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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Zahna Eklund

Mum dismayed as four-year-old daughter refuses to answer to her name - as she hates it

Naming your child isn't always easy if you haven't had a moniker in mind for months, and it's not uncommon to want to change your little one's name a few months after finalising their birth certificate. But one mum has been left unsure of what to do after discovering that her four-year-old daughter can't stand her own name, and now wants to go by her nickname instead.

The mum explained that she named her daughter Philomena after reading the name in a book, but for short, she and the rest of her family have been calling her 'Pippa'. And now that her daughter is old enough to start making her own decisions, she's said she doesn't want to be called Philomena, and will only answer to Pippa.

She only wants to be known by her nickname (stock photo) (Getty Images)
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