[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Did you tell people before he was born? Apparently people are more likely to be negative about names before the baby actually arrives

Yeah stupidly lol. My Dad was the worst, he literally laughed at a couple of the names I liked

I can't imagine him as anything other than Matthew now - all his mates have started calling him Matt now though but I haven't got on board with that yet

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Yeah stupidly lol. My Dad was the worst, he literally laughed at a couple of the names I liked

I can't imagine him as anything other than Matthew now - all his mates have started calling him Matt now though but I haven't got on board with that yet

People will always either shorten names or lengthen ones that are already short

With my daughters name I told everyone before she was born that if she was a girl she was going to be called that name and that was it, it was a name I heard when i was a teenager and I just loved it, I didn't care what anyone else thought It's an Irish name so I know that can come with difficulty especially if you're abroad and it's not that common in Ireland either so there was that worry (and people do pronounce it wrong regularly) which annoys her a bit but she still loves her name thankfully. It's Doireann (pronounced Dirr-in) I would have gone with an Irish name for Luke too if it was totally my choice but we couldn't agree on one we both liked

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Yeah stupidly lol. My Dad was the worst, he literally laughed at a couple of the names I liked

I can't imagine him as anything other than Matthew now - all his mates have started calling him Matt now though but I haven't got on board with that yet

My friend's mum is like this. She hates any shortened version of Matthew for her son and is actually out for blood if she hears "Matty".