How can I convince my best friend not to name her future daughter Agnes?

Well she's gonna have to deal with her kid being picked on. It's her fault and her daughter's going to hate her for it.

I don't have any children, but I definitely want at least three children in the future :) If I was pregnant, I would only tell my husband what names I would like to name our daughter or son, because at the end of day, it's the mother's and father's decisions and nobody elses. I would keep a secret, so after the baby is boring everyone gets a nice surprise (: I don't want to sound mean, but I kinda think your sister-in-law was rude about not loving her future niece. I mean, it's her niece! You can't paint every Evelyn's with the same brush. I think Evelyn is a lovely name, it's beautiful and it ages well. You can also shorten it to Eve or Evie, which is sweet. One of my close friends friend's is called Evelyna, and I think that's cute. I think it's cool that you are going to name your daughter Evelyn. Don't worry about what your sister-in-law thinks, because when your baby comes, she'll change her mind. Good luck and congratulations :) xoxo

well for a start it doesn't sound like either of you are even close to actually having your own children.. so im guessing this exercises was just for fun? so it doesn't matter in the slightest but either way,

you have no say in the naming of a child unless you are the parent of that child, so you and your friends mother should both keep your opinions to yourselves. im sure when the time comes, if your friend doesn't want to name her daughter Agnes (by the way, Aggie is a very cute nickname for a little girl) or Hattie-Gladys then she wont.. simple as that. but if she does its not your place to disagree with it. you get to choose your children's names, let everyone else choose theirs.

Her mother should only be making suggestions, not demands!

It's your friend's child. She gets to choose the name with the baby's father.

Saying that, there is nothing wrong with Agnes or Hattie-Gladys. Why would they get picked on?

It's better than some made up name with ridiculous spelling.

It's not your child, so it's her decision. You just have to live with it. My sister named her youngest son Breton, after Cape Breton where we're from. I dislike the name Breton and think it's a horrid place name, but nonetheless he is my nephew and I love him.

I prefer Agnes of the two as I don't like double-barreled names. I love Hattie as a nickname for Harriet, though I see she doesn't want that. Agnes reminds me of 'Black Christmas' but in the movie she wasn't a bad person anyway.

My advice? Live with it.

Agnes really isnt THAT bad as she could go by Aggie(= Really, its a whole lot better than some of the "trendy" names out there.

This is about your friend's relationship with her mother. As much as you might want to help, never get between a woman and her mother. You'll lose. Don't lie and say you don't like the names. But you've given her alternatives which she has turned down. Let it go. As my brother puts it, "We all have the inalienable right to screw up on our own." ~ ~ ~

Well it's her kid to name, I don't think the names are that bad.

Yea, don't make to big a deal bc it will likely lead to a fight and be glad it's not gonna be your kid with that name ;)

Well, it isn't your child and not your problem.

She has to be the one that says no to her mother, if she doesn't want the names.