Mum Changes Her Baby’s Name Because People Struggled to Pronounce It

A mother has changed her baby girl’s name after three months because friends and family struggled to pronounce it.

The Sun reported that Carri Kessler and her husband Michael, from Maryland in the US, decided to call their newborn daughter, Ottilie, which was inspired by one of their friends.

“I have a friend in the UK named Ottilie and it’s beautiful, and ever since I heard that name I’ve wanted to use it,” she told Today.

However, after their baby was born, the couple started having doubts about the unusual name. She said that the nurses at the hospital couldn’t say it and even her own grandmother was having trouble with the name six weeks after the birth. So she and her husband started searching for other names in the hospital but couldn’t pick one that felt right.

“No one could remember it and no one could pronounce it. I was like, ‘If you say it with a British accent, it sounds really good!'”, she said.

It then came to a point when introducing their daughter to family and friends became a problem.

“Anytime anyone said her name, I kind of cringed,” she said. “Introducing her made me sweat. And I thought, we’re going to keep having to introduce her! This is going to be a problem forever.”

So, after three months, Ms Kessler thought about the idea of changing their daughter’s name along with her partner, and he agreed. The couple decided to rename their baby, Margot.

They then sent out a mass email to inform their family and friends of the name change, and said that the reaction was positive.

Source: News.com.au and Dailymail.co.uk