I was wondering this for the parents: did you consult and or care about your sibling(s)’ opinion of your baby names?
I’m realizing that I care a lot more about what my brother thinks than i thought (same with my parents and extended family) but I thought it would be interesting to see how much specifically your siblings’ opinion means to you!!
Not a parent so I didn’t vote but when I showed my best friend my extended list and she mentioned she loved the name [name_u]Ridley[/name_u], it instantly became a higher pick on my list.
When I ask my younger sis (I have two but only one is willing to be open, she actually has a really nice naming style) if she likes the name or I’ll ask her to choose which combo she likes most, whichever ones she chooses I usually end up considering more, but I’ll still go with what I like most in the end. I don’t really ask anyone else their opinions on my names, irl at least
Not a parent:
[name_f]My[/name_f] brother doesn’t seem to care about names so I don’t think he would be much help. I might ask him in the future anyways but I don’t think he has much of an opinion.
[name_f]My[/name_f] dad prefers traditional names and has made some rude comments on some names so he probably won’t be very keen to my rare and unusual names. [name_f]My[/name_f] mom can be quite opinionated on everything and be condescending about it so I’m a bit hesistant in divulging my name list with my parents even though I am curious to know what all they like on my list. I would have to prune and modify my list for a couple hours before showing it to them lol
not a parent but when the time comes, i’ll only ask my sister about honour names for our family. i don’t really care about her opinions on the names themselves, but as i’ll probably be having kids first i don’t want to use all the good honours before she gets a chance.
I did ask my twin brother for his opinion on the names we were considering. We’re very close and I ask his opinion on almost anything, so…
He’s interested in names (maybe not as much as me), but we have very different naming styles. I care about his opinion of my sons’ names and I vetoed one name my SO suggested because my twin brother strongly disliked it. But to be honest, I wasn’t completely on board with that name anyway
I don’t know if I’d ever get rid of a name I truly loved because my brother doesn’t like it… I guess not, unless he has a personal reason for it (something that brings back bad memories for him or something similar). But it would make me very hesitant to use it, because I really care about his opinion and I just wouldn’t feel comfortable using a name he doesn’t like. Maybe that’s ridiculous, I don’t know.
Not a parent but I wouldn’t take my sister’s opinion into account at all if I was naming a child she is completely clueless about names and I wouldn’t really mind if she didn’t like my name choices because I know she will still love her niblings!