Why?? (Actual names given last year)

[Tealdeal747]

There were girls called:
Dyc
Kc
Juri
Cauvery
Boex
Mu
Priceless
Dhax
Han
Euan
En
Das
Chu
Purity
Rut
Dikshita

And boys called:
Boi
Timotei
neophytos
Bode
Solo
Metatron
Blyss
Sing
Mate
A
Kohl
Godstime
Saxs
Rygg
Boon
Caio
Nimrod
Rouxx
Pride
Fountain
Goddominion
En
Daire
Creed
Braxtyn
Orinate

I used to think it was good that in the U.K. There isn't a set list of names and parents are free to name their dc whatever they like but surely some of these are cruel?

[LurkingQuietly]

Ha, I know a Kc. Awful.

[welshpixie]

Nothing wrong with a Nimrod, I know an 85 year old one.

[SardineJam]

Caio is a Brazilian name - and a very normal one at that

[HappyGowerGirl]

Some of these names are actually perfectly real names in other cultures (nimrod, juri, to name a few). Maybe you'd benefit from emerging from your own (apparently very, very narrow) social circle and appreciate some cultural variety? Just a thought...

[MadisonAvenue]

Dikshita??

[SardineJam]

You'll probably find that Dikshita and Timotei are also common names from other countries

[Lavenderfly]

I like weird names, which is why I have never been allowed the full responsibility of naming anything other than a car - not even a dog!

Too many samey names and I like character names.

I used to know a recruiter called Sonic, that was cool.
A social worker named Raven.
I nearly convinced my sister to name her daughter Furiosa (a character my sister liked and was toying with for a name)
I used to know a Berk and he was exactly that. Bring back weirdo names I say, :)

My daughter has a Japanese name that was a compromise between my choice and her fathers. Now, with the Japanese anime craze in schools, she loves it to bits.

[Theducksarenotmyfriends]

I quite like Dhax, but then I do love star trek. It's pretty culturally insensitive for you to be sneering at some of these names though.

[Theducksarenotmyfriends]

Lavender I would have loved to have picked a Japanese name for my dd! I've always loved the name Kioko which means meets the world with happiness. We picked a Cornish name instead.

[auntantigone]

I think daire is Irish, means oak tree.

[Skyllo30]

Daire is an Irish name, pronounced Dara.

I saw Priceless and was wondering if it was a Nigerian name - I know people of Nigerian heritage named Precious and Blessing.

[DuggeeHugs]

Chu is the anglicisation of a Chinese name, so not exactly cruel.

[daisypond]

Euan is a normal name, isn't it? It's Scottish. I know a couple of those. It's a version of Ewan, but quite standard. I know a Mate as well - it's a form of Matthew and has two syllables. And Dikshita is Indian, I think.

[MadeForThis]

Euan and daire are pretty common names

[DramaAlpaca]

What a narrow minded & ignorant OP. It's quite nasty to pour scorn on names that are perfectly normal in other cultures.

[pinkblink]

Caio is a Welsh name, I know two. Euan is Scottish, what a judgemental post

[BlackBanana]

You know you've mixed some completely average but just not white English names in there, yes?
Which makes your post come off kinda racist, fyi.

[Littlegreyauditor]

Dáire is a very ancient, very traditional Irish name, so you can fuck right off with your snobby, casual xenophobia OP.
At least your sneering little post has briefly made you feel superior, eh?

[InfiniteSheldon]

Just going to say what everybody else has said some of these are really normal names

[raisinsarenottheonlyfruit]

Euan was on the girls list though.

[Alittlepotofrosie]

What a nasty racist thread. Clearly some of those names are from other cultures but no they don't fit into your narrow minded acceptable box of middle class England so they're not real names.

[Iamtheresurrection]

In fairness Euan is unusual for a girl.

[pinkliquorice]

Seriously what is what all these threads?
Go ahead name all your children from the top 10 list so there will be 5 other kids in their class with that name, be boring, that is completely fine, they are your children and if you think of them as being only that special and important, go ahead.
But let others name theirs, I personally like a few of the names in the above list but there are ones I don’t, what am I going to do with that? Not name my children those names and not complain about it online and make myself look petty, rude and judgemental.

[daisypond]

OK, Euan for a girl is unusual - I missed that.

[lljkk]

KC is fine.
Most of them are ok, really.

But Oh man... Dikshita, eek. Orinate, eek.