Some parents are keen to give their little one a name that makes them stand out from the crowd, and while unique names won't be to everyone's tastes, it's ultimately up to the parents to decide what moniker their child has.
But one mum has admitted she's at loggerheads with her mother-in-law over the name she and her husband have chosen for their daughter, as she accused the woman of giving her "so much grief" because she isn't a fan of the name.
The mum said she and her husband both "love grammar and literature" and wanted to choose a name that highlighted that theme - so have settled on calling their daughter Alphabeta Silver.
In a post on Facebook which was later shared in a Reddit forum, the anonymous mum wrote: "My mother-in-law is giving me so much grief over our baby name choice. Please be honest about what you think.
"We chose Alphabeta Silver and plan on calling her Betty for short. We both love grammar and literature and instantly agreed when we heard the name, and my mother-in-law isn't going to make any more choices for us.
"She has controlled everything from our engagement photos to our wedding day, and this is where I draw the line!"
Commenters on the Reddit post were quick to try and get the mum to consider a different name for her baby, as many agreed that they weren't fans of the unique moniker.
One person even pointed out that Alpha Beta was the name of a popular chain of supermarkets in the US that were big in the 80s but went out of business in 1995.
One person said: "For loving grammar and literature so much, they really don't have much of an imagination if all they came up with was to name their kid Alphabet."
While another wrote: "I'm not the only one old enough to remember the Alpha Beta grocery store from the 80s, right?"
Others were simply left baffled at the parent's decision to choose a grammar-based name, as they said it was a "bizarre" topic to be so interested in you choose to name your baby after a grammatical term.
Someone posted: "What is there to enjoy here? I get literature. But grammar is such a bizarre intro to their list of interests.
"Do they sit around and mark Facebook posts they have printed off together? Is there a whiteboard in the living room where they try to trip one another up with a misplaced comma?
"Do they have a lifetime subscription to Grammarly? Are there games dedicated to this? Or do they collect English workbooks that they line their bookshelves with?"
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