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Wales Online
Wales Online
Neil Shaw

People tell mum her baby's name sounds like a car company or a disease

A teen mum has defended her daughter's unusual name after relatives mistook it for a car manufacturer and trolls said the tot would be bullied. Bella Davis, 18, named her six-month-old daughter Polaris - another name for the North Star - when she was born on July 7 2022.

Despite "loving" her daughter's name, Bella and her boyfriend, Reason Robison, 20, who works at a nearby Carbon Fibre manufacturer, have found themselves having to defend it. Strangers online claim the moniker "sounds like a disease" and another commented her: "girl be ready to have a bullied baby."

Even their loved ones have had doubts of their choice of name - suggesting it sounds similar to the car manufacturing company Polaris Inc. Bella, a stay-at-home mum said: "When we told our friends and family almost everyone didn't like it.

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