FIL making fun of our child’s name

We recently informed my husband’s parents that we have decided on the English and Chinese names for our child. Being Chinese-ed, they complained that the English name was a mouthful, and my FIL even made fun of the Chinese name (he said that people are bound to make fun of our child in school with that name). I WAS SO FURIOUS, but decided to ignore him since my husband didn’t say anything as well. The more I thought about it, the angrier I became. I felt that he didn’t respect us enough as parents of his grandchild. I just didn’t want to rant to my husband because they are his parents after all. Anyone faced the same issue naming their child?

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I got my mom to pronounce the shortlisted name I chose and true enough, she mispronounced and it may be an issue for him when he's in school. I chose another name for him instead although I really liked that name. As a teacher, I've seen kids being teased of their names to the extent that they hated their names. Quite sad to see that.

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