A woman sparked a debate after asking social media users whether she should confront her friend over her ‘awful’ baby name – explaining how she’s concerned for the child’s future
A woman shared her disgust after hearing the names her friend has picked out for her newborn baby – making her wonder how it’ll impact the child later in life.
She has taken to social media to ask users whether she should confront her friend about her concerns before she signs the moniker on the child’s birth certificate, making it harder to change.
Writing on Reddit, she said: “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 how her friend wanted to name her son Brodix – a name she believes will result in him being bullied 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?!”
Commenting on her post, one user said: “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.” 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.
“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.”
