Mom of 2-Week-Old Says She's Having 'Name Regret,' Admits She's 'Struggling'

Mar. 15, 2025

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But now, she adds, “it just doesn’t feel right.”

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Part of the reason for her doubts over the name stem from another name that she’s thought about for years.

“I always wanted to name my son Keegan since I was a little girl, and I just can’t shake it,” she adds in the post. “It doesn’t feel natural to call him Parker. Maybe because it still so new.”

Still, she adds, the feeling is one she didn’t have with her first children.

“With my two daughters, we named them in my second trimester and it felt so right and I was sure about them and called them that while they were in my belly and it felt natural,” she writes. “Maybe because boy names are hard and we didn’t agree on any of them, but I’m really struggling.”

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She continues: “Everyone loves the name, but when someone asks me his name I like feel it in my soul that it’s not right.”

Now, she’s crowd-sourcing what to do next, ending her post with: “How do I come to terms with it? Will it eventually feel right? Anyone else experience name regret?”

Other moms are now chiming in, with some saying they had a similar experience.

“Change his name to Keegan. Make Parker a 2nd middle name,” writes one commenter. “I changed my son’s name recently and it was a pain but it’s worth it! … You’re his mom and it doesn’t feel right…you should probably give it 2 more weeks because it also might just be hormones making you feel this way. Good luck!”

Adds another: “If he has both Keegan and Parker in his name, then he has the option to pick between either one as he grows older and forms his personality/opinions … Mother’s instinct is an incredible force. I think there’s a strong chance he’ll appreciate you going with your gut.”

The commenter jokes that the name change might even add some lore to the boy’s backstory as he gets older. “Plus- it might make a great story for him to tell when he gets older! Like, ‘For 3 weeks, I had a completely different name!,’ a great ice-breaker/two truths, one lie answer.”

source: people.com