Why?? (Actual names given last year)

I don't like Niamh and Siobhan. Because the spelling doesn't work in English.

Well no, because they are Irish names. Spelt in Irish. It’s a different language.

What a narrow minded & ignorant OP. It's quite nasty to pour scorn on names that are perfectly normal in other cultures.

Agree.

Let me guess, OP is English try educating yourself. Maybe you won’t look like such a fool and offend so many people next time you post.

Depends who you know with the name, I suppose.

I think Niamh is lovely. Siobhan not so.

Orinate, urinate not great...

Euan is scottish🙄

Euan is very unusual for a girl but I know a female Cameron and a female Finley.

Courtney, Hillary, Beverly, Sidney, Leslie and Lindsay all started as male names.

There was a thread recently where someone suggested Aubrey for a girl.

Euan isn’t any different really.

The rest of the list as others have said, lots of them are perfectly normal names.

Well Niamh is also an ancient Irish name with its origin in pre Christian mythology, so yes I suppose it could be considered “dated”.

She was the golden haired daughter of the Celtic sea god.

Neev and Shavaughn are horrible.
Niamh and Siobhan sound a bit dated.

6 of those names are extremely common in the country where I live.

I don't like Niamh and Siobhan. Because the spelling doesn't work in English

And yet it does in Irish. Funny that

If people are too stupid to learn spellings of foreign names, own it. Don't tell other people their names are a bad idea.

I correct what I said earlier btw.

It should have been
OP: What do you think of
MN Jury: Nooo you can't use that, they'll spend their lifetime spelling it.

We are a union of four countries but you wouldn't think it.

Take the poster above. Naimh and Siobhan are Irish names. Irish is one of the languages of the United Kingdom. Why on earth shouldn't a child in the UK be called by an Irish name? It's not even an exotic language - Northern Ireland is part of the UK!

lljkk yes that is racist, or at least incredibly narrow minded. Why shouldn't someone with Irish heritage call their child a name from their own culture?

The UK especially is an international place. Just look at the English language for example! It has so many influences.

It's totally patronising to expect people to Anglicise their DC's names. Why on earth should they?

I don't like Niamh and Siobhan. Because the spelling doesn't work in English. I wouldn't care if they are spelled Neev or Shavaughn. I guess Brits want to blast me for being low class terrible person to spell them like that. Also racist to even suggest it's possible to spell the names like that. Which is funny, since same people might sneer at KC. If it's racist to change spellings used by original culture, then why have I never met a יהושע?

I would warn an American living in London about to call her baby Fanny. Normal name where we come from, but it sounds vulgar here. My kids can't get over me talking about my Uncle Dick, either. Some names just don't transfer well... across cultures, languages or even time.

I think Godstime is Nigerian?

Cauvery is a Hindu name.

"Some of these names are actually perfectly real names in other cultures "

Exactly.

e.g. Timotei...ha, ha, shampoo? No: Eastern European..."Timothy"

What's the source of the 'list', OP?

I was wondering what on earth is wrong with Euan but missed it was on the girls' list... that said, using traditional boys' names for girls is increasingly common these days.

A lot of these will be perfectly normal names outside of white British culture.

Sneer away though if it makes you happy :)

I know a KC (pronounced identical to Casey). That's not multicultural. It is imo awful though.

Wow OP you really picked a bad list to make your point didn't you. At least half those names are perfectly normal every day names in another country. So all you've done is exposed yourself as a rather thick ignorant racist. Nice one.

Totally agree about the unconscious racism though.

MN baby names is full of it.

OP: What do you think of
MN Jury: Nooo you can't use that, they'll spend their lifetime spelling it.

If we don't use the names from our own cultures they'll die off. The English have got used to Niamh and Siobhan, there's room for some more non-English names! Especially when we're reflecting our heritage.

Most of these are perfectly normal. I know a number of Chus and six Daires. It's a common Irish name

But a name that works both places isn't hard. I've family here and in the US with family elsewhere and they have named their children with names that work in both cultures.

A cousin has a name that if pronounced properly can sound very much like the n-word. Yes, it's a classic name, beautiful meaning - but it still sounds like that. Another's family nickname for her is 'fah-ti', which to an English speaking ear is fatty or farty.

@FrancisCrawford

Euan is a perfectly normal name

For a girl?!

I've worked in very mullticultural schools in London and recognise a lot of these names. I'm sure most of them are perfectly normal in other cultures. I like the diversity of names personally.