A woman has shared her horror after learning the names her friend has chosen for her newborn baby, leaving her questioning the impact it could have on the child as they grow up. She turned to social media to ask fellow users whether she ought to raise her concerns with her friend before the name is officially registered on the birth certificate, at which point changing it becomes far more difficult.
Reddit user shares friend's baby name choices
Posting on Reddit, she wrote: "I know that she's my friend and I shouldn't tell her anything about what she is naming her children since they are not mine. But I have stood back and not said anything about any of her babies. Her first daughter is Brexleigh Ranee (literally pronounced Renee) and her second daughter is Bexlynn Grayce."
She went on to explain that her friend was planning to name her son Brodix - a name she fears will leave him open to bullying throughout his school years.
She added: "It sounds like Bro D***s. Why? ! I wanna say something so bad. Should I? Or should I just shut up?!"
Social media users respond with mixed advice
Responding to her post, one user commented: "Maybe deliberately pronounce it like 'bro, d***s' when talking to her or 'accidentally' spell it Bro d***s when texting her. That's one of the worst names I've ever seen, you owe it to the kid to try to get through to his mum before she saddles him with a horrible name and a lifetime of ridicule."
Another user added: "I find it helps to ask 'are you interested in/open to/looking for feedback or would you prefer only positive support?' And most people say they are open to feedback and you get a better response. If she says no feedback please, then it's not your place. Poor Bro-d***s will have to take that up with her later. Poor poor Bro-d***."
A third user said: "Ask her to name her next child Belletrix Lestrange."
Warnings of backlash and duties towards children
One more user added: "If you say something be prepared to get extreme backlash. People who name their children things like this are beyond selfish and have no regard and or intelligence to recognise the future troubles their children will most definitely face."
Another commented: "Of course, thinking about the child's struggles in life is not important, what really matters is that everybody says 'yes' to everything the mother wants or does. It is time we stop considering mothers as sacred figures who have every rights. You just got a child, it's a human being, not your belonging. It's not an object. You don't have rights upon it but duties towards them."
