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My husband and I legally changed our youngest dd's mn when she was two years old. While pregnant, I had wanted to name her Caroline and he wanted to name her Anna. He even chose her prior mn (Mackenzie) which I didn't like. To this day, I'm not sure why I went along with this since my heart was set on Caroline. To my defense, it was a rough pregnancy and traumatic birth. That's my only explanation. So, when our dd was two, we changed her mn to Caroline since she'd be our last child and since I made it clear to him just what the name meant to me. To this day, we're (he, Anna, I) all glad we changed it.

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As for you, it seems that you and your dh both agree on your dd's fn so you're way ahead of my husband and myself. That's the most important thing. If your dh doesn't mind the name change and if it matters that much to you, then I suggest changing it. If, otoh, you're indecisive even in the slightest, I wouldn't change it. In my situation, there was no doubt whatsoever because I loved Caroline. I still do and sometimes wish we'd named her that in the first place. I do call her by both names whenever possible. :-)