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

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AKMD · 25/07/2011 13:40

Having seen a few names pop up which, when read out to my office colleagues, have caused great hilarity, I was wondering which names poeple on MN generally consider too posh/try hard/odd to be passed off in RL. I absolutely love Arabella but have been told that DH and I aren't posh enough to use it :( Ditto Lucinda.

I have to admit I did laugh at Mungo. Sorry to any Mungos/parents of Mungos out there!

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StayFrosty · 26/07/2011 23:47

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thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 26/07/2011 23:46

I'd like you to know, lockets that I suggested Rex to my DH for DS2. He wasn't keen (he has dreadfully traditional taste in names as I mentioned earlier). In the end - we went with Angus. Which is the name of our very much alive cat Hmm.

lockets · 26/07/2011 23:42

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BuntyPenfold · 26/07/2011 23:39

RhubarbGarden what a brilliant idea, to look up who lived in your house in 1901; shall do it immediately.

TheSecondComing · 26/07/2011 23:38

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mimitwo · 26/07/2011 23:38

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blue2711 · 26/07/2011 23:36

Oh, I've just seen that you do know and actually are being that vile. Couldn't agree with mimitwo and pelvic more.

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 26/07/2011 23:34

Well said, PelvicFloorOfSteel - children don't care what their friends are called, this suggests what I always suspected - that children hear this from the grown ups around them.

StealthPolarBear · 26/07/2011 23:34

Although my parents did have a shetland sheepdog (like a collie only smaller and quite dainty) which they called "Butch".
So maybe in my family we have form for inappropriate dog names.

My grandma and grandad had a crossbreed almost completely black dog they called snowy. only joking, he was actually called Jet, which makes much more sense

blue2711 · 26/07/2011 23:33

Goldenhaze, do you actually know you are repeatedly mocking the name of lockets' newborn son? Not just the name as an abstract? I can hardly believe you're being so insensitive and hurtful.

mimitwo · 26/07/2011 23:32

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StealthPolarBear · 26/07/2011 23:32

My aunt's dog was a lovely golden retriever. Always a wag in that tail.

BuntyPenfold · 26/07/2011 23:31

Can't I distract you with my real Aunty Clytemnestra?

GoldenHaze · 26/07/2011 23:31

I've met many Rexs as I volunteered for a while at an animal shelter. Without exception they were staffies or german shepherds.

Lockets, yes this is rough but I'm sure the majority of people will think "Dog's name" when they meet your DS.

PelvicFloorOfSteel · 26/07/2011 23:29

I always think threads where people get together specifically to slag off names for being too posh, chavvy, try-hard, popular, trendy or whatever are pretty grim reading but this one has managed to plumb new depths with the repeated attacks on one poster's son's name.

No wonder some children become bullies when you look at some of the mothers on this site.

DoubleLifeIsALifeHalved · 26/07/2011 23:29

sooooo many names i love mentioned here, obviously am achingly try hard :-)

ludo... oh how i love ludo, am having name envy, my poor little boring Leo, a compromise name to please two cultures... but i am looking at him and thinking LUDO would have been perfect, or caspar, rafferty (ahhh), tolly... oh poooh, i want to rename him ....

StealthPolarBear · 26/07/2011 23:29

I don't see why you wouldn't call a child a name that meant king. Surely most name meanings aren't applicable to a puking, pooing newborn?

Although DS's name means "noisy" - why did no one mention that before we gave him permission to live up to it? Hmm

StealthPolarBear · 26/07/2011 23:27

Sorry lockets :( I assume you are talking about Rex. I have to admit I associate it with dogs as my aunt and uncle had one (he was lovely though so it's a good thing) however it's one of those things, as soon as you got to know the person the association would be with them, iyswim.

My DS's name is DH's middle name, I also had a friend whose brother was called it, I loved his name and his nn she called him. It never occured to me then it was 'posh', and actually didn't until a fairly horsey university friend brayed at the thought of it :)

GoldenHaze · 26/07/2011 23:27

Of course it means "King". That's one of the reasons it's so laughable that someone would bestow such a title on their poor little baby! It's hilarious!

Agapanthii · 26/07/2011 23:25

I love the name Rex. It means "King". It reminds me of Rex Harrison, never met a dog called Rex in my life.

AngelaMerkin · 26/07/2011 23:25

Yay rainbowtoenails has finally mentioned my DS' name in her extensive list, but no-one has yet listed DD's name - Fabiola - probably because it is soooo unusual [preens].

Actually it's not posh at all, but rather humble, being derived from the latin for broad bean. Anyway the fact I know that probably makes me middle class enough to get away with it Hmm...

I view the fact that some do not like unusual name choices as a good thing - to me my children are the most special things in the world (as I'm sure yours are to you) and I wanted them to be a little bit unique. I am realistic to appreciate that they may not discover the cure for AIDS or some such, and so a name with a difference might be as far as that uniqueness is shown to the rest of the world Smile.

Obviously there is going too far in the quest for unique names (I have my own views, which I will not share as I do not wish to offend). I quite like Rex, though, and it would be quite appropriate in my house as the kids do seem to be in charge Wink.

lockets · 26/07/2011 23:24

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GoldenHaze · 26/07/2011 23:23

Disclaimer: my DC all have names that'd be considered 'posh', I think. Family names, so I didn't really think about it too much. Might not go down too well with some people though. No, I'm not going to tell! Wink