Nearly 1 in 10 moms regret the name they chose for their baby, according to survey
In 2022, Kylie Jenner gave birth to her second baby, a son named Wolf — and then famously changed his name to Aire. Jenner revealed that she felt pressured to sign the birth certificate and chose the name in haste, instantly regretting it. And it turns out some degree of regret over a baby name occurs in nearly 1 in 10 moms, according to a survey from BabyCenter.
The baby names blog surveyed 478 parents and found 9% regret the name they chose for their baby. In Jenner’s case, she and her son’s father, Travis Scott, “just didn’t feel like it was him.” So, months after he was born, Wolf became Aire.
It took a while for Jenner to find the perfect name for Aire and she even called him Knight for some time. “[A]nd my daughter, still to this day, is like, ‘Do you remember when Aire’s name was Knight?'” she recently told British Vogue. “And I’m like, ‘No.’ And she’s like, ‘That was so funny, Mom. I like Knight better.’ And I’m like: ‘You know what, we are not doing this again.'”
Inside Edition she charges $250 to $400 for name consultations.
On TikTok, a baby name consultant who goes by @emdoodlesandstuff on the app tries to predict social media influencers’ baby names based on their online personalities and aesthetics — and those are some of the criteria she uses when helping clients choose names for their babies. She also takes into account names they like but don’t want to use, and family names.
Caitlin O’Kane
Source: cbsnews.com