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J Names. really? do most naughty boys name start with J?

61 replies

fishsausage · 20/12/2014 18:39

Just saw this mentioned on thread - names you irrationally dislike.

Is this something lots of you have experienced?

How about the names below:

Joshua
Jaden
Jacob
Jackson
John
Jason
Julian

If so when did this start to happen? I'm sure John isnt associated with bad boys.

Have never heard of this until now Xmas Hmm

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CadleCrap · 21/12/2014 13:58

If you knew a horrible kid at school named " elzibub" then met another horror with the same name, then surely you would have negative connotations.

You wouldn't then name your Child with that name.

Teachers see the trends in names more than most.

I used to love the name Jordan......just saying!

usualsuspect333 · 21/12/2014 13:40

Of course it's bloody prejudice.If you can't see why looking down on someone because of their name is wrong then you are either thick or deliberately missing the point.

Araminta is not going to be judged as naughty or have her CV chucked on the reject pile is she?

LovelyMarchHare · 21/12/2014 12:37

Isn't it more about judging the parents more so than the child? An assumption based on their name choices? For example its totally ok on here to say people who name an Araminta or Ptolemy are poncerastic posh folk. But you have to pretend that there's nothing at all strange about naming your child Beyonce or the like. We all do it - it doesn't mean that we are prejudiced against that child or treat them unfairly.

If you think a teacher doesn't run through a class list looking at the names then you are very much mistaken.

CadleCrap · 21/12/2014 12:28

Jordan/Jorden/Jordon

Boys and girls.

bronya · 21/12/2014 12:25

In my experience of teaching, you can get boys of all names who behave well or badly. However, there were a few names that cropped up again and again in the behaviour logs. Henry, Jack, Kyle and Aaron are the four I remember most clearly. I taught many well behaved boys of those names also, so would never assume anything based on a name.

HowsTheSerenity · 21/12/2014 12:23

Just look at the Duggars for inspiration Grin
You could have Jinger, Jordan, Joy-Anna, John-David and 15 more J names.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 21/12/2014 12:18

I think we all (whether we admit it or not) build up petceptions of people based on their name. Yes it's wrong but we all do it.
I also think as well young teenage parents tend to give their children fancy names such as Hayden but older parents tend to go for more tradional names.

DixieNormas · 20/12/2014 21:39

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AlwaysHoldingOnToStars · 20/12/2014 21:37

Jayden is naughty? I'll go tell him off right now, he's bound to be up to no good while I'm on here.

I don't judge a name. Unless the name is Katie Hopkins. Although I pity the Katie Hopkins I went to school with, she must hate that woman for sullying the name.

usualsuspect333 · 20/12/2014 21:36

The people making the judgements are wrong.

Saying 'a lot of people judge names' doesn't. make it right.

ChaffinchOfMegalolz · 20/12/2014 21:32

these ''surveys'' are so ridiculous

they are suggesting using a certain arbitrary name results in any random child developing unwanted behaviour

this is like 'science' of the 18th century

it's not amusing, it is at best pointless and at worst could have negative effects on kids with those names as idiotic teachers buy in to it

CalamitouslyWrong · 20/12/2014 21:30

If you've never met a well behaved Connor or Callum or Jayden or Emah or whatever else, then I'd say you're probably producing a self-fulfilling prophecy in your class. What incentive is there for children to behave when their teacher has already decided that they won't, and probably jumps on anything that might be interpreted as 'naughtiness'? It works the other ways, with all those children you assume to be well behaved too, except they get positive reinforcement.

Alisvolatpropiis · 20/12/2014 21:30

A lot of people make judgements about names, Katie Hopkins didn't invent the concept. Usually people judge the parents rather than the child though.

usualsuspect333 · 20/12/2014 21:27

I'm glad the teacher on this thread didn't teach my kids.

Imagine having such a judgemental teacher

hippoherostandinghere · 20/12/2014 21:27

Sorry on phone and can't remember how to make it clicky.

hippoherostandinghere · 20/12/2014 21:26

{{http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/naughty-nice-list-reveals-names-8187787}}

hippoherostandinghere · 20/12/2014 21:24

There was a study done with teachers and Jacob came out top as best behaved boy.

Mine certainly is Wink

I'll try and link it.

ChaffinchOfMegalolz · 20/12/2014 21:19

If you judge kids on their names; you are literally Katie Hopkins.

Iamyourmil · 20/12/2014 21:01

What about Jesús? Very popular in Spanish.

MerryJeffingChristmas · 20/12/2014 20:54

Dh has a J name and is a VERY naughty boy Xmas Grin

neme · 20/12/2014 20:42

Nope, know lovely examples of all those names and even if I didn't, as a professional I'd not be such a dick as to make swathing statements about any name.

BikeRunSki · 20/12/2014 20:29

Could it just be that there are a lot of popular boys names that begin with J, so you can manipulate the stats to say whatever you want.

o0 · 20/12/2014 20:28

James is a delight, it's Jamie you have to watch out for! Xmas Grin
Well according to those daft surveys anyway.

I'm sure I read that a lot of criminals are called Jimmy.

BalloonSlayer · 20/12/2014 20:27

Julian speaks to working class adults with contempt, "becoming more icily polite the ruder he gets" (may be slightly paraphrasing here) according to Ms Blyton.

CaptainAnkles · 20/12/2014 20:26

It's really not good if it's a true that a teacher would look at a list of names and if they are modern, or spelt unusually, or sound like surnames etc they would assume the child was a bad lot.

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