to think kids don't get bullied for their names these days

Dd goes to a South London comp. She has red hair and never been bullied. (She's 15) older dd is 18 and neither have ever been aware of anti ginger bullying at the school. Older people assume red heads would be picked on as that was their experience in the past. Same with names. Obviously I can't speak for all schools/areas. Dd never been name called in the street either

My son has a very unusual name and he has never been bullied or teased because of it and he is 19 now, so hopefully out of the woods in that regard

I dont think children bully over names anymore. There is a much bigger variety they are exposed to. The only name I have seen cause an issue was Fani. It was adults that struggled more though (the girl changed her name when the meaning was explained to her mum)

My son is Jesse and he is always being told it's a girl's name mainly by girls ! ! He just replies actually Jesse James was a famous outlaw and he was a man !
His other comeback is that whatever that person's name is he will say oh I have a friend who's a girl with the name "jack"! Or i know a boy called Molly!
Soon stops them and he doesn't batt an eyelid X

Bullying exists more so now in the sense it's not just in person etc my cousin when 14 was told.how to end her life by some other girl all documented on Facebook it went on for over a year luckily she came to me and confided so I could tell her parents . Police were involved etc.

I worked at a pretty diverse school and no one got bullied for their names, and we had all sorts - Precious, Angel, an entire family named after gemstones, Fatihi (pronounced fatty).

Totally agree.
My children are at schools with children with all sorts of names - lots that people on here would immediately say "they'll get bullied" - Gabriel, Lucian etc (I've seen countless posts on here about "they'll get called gay or Lucy Ann" etc) and no one even mentions their names.
Glasses/braces/ginger hair - none of them cause bullying in my experience...

Someone commented behind my back and through txt, but I did end up seeing it. I can't go into too much detail.....but they said...."that kid with the weird name" meaning my DD....I was so fucking angry when I saw it.

I don’t think so not as much anyway, there are kids in my children's class called universe, diamond and lucky, I was a bit but my children aren’t phased by the names but back when I was in school they would have been bullied badly

They definitely do

Find some kids with unusual names and ask

Find some kids with normal names that can be changed by one letter or shortened to something rude and ask

Children still get bullied for their names, definitely for being ginger (this is a real problem, there is a slap a ginger day) and for anything. They can get bullied for having a normal name or a different name, or a name that now means something (we have a friend called Bruno, it has been relentless) sadly schools have problems with bullies, however bullying over names is not how MN expect

YANBU. I'm a secondary school teacher and whilst students tease and bully each other over all sorts of things, names are rarely amongst them. In one very multi-cultural school I taught a boy called Phúc. No-one ever commented.

I would agree that names and glasses etc aren't resons for bullying anymore but there is still A LOT of bullying that goes on nd it is worse than in the "old days" because they can continue bullying you 24/7 not just at school.

Ds1 has an unusual name. A few comments now and then (and those mostly from people my age). No bullying.

Not necessarily for having unusual names, but if children can find a mean nickname it will probably get used as part of bullying. But as part of bullying that is happening anyway - I mean, a child is picked on for whatever reason, and their name will be used as part of that if possible.

I agree.
Along with wearing glasses and ginger hair.
It was horrendous for people when I was at school, it's completely different now thankfully.