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Choosing a baby name is no walk in the park for expectant parents.
Even if you've found the perfect moniker, someone's always got to have an opinion on your choice.
Now one woman felt awkward with her family after having to justify her six-month-old daughter's name to them.
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Bella Davis and her boyfriend Reason Robison, 20, fell in love with the name Polaris – another name for the North Star.
The couple loved the name before their baby girl was born last July as it has a special meaning behind it.
Mum Bella, 18, said: "When we told our friends and family almost everyone didn't like it.
"A lot of people thought of the car manufacturing company, Polaris Inc, who sell all terrain vehicles."
She added: "My sister absolutely hated it but once Polaris was born, she's started to like it a bit more.
"A lot of people have warmed to it since, my mum said she liked it, but I don't know if she was lying to me.
"I've had a lot of people online who don't like it as well."
After sharing the girl's name on TikTok, Bella received a lot of backlash from trolls saying it "sounded like a disease".
She added: "A lot of the comments are saying she'd be bullied in school for her name and that it's ugly.
"I've just stopped reading the comments now because they're too hateful.
"I don't really care but it's also not very nice to hear at the same time."
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The couple bonded over a love of astronomy and would go stargazing together on their dates.
Bella recalled how Reason pointed to the North Star, or Polaris, just before asking her to be his girlfriend.
Then when they fell pregnant, the lovebirds had to name their daughter after the star.
And despite the backlash, the pair don't regret naming their daughter Polaris – pronounced as "Pol-air-is".
Bella added: "I've never once regretted naming her Polaris.
"To all the people online, I'd say it's not your kid and you shouldn't give your opinion unless it's wanted because the things people say do hurt and it's unnecessary."
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She continued: "I'd definitely say to other parents that if you love a name then go for it.
"Your opinion is all that matters and at the end of the day it's your decision. There's no name in the world that everyone's going to like.
"And to the people who say she'll be bullied – I think kids will be mean either way and if they're mean about her name then they're not very good friends anyway."
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