Family members keep pestering woman about baby names, she decides to leak fake baby names to trick them: 'It annoyed the relatives it was intended to'

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Baiz Hoen
Mar 31, 2025 7:00 AM EDT

Being close with your family can be really special. You've got a whole squad of people who will love you conditionally, stand by you no matter what, and accept you for who you are. They know you better than anyone because you share parts of yourself with them. If you have a big family, you've got built-in best friends in your siblings and your cousins, and family reunions are never a boring event if you guys get up to your regular antics. And hey, if you ever decide to have kids, you've got built-in childcare free of charge. What a life!

Being close with your family does mean that they feel like they have permission to tell you the best way to live your life. They've lived through the part you're reaching already, and since they're a part of you, they surely know what's best for you and what's best for the family as a whole. When your family starts telling you that the way you're living your life is wrong, when you're sure you know what's best for you, then it becomes a problem. One woman and her husband were facing that issue when their family kept telling them what to name their newborn baby, so they decided to prank them to give them a taste of their own medicine.

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    "AITA for leaking fake baby names to family?"

    My husband and I are expecting our first child and we did something to have some fun with annoying family members who wanted to name our child for us.
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    The issues started a week after we announced and some relatives on either side were suggesting names. Then a few members of our families (MIL, SIL, BIL, my aunt and uncle and my two sisters) decided we'd name a daughter Elizabeth or Cassandra and we'd name a son William or Patrick. We told our
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    William or Patrick. We told our families we weren't taking name suggestions and to stop acting like they can tell us what to name our kid. We were told the names mentioned were good solid names and it would prevent any weird tragic names that people these days choose.
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    My husband came up with the idea to have some fun with names and start leaking some names we won't use. This meant commenting on random FB posts with a name and acting like we were going to use that. Or photoshopping photos with baby items that had other names on them. Stuff like that.
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    Those are pretty out there!

    We used some out there names. One my husband even heard from TikTok, Cuntley. Another was Dicky. Sprite was another. It annoyed the relatives it was intended to. But then another relative spoke up and was like why would they waste money on stuff with the name if they change it a week later and then the relatives realized. They were
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    the relatives realized. They were like why would you do it and we told them they were annoying us and we were having some fun since they were so insistent on the names. They said it was childish. My husband pointed out they were the ones who childishly believed they could name our child for us.
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    Other family members found it hilarious. But are we doing this? for
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    Everyone thought this was a pretty harmless, and hilarious, prank.

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    NTA. This is peak petty and I respect it. The fact that they got so invested in your baby's name that they fell for "Cuntley" is sending me.
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    Some other fake names were tossed around.

    If you don't mind me giving a suggestion. Name him Billiam, Will for short.
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    My wife lovingly called her parents Mama Goat and Daddy Goat. Her way of irritating them because they would introduce her and her brother as "The kids." When we announced our sons. impending arrival, we were deluged with names, so we told everyone his name would be "Billy." Her mother didn't speak to us for months. Her dad thought it was hilarious.
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    I used to tell people that if it was a boy we were naming him Thor Alibasus, and if it was a girl it would be Thorinda May- that way we could still call her Thor. I have an incredible poker face, btw. And this was in the late 1980's.
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    NTA, your relatives are ridiculous and need to understand boundaries.
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    I'd love to see that.

    Please tell me someone spent actual cash money on customised 'Cuntley' merch.
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    NTA My mother was also very opinionated and we officially went with "Hubertus Maria" until our son was born. But we both went into the hospital with our favourite names and decided after he was born on the legal name.
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    Good one!

    Jenna Talia was the decoy name for my oldest daughter.
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    NTA It used to be that parents would decide on the name once they met the baby. If people - who are not the parents are dumb enough - to personalize gifts before the baby is born then FAFO.
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    NTA. Entitled people need to be brought back to reality. This worked. They will feel so much relief at any of the names you actually do choose.
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    NTA it was a lighthearted joke between happy, expecting parents. I don't think it was at their expense; you weren't that specific.
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