Choosing a name for your baby is difficult enough without family members giving their opinion. But it’s hard to think of anything worse than a relative questioning your choice of baby name AFTER you’ve named them.
A grandmother has come out against her granddaughter’s choice of baby name saying it reminds her of a common form of cancer.
The new mum told online forum Mumsnet she chose the name Luca for her three-week-old girl but is now rethinking it after her grandmother said it reminded her of the disease leukaemia.
Sadly the grandmother’s daughter and the new mum’s mother died of the disease last year.
“I was so upset, my baby really suits her name and I love that it’s a bit different but now I can’t stop thinking about the link to leukaemia,” she wrote.
The grandmother said the name also reminded her of the phrase ‘filthy lucre’ which means dirty money.
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You can’t please everyone when choosing a baby name but the fact that this criticism is so close to home and due in part to such a terrible loss has left the new mum seriously considering changing her daughter’s name.
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Wish I had struck to what I wanted in naming my children. The spelling of my first child's name as I later found out it was the European version anyway. The naming of my second son, my MIL said it was not on to name a baby after someone who had just died. My brother's machine was turned off on the day I gave birth to my son, I did not know at the time as I was living far away.
Then the MIL only gave him 50 cents against the dollar she normally gave as she only liked his second name. I used my brother's name in my third child's name.
My grandfather was offended that I did not name either of my sons after him. He financially supported me and my mother after my parents' separation so he felt it was the least I could do. He died when my second -born child was two and I certainly don't regret sticking to my guns and retaining the names I chose. What you call your child is nobody else's business and other people around your child need to adapt.
I agree with you. Choosing a name for your baby is not easy and people put a lot of thought into it. People objected to my children's names but my children love their names. Glad I didn't listen to the negative people because my choices were clearly the right ones.