The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- Sarah Marshal
A mum has defended her daughter’s unusual name after relatives mistook if for a car manufacturer and trolls said the tot would be bullied.
Bella Davis, 18, named her six-month-old daughter Polaris – another name for the North Star – when she was born on July 7 2022.
Despite “loving” her daughter’s name, Bella and her boyfriend, Reason Robison, 20, who works at a carbon fibre manufacturers, have found themselves having to defend it.
Strangers online claim the moniker “sounds like a disease” and another commented “girl be ready to have a bullied baby”.
Even their loved ones have had doubts of their choice of name – suggesting it sounds similar to the car manufacturing company Polaris Inc.
Bella, a stay-at-home mum, from Salt Lake City, Utah, US, 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.“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.
