Page 18 | AIBU - to ask you for your worst girl and boy names

Mamalasira · 22/08/2026 09:58

FaceEatingLeopard · 22/08/2026 09:15

Countdown to 'Chlamydia' and 'Ladasha' starts.... NOW!

Yes, I'm waiting for "Ladasha" 🙄

CaptainWidepant · 22/08/2026 09:55

Kyttiol · 22/08/2026 09:49

No such thing as name classism in 2026 with the internet anyone can google and name their kid whatever they want. My eldest I had at 16 while living in a homeless shelter has a so called posh name and my youngest I had as a grown woman in her twenties married to a man with a middle class job has a name that’s been called chavvy on here.

Hugo is also apparently the epitome of posh but I know a literal crackhead named her son Hugo (he was taken away at birth though)

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No such thing as name classism because the internet exists and there are always exceptions to general trends? Wow, okay 😁

Mamalasira · 22/08/2026 09:53

I suspect it's easy for your pregnant daughter to avoid "awful" names, isn't it?.

Mamalasira · 22/08/2026 09:52

Gemilo · 22/08/2026 09:22

Why doesn’t your DD do her own research instead of getting you to post this distasteful thread.

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Quite, it's really unpleasant.

Kyttiol · 22/08/2026 09:49

CaptainWidepant · 22/08/2026 09:43

Some silly classism in both directions on this thread, which was of course completely predictable. Heaven forbid anyone chooses anything other than a popular middle-class British name for their child!

OP, I’m sure your daughter will choose a name she loves that she feels suits her child without the need to trawl through a thread of strangers’ least favourite names 👍

No such thing as name classism in 2026 with the internet anyone can google and name their kid whatever they want. My eldest I had at 16 while living in a homeless shelter has a so called posh name and my youngest I had as a grown woman in her twenties married to a man with a middle class job has a name that’s been called chavvy on here.

Hugo is also apparently the epitome of posh but I know a literal crackhead named her son Hugo (he was taken away at birth though)

Catdoorman · 22/08/2026 09:48

TheOnlyWayIsIlford · 22/08/2026 08:59

Bertleflump
Pantye
Gorfy
Urulututu

I love Bertleflump!.

AhBiscuits · 22/08/2026 09:44

I wanted to call our children Gulliver and Ramona. DH thought I'd lost the plot.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 22/08/2026 09:43

I like Barry - not as in Manilow but Barry from Sorted foods , he's delightfully ditsy .

Gary or Garry is off the table now .

CaptainWidepant · 22/08/2026 09:43

Some silly classism in both directions on this thread, which was of course completely predictable. Heaven forbid anyone chooses anything other than a popular middle-class British name for their child!

OP, I’m sure your daughter will choose a name she loves that she feels suits her child without the need to trawl through a thread of strangers’ least favourite names 👍

oviraptor21 · 22/08/2026 09:43

My uncle, who would be 100 if he was still alive, was a Freddie. Lovely name.

PointedFirs · 22/08/2026 09:42

I absolutely loathe the name George, but I don’t think any parents of Georges are going to be crying into their tea because of it.

musicandmen · 22/08/2026 09:35

I hate when people change the spelling from the traditional spelled to be cool
I hate double barrelled names. Especially ones that don’t go together/flow

I tip I was given (my child had no name for 4 days) name the man/women not a baby. It’s all well and good given the baby a cute name but they are gonna grow into a teenager and adult and have to have this name for life.

I wanted some horrendous name in my post child birth hormonal state and I am very glad now that my husband said no!!

PrettyLittleRose · 22/08/2026 09:35

Oh yeah my neighbour's little boy is called Plopalotafuckatit. Unusual but exotic dontcha think?

PrettyLittleRose · 22/08/2026 09:34

DeanGaffneysCumFace · 22/08/2026 09:32

Cliffotlist for a girl and Cliffstopher for a boy.

Really?!

PrettyLittleRose · 22/08/2026 09:33

Mirrorlolo · 22/08/2026 08:38

Asking on behalf of DD who is expecting. What are in your view the worst girl and boy names. for me they are the made up ones like Nevaeh and Jayden

Ahhhh lovely. A child's name bashing thread!

So people can sneer and mock ...

Peak Mumsnet. 😎

!

CharlotteStreetW1 · 22/08/2026 09:33

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This post has been removed to keep the identity of this family secure.

And I met a small boy called Icarus recently.

DeanGaffneysCumFace · 22/08/2026 09:32

Cliffotlist for a girl and Cliffstopher for a boy.

Fern26 · 22/08/2026 09:31

Everyone has different taste on names.

I can’t see how this thread is helpful to your daughter.

Floppyearedlab · 22/08/2026 09:27

Any silly diminutive ending in ‘ie’

Witchergeralt · 22/08/2026 09:25

PurplebudsWhitebuds · 22/08/2026 09:11

What an unpleasant thread.
Are you really trying to make people feel bad about their own names or the names they have chosen for their children? How would you like it if a lot of pp came onto the thread and dissed your name or your children's,

This!
Each to their own, you don't have to like it, as long as they like it that's all that matters.

TheWonderhorse · 22/08/2026 09:25

All my kids have Welsh names, which for me straddle the traditional and different pretty well.

I hate the name Richard.

I like names that are spelled correctly. I don't think names are anywhere near as important as they seem, there are no names of anyone that are jarring once you get to know a person a bit. They just become the word for that person, don't they?

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 22/08/2026 09:23

It is valid to ask about a specific name that you (or your DD) are considering. People can give honest opinions, which mostly won’t be said in RL. But this is just an opportunity to sneer at names.

FWIW, I’m an ex teacher, and every Jayden I taught was lovely.

ZippyGeorgeandBungle2 · 22/08/2026 09:23

I have a weird hatred for names beginning with C. Connor, Callum, Courtney & Caitlin are ones I can’t stand for some reason! (I know it’s strange & sorry to anyone who has those names)

Gemilo · 22/08/2026 09:22

Mirrorlolo · 22/08/2026 08:38

Asking on behalf of DD who is expecting. What are in your view the worst girl and boy names. for me they are the made up ones like Nevaeh and Jayden

Why doesn’t your DD do her own research instead of getting you to post this distasteful thread.

HearHareHere · 22/08/2026 09:22

I REALLY wanted to name my son Sylvan. Husband was dead against however so we went for a more traditional name. I also wondered about Corvid (as in the family of the crow species) but it was too close to Covid both in sound and time 😜
I know this isn’t really what the OP asked though 😎but I agree with PP that these threads always descend into snobbery 😬