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"MN names"

109 replies

Totality22 · 12/05/2015 18:28

A thread on AIBU made me think that there are certain names I see getting a lot of love on MN but never hear in RL

Sylvie
Beatrix
Milo
Sebastien

There are loads more but I can't think? What other names are MN approved?

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ALittleFaith · 13/05/2015 15:22

I heard a Mum shout Barnaby, where's Cornelious? I said to DH she's probably a MNetter!

notplayers · 13/05/2015 15:20

I have seen people on here singing the praises of names like Gladys, Elsie and Evelyn.
I don't know anyone in RL who likes those names.

Bue · 13/05/2015 12:16

Romilly is our girls' name and it makes me Grin when MNers say it is getting popular. According to the ONS something like 45 girls in E&W were called Romilly last year. A virtual avalanche of Romillys!!!

I know a Ptolemy and a Persephone!

Tootaboo · 13/05/2015 10:59

My niece is called Sylvia (sylvie) really suits her she's adorable.

HeffaLumpers · 12/05/2015 23:19

Oh and a Penelope

tomatodizzymum · 12/05/2015 23:19

I know a Cordelia. I also went to school with a Genevieve, a Clara and a Penelope, back in the early 80's, in London.

HeffaLumpers · 12/05/2015 23:18

I know a Cordelia, Sebastian, Genevieve, Theodore, Thea, Anna, Tobias, Jude, Gabriel, Benedict, Lucas, xander, and Imogen.

heylilbunny · 12/05/2015 23:08

We have a Gabriel and know a Sylvie, two boys called Lucas and two Sebastians! Do I win?

I also know
Angelorie
Jenica
Tiberio
Xander
Thorin (as in Oakenshield, highborn dwarf the from Lord of the Rings)

manicinsomniac · 12/05/2015 23:02

Of the names mentioned, I know real life owners of:

Milo
Sebastian (3)
Romilly
Genevieve
Ptolemy
Imogen (3)
Gabriel (2)
Jude
Anna
Benedict
Elodie
Francesca
Aneurin
Tobias
Luca
Sadie
Thea
Lucas (2)
Antigone/Tiggy (2!)
Angus (4)
Rex

Not that that means they aren't mn names. Mumsnetters are real people after all!

LarrytheCucumber · 12/05/2015 21:26

MrsFrumble I wanted Benedict for DS2, but it was vetoed by DH and our adult children. When he got to Secondary school he had a Benedict in his class (but he would be 20 now).

LorryHen · 12/05/2015 21:19

The names Luna and Lyra feature on here an awful lot

Gileswithachainsaw · 12/05/2015 20:35

I've never met any kid called:

mable
iris
nell
Doris
persephone
ptolemy
antigone

maximus
Angus
rafe
Rex

despite all of them being suggested on nearly every names thread.

sometimes I think people are just daring others Blush

kavv0809 · 12/05/2015 20:18

Antigone. 'Nn Tiggy'.

The tragic character doesn't seem to put anyone off, it seems a great favourite on the baby names threads. Perhaps some people just want a name that can be shortened to Tiggy.

QueefOfTheDamned · 12/05/2015 20:17

I know several Genevieves...all adults though. Named after St Genevieve, I assume, as they are all from traditional catholic families.

An Arlo has just joined DD's nursery. And I think there's a Milo there too in a different group. At least the boys are a bit different...there are so many Lilysbghat they have to be know as Lily-middle name to differentiate between them...and even then there are 2 Lily-Mays.

Orangeisthenewbanana · 12/05/2015 20:09

I do actually know a Ptolomy in RL, and a Benedict (shortened to Ben though).

KenDoddsDadsDog · 12/05/2015 20:08

I know a few of each of Benedict , Jude and Gabriel . Older and children .
Never met a Romilly though .

MadameJosephine · 12/05/2015 20:08

I have friends who have had babies in the last few years called Arlo, Aneurin, Sebastian, Gabriel and Jude.

I used to think Emmeline was only a mn name but I also know a little Emmeline (her sister is Claudia)

PrincessOfChina · 12/05/2015 20:05

I've got a Romilly and had her before I was a MN regular. Several of our maybes for DS are on here too but he has a name within the top 100.

toddlerwrangling · 12/05/2015 20:04

Ooh I know several little Claras, Imogens, Tobiases, Claudias, a Romilly, a Sebastian and a Cordelia! I wonder if their mums are mumsnetters....

I always think of Thea and Lucas as very MN names.

BabyGiraffeOnIce · 12/05/2015 19:59

Ooo I know a real life benedict, but he's 23.
and a jude who is a 3 year old boy.
Imogen was on my girls name list but it's too popular here :-(

YouMakeMyHeartSmile · 12/05/2015 19:57

Actually I think I know at least one of all the names mentioned here, bar Persephone and Ptolemy! DH went to school with a Persephone though.

AgentCooper · 12/05/2015 19:55

Ottilie. I had never seen it before I saw it on here. But a woman I know who is the personification of what I think most people imagine MNers to be (very smugly middle class, precious, PITA) recently announced the birth of her Ottilie, NN Tillie. Figures.

When I see people suggesting Hebe and Hecate, I think 'naawwww.' And I can't stand Claudia. It just sounds like the 90s, for some reason.

Notso · 12/05/2015 19:38

Kit,
Theodore,
Luca/Lucien,
Arlo,
Wilf,
Persephone,
Clementine,
Lyra,
Sadie,
Claudia,

MamaLazarou · 12/05/2015 19:38

Elodie, Aneurin, Romilly, Clara, Tobias.

drinkscabinet · 12/05/2015 19:27

I know someone who has a Sylvie and an Imogen! We all thought Imogen was a bit boring in comparison to Sylvie. I also know a Clara, Francesca and a Beatrix. Personally I love the names and don't think they're that unusual, just nice middle class names.

Ptolemy and Persephone I'll grant you might be a bit rarer/fancier but still within the normal range.

Of course I have children with incredibly rare names, comes of using names from my home rather than English names although they get the MN seal of approval for acceptable unusualness. So I await their appearance on this thread Grin