What's worst response from people about LO name??

Well, I don't have to name my baby for another 7 months but I remember at high school a girl laughing her head off when she heard my middle name and then going bright red and saying "You mean that's your REAL name?! I'm sorry I thought it was a joke". Grrr.

SOme of the names on here really are giving me a little giggle :o

parques - my parents still call my ds Cosmo. It's not his name but my mum thought a boy called Cosmo would be nice and sedate and enjoy going round art galleries with her!

I've been trying for months to teach him to say "My name's not Cosmo. My name is [name]. You're very silly Grandma." He hasn't managed it yet. (but is as lovely and sedate as a 2-year-old can be and in fact quite likes art galleries...)

Also friggFRIGG my very good friend used to refer to her baby as bug... I love it, she still refers to her as bug now and she's nearly 2 and a half

I know lol, I totally sound like a judgypants, but this name bean IS on the birth certificate!

I really don't have anything against it... Totally parent's choice, and if people don't like our baby names, then frankly- up their bum! 'twas just a bit of a shocker at the time

a lot of people ask "why?" when we tell them DS's name.
i think its a really weird question.
and makes me wonder what other reasons people have for naming DC?

his name is Arlo

oddly we had no such comments when we named our fist DC,skye.

Strawberrysmumour friends DD's NN is Bean/Beaner.it is NOT on her birth cert,nor did they mean for the name to become her 'known by' name,but her big brother kept calling her baby bean,and it stuck.

i also often refer to my DD as skyebug Bugalugs or just Bug.
no reason really,just sort of stuck.

so take off your judgypants,it was probably just a Nick name.

I had a few choice comments after telling people our daughter's name. Our parents were great but a couple of people have raised their eyebrows and been a bit "oh.. that's... nice." and apparantly my SIL said, "bloody hippies" when she heard (but that makes me laugh).

The worst was a woman I worked with. I came back into the office to see the boss about my maternity leave and bought her with me and this woman asked what her name was and said "oh.. she'll grow up to be an alcky then!".

I just said, well I hope not.. and walked off. Her name is Juniper.. I'm assuming she made some sort of gin connection!

When I told my (now deceased) Grandma that DS was to be called 'Cosmo' she replied "What sort of a name is that?"..... until her vicar informed her that a couple of archbishops had shared the name.... then it was ok!!!

I have a Matilda known as Tilly, Charlotte known as Lottie and Eloise known as Ells

My mother hates all 3names which pleases me no end

"...Plaxico Burress.
He is an NFL star and his name is african and means peace. It still makes me think of a big plastics corporation though."

Not to pick on the NFL too much, but DH once told me there was a player called D'Brickashaw Ferguson. Apparently it's a completely made-up name, the player's mum just liked how the syllables flowed together. Holy shit, I say - but, well, you do get to name your child whatever you like and it's none of anyone else's business.

I have had a lifetime (well, after age 12) of comments about my Slavic-sounding name first name. I was born in Germany and it has the letters "schk" in it, which is no problem for Germans to pronounce, but a nightmare for English-speakers after we emigrated to North America. To this day I get comments when I introduce myself, stupid, mean-spirited, ignorant ones.

So when we had DS, we picked a name that was very Anglo. However... just like I doubt my parents anticipated emigrating to North America when I was born, you never know where life will take you and we/he may end up somewhere where they can't pronounce his name!

Alot of DH's family said that they thought DS1's name was a black name, I have no idea why they thought that was a bad thing, tbh I'm not really sure what they meant....far as I know names don't have a colour.
I am reliably informed by BIL's ex that FIL hated the name when he heard it and went on about it for weeks.
It's Cole by the way

Great thread, but seriously, why is having a "black person's name" a bad thing??? Absolutely outrageous.

On telling my mum we were thinking of Jesse or Judah for a boy, she (a devout Catholic, and therefore a hypothetical reader of the Bible) replied "so he'll either be gay or a traitor then? Not sure which is the lesser evil". Er, Jesse as in the father of King David, not Elton John, and JudaH, not JUDAS.

If a member of our family refused to call our dcs by their chosen names then I'd refuse to let them see them until they could be civil. Although I like the idea of changing their name to something they'd hate...like getting my DS to call my mil by a derivative of her christian name - she'd be horrified!

I am with clam - my own mother said 'well I like the 'middle name' when we introduced DS2...obviously by ommission she feckin hated the first name! 3 months off DC3's birth and expecting another corker from her! May just text her the announcement instead of bothering with a phone call!!

Loudlass...thanks! its a great name.
Even MIL likes it now

But I do have one to share...

My husband's cousin said if we called our child Dylan it would always remind her of a dog, the magic roundabout, or someone "dull"... nice!

PelvicFloor0fSteel sorry.... my bad! I just felt bad for being one of those twunts :D

I'm now guilt free

I originally planned to call my (unborn) dd Isabelle. Was sat in a room with in laws told them the name and mentioned that i was trying to think of a middle name.
DP's brother pipes up 'end' (I'm sure you can guess why!)

I was so upset I nearly cried, everyone else was howling with laughter and I did not find it funny at all, I stuck with having the name at first but all I heard when I said Isabelle, was the comment that his bro made, dp loved that name as well, he wanted to smack him one!
Going to call her Amelia instead!

There still seem to be a few people missing the point of the thread, it's about people who take the piss out of children's names being twunts, not an opportunity to come and discuss names that make you go .

Whywait - I love the name Emily I'm surprised it has been slated on here (or anywhere!)
Our DS name is a bit unusual but not too much and it is a "real name". We love it. I've never had any negative comments other than "oh that's unusual" but usually is followed up by "what a nice name" or similar.

Tilden...OMG! I LOVE that name.

When dd1 was born, there were quite a few questions along the lines of 'isn't that Hitler's girlfriend's name?'

And sorry my last post was off topic, but I was one of those people who blatantly couldn't believe what she was hearing.... although, I'm sure I didn't look as shocked as I was inside :D

Not my child's name... but I recently heard of someone calling their child BEAN.

Sorry if anyone has called their child bean, but bean? WTF?

I often get asked if DS3's name is a real name....alot of comments about how unusual it is.
His name is Tilden/Till for short