I want to name my baby after her place of conception but am worried it’s really tacky – people are divided
AN EXPECTANT mom’s wish to name her baby after the place of her conception has divided opinions.
She feared it might be a tacky choice, but others thought it might also be an icky one.
Experiencing serious second thoughts, she took her dilemma to the online forum Reddit.
But if she was looking for reassurance or clarity, she got little there.
In her post, she explained her quandary.
“So we’re having a baby girl and she was conceived in Cypress, Texas,” she wrote.
“We’ve joked about calling her Cypress, but I’m actually really starting to fall in love with the name,” she said.
But she was having some misgivings too.
“Is this really tacky?” she asked Redditors.
There were several in the comments section who actually liked the name, but they also worried about the reasons behind it.
This commenter summed it up: “I don’t think it’s tacky, but to be honest if I found out I was named after where I was conceived I would be really uncomfortable.”
Another Redditor offered her perspective.
“Had a woman come in and said she named her twins London and Paris since they were on their honeymoon and that was one of the cities they were probably conceived in.”
She added: “The whole interaction was weird especially telling a stranger.”
This person certainly was no fan of the idea: “I know a family that did this. Three of their five kids had a “special name.” Yes, it’s tacky. Tacky as hell.”
But the final comment offered some advice.
“I actually love this, but only if you don’t tell people that it’s from where she was conceived,” they said.