'My friend told me her baby's name – I'm disgusted and don't know what to do'

A woman has been left horrified after her friend revealed the 'disgusting' name she has picked out for her baby boy. And now she's not sure whether to speak up or not

A woman expressed her shock at the names her friend has chosen for her newborn baby, questioning how it might affect the child in the future.

She took to social media to ask if she should voice her concerns before the name is officially registered on the birth certificate, making it more difficult to change.

Posting on Reddit, she said: "I know that she's my friend and I shouldn't tell her anything about what she is naming her children since they are not mine. But I have stood back and not said anything about any of her babies :/ her first daughter is Brexleigh Ranee (literally pronounced Renee) and her second daughter is Bexlynn Grayce. "

She further explained her friend plans to name her son Brodix - a name she fears could lead to bullying throughout his school years. She added: "It sounds like Bro D***s. Why?! I wanna say something so bad. Should I? Or should I just shut up?!"

One user responded to her post, suggesting: "Maybe deliberately pronounce it like 'bro, d***s' when talking to her or 'accidentally' spell it Bro d***s when texting her. That's one of the worst names I've ever seen, you owe it to the kid to try to get through to his mum before she saddles him with a horrible name and a lifetime of ridicule."

Another user suggested: "I find it helps to ask 'are you interested in/open to/looking for feedback or would you prefer only positive support?' And most people say they are open to feedback and you get a better response. If she says no feedback please, then it's not your place. Poor Bro-d***s will have to take that up with her later. Poor poor Bro-d***."

A third user joked: "Ask her to name her next child Belletrix Lestrange." Meanwhile, another user warned: "If you say something be prepared to get extreme backlash. People who name their children things like this are beyond selfish and have no regard and or intelligence to recognise the future troubles their children will most definitely face."

They added: "Of course, thinking about the child's struggles in life is not important, what really matters is that everybody says 'yes' to everything the mother wants or does. It is time we stop considering mothers as sacred figures who have every rights. You just got a child, it's a human being, not your belonging. It's not an object. You don't have rights upon it but duties towards them."

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