I want to name my daughter the same as my dad – people say it’s cruel but if Terri and Toni are fine, mine should be too
A MUM-to-be has caused a stir after revealing plans to name her daughter after her late dad.
Despite the baby name being a popular men’s choice in the Sixties, it has been reported as “dying out” in recent years.
But one woman is keen to keep the traditionally masculine name alive for her daughter.
Her rationale is that the names Terri and Toni are acceptable choices for females, so her dad’s name should be too.
Taking to Mumsnet, the mum has been called “f****g cruel” and “horrible” after revealing her plans.
The name she is proposing to call her daughter is Gary.
However, she wants to feminise the spelling by changing it to Garri.
“My late dad was called Gary,” the mum penned on the forum.
“I’d love to honour him by naming our daughter Garri, or do you think it’s better spelt Gari?
“Middle name will be Anne.
“If Terri and Toni are acceptable, then why isn’t Garri?
“I also know of a girl called Harri.”
The mum further revealed that she likes the name in double barrel form of Garri-Anne.
The thread totted up a whopping 125 disgruntled responses as people begged her not to give her daughter the unusual moniker.
“Assuming this is real, that spelling looks horrible,” one woman responded.
“Why do people hate their unborn babies so much?”
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Another called the name “criminally bad”.
The name Gary has been losing steam over the last decade, with people fearing the traditional male moniker is going extinct.
But according to the UK Baby Names website, it is re-emerging and becoming popular again.
It was even listed as a “trending name” for 2023 by the experts.