Thoughts to the name Sienna?

I like it a lot.

I love it and considered it for DD but literally every single baby girl I know that has been born since has been a Sienna so I'm quite glad we didnt. Think its having a moment

My son actually used to go to school with a Sienna and when he couldn’t pronounce her name, he used to say, ‘Senna’ which put me off even more!

Nor me. As soon as I hear the name ‘Sienna’, I instantly think of Senna the laxative.

It's very popular.I'm not keen on it.

4 years on but yes!! Reminds me of Senna the laxative (I am a nurse) 🤣

I hate the word "chav", but it would be foolish to deny that certain names do carry certain class connotations. That doesn't make our class system right, of course. I very much hope that I would never judge people on things like that, and that others would not judge either, but the reality is that unconscious bias does play a significant role in things like recruitment, admissions etc. We really need to get rid of the names from these processes in order to be completely fair.

I'm afraid I don't like the name Sienna - it reminds me of the old Ford Sierra! It is very popular at the moment, but I think it will date badly. Mind you, I tend to have fairly classic tastes and hate lots of the names that MN loves!

Oops have just read above posts, now I realise I have used the wrong word, don't mean to insult anyone, sorry :(

It was number 26 in 2015 in the UK so quite popular, and though it is very pretty I'm afraid I have to agree with some of the comments above (chavvy), sorry :(

Oh the UK and its enduring class obsession.

Irish names - naughty boy names

Polish names - oh the spelling looks so wrong

Anything that can't be found in the Telegraph birth announcements- chavvy

Unless you call them Shithead their name is unlikely to make any difference at all. If it does and they have that much about them they'll change it themselves

It's not literally about high court judges it's about would by children's names be deemed 'acceptable' in a high powered job. (Can the working class bit be hidden?)

See I knew you were kidding about the cv thing but the sad truth is that conversations like the ones seen on this thread and others mean that young people with those names might as well have their cvs put in the bin because apparently it's okay to judge them. Everyone else is doing it and it can't be denied. Devastating for all of them.

Because you want your child to be able to access any opportunities that may be open to them in life. You support them in every way you can. Their name is just one tiny part of that. It's not about literally thinking they will become a judge.

Why do people even think about the high court judge test?

Because it's shorthand for 'white, upper middle class, professional'.

Lep stop stressing let it be. You might as well argue against the wind. You have nothing to prove to anyone on here

No, you wanted to believe there was somebody out there who threw CVs in the bin based on initials, because it helped you get all frothed up and professionally offended.

Well you are exceptionally naive if you think that there aren't people who do throw cvs in the bin because of the first name or ethnic origin of the name. It isn't a long hop to names beginning with certain initials either. We just all thought you were particularly silly and really bad at your job.

Why do people even think about the high court judge test?

There are approximately 15,000 barristers and 115,000 solicitors in this country.

As of February 2017 there were 100 Judges in the high court.

In a population of almost 70 million, there are hardly any lawyers and next to no judges.

The chances of your child becoming a high court judge are so far beyond remote as to not even be worth thinking about.

I'm not upset?

With all due respect to you I do know something about you, as you've made your disdain of anything working class pretty clear. You chose to use the word 'chavtastic' to describe a fairly ordinary name like Sienna. If you're going to get upset that people draw conclusions from this may I suggest refraining from using the word chav in future?

Good. Let's hope that your daughter grows up to be in charge of admissions at Oxford then and can ensure that everybody gets a fair chance.

So are these names only chavvy when they are floating around in hypotheses. When they become attached to a person does all that judgment you have fall away and you see the real and true person?

I understand well enough how the world works and what I understand most of all is how you are helping perpetuate snobbery with your free and easy use of culturally loaded discriminatory words as if it's okay to do so.

My daughter will be brought up to know that her name and the name of everyone she meets is not a tool to judge, sneer or demean.

Bunty, with all due respect, you know nothing about me and how I challenge discrimination. You're making assumptions which in the spirit of this thread, is not on really, is it?

No, you wanted to believe there was somebody out there who threw CVs in the bin based on initials, because it helped you get all frothed up and professionally offended.

No, the only irony on this thread was you claiming you challenge discrimination. That gave me a goid chuckle.