Sibling for India and Rafferty

I just had a look at the top 100 girls' names of 2020, and noticed that Sienna, Luna, Mya, Scarlett, Layla, Aria, Violet, Lotte, Aurora, and Lola are all more popular than Elizabeth, with Delilah only a couple of places behind, ahead of Eleanor, Hope, Zoe, Amelie and Anna.

So if a Delilah, Aurora or Lola would be an unusual bully-magnet, what hope is there for girls with the much more attention-seeking rarity value names outside the top 100, like Catherine, Eve, Megan or Isobel?

I knew a brother and sister at school called Orlando and Jocasta.
They were known universally and introduced themselves as Olly and Jo.

Gabriel and Aurora

You've cherry picked those to suit your own argument

Those examples are the main elements of each vignette.

The majority of the individuals contributing to the article cited the responses of stupid, ignorant, and possibly hard of hearing others as reasons they regret name choices.

We have similar taste, I've got a new Rafferty! I come from a family with unusual names going back generations so wanted something with a classic feel but unusual.

Ignore the nasty posters, we've had nothing from compliments from people on his name. It might not be for everyone, but no name ever is!
The unpleasant posters probably have children with incredibly bland names and can't fathom the idea of wanting a more memorable and individual name.

We also considered Casper, Kit, Evander, Felix, Ophelia, Matilda, Tabitha, Felicity.

Carol
Elaine
Gary
Dave

But no "class" is mentioned

@Germolenequeen
LOL. No class needs mentioning here.

@DillonPanthersTexas and if you did you’d probably get your thread removed. Seen it done plenty of times.

@Germolenequeen you know exactly what is being implied and to pretend it’s not a class related comment is just being deliberately obtuse.

Some people are ‘achingly middle class’, so what?

Who wants to live their life by MN’s rigid class rules? Those at the top apparently get the best deal as they’re allowed to call their kids whatever they like. Others have to stay in their lane.

Of the list I know an Aurelia, Nova, Cosima, Athena, Callista, Sibylla, Zinnia, Allegra, Phineas, Heloise, 2 Hesters…

Artemisia, Artemisia, be darhling and pick up some pomegranate seeds and a fair trade mango from Waitrose"

@Germolenequeen, this ^^ is mockery.

@mathanxiety

But no "class" is mentioned

What would be a working class name?

I have no issues mocking all the Khaleesi's,
hyphenated Molly-Mai's etc or any girl's name with a double 'ee' at the end. Throw into the mix phonetically spelt Irish names.

Sorry that was for @Germolenequeen

Refer to the ‘Waitrose’ comment above.

You've cherry picked those to suit your own argument 🙄

"Artemisia, Artemisia, be darhling and pick up some pomegranate seeds and a fair trade mango from Waitrose"

@Germolenequeen, this ^^ is mockery.

Here are examples of people who are stupid, ignorant, and/or hard of hearing from the guardian article, which with one or two exceptions describes the responses of stupid, hard of hearing, and ignorant responses to names:

hefty and tease-worthy moniker

• This is all about appeasing other people, handling their insecurities for them.

• Ditto.

I realised the name is always associated with bad characters in films and TV too – such as gang members. When my son was a boy there was a teacher perception that he’d be someone to watch, just because he was called Scott.

• That's a pretty stupid teacher, and it's very troubling that a child was judged in advance.

...people think it’s his surname, no one can spell it

• Seriously, how hard is it to spell Rafferty? It obeys all the phonics rules.

• Hard of hearing, or just stuck in their own little world?

...we needed a name that would work in both English and French. We settled on Cléo (pronounced Clay-o) which is also a nod to my Egyptian heritage. Unfortunately, we have since found that people constantly mishear it as Claire and when corrected still pronounce it as Cleo...

• Stupid, hard of hearing...

...we hadn’t taken into account other people not being familiar with it...

• Other people's ignorance, in other words.

• Hard of hearing? Ignorant? Astrid isn't an odd or weird name unless you rarely read and don't get out much.

No one is mocking any "class" of name just giving opinions on what they perceive as ridiculous or potentially unsuitable 🤷‍♀️

Imagine if someone was mocking a ‘working class’ name in the way some people are mocking names on here. There would be uproar.

"Artemisia, Artemisia, be darhling and pick up some pomegranate seeds and a fair trade mango from Waitrose"

The only way to break free from the class prison is to think and act as if it doesn't exist. The class system only exists because it is maintained by constant self-policing on the part of all of its victims.

Bodhi is appalling. Absolute man-bun of a name

That's the funniest thing I've read recently!

Is Isis expected to change her name?

Of course not but going forward to avoid any negative connotations maybe the name could be avoided - a bit like Adolf is 🤔

I hope you find something you like soon, op.

Macglllicudy
Macaneaspaigh
Mcentaggart Anne
Dave

Sorry Dillon not Demon.