I want to name my daughter after a princess – but my mother-in-law says it’s ‘mean’ and my own mom made a horrified face
A WOMAN has horrified her mom after she revealed she wanted to name her daughter after a princess.
It wasn’t the reaction she had been expecting and is now having serious second thoughts about her choice.
Searching for some reassurance and clarity about the matter, she took her dilemma to the online forum Reddit.
She may have found some there, but there were still some detractors, who were not taken with the name Guinevere at all.
Her mom’s reaction was bad enough, and her mother-in-law’s was not much better.
“When I mentioned it [to] my future mother-in-law, she said it would be mean to name a baby that.”
But she loved its associations with Arthurian legends. “I want a fairy princess sort of girl’s name,” she wrote.
While she did not reveal her name, she said it was a rare Gaelic moniker and she wanted something similar for her baby.
“I want the same sort of vibe for her, plus my fiancé’s family is Welsh. I believe [Guinevere] is originally a Welsh name.”
Her question certainly excited Redditors, with over 400 pushing in to have their voices heard.
There were quite a few fans: “You don’t meet a lot of Guineveres. I personally like it. Names like these should come back,” said this person.
It was a view shared by this commenter: “I have a friend who shortened to Gwen. I think it’s a beautiful name.”
Another mom had beaten her to it with a derivative of the name: “My 8-month-old is Gwendolyn. I love how medieval it kinda sounds. Nobody really likes it, but I don’t care,” she said.
Another had almost been christened with the name. “I was supposed to be a Guinevere. [My] parents went with Gwendolyn, to avoid the Knights of the Round Table feeling.”
But there were some who were not taken by the name at all.
“I don’t like it. It’s too fussy,” opined one person.
This Redditor was distinctly unimpressed: “I totally agree. It sounds like a stuck-up princess to me.”
The final comment was no fan either: “Don’t like it, it connects too strongly with the Arthur fairytales. To me, it’s like naming your kid Cinderella.”