Baby name regret :(

Tweens&aBaby:

If you don't call her nn's, I bet no one else will either.  I have a Madison and no one calls her Maddy. 

 

 

I have a Brayden, and no one calls him Brady. You have to make it a point to always call them by their whole name. 

Honestly, I don't think it will be a big deal. Especially not until she is old enough to choose, and has friend who come up with nicknames for her. I personally have a friend with a daughter named Gabriella, and everyone calls her Gabriella. That's what her parents call her, so that's what everyone else calls her. I've never thought about calling her anything else.

you said in your last post about her name that she really fits the name Gabriella.  I have heard of ppl changing the name because it didn't fit them, but if you feel it suits her, I would leave it and forget all about the nn.  a lot of ppl have names that can have nn but they never go by them.  if she sees you don't like the nn Gabby, she probably won't either growing up and she'll either correct ppl or she won't. 

 This is funny, because I still have baby name regret about my twins.  And one of them is Alyssa Gabriella, and I wish we had given her Gabriella as a first name!  I say stick with it, and just call her Gabriella or whatever nn you like best, and that's what people will follow.  It's a gorgeous name!  I would have liked to go with Gabriella and Sophia for the twins, actually, but my cousin named her daughter Sophia.  BTW, my other girl is Chloe Isabella, which I also regret!  Of course it's been a lot longer for me, but I could never change their names now, because that's who they are.  Alyssa's nickname is Missy Missy because she's so dainty, and Chloe's nickname is Chloe Belle.

My name is Melanie and I get called Mel constantly. I hate it and when I was old enough to tell people, I did. If Melanie was too much of a mouthful then I let them shorten it to MJ (my initials). I personally Love the name Gabriella but don't like Gabby. I'm sure when she is old enough she will know what she wants to be reffered to as. I would just introduce her as Gabriella to everyone and hope for the best. Good luck.

My DD1 is called Eleanor and i have had loads of people ask me if her nn is Elle, ellie etc but i have always told them it's Eleanor and we don't use nn's. She is 2.5 yrs now and she has never been called anything other than Eleanor. I think your probably looking too much into it. changing a babys name after a month could be quite a difficult ajustment as you've been calling her gabriella for a whole month! If she knows her name is gabriella then that is what she will tell people.. I remember going to school and the teachers asking me if i liked to be called vicky or victoria, i said vicky because its what my family call me.

I had regrets too Babydust. Till today sometimes I have regrets about my second DS and DD's name. But Kacper is really good name for my son, suits him perfectly. Maya supposed to be called Annabel Mia or Mia Annabel . My DH was pushing me for Michelle tho, even right after her birth so in last second we agreed on Maya . I really like it and it is good name for her but I loved Mia and I know that even I would have another DD in the future I can not call her Mia because those names are too close. As of nick names ... Well, there isn't much variations for any of my kids names. Kevin is called thin crust or little spider, Kacper is called little bear and sometimes Chris and Maya is Mimi-bug or little mouse .I think Gabriella is beautiful name .Stick with it.

 I agree that your over thinking things. I think your putting too much thought into her nn. You obviously love Gabriella so you should stick with it and call her by that and she will probably pick her own nn as she gets older if she wants one. If you give her a nn at this stage it will stay with her and become her name, as you have discovered with Bella. My son is Dylan and I was always told it would be shortened to Dill (which I despise), if anyone calls him Dill I act as if I dont know who they are on about. Everybody calls him Dylan apart from the odd kid at school.

I went through baby name regret on one of my girls for about a month after she was born (and I did try to convince DH to let me change her name). Now, still not my favorite name, BUT it fits her and I can't imagine calling her anything else and am so glad I never changed it! Just give it some time, Gabriella is a beautiful name.  

I totally agree with the others that have said as long as you call her Gabriella, everyone else will most likely follow your lead and do the same thing.  If they don't, just politely correct them and that'll be the end of that.

My son's name is Colter and everyone said they were going to call him Colt, which I didn't really mind.  However, because I never ever use the nn Colt, no one else does either!  And now that I'm having another baby, her name will be Arrington and all of my family members say she'll be called Arri.  Well, no. Her name is Arrington and that's what she'll be called.  End of discussion.

 

My BF's name is Gabriella, and we all call her Gab or Gabby. Though she doesn't really mind. Some people even call her G. I too don't want any NN for my DD. I will try my best to call her by name however once she gets older it's really out of my control. I say keep the name, wouldnt it suck if you did get it changed then had regret for doing so.

I think you're overthinking this too.

  When I named Miranda I was hoping no one would call her any of the NN's for it. Randy mostly, but any of them. lol

  I decided I would call her by her full name, and that would be it. And I have.. she's never been a nickname. I wouldn't change her name just because you dislike 1 little NN for the full name. Your child will grow up and most likely choose whatever name she wants anyway to be called by. for the meantime, if you don't like the NN's or just that one, then make sure people know it. Not a big deal... but honestly, I think it will probably grow on you. She's a month old, everything is still fresh and new, and you just haven't been with the name long enough yet. Give it some time... I mean if you were somehow tricked into naming her this and you just HATED the name with a passion, I'd tell you to go though all the crap to change it, but if it's just a nickname you don't care for, don't use it. :)

 

  I regret not naming Jake, Henry. I really wanted to use that somewhere.. but didn't... but he really fits Jacob, so it's alright.

 My nephew is Michael and only my SIL (not his mom) tries to call him Mikey. Nobody calls him Mike either. His mom and Dad just always called him Michael, so we call him Michael.

When I had my first daughter, we chose the name Kaylee. I loved it :) as did my hubby. After she was born my hubbys fam began calling her Kay Lee...as if it were 2 separate names. I hated it. I started wishing id named her something different. Overtime I finally realized id have to correct them so when ever I hears Kay Lee id say, Its Kaylee, no space. & now almost 3yrs later noone calls her Kay Lee. When I was pregnant with my 2nd daughter we chose Jacey & my inlaws referred to her as JC. I changed the name before I even had her to Kennedy, which noone has messed up ;) Gabriella is beautiful just stand your ground & let people know its Gabriella, not Gabby. Good luck

I don't think you should change her name. What about calling her Abby instead of Gabby?