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Lucy Wigley

"We don't even call our child by his actual name"– the midwife warned we'd regret our rare baby name choice and, 10 years on, she was sort of right

Little boy holding his teddy looking at a stately home.

When the midwife said we’d regret our child’s name, I was fuming. I mean, in the end, she was kind of right but still... you think it, you don't say it. And, the reason she thought we'd regret it is entirely different from the reality.

Giving a name to someone who you haven't met yet, is very hard. It's easy to see why some babies are left nameless right until the registration deadline. It doesn't (but also totally does) help that there are a plethora of names to choose from these days, from unique baby names to space-inspired baby names, and for those who don't find out the sex of their little one, unisex baby names are a good option too.

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