'I may change daughter's name for one reason – even though she's 10 months old'

A mum has been left in turmoil after her own keeps making comments about her 10-month-old daughter's name.

Anyone who's had a knows how exciting the naming process can be. Choosing a name for youris one of the most important decisions new parents will make - and it can often be difficult if you haven't found the perfect one.

Some people know from a young age what names they want to use, while others spend years thinking about it. Some love while others are inspired by their favourite celebrities, sports stars, or characters. Many also use the names of months and seasons - and one mum decided to name her little girl Autumn after she was born on .

The mum, who shared her dilemma on Mumsnet and wishes to remain unnamed, said she choose the name as she loved how it sounds, and how it looks in written form. But now, she is having doubts.

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The mum said: "Since using it as a name, it doesn't seem to work as well as it did in my head? Lots of people don't get it. My mum actually makes jokes about it." Comments from her mum and other people have left the mum doubting the name she once adored.

She said her mother will make comments like 'I can't wait to see my grandaughter who hasn't got a proper name' or she tells the little girl that she 'you might as well have been named Season'. The Mumsnet user added: "No one else really says anything, but I feel like they think the same. I'm just really close to my mum, so she probably feels like she can say it."

Explaining further complications of the name, she added: "The thing is, I feel like other people do think 'oh, that's odd' because whenever I say her name, I normally get a look and a 'Autumn? Like the season?' And it's really embarrassing.

"I do really like it. I just feel like the more and more I say it, the more I'm finding it hard to realise it's a name, due to everyone else's looks and the comments off my mum are really putting me off."

Sharing their thoughts, one individual candidly said: "I'm not keen on this as a first name, and imagine if she ends up marrying someone with the last name Winter."

Another suggested a nickname that her mum could use for her daughter. They suggested: "It's a lovely name. I would end up using Otty as a nickname though which is really pretty too."

One individual commented and said: "Wow your mum sounds really horrible! I can guarantee that no one else feels as strongly about your daughter's name as your mum. I like Autumn. If you change her name because of this what will you do? Just let your mum pick it and hope you like it to?"

Another commented: "I think it's a lovely name. You can change it easily but don't do that just because your mum makes snarky comments." One other said: "Autumn is a perfectly valid, and lovely, name. Do you like it? Because she's your daughter, not your mum's!"

"It's a really beautiful name. Your mum is being horrible," agreed another.

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One other pointed out: "I love Autumn. Your mum is rude. Peter Phillips wife is called Autumn, the Queens granddaughter in law. If it's good enough for the Queen."

Another, who can relate to the MumsNet users relationship with her mum, shared: "I thought I was close to my mum until i realised our relationship was actually entirely unhealthy. Her comments are horrid and actually quite controlling - she doesn't like the name so she is needling away at you.

"I used to work with a little girl called autumn and think it's a lovely name. If you don't like it for other reasons then change it but not if it's just to please your mother/get her approval."

"Autumn is an absolutely fine name! It's not stupid or even that unusual - #148 in 2015. It probably seems odd to your mum because it wasn't widely used when she was naming babies, but times change, she's had her turn, and now it's yours. Change it only if you want to - it's not your mum's place to pressure you into doing so and I think it's incredibly rude, insensitive and underhand of her to make those kind of comments!"

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