Before my baby daughter was born just over a year ago, my partner and I decided to name her Fisher. No reason. I’ve never even been fishing. We just love the name. Love it.
We made the rookie error of telling family and friends before Fisher was born. Apparently this means you’re asking people to give their honest, unfiltered opinion of the name.
Anyway, we found that most people under the age of 30 thought Fisher was cool, but a lot of people over the age of 30 hated it. Especially my dad. He didn’t even bother to try to hide his disgust.
“That’s not a girl’s name,” he kept insisting. “That’s a surname.”
As are Taylor, Mackenzie, Madison, etc. It’s a thing. But not to him.
I even got a phone call from my brother – no doubt with my father egging him on in the background – telling me that calling my daughter Fisher would lead to terrible confusion for her later in life.
Did I mention that my partner and I both love this name?

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I have to say that my grand children have unusual names and I really love them because of the uniqueness of those names
Its not a grandparents place to visit an opinion on the naming of their grandchild
Perhaps grandad should consider the friction he is creating that Fisher can most probably pick up on.It would be a terrible burden for a little Angel to feel she is somehow responsible for the angst.
Remember children process conflict entirely differently to adults
If at some stage Fisher doesn't like her name she will change it and it won't be something she consults grandad on I'm sure
Celebrate the joy of having a wonderful little Angel in your life grandad
I know I do with my little Angels
When my daughter's second child (a girl) was born, my daughter actually asked my permission to use the name 'Samantha', Why? you might ask, that's a perfectly reasonable name for a girl, but my daughter, having concern for my feelings, didn't want to upset me by using the name of my recently deceased cat 😿