A mum has revealed how she decided to change her baby boy's name six months after he was born.
Jen Hamilton, 32, from North Carolina, explained how she became unhappy with her son's name after a couple of months, and even started to feel awkward when introducing him.
Explaining that she didn't always get a positive reaction when telling people his name, Jen confided in her sister who suggested she simply change it if she wasn't 100 per cent happy.
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And after discussing with husband Brian, 35, the pair started trialling new names for their baby boy.
Jen says: “I started to feel really uncomfortable saying Aspen out loud as it just didn’t seem to fit him."
“With our first child we’d been very set on a name but with our second we were struggling to find the right one and just settled on Aspen after seeing it on a Pinterest list of outdoor names.
“I thought it would fit when he was born but after a couple of months I was struggling with it.
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“People suggested that he might be bullied if it was shortened to ‘Ass’ when he is older and I started to pretend I didn’t hear people asking his name.
“It was an exciting time trialing names for him. It’s hard to name a baby you’ve never met so it was easier now we knew him."
The couple eventually settled on Luke, meaning 'light', which they say fits their son perfectly as he is such a happy baby.
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They had to wait a year until Luke’s name was officially changed, but Jen says she is glad she decided to switch.
She said: “Now we love Luke and think it is perfect for him, we’re so glad we changed it.”
Jen and Brian originally came up with the name Aspen before their little one was born.
"We weren’t in love with the name but thought it would become his name," she adds.
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“But after a few months it wasn’t feeling right and people’s reaction to his name would always be, ‘Ah that’s interesting’.
They’d never say, ‘That’s a lovely name’ or something like that. I started to feel really awkward telling people what his name was."
Jen says she wants others to feel that they can also change their baby's name, if they're not happy with it further down the line.
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“I feel like it should be illegal to choose a name when you’re pregnant. We’re very glad we changed the name as it’s exactly what he’s supposed to be," she concludes.
“I want to let people know changing a name is an option if you don't like it after they're born."
Lucy Devine