‘Hate it’: Mums are revealing their biggest baby name regrets

Mums on TikTok are opening up about the names they “regret” calling their children – with some even changing them years later.

Naming your newborn is never an easy decision – but what happens if you get “baby name regret” down the road?

These candid mums on TikTok have opened up about the honest regrets they have about the names they gave their children.

It all started when comedian Gabby Lamby made a video asking her audience if they have any regrets when it came to their baby names.

“OK, serious question for parents: Do you ever regret what you named your kid?” she started the video.

“I’m asking this because growing up, I kept a list of potential baby names, and I was thinking about that list the other day.

“Thank god I didn’t have a kid when I was like, 16, 18, 22, 25. Because the names I wrote down were f***ing atrocious.

“For instance, I wanted to name my potential kid Sublime, after the band. Bradley is another name I had.

“Not that there is anything wrong with the name Bradley, but I wanted that name specifically because it was the lead singer of Sublime’s name.

“I would have regretted that. So do you guys ever regret what you named your kids?”

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Gabby revealed she wanted to name her children after a band. Picture: TikTok/Gabby Lamby

She asked people if they regretted what they named their kids. Picture: TikTok/Gabby Lamby

She was then inundated with hundreds of “stitches” – a TikTok feature that allows users to reply to person’s video – from other mums admitting to regretting their baby names.

One user said it was not until a few months had passed that she realised she had accidentally named her son Bill Clinton.

“I accidentally named my son Bill Clinton,” she started the video.

“It’s my husband’s fault. He was very adamant that we name him William, which is a family name for him and is important to him.

“I personally hate the name. Then I thought, well if he is going to be named after my husband’s papa, I want my dad’s name part of the name too.

“So we made his middle name Clinton. Bill is short for William. So Bill Clinton.

“The moral of this story is don’t let your husbands pick the name.”

Another TikTok user said she regretted the name she picked for her child so much that she actually changed it later on.

“I wanted an outdoorsy, boy baby name. We settled on the name Aspen, because that’s a cool name,” she said.

“It is a cool name. But not for him. My boy gets car sick in the Chick-fil-A drive through.

“He gags at the thought of a blueberry. His first birthday he lost his mind when his toe touched his cake.

Many women regret the names they decided on while pregnant. Picture: iStock

“He loves airconditioning and sitting down. He is the sweetest little boy, he is a light.

“So we changed his name to Luke, which means light.

“We got a lawyer to do all the work, it took about a year to make it official, but at 18 months old he had his new name.”

Another mum explained that while it was not the actual name that she regretted, it was the way she decided to spell it.

“I had my daughter at 21. There is nothing wrong with having kids on the younger side, but sometimes you end up naming them like a baby doll or pet,” she said.

“I named my daughter Khloe. I still love that name. But here is where it gets a little weird.

“In some lame attempt at being quirky and original, I ended up giving her two E’s. And I decided she needs an apostrophe.

“She needed to be Khloe’e. It needed to be extra spicy.”

Other parents left comments explaining their regrets, with some not realising their initials.

“My daughters initials is ASS,” one said.

“I have my two kids, one is MLK (Martin Luther King) and the other is JFK (John F Kennedy). Oops,” wrote another.

Many names have fallen in popularity over the years. Picture: iStock

One woman said she named her baby son Ainsley before it “became popular” only later to realise it was more commonly accepted as a female name.

Another said she named her kids after the Friends sitcom characters.

Others regretted naming their kids after famous actors and musicians.

The baby names Australians no longer wanted were revealed in a report earlier this year.

McCrindle’s 2022 Australian Baby Names report revealed parents had turned their backs on the names Lara, Summer and Emma for girls, while Luke, Nicholas and Matthew have fallen out of favour for boys.

The names that had the most dramatic fall in the top 100 chart were Jasmine, dropping 55 places to 78, and Connor, ranking at 98, down 68 places.