What names do you judge the most?

Normal names spelt in a "speshul" way
Eg Lilli
Mai
Jordyn
Jorjina

Hyphenated Christian names. FFS choose a name!
Lolly-Jo
Sarah-Marie
(It's always girls names isn't it?)

Children named after drinks, animals:
Wolfie
Chardonnay

But it's a reflection on the parents, not the child.

This will offend.....

Teddy.

It's cute for about 3 years.

Also Ted. It's a film about a bear not suitable for children.

In this horrific story of child abuse, the child in question was named Tequiilah. I do think it tells us something about the selfishness and stupidity of the parents.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3364190/Nightclub-waitress-partner-jailed-total-16-years-one-smashed-four-month-old-daughter-s-head-hard-surface-row.html

He's real - a "retired member" of the RCVS! Anything less bad than that is fine by me!

I do judge some names but not the child. Tbh it's usually young parents too.
I have to admit that the majority of the time the name suits the child and once you know them you can't imagine them called anything else.
Names like Mackenzie, Chardonnay etc
Not bashing young parents at all as I was 17 when I had my first but they do usually choose fashion names over thinking that this name will be forever

Names with pointless extra letters shoved in: Tobey, Abbey, Dannii... I assume the parents are irritating and childish. Shoot me.

And yes, should clarify, it is only the parents I judge in any name instances. There is so much egotistical naming about.

Yes, everybody names their children according to their own taste (what else can you do, really?) but I feel incredibly sorry for the children of parents who forget the reason behind naming - neutral identifiers to see a child through life well, without limitations.

No biscuits from me, I've got no issue telling you.

I judge:

Parents who name their girls cutesy-sickly sweet names like Princess or Rainbow, that will limit a serious professional woman's chances in the workplace. Or worse, typecast her from day 1 at school, and prevent her from ever accessing a serious professional workplace.

And poorly spelled names. Not less popular, alternate spellings - but using a made up spelling for unique purposes. It doesn't change the name in any way, just makes life harder for the unlucky sole stuck with it.

random Everard Cock 😂😂😂

The only names I judge are where the parents haven't thought it through e.g. Wayne Kerr, Everard Cock or Henrietta Cock.

My cousin thought she'd 'be a bit different' and so gave her daughter a double-barreled name, but instead of using a hyphen she used an apostrophe, i.e. Lily'Mai. I have to admit I did judge that a bit.

I once knew someone (not well) who named her children initials. Literally just initials, like NK. It didn't stand for anything like Nicholas Kevin, it was just NK. She had 3 kids, all with initials as names. I judged her. I knew this person personally.

Through work I've know some dreadful names, but it would be inappropriate for me to put them down.

Of course I don't CARE what anyone else names their kids, and they are invariably lovely and unique children. I know people judge DS' name!! It's just how it is though.

I agree, everyone judges everyone all the time and a name is a big part of a first impression.
As above re. Jayden-Jai, Lola-Mae type names, but I get just as about dull names too. If I meet another Isabelle...! I know two sets of twins called Isabella and Amelia!

EVERYONE judges people and has first impressions, your name being one of them but there's a difference between thinking god she sounds chavvy or oh my what an awful name and actively dismissing someone as thick or uneducated because of something out of their control.

I genuinely worry my ds name will get judged...he is ten but when I had him i was quite young. and thought was the most beautiful name in the world. I am not saying it but suffice to say it is now widely known as very "chavvy"

my younger dc are called more traditional names

so I would not judge any name but some names, the lola-mae's of the world etc I may assume the parent is young

I don't think you're being a complete tit at all. How we name our children tends to reflect who we are, our values, our likes and dislikes.

Like others have said, I don't judge the child or the parents...but I do have an immediate thought as to what the parents are like.
As someone else said, I always assume that Hugo or Cressida's parents are terribly middle class, and that Rylie-Jai or Franki-Blue's parents are chavs then give myself a little talking to and realise that I'm being a complete tit.
Having said that....I live on an RAF station, and the station xommander's wife attends play group with their toddler. His name is Montgomery I didn't know the woman, but as soon as I heard the kid's name I immediately thought "she's an officer's wife"

And therefore she will self limit as women who internalise patriarchal gender norms do...

Yes, but the thing is that you can't control who is going to judge you on your name and it could be someone who can make decisions over your life such as a prospective employer. I also don't think the judgement is necessarily consciously done; I just think a woman with a classic name will be advantaged in some situations over the woman with the silly baby name. The baby-name woman is also likely to internalise that infantilisation especially if (as is likely if her parents thought a baby name was appropriate) the parents impose limiting gender roles in other areas of life.

Are you trying to spot which one of us is Katie Hopkins?

From an earlier post, if you think to yourself what were the parents thinking, then you are judging. Even if you treat neither definitely.

We all judge each other. And whatever is presented to us by others. It's human nature. What may vary is what we give importance to and how we act on those judgements.

"Tbh I think anyone who is seriously going to judge you based on your name is not someone you want in your life"

Totally. Thankfully I don't know anyone in RL who judges a person by their name. Awful. Or if they do, they keep it to themselves, anyway.

I know what you mean OP I think a lot of mumsnetters judge names that aren't 'proper' and insist on using the full name which is never going to be used . Tbh I think anyone who is seriously going to judge you based on your name is not someone you want in your life . While if I met a Pixie-Boo I might think oh gosh what were the parents thinking I wouldn't treat them or the parents any differently.

Star - would say boho parents but Starr is just too try hard (I know one of each but only ever met Starr's dm)

Equally I know three sets of twins where one has a really unique name and the other has what I would consider a 'normal' name. Think Fox & Charlie, Wolf & Jack, Nova & Sophie. I'm still not sure what to make of that and each set of twins are between 2&7yrs now.

Average/popular names like Alfie, Jack, Tom, Oliver, Rose, Sophia, Charlie, Alice etc makes me think that the parents are safe if that makes sense. That's about it really, even peculiar names tend to sounds okay after a while, I knew a kid named Wolfgang, thought the parents were quite daring at first 😂 but then it just became another name.