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Fourth time lucky: Mum reveals she changed her baby's name three times

By Merryn Porter |

Finding the perfect baby name is never easy and it isn't unusual for people to suffer from "name regret".

Some parents even end up changing their child's name days, weeks or months later.

One mum has admitted to changing her mind about her newborn daughter's name, not once, but three times, before she finally settled on a name she loved.

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A mum has revealed it took her four goes to name her baby. (TikTok)

?Hannah Williams describes herself as the "world's okayest mum" on her TikTok account, where she has 291,000 followers.

But in a video uploaded yesterday she gave an insight into how hard it was to pick the perfect baby name for her daughter.

The video, set to the song, You Mean the World to Me, starts with the baby dressed in a green onesie lying on a bed.

Across the screen is written, "First she was Quinn," before the scene changes to Williams holding her baby daughter as she films them in a mirror. "Then she was Winnie," it says before the video changes again.

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Hannah Williams says she finally found the perfect bnah (TikTok)

This time the baby is dressed in a floral onesie as she lets out a little cry. "Then she was Lila," the video says.

The next scene shows Williams in the hospital with the newborn baby lying on her chest.

"We finally found her perfect name..." is written across the screen, before the next scene shows the tiny tot in an outfit emblazoned with her name, 'Leni Jean'.

"We wanted something that sounds unisex but isn't in the top 1000 US baby names," explained Williams in the caption.

"Special name for a special girl," she ended the video, which she uploaded along with the hashtags #babyname and #babynamereveal.

The 37-second video has so far been viewed more than 287,000 times ?and has racked up almost 44,000 likes and hundreds of comments.

She finally settled on 'Leni Jean' on the fourth attempt. (TikTok)

"I love the name! So cute! And she is beautiful," said one. "Beautiful! I love her name!" was another comment.

"It's such a pretty name!?" said another.

Others revealed they had chosen one of the other names she was considering.

"My girl was born 4 weeks ago... She's Winnie," said one. "My daughter's name is Quinn. I love Leni Jean though," said another.

Some said they could see themselves having the same baby name dilemma.

"This'll be me going through three names," said one commenter.

Among the celebrities who have struggled to find the perfect baby name ?is Kylie Jenner, who gave birth to her second child, a boy in February.

She originally announced his name was Wolf, but weeks later, revealed on Instagram this was no longer his name. To date, a new name has not been announced.

Jenner admitted on new episodes of the family's reality TV show The Kardashians that Wolf remains his legal name while they try to come up with another.

She also admitted to feeling pressure to come up with a name for their son within 24 hours of his birth, as is required in the US, and that rapper partner Travis Scott still regularly changes his mind about a name.?

?Her sister Khloจฆ Kardashian is also yet to reveal the name of her son, who was born in July, after she split from his father Tristan Thompson, with whom she shares a daughter True.

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