Last minute name Change!!!! Crazy!

[pollysweet.livejournal.com]

 

   Ok fellow Baby namers,  It is three weeks or so until our due date... we have had a name picked out for our baby girl for about 4 months now.... and today we decided to change it completely!!! 

I feel like a moron, because we have already told people the name and my 2 year old already calls the baby by the name we had chosen... but I had really begun to not like it and today my husband totally agreed with me and agreed with what to change it to..... So I feel a bit in shock and I will feel dumb telling everyone it is different but we are really happier with the new name and after all, better to change it now and not regret it later. I just really wish we had not made up our minds so early! And we should have done what we did with our first pregnancy and not told until the birth!

For those who are curious, her name just went from 

Zoey Violet .... to....
Allison Snow

 (Snow is my mother's maiden name)  I know it  is a total style change.. but I had begun to feel that Zoey was just too creative, a little too hippy and a bit too juvenile for her..... Allison is classy and grown up, while still allowing Allie as a great nick-name. My husband totally agrees and he wanted me to use my mom's maiden name for the middle name anyway, it just didn't sound good with Zoey.

How dumb do you think people will think we are for changing it at the last minute?  We are actually telling people starting today that we are changing it... but not telling them the new name yet just in case.... they will find out when she gets here... except a couple of my best friends that did decide to tell the new name to (who said they like it better). Also... I don't think most people we have told the old name to liked it anyway... not that that should matter I guess, but I don't want her to have a name that is disliked.. I don't want to start her off with a hinderance in life.

When I mentioned to my mom that I am rethinking the name, she said that she actually regretted what she named me...(Misty)  I never really loved my hippy name either... but I didn't tell her that. Still I am glad we are going more traditional now.  The baby name wizard book said of my name- "it has finally been relegated to the place it belongs.. to strippers and horses!)" or something like that..... LOL  so true!!!

Your thoughts???

Comments

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like Allison better. Definitely. Violet is gorgeous, but Zoey seems very childish (and Zoe is the correct spelling anyway).

[beingpatient.livejournal.com]

I have to say I don't think there are ever "correct" spellings of names. Maybe "traditional" would be a better word choice. Of course, some are down right ridiculous (Maddysynn or Jaymz, anyone?!). My name is spelled Kelli - is that "wrong"?

[djador.livejournal.com]

Yes =P

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I have a Zoey in my family tree...born in 1789. I think both Zoe and Zoey have been accepted spellings for so long that there's really no right and wrong except for that girl on Top Chef, who spells her name Zoi.

Baby Name Change: Late in the Game

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

A million times better to change it now than to give her a name you don't like.

For a parallel example, my dad's name was changed when he was five and entered kindergarten. That's a shocker.

I think there is a lot of value to trying out names first, and if you've figured out you don't like it after saying it many times, more power to you. One of the hardest things about choosing names: thinking about it across various contexts. It has to be a name you don't get sick of after the thousandth time.

I'll take note of not telling people our final decision until the little one has arrived though. Thanks for the hint.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like Zoey Violet, but I ABSOLUTELY FREAKIN LOOOOOVE Allison Snow! What a beautiful name!!! Congratulations!!!

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I actually don't think it's that bad, or shocking. Just introduce her as Allison when she's born. Your two year old will get used to it quicker than anyone I bet. I know a lot of people who had their minds set on a name and, once they met their actual child, decided that name wasn't for them at all. I'd say wait until you meet the little girl and see if it's really Allison you want, and then just say you felt the name wasn't right for her personality.

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

I like Zoey Violet, but Allison is more of a grown up name. Allie is an adorable nickname too.

I think you made the right choice by not naming her something you weren't 100% into.

[murderprotocol.livejournal.com]

I actually really love the name Zoey, and I refuse to spell it any other way. It just looks incomplete to me without the y. I don't think it's too creative with a y - creative is Zooey, or like a girl I once knew, Zoie.

However, while I think Zoey Violet is beautiful, you have every right to change the name if you don't feel it's the right one for your daughter, and Allison is a very pretty choice. It's classy and 'old-fashioned' without it being too out of date. I've noticed it's quite a popular name these days.

I don't think you should worry too much what others will think. Everyone so far loves the name, and if they don't, they'll have to deal with it. It's your child and you need to be happy with the name.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

I have to agree, Allison is a much more long-lasting name that grows up well, while Zoey sounds like a child's name.

And, obviously, my name's Misty, too. I don't mind it too much, usually. My mom doesn't regret it, as far as I know. She was just determined not to let my dad name me Daphne or Tiffany (because she didn't want me being called Daffy or Tiffy).

[tinydancer3.livejournal.com]

it's normal, we changed our sons a million times before his debut. I like your choice!

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I definitely prefer Allison. Zoey is cute, but it sounds so young. Allison is a name I can envision on a child and an adult, and it fits, you know?

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Wow, that went from trendy and young to beautiful and ageless. I think you made an excellent choice in changing the name.

[pickle-breath.livejournal.com]

I loooove Allison Snow. It is classic sounding. :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I'm not too fond of the alliteration s-o-n, s-n-o, but I like Allison for a first name a lot better than Zoey! It would've been a tie, had it been Zoe.

Don't worry about changing her name, you have to go with what feels right, and the other people will come around :)

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Well, I totally approve, because I dislike Zoey, and Alison is my name! So of course now I'm going to suggest that you spell it with one L, because that's the more classic spelling of the name, and I always loved it. But Allison is still nice, and it is the more common spelling right now...

I really liked my name growing up. I liked the nickname Ali. Also, Alison/Allison/Alyson was at the height of its popularity when I was born, and I still never had another one in my class. I did come across a couple other kids named Alison, which I thought was cool, but I always like that I never had to be 'Alison T'.

[pollysweet.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip. I haven't ever known an Allison or a Zoey... I hear Zoey is common in other areas, but not around here.

[emtotherescuee.livejournal.com]

I don't really like Allison, but if you do, that's fine:]

But I also think that Allison Violet sounds better than Allison Snow. But if it was your mother's maiden name, I guess it has some importance to you:]

Congrats on the baby!

[pollysweet.livejournal.com]

More about my mom's maiden name- Snow... it is actually more important to me because my grandparents raised me and I always felt I should have had their last name. Mine was just a stupid last name that I got from someone my mom was only married to for a year when I was born. I never even knew anyone with my own last name. Of course - Misty Snow would have been slightly humorous.

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

To me Zoey isn't that unusual. I think its the combo of "Zoey Violet" that makes it kind of trendy and odd. Something like "Zoey Jane" or "Zoey Alice" would work better in my eyes.

I love all forms of Alison/Allison/Alyson.

I could never use it because its my best friends name.(Alison Grace)

Either way I think Allison and Zoey are great names and huge steps away from Madison and Jayden.

[beingpatient.livejournal.com]

My parents changed my name about 3 weeks before I was born! It's totally fine!

Although I like Zoey Snow better than Allison Snow. I think Zoey Snow sounds really good. They have the same "o" sound.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i think zoe (without the y) violet is beautiful. i agree that i think the violet makes it trendy sounding, i would go with zoe elisabeth or something.

allison is dated, to me.

i love that you are using snow as the middle name though! i am using gray as a boys middle name, which was my mothers maiden name.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i really like tha name allison- it's my little sister's name, though she vehemently insists on being called allie ;) allison snow sounds lovely.

[lilg82882.livejournal.com]

Allison snow is beautiful!!!
Allison is on my top 3 for girl names!!! I have always loved it :)

I don't think it is so bad you are changing it. Alot of people have the name all picked out and the baby comes and does not fit the name at all. I just wouldn't tell anybody the new name yet just in case ;)

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Aw, I love Zoey. To me it has way more character than Allison, which seems a little generic, like Jennifer or Kristen. But it's your baby and YOU get to decide, and that is all that matters. :)

[h-hope.livejournal.com]

We got gifts at our baby shower with the name Alyssa Riley on them, because we were THAT sure of the name that we told everyone what we had chosen... turns out we did a complete name change just a few weeks before she was born and I could never picture my daughter being an "Alyssa" now.

I'm glad you guys found the name that you just know is right :)

[pollysweet.livejournal.com]

Thanks.. it is nice to know I am not the only one who bailed after telling everyone! Every day that passes now I feel more relieved that we went ahead and changed it. It was really affecting how I felt about her... I didn't realize how much until we changed her name. Now I am actually more excited about my little girl. That sound kinda bad, but it must have bothered me more than I thought. Thanks!