I sincerely doubt that anyone will straight up say “I think you are weird for changing your child’s name. In fact, we can no longer be friends. Now excuse while I mock you behind your back.” You should change her name to something you love instead of living with something you hate. I vote for [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Fiona[/name] because it flows beautifully. [name]Don[/name]'t worry about other people. [name]Even[/name] if they do say something, they’ll forget and get past it much quicker than you will force yourself to love her current name. There’s nothing wrong with change. Good luck.
I complete understand how you feel!
When we were having our eldest we’d settle on the name [name]Samuel[/name] - but we went for a 3D scan and the name just didn’t fit him. He didn’t look anything like I’d imagined he would (in fact neither of my kids did! Not in a bad way, just not what I pictured) - of course, being fuelled by hormones and close to my due date I panicked! I flicked through every name book I owned (which was quite a few), every name site, asked various users on forums - but my partner, who is so annoying, said no to everything.
In the end, when he was 3 days old, I was name-exhausted. I wanted a [name]Noah[/name], but partner would budge! In the end he said “So… how about [name]Tristan[/name]?” and I just said yeah ok… that’s fine. It didn’t feel fine, it didn’t feel right! I was just too tired and mentally exhausted (from a difficult labour) as well to object any more. I was really gutted and I couldn’t call him by his name for nearly 6 months! He had all sorts of weird nick names and in the end my partner said that if I really objected to it that much we should just change it - but in the end I didn’t.
And I don’t regret it one little bit today! He is a [name]Tristan[/name] and I really do love the name. It fits him like a glove, so I’m happy I didn’t change it, but it definitely took a long time to get use to.
When we named our second/youngest we’d learned by mistake - we picked two names we loved and when he came out we could immediately see which of the two he looked most like and it felt right immediately. Now we’re thinking of a third in the near future and we’re having the same problem as with our eldest (partner says NO to EVERYTHING), but I’ll probably have to pull [name]Queen[/name] B card and jus trump him because he literally says NO to everything (I went through 50 names yesterday - he said NO to them ALL)
Change it. I regretted by third child’s name when she was six weeks old (thought she was a boy and really had no girls names) but my partner was really unwilling to change it. Her name was [name]Maisie[/name] and it just felt wrong…eventually I started calling her [name]May[/name] as a nickname and it fitted her much better and eventually my partner agreed and we changed her name officially when she was six months old. I couldn’t care less if people think I’m strange for changing her name- I’m her mother and I say her name more than anyone! Your lucky that you both agree - and I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Sadie[/name]. Good luck.
Its not crazy. When SO found out his last name had no biological meaning to him after discovering his actual birth father we changed our children’s last names onlu and in the process I changed my entire name as well. I loathed my birth name so since I was changing their last names I went for it! I picked a new last name for our family derived from my maiden name with a spelling twist but it works and it is who we are and suits us better than SO’s last name for the children.
What about [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Fiona[/name] Lilidh? Adding a name rather than changing it! I would definately follow your heart… If you feel her name is [name]Sadie[/name] then you need to do something and not worry what others think! [name]Fiona[/name] [name]Sadie[/name] could work or [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Fiona[/name]… I would keep [name]Fiona[/name] in there somewhere for sure but if you want to call her [name]Sadie[/name] I would just make it her official Fn to avoid confusion when she goes to school etc.! People will move on and forget over time and she will have the name you love feel is hers! [name]Don[/name]'t live with a life long regret… She’s your daughter…It’s noone else’s business! It maybe strange for a few months but after that people will adapt and won’t think twice about it! But do it sooner rather than later… [name]Don[/name]'t wait longer… She’s only three months!!!
So I appreciate everyone’s responses SO much. It has helped me work through this majorly. We’ve decided to keep her name [name]Fiona[/name] Lilidh. My husband had agreed to the change initially but then admitted even if we changed her name to [name]Sadie[/name], he will continue to call her [name]Fiona[/name] as he just can’t call her something different now. SO I absolutely don’t want to confuse her. [name]Fiona[/name] is a beautiful name and I will pray that she continues to grow into as she gets older. In the meantime I will work on cute nicknames that feel more ‘babyish’ to me.
Lavendyr: [name]Fiona[/name] is such a beautiful name, and I am sure your daughter will grow into it! How about [name]Fee[/name] or [name]Fifi[/name] as a nn?
[name]How[/name] about [name]Fifi[/name]? Also with her first and middle name, Fili would be cute.
You have until she is 1 yr to change her name and you can put fiona as another middle or something… x and have '[name]Sadie[/name] ’ as a named name… So she would be [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Fiona[/name] Lilidh X hth
I actually love idea of [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Fiona[/name] Lilidh…then we don’t lose anything. IF I decide to take the plunge, I think that’s what I’d do…since the Lilidh is the family significance I can’t give that name up…and I also don’t want to lose [name]Fiona[/name] entirely since it’s been her name this long. But could sneak [name]Sadie[/name] in front of both and use that! ha
Why don’t you change her name to [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Fiona[/name]? Then just call her [name]Sadie[/name]?
I admit I haven’t read all of the posts so far, but I love the name [name]Sadie[/name], and I don’t think it’s that weird to change it at only three months old. If my parents had changed my name, I’d like to think that I’d be grateful that that they tried so hard to give me a name that fit me and that they loved!
We have decided to keep her name [name]Fiona[/name]. [name]Just[/name] wanted to thank everyone for the support and all the help working through this. I do feel at peace w/ the decision though it was tough!!
It’s only been three months --change it! Think about name regret forever…what a horrible feeling. Not to mention how is your daughter going to feel that you don’t like/regret her name? [name]Don[/name]'t worry about what people say, and certainly don’t plunk [name]Sadie[/name] down as a middle if you’re going to be happier with it as a first…if you’re going to go to the trouble to change her name, change it to your ideal name.
It makes sense that occasionally babies aren’t going to suit a name we chose before we even met them. If she’s a [name]Sadie[/name], make her a [name]Sadie[/name]! 
Good luck.