Could you regret a baby name enough to change it"
by Sara McGinnis posted in Pregnancy
"Lulu!" a mom standing not far from me called across the house where I was attending a barbecue. An energetic preschooler with blue eyes and shiny hair whipped her head around and shouted back, "Momma! I'm right here. I'm okay!"
As the mom smiled, happily reassured where her daughter was, I mumbled something like: "Such a cutie. So much spunk."
We made small talk for a bit, then I asked, "It's 'Lulu,' right" How old is she""
The woman sighed slightly, then replied: "Almost 4. And her name is Sydney."
I must have looked confused, because the mom went on to explain her little Lulu (often called by just one "Lu") had, quite simply, not turned out to be a Sydney. Although the mom had loved the name Sydney for ages, and was thrilled to get to choose it for her daughter, the name had never felt a great fit. In fact, Sydney had been called "baby Lu" since just a few weeks old. "I have no idea where 'Lu' even came from," the mom told me, "but no one aside from her great grandmother calls her Sydney now. She gets mad when anyone calls her it."
Which got me thinking about the difference between a "real" name and a birth name. I suppose a name can really be any combination of letters and sounds you prefer. When you get down to it, there is a surprising lack or rules or standards about the whole thing. If you, or Lu, is attached to a certa...
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