[Satay chicken]

I'm starting to really question the name DH and I have chosen for our little boy due at the end of May. I've been keen not to really tell anyone but DH has let it slip a couple of times, he's not one for doing all the 'secret' thing..

Anyway, we are going with Jesse - I'm already using his name when I talk to him and have really bonded with the name, DH talks to him too using that name, but, of the people we have told, and thats not many, they all really dislike it.. we are getting the Oh ok! And a funny look..

So I am questioning our choice now - do we just go it and ignore?? I'm sure we are not going to get good wraps on the name when he comes..

[FaithHopeLove]

I can't really see why anyone would react badly to that name?

[daturah]

Don't worry about what anybody else says or reacts with. Once you call your baby it's name, whatever it might be, eventually everyone will get used to it, and soon after, no one will be able to imagine your baby with any other name.

Precisely why we told no one our favoured names. Even when he was born and I called my parents to tell them, they reacted with 'WHAT?!?!' (His name is Theodore, teddy for short, nothing too cray). Now they have said numerous times they can't imagine him being called anything different. Ted really suits him.

Jesse is a great name for what I am sure will be a gorgeous boy. Don't pay any attention to anybody else - he will be your boy, nobody else's, and it's completely your choice.

This post has been edited by daturah: 11/02/2013, 07:43 AM

[MissBB]

Really ?? Nothing wrong with Jesse, lovely name! I've heard so much worse, especially on here.

The thing you need to remember about baby names is that not everyone in the world is gonna love your babies name, as long as you love it that's all that matters.

[House.of.blue]

OP we have told our immediate family what DS2 will be called whilst my family love the name DH's don't. My thoughts are once he has arrived and been given the name people see the name as a person, not just a name. FWIW I love the name Jesse

This post has been edited by House.of.blue: 11/02/2013, 07:46 AM

[~Supernova~]

For whatever it is worth, I like it! We had a lot of odd reactions to DS's name (not from DH's family as it is a family name). I could care less though really, we love it and it's not some terrible moniker that will haunt him for life, so whatever

Go with Jesse

Oh, and as per pp saying people will get used to it, that's very true. I've had a few people say they were a bit unsure what to think, and had never heard it before, but now they think it suits him beautifully.

[Iris37]

I really like the name Jesse

[MakeLoveNotBacon]

I ADORE the name Jesse. Ignore the nay-sayers. It's a briliant name.

[countrymel]

My thoughts are once he has arrived and been given the name people see the name as a person, not just a name.

This.

Once the name is attached to a person then it is just 'them' - prior to that it is an idea, ideas can be debated, mulled over, agreed or disagreed with.

One of the reasons I think that names should be held close to your chest until the little human arrives.

[MrsWidget]

I like it. Ignore everyone, there will always be someone who doesn't like your choice. As long as you and your DH like it that's all that matters.