Which names are would you consider 'too posh/try-hard/odd' to be used?

I think if you are the kind of parent that might worry about what other people might be saying about your dc's name behind your back you should probably stick to Peter and Jane.
The only time I think I have done a double take was when a friend introduced her baby girl as muffin

TBH, whether you like the name Rex or not, once you know it's a poster's newborn son's name you just stop saying, "only an idiot would use it," don't you?

Looks like a lot of playground bullies never grow out of it. Sad, you'd expect better from adults.

I like the name Rex, it reminds me of ancient Greece.

Lockets...I really like Rex! My eldest DD's name was mentioned further up the thread (Portia) and I don't give a shit if anyones likes it, thinks I'm 'posh' or trying too hard. I'm a massive Shakespeare lover and gave her the name in the 90's when every little girl born was a Chloe or Lauren. Her name will never date, due to it never having been 'trendy'. I have endured the 'oh like the car' comments all her life, as annoying as the dog comments probably are to you. At the end of the day i love the name and thats all that matters!

My brother has a mouse called Simon. Thankfully with long study my brain can cope with it being a name used for other species too. It's hard though admittedly and I do try to feed cheese to little human Simons before I remember but I'm getting there.

I accept there are people out there who are still struggling with this concept but keep trying, you'll get there too. It helps if you just think of names as names. People apply them to things they care about. It's tough I know.

can't believe how nasty this thread has turned sorry lockets. just because a name has been used on dogs cats etc doesn't make them animals names in themselves . in the past i've known pets called max , tom ,timmy , jimmy . primrose ,willow etc all perfectly acceptable as childrens' names and i don't think they'd get the stick and name calling that rex has received .

names in themselves can't be posh imo , yes they can be asociated with certain groups and the rarer a name the easier it is to label it . unusual and trying to hard does not neccessarily mean the same thing .

how names are perceived changes over time ,jade and tracey for example were once affluent high class names . likewise 40 or 50 years ago charlotte would have been seen as quite well to do imo .

getting back to the op's original question ,we have an arabella and 3 other names mentioned on this thread and we are definitely not posh .we agonised over her name due completely to the fact it was seen as sloaney. we loved the name 's meaning ,after experiencing a late miscarriage and 2 early mc she is definitely a beautiful answer to prayer . we weren't brave enough and gave it to her as a middle name joking on the way to register her that if we called her arabella we'd have to buy her a pony if not a"paddock full" of them .

when she was a few months old we started to use it as her first name .in that time the only issue we've had is not on people commenting on it's poshness but rather that their first response is annabella that's nice to which i than go no ARA bella .i've obviously inflicted on her a lifetime of having to spell her name , an issue i'd never have predicted .

most people we meet seem to have never heard of it before but do comment on how pretty it is . the worse case scenario if she feels it's a burden it can easily be shortened to belle, bella neither of which carry the same "trying to hard " label .

so if you love it go for it she will become her name and the scoffers will get over themselves .

I want someone to start a chavvy names thread now, I'm sure my DC's names will be on the list!

This thread turned so nasty, there are some meanspirited and insensitive people on here!

I love the name Rex as well Lockets, no matter if I didn't, your son, your choice.

I'm actually more gutted that neither of my boy's names has been mentioned, I want to be faux posh and try hard. I have obviously lumbered them with beige names.

Wow...I just read some of these threads!! There must be some really board housewives out there to have the time to sit and think of all the nasty things they can come up with!!
Lockets I love the name Rex, and I think that it has a wonderful meaning. We should all give our childrens names with GREAT meanings, because by doing that we are blessing their lives from the day that they are boarn. Lockets can only expect GREAT things from Rex!

Neveah - (American) - Child from heaven
Heavenleigh - (American) - From paradise; from the sky (deriv. of Heaven)
Both are in my names book.

Names like Robertisha I would class as combining two names (dad called Robert, mum called Latisha?) and most names have many recognised spellings and variations (David has 26 versions just in my one book, although Dayvid isn't one of them!). I agree that some of the 'yooneeq' spellings just make the parents look illiterate.

I'm wondering if it's possible to actually create a completely unique, made-up name, rather than just tweaking existing ones.

We named our daughter Rayne (pronounced Rain) and her second name is Kendall, together the names mean "Blessing and queen ruler of the valley". We do live in a Valley and she does seem to think that she is the ruler of all the children that live near and on our farm! And she is such a blessing to us, she has a very giving heart, so I am sure that she is a blessing to all the people in her life.
Just go's to show how the meaning of a name can impact your childs life!

Cattleprod, names I class as made up are things like; Nevaeh, Heavenleigh, Robertisha or when people change the spelling of normal names to make them 'individual'; Dextuur, Dayvid etc

NightLark, for the reasons you've mentioned I've decided to never call a daughter of mine Chastity or Virginia because you just know she'd grow up to be a bit loose.

What do people mean when they say 'made-up' names? I've seen the term several times on this thread and others, but with hundreds of thousands of names in existence, with their various derivatives and alternative spellings, I'd have thought it would be pretty difficult to create a name that is completely unique. Over the centuries there have been billions of people, all with at least one name, so most letter combinations will have been used before.

Don't care what people choose, but am a bit about the 'hostage to fortune' virtue type names, y'know, Grace, Verity, Charity, Charisma (as mentioned upthread). I mean, there is a Grace in DDs class and, erm, it isn't the first word that would spring to mind to describe her. Just seems a bit risky to me using those kind of descriptions as given names...

I was going to be called Pale Tangerine. Seriously. Posh father and it was his idea. Luckily, I escaped years of playground hell when he read a book and fell in love with a more 'normal' name.

Or maybe he just stopped taking all those drugs ;)

lockets REX is a brilliant name!
Our family dogs have been called: Jenny, Angus, Molly, Milly, Ella, Isla and Skye! And there are plenty of children out there with these names.....

Well said...PelvicFloorOfSteeland thereisalightanditnevergoesout

Quite frankly this thread is full of snobs ....bored now, i'm off [stomp stomp stomp]

That's not true, everlong. Have you actually read some of the comments people have made? It's been plain nasty bullying behaviour, and completely uncalled for and lockets has not taken it as a personal affront at all. She has been most dignified - and really not taken the comments personally.

Thanks StayFrosty, great minds, and all that...

I knew 2 dogs called David and Brian. Now THAT is odd