UK mum reveals she’s trolled over her son’s ‘bonkers’ name Boye

A mother has revealed how she is regularly shamed for giving her son an unusual name, but says “she loves it” despite being regularly told it’s “crazy.”

Chesney Leigh Wright, 26, called her son Boye and says she is often told to ‘repeat it’ by strangers who don’t believe what they hear.

She said older generations, in particular, “lose the plot” because of the three-year-old’s unusual nickname, but she believes it suits him “perfectly.”

The mother says she chose the name – pronounced ‘boy’ – because ‘he is a boy’ and that she was able to register it without any complaints.

“We wanted an unusual and memorable name, but couldn’t find one we liked,” she shared the sun.

Chesney, from the UK, said she was regularly called ‘crazy’ and ‘crazy’ and pensioners often told her to give him a ‘real name’.

She said Boye’s father’s parents were “expecting a girl” and called him “Boy” for a few weeks when he was born.

So when she was pregnant, her now ex-partner joked that they should name their son “Boy.” She warmed to the name and decided to add an “e” to the end to make it less confusing.

Her first sign of people’s reaction to the shock of Boye’s name began when he was born in November 2019 at Mansfield Kingsmill Hospital in Nottinghamshire.

“The nurses at the hospital were shocked and stated that they had delivered many boys but never had a boy named Boye,” Chesney added.

The mother continued that most people either love it or hate it, while her own mother is horrified by the nickname.

She added that she had “begged her to reconsider,” but got round to it and even joked about whether the next child would be named girl.

Others have asked if she named her son “for a dare.”

Despite some shocked looks, Chesney thinks the name fits her son perfectly.

Her first child, a daughter, is named Eriella Leigh. The name is a cross between Ariel and Elijah, two names she “loved.”