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What exactly is a Mumsnet name?

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WithACherryOnTop · 10/07/2012 11:09

I'd appreciate it if someone could enlighten me,and perhaps provide a few examples,as I keep seeing it mentioned on this board.

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Janoschi · 10/07/2012 12:36

Mustn't alliterate. Again, didn't harm -

January Jones
Hugh Hefner
Howard Hughes
Jesse James
Michael Moore
... or me!

PrettyInDecadence · 10/07/2012 12:06

Oh yes, forgot the shortening thing. However for most I think that falls into the same category as 'made up' Hmm

AnnaNimitty · 10/07/2012 12:04

Most mumsnetters wet their pants at the mention of Hamish, Daphne and
Phyllis. Go figure!

Janoschi · 10/07/2012 12:03

Elizabeth
Katherine
Beatrice

Gregory
Quentin
Edward

Makes my brain go to sleep. You get a lot of threads saying 'what do you think of Jilly / Trevor / Trixie?' only to be met with Mumsnet 'helpful' advice persuading them to go for something clearly not the same style at all.

Oh, you missed one, Pretty. Has to be a full name, not a shortened version. In case he/she ends up being a High Court Judge, FFS. As if that sort of reasoning really held Cherie Blair back. Or Tony Blair, or Ted Hughes, or Bob Hoskins....

PoppadumPreach · 10/07/2012 12:03

Lysander and Xander also seem to be popular here.

Passmethecrisps · 10/07/2012 12:03

Names can't begin with a K? I always knew I had a crap name [sceptical]

ShowOfHands · 10/07/2012 12:02

I wonder if ds has a MN name. Because in rl people sometimes look a bit Hmm about it and a few people have labeled it try hard. But on MN the thread I started about it was universally positive. It is a recognised name (biblical), easy to spell and definitely not top 100.

SweetGeneVincent · 10/07/2012 11:59

Arlo
Seren

Poledra · 10/07/2012 11:58

Justine
Carrie
Gerrie (though I think that's more of a Gransnet name these days)
Olivia
Helen
Rowan
Tech

MammaTonic · 10/07/2012 11:57

I've seen Sholto on here for a boy which, IMO, is not a good name. Sholto is definitely a MN name; don't know how well it would work in RL ...

GnocchiNineDoors · 10/07/2012 11:52

Artemis

MammaTonic · 10/07/2012 11:51

Pretty is bang on. Her definition shod be in the dictionary under 'Mumsnet Name' Grin

PrettyInDecadence · 10/07/2012 11:33

It has to be outside of the top 100, yet still be recognisable, classic, easily spellable and pronounceable, not start with a K, contain no hyphens and not be made up.

DamselInDisgrace · 10/07/2012 11:31

Ptolemy.

SPsFanjoLovesRussellHoward · 10/07/2012 11:28

Fuck knows but I do know they don't like names with K's. Join the baby name munity thread and you will see what names are frowned upon