Family divided over unique baby name choice
A woman has asked for advice after her choice of baby name sparked a family feud.
The woman, a new mother, took to Reddit to explain that when she found out she was pregnant, she and her husband decided to use a traditional Irish moniker for their baby boy.
“My husband is Irish and not in the Boston, my great great, great grandfather came over in the 1800s kind of way. But in the born in Galway kind of way,” the woman said.
They decided on the name ‘Oisín’ for their son to honour the Irish heritage.
Tensions soon arose when the woman’s brother and sister-in-law also announced they were expecting a baby, and quickly fell in love with the name Oisín and wanted it for their own son.
“My brother and his wife have as much right to name their child whatever they want. I do not own the name. I have no right to dictate to my brother what he names his kid,” she explained.
“However, neither my family nor my sister-in-law have any other connection to Ireland.”
“She got pregnant right around when I did, and her son was born two months before ours. They named him ‘Oisín Miguel’,” she said.
“I didn’t get upset or anything,” she added. “But she has flipped out that two cousins will have the same name. She is nuts because our family is Hispanic, and half of our cousins are named ‘Carlos’ or ‘Camilla’.”
The woman’s sister-in-law is now “trying to insist that the couple call him by his middle name or change his name”, to which the woman said, “I told her to p*** off.”
“My mum is staying neutral, but she was very surprised that my brother gave his son an Irish name which he knew I was planning on using. She expected him to name him after our late father.”
The woman finished her post by saying that her “husband’s family thinks the whole thing is hilarious, my family thinks my sister-in-law is a ‘weirdo,’ and she thinks I’m an a**hole for copying her”.
The woman’s post quickly went viral with thousands of people siding with the original poster.
“Your husband’s family is right. So is your family. She doesn’t own the name,” said one.
“Not the a**hole. You’re right, anyone can use a name,” added a second.
“You’re not the a**hole, sounds like someone in the family likes to manufacture drama,” said a third.
“Honestly, it sounds like your sister-in-law is overreacting. You had that name picked out long before she got pregnant, and it’s not like you’re trying to steal her son’s identity,” added another.
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