Woman takes to Mumsnet after gran accuses her of giving baby THIS ‘inappropriate’ name
Relatives have slammed the new mum for giving her little girl a name which they believe sounds like an abbreviation of Leukaemia
A DISTRAUGHT woman has taken to Mumsnet after her gran said the name she has chosen for her baby sounds like an abbreviation of Leukaemia.
The user called ‘Truntscump’ revealed she has called her three-week-old daughter Luca, however relatives believes it sounds too much like the blood-related cancer her mother died of.
She wrote on the : “DH [Dear Husband] & I loved the name Luca for a girl throughout my pregnancy.
“I know it’s generally used as a boy’s name especially in Italy but her middle name is Rose and I love that it means ‘light’.”
She continued: “Anyway, my dear mum very sadly died of Leukaemia and my (usually lovely) Granny (aged 96 and grieving) first said that Luca reminds her of the phrase ‘dirty Luca’ then a week later she asked if it was too late to change the name because it reminds her of Leukaemia.”
She concluded: “I was so upset, my baby (3 weeks old) really suits her name and I love that it’s a bit different but now I can’t stop thinking about the link to Leukaemia.”
The majority of users loved the name and told her not to worry.
Blueskyinmarch commented: “The phrase is ‘filthy lucre’ meaning dirty money. Luca is a lovely name.”
Tinymeteor agreed adding: “YANBU [You are not being unreasonable], it’s lovely and more importantly it’s her name now. Done. Everyone can keep their objections to themselves.”
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Babymouse wrote: “She’ll get over it. If you are set on the name then use it unapologetically.”
Trifleorbust said: “’Filthy lucre’ is from the Bible and is pronounced ‘Luca’. Either way, you can name your baby whatever you like and as she already has her name, you should simply ignore any comments.”
However, a few parents agreed with the gran that it may have negative connotations.
Yukbuck wrote: “As soon as you said she’d died from Leukaemia I thought the name also reminded me of it I’m afraid.”
Marilynsbigsister said: “It sounds like a boys name” and added: “As for similarities to Leukaemia… I don’t think you could of picked something more similar name-wise if you tried. No wonder granny is upset.”
PacificDogwod agreed, adding: “I can understand your gran feeling there is too close a connection with the disease that killed your mum.”
Leukaemia is a cancer of the white blood cells. Most blood cells form in the bone marrow. In leukaemia, immature blood cells become cancer.
These cells do not work the way they should and they crowd out the healthy blood cells in the bone marrow.
The woman thanked Mumsnet users for their advice and said: “I’m grieveing too and have been having huge empathy pains for my DGM [Dear Grandmother] so haven’t responded negatively to her knowing what she’s going through.
“I just wish she’d have kept her thoughts to herself.”
She added: “I thought a name that meant bringer of light would be a lovely spark of life to a sad chapter for all of us.”
But this isn’t the first name to spark debate on Mumsnet.
A woman was inundated with opinions after asking if the girl’s name ‘Felicia’ is too hard to pronounce.
In July a first-time mum revealed she has fallen out with her mother over her newborn son’s name.
While another mum felt the wrath of the parenting site after saying she wanted to call her daughter ‘James’.