Names you don't like that are loved on here

Persephone IS so pronounced Percy-phone. And my cousin Penny's full name is Penny-lope.

before the flaming starts, I know it's not but it is in my head

Poppy is definitely shit. I love Persephone.

My grandma was a Daisy so that is def not a toddler name!

It's definitely purs-EFF-uh-nee here in the uk. Purs e phony made me laugh though.

I don't think there are many names I actively dislike, thinking about it. There are some I am "over" if you get my drift- I like hearing "new" ones.

I am a name whore, though. for some reason, I find names fascinating and love finding them out when, eg. A new baby is announced. I have always thought myself a little strange though, this probably proves it!

Poppy - boak. Past 5 years of age, that name does not work.

Oh and Archie, Alfie, Arthur etc etc

Hugo
Rupert
Toby
Max
Monty
etc

Class is different here though. I know plenty of people here who are "naice" and they have kids named Hudson or Madison or Caeden or Jase.

I'm considered weird with my Samuel, Margaret, and William! :o Especiallu Margaret. That really threw people.

Monstrous I would have thought so, that's why I was confused to see "purse a phony" up thread :)

Oh my sons mentioned here once hehe! My daughters not but I don't think her names MNnapproved anyway!

I hate any 'timeless' and 'classic' names. They're just not for me. However, whenever I meet a child with a classic name, it always suits them beautifully :-)

In the US Persephone is "Per-SEFF-a-nee", not purse a phony.

It's Per-SEFF-uh-nee here, as far as I'm concerned. Never heard it said any other way.

I quite like Reuben, but my sister in the US just barked 'It's a sandwich!' which made me laugh.

I've met people called Boris, all Eastern European.

And the reason we all have Name Hate (or more accurately, Name Anxiety) is of course, our attitudes to and insecurity about class.

We did want something unique. But on looking AT THE ACTUAL STATISTICS we found that most of the 'unusual names' we were considering were far from it.

In the end we found a name that is unique, but also had great meaning to us and was on trend but without being too much so, and it fitted in with our family too. And its spellable without any ambiguity. In short it ticked all the boxes for us.

I don't see why we have to tick other people's boxes. Maybe it just makes other people doubt themselves rather than have the courage of their own conviction.

There are class, and social and economic insecurities with regard to names so I think that makes people even more sensitive about it. A name choice reflects something about you and what you want to project to the world.

The funny thing is we live at a time where those structures within our society are changing due to the way we communicate and how things have become much more global.

I was looking at the differences between how we name in the UK and how the US the other day and found it really interesting. Article here for anyone interested. (The latter half is far better than the start so stick with it) The jist of it is the reality is that while American names are often about aspiring toward a certain world or status, British names are all too often about guarding status and ensuring your child’s name conveys the right class message.

One of the baby blogs, posted a newspaper article from the 1940s about 'sensible baby names' a couple of weeks ago It amused me greatly as it does remind me of so many threads on here

I personally think that parents in the UK are becoming a lot more freer in their choice and more Americanised in their thinking. So there is much more of a clash between those who aspire by keeping to their social status and those who aspire by giving 'out there' names. And there are those who are really threatened by those who don't want or don't care about those social statuses. Hence even more name angst and wrinkling of noses than perhaps there has been in the past.

I know a Romilly and an Arlo IRL and they are both delightful, so on behalf of their mums: bog off Mumsnet

Oh, and DD1's name is now putting in a strong showing. Job done, I think.

Spot on, RedToothBrush. Don't care what other people think. We didn't set out to have deliberately unique names, we just wanted something a bit different that people would be able to pronounce and spell, and something that wasn't going to date them.

It makes me laugh. All this angst about the 'high court judge test' and which nicknames are ok to use.

It's all so middle class to care.

Excellent, DD2's name is universally loathed. That means it's not going to be too popular then. Jolly good. grin
See that's the thing isn't it! Its NICE to have different tastes.

If you get worked up by faceless ransoms on the Internet disliking your name then you need to grow a thicker skin.
Indeed. You may have to deal with them in real life too... Though in truth, people do this shocked look, then politely go that's an unusual/different name with a face that looks like it just swallowed a lemon flavoured wasp. DS name is definitely marmite. Loads of people do genuinely love it too.

Does anyone else worry that their tastes have been affected by reading these forums?
Not really. I think it makes me happier about my own choice and more confident in it. I do find it interesting reading that the options we didn't choose tend to be more popular than I thought they would be, which in turn does make you feel like you belong and if anything, that our unusual choice perhaps will appeal to more tastes than MN might reflect.

There is always going to be someone who doesn't like your choice. Just in the same way that no one ever likes the same music. The trouble is if you take it too personally.

Yes Damp! When my SIL announced they were calling their DS Kai I recoiled in horror! SIL is not a MNetter so had no idea that she had doomed her beautiful baby to a life of general "chaviness" and had ruined all chances of him becoming a High Court Judge

Yes dampandrotten. I find myself worrying that classics like Ben and Emma are 'boring' whilst entertaining the idea of having dc's called Romilly and Anastasia etc. Such names would never have entered my head before. Not sure if a good thing or not, but at times think I'm heading for 'unusual' and 'quirky' rather than names I actually like!!!

Has Gideon cropped up yet?

I'm sure I've seen it on here.

Ridiculous, looks a bit like pigeon.

Does anyone else worry that their tastes have been affected by reading these forums?

Annabelle
Eloise
Louisa
Marianne
Summer

Oh I love Harriet! When I was little I thought it was the ugliest name in the world. Now I think it's fantastic.

I know a girl whose grandmothers were both called Harriet. Her parents wanted to name her after them. She's Teirrah. Yes really. :o Lovely girl!

Tabitha, Felicity, Annabelle.

Arlo & Ottilie. They just sound...off to me.

Maybe because I know I'd sound fucking ridiculous shouting them out in the parks round where I live

MrsSchadenfreude