Thursday, 09 August 2012
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I Hate My Child's Name
Hi, I hope someone can help. I named my boy 7 years ago and now I hate the name and am embarrassed of it. So much so that I avoid taking my child places in case I have to spell it out.I am very down as I feel I have let him down, and I love him so much! He is such a lovely child. I have tried changing his name to the middle name but he likes his name as it is and he found it distressing when we tried changing his name. I really don't know what to do, it feels like a life sentence. I am in a terrible way over it. We live in the North of England and the name is so unusual here, people keep spelling it wrong and pronouncing it wrong, but the main thing is I can't get used to it. It makes me cringe when I hear it. The name is Tadgh, it is an Irish name pronounced Tieg. We have also tried changing the spelling to Tieg and a few others but he doesn't like them.
It's hit me a bit like going to bed and then waking up and realizing I have given my son a name from another culture. I feel like it's an Indian name which is ok if you are Indian. But imagine if you are a Christian and you wake up one morning and you realize your child's is named Mohammed (this works vice versa, just in case I offend anyone).
Can someone offer advice to help me??
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can't you legally change it? as long as he likes it i don't see a problem.
If he likes his name, then there should be no problem. Just explain that the celts like to spell things funny.
Really? If Your son likes His name, then I would Highly suggest You leave it be. I was born with the name Christine-darlene, as in You say Both, all four syllables. When I was eight My Dad took out the hyphen out of spite to My Mother, and has since treated Darlene as My middle name. I resented Him for that action for Quite a long time. Somebodies name is their Identity, it would be almost cruel to rip that from Your Son merely because You dislike it, especially because He is obviously very attached to His name. Tadgh is a rich and cultural name, Get over Yourself and leave it be... And maybe in any future Naming Endeavour, keep this in mind and pick something You are more comfortable with.
Really? You avoid taking your child in public and keep trying to change his name even though you know it causes him distress? SMH
He likes the name. It's a fine name. You should really just leave it be.@Trueinnerbeauty@lovelyish - tehehe. Our daughter almost had 2 middle names but in the end we decided against it.
The first time i thought about the boxes thing was filling out for her social security number. lol her name JUST fit. heheh