Baby Name Mourning is When You Grieve a Name You Won’t Use
There are many reasons why you can no longer use a name you love. Veuer's Elizabeth Keatinge has more.
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00:00Quote, this might sound dumb, but does anyone else mourn the fact that you'll never get
00:05to use a name you love, unquote?
00:08One Reddit user asks, well, yes, Pistachio Witch, you're not alone.
00:13Quote, baby name mourning is the process of grieving the name that got away, unquote.
00:19Baby name consultant Taylor Humphrey tells HuffPost, there's even a baby name mourning
00:24post on Facebook.
00:25It's defined as the grief of not being able to use the name you love.
00:30There are lots of reasons why you can no longer use a name you love.
00:34Sometimes a family member or bestie gets to use your favorite names first.
00:39Sometimes you were hoping to use a special name, but decided not to have any more children.
00:44Sometimes the names you loved when you were 18 just don't really fit your current family
00:48values, lifestyle and aspirations.
00:52Sometimes the names you love remind you of your ex.
00:55Baby name mourning may be about more than just the name.
00:59Perhaps we're mourning unmet plans, a path that was redirected or who we were when we
01:05loved that name we can no longer use.