When I was a child, all I wanted was one of those personalised keyrings with my name on it.
But no joy, the closest I could find was Rosie, Joseph (not great for a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, which is a French name, and I managed to reach my 20s without ever meeting anyone who shared it.
When I try to introduce myself to people, I get all sorts of random things – like Tracey and Stacey – which can be pretty annoying.
Although I have come into contact with a couple of Josies over the last year – there seems to be a few of us around my age – it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends have.
On the whole I don’t mind it, at least it’s not rude or crazily spelt.
And it means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just referring to myself as Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my surname, as it’s not seen as very cool or feminist to do so these days, but I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths as I’d always just say ‘hi it’s Josie’ when ringing a mate up.
I think it’s nice to be unique and I’ll definitely try and replicate this when naming my own kids.
It’s the rude names you’ve got to watch out for, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I’ll definitely be avoiding those.
“My son was “Baby Boy [surname]” for about six weeks after he was born,” said a third Redditor.
“He was born in a naval hospital and they were slow to send in the birth certificate information.
“So by the time I got everything, he had been registered as Baby Boy with the insurance company.”
“Me when I accidentally clicked [submit] before choosing the baby’s name in Sims 2,” joked another person.
“My husband has a friend named Baby,” shared one Reddit user.
“When we first started going out, I was suspicious when I first heard him talking to Baby on the phone [but] then I met him and yeah, his name is Baby and he went by Baby.”