Choosing a perfect name for your baby can be challenging because whatever you decide on will remain with your child for life. But one mother has said she's considering changing her four-year-old daughter's name after she realised her moniker isn't as unique as she thought.
Little Esmée who starts school in September will be sharing the same name with two other girls in her classroom. Now the concerned mother-who grew up with a common name-wants to replace her daughter's moniker before she starts school.
However, Australian parenting expert Sharon Witt has considered the mother's dilemma as “ridiculous”. Esmée isn't even a name causing any distress at school. Changing a child's name purely because another person has the same name is ridiculous. Parents shouldn't worry about something that's a very small issue, Ms Witt said. “I went to school where I had four Sharons, four Traceys and four Michelles in our classroom with 25 children, and we all got along just fine. It isn’t a problem for me and it's not even worth considering. I wouldn't be changing my child's name. They have lived with it for nearly five years. There are other ways to show originality — not what they are called by.” Ms Witt said there was no reason to change a child's moniker when most kids form nicknames in schools anyway. “Kids start school with nicknames, so I would shorten their name to suit them,” she explained.
Ms Witt said it's impossible to go through life with a unique name. “They're going to find someone else who shares the same name in life,” she said. “One day that child will be in the workplace and they will meet someone with the same name.”
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