Baby name

Aww love it. My mother in law doesn’t like our name for baby boy and I wish I hadn’t told her!! She suggested a name that was deffo not our taste though so I wouldn’t take other people’s opinions on board, if you love it go for it! I still am

@Chelsea thank you! I think it just puts doubt in your mind like is this actually a ridiculous name and I don’t realise 😂

We haven't told anyone the name we've picked as we were worried about this exact thing! Ignore them!

@Loren thank you!

It’s a lovely name. Just stick to what you like and don’t worry about anyone else. We haven’t found out the gender and haven’t told anyone the names we like as I know there are too many opinions in our families!

@Laura thanks and yes I agree! I definitely would be keeping it to myself in hindsight.

Not going to vote as I'm very neutral on it, Riley was my maiden name so it's a surname to me and surnames as forenames isn't for me but I definitely don't hate it! A family friend named her little boy Riley to name him after my parents, that was sweet. If you love it then just go for it!

Its your baby, name her what you love 💕💕

If we were having a little girl this is what we’d have named her! I LOVE it! People always have an opinion and when she’s here they won’t care. We are refraining from telling people our little ones name again this time round. Our first was Ralph 😃

@Becca aw I like Ralph! Bit different! Yes I’m learning it’s probably better not to as everyone has to give their opinion and it made me doubt myself a bit. You wonder if it’s actually a nice name or just baby hormones 😂

My sister and her husband named my niece Riley and I think it's lovely 💕

@Nikki thank you!

How annoying! I wish people would keep opinions to themselves 😂 we’re sharing at our baby shower but we’re so set on the name now, if anyone says something negative, I’m not really bothered! I think it’s a beautiful name. Well known but not super popular

And all that matters is that you guys love it tbh! It is sometimes hard not to let opinions bother you. I would be upset if someone said they didn’t like my baby’s name 😅

@Jess thank you! We do love the name but I think I let people get in my head a bit. I’m not usually one to let other people’s opinions bother me but it also made me doubt myself. Like is it really a nice name or is baby brain clouding my judgement 😂😂

People will never all like the name you chose just the same as there’s names you didn’t chose because you don’t like them. Unfortunately some people don’t realise how hurtful it is and how to keep their opinions to themselves. It’s a lovely name and it’s your chosen name so no opinions matter. My cousins little one has the same name but spelled Rylae xx

@Hayley thank you! Think my hormones got the best of me a bit as well 😂

We have a baby girl called Riley, I’m forever getting compliments on it 🥰

@Beth thank you that’s reassuring to know!

LOVE Riley, it’s second on my list!

@Sophie good to know we aren’t the only ones then! 😂 have you thought what would be a good middle name to go with it? That’s where I’m a bit stuck

@Natalie we have some middle names picked which are family names… Kay, June, or Maree. I’m not too fussed if it doesn’t sound perfect. I think a one syllable middle name would sound the best with Riley!

@Sophie same! We were thinking Kate or Grace for a middle name. Doesn’t need to be OTT 😊 just a nice, simple name!

Don’t let folk get in your head. We had Riley on our shortlist for our little girl too but went with a name that everyone had opinions on. My mum was sending me names constantly and disagreeing with everything I sent - I ended up telling her to wind her neck in basically and it wasn’t her baby to name it was mine and I LOVE our girls name. Ours is a feminine spelling of a typically masculine name but I absolutely love it and she suits it so much. Your baby will become the name you give them, so much so that all the “suggestions” we were sent wouldn’t fit her at all ! People have even said it since like she’s her name through and through! Your baby your choice gal, don’t do what I did and let people try influence you. If you pick something for the sake of other people you’ll never really feel like you named her. I kinda liked some names my mum sent, but because she sent them I had to dismiss them, because I didn’t think of them myself I’d never have felt like it was my choice!

@Megan thanks for this! It’s true everyone will have opinions, and it can be hard to ignore sometimes and ya let people get into your head whether you mean to or not. But we raise our own kids, so we make the decisions regarding them and their names!

I think it sounds sweet. But honestly, the only thing that matters is the two of YOU liking it! Never mind what everyone else thinks - you can’t please everyone 😊 I personally feel like ideally as long as the name can’t easily be misconstrued, so what! ❣️

@Emily thank you! So true