How do you feel when you see your child’s name mentioned?

People stumble on it or mangle it or use something different or tell me that my name is something else. It gets misspelt quite frequently

I cringe each time I hear it being mangled. If I meet several people in one day (e.g. hospital appointment) this will be by each new person.

It's not an unusual name in my culture, but one that isn't extremely popular.

My daughters and I have very Irish names that English speakers have to ask how to pronounce.
On MN this is the end of the fucking world.

My ds's name wouldn't be liked on here (surname/slightly American type!) but I've seen a thread about DD's and was generally well liked. I still love both names, they really suit them and it doesn't bother me either way!

In the 10 or so years I've been on here, I've watched my daughter's name go from being boring to nice.

My DD is called Jessica which I think is as unoffensive as they come! However I've seen a few times on here that it sounds like sick which feels like a real stretch to me!

@EnglishMcSwedeFace, I think it's a lovely name, if it's the one I think it is.

My daughter's name seems to divide opinion; some say it's lovely others say it's hard, that any name starting with Ass is a recipe for disaster, it's too faddy, they hate it. I don't really mind, we don't live in England and here it's a perfectly normal name that nobody has judged (not to our faces anyway!).
My son's name has never been suggested, though I haven't searched the English version of his name but it's pretty classic so I can't imagine it being too controversial.

My own name came up on the virtuous names thread, I think it's considered over-used on Mumsnet and I do find virtuous names are generally difficult to live up to so it doesn't bother me that people aren't very keen all the time.

My DS's name is either beautiful, literary and underused or wet and pretentious. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground. I love it so it doesn't bother me when I see the latter type of comments.

DD's name tends to get better reviews. I've seen it occasionally fall into the category of "I wish I was brave enough to use this".

My own name is usually derided as boring and overused and I totally agree!

My name is ‘wet’ apparently.

Ooh ooh ooh @hotmeatymilk is it Bertha? Or Pamela? Agatha???

My DS's name is a well respected classic but not too common name, hence MN approves. My DD's name starts with a K, say no more

My two daughters names never seem to get strong reactions either way.
My sons name is probably considered to be a "bad boy name" although he really is lovely and well behaved.
I generally don't care what other people think. I love the names I've chosen for my kids and I couldn't imagine any of them to be called anything other than they are!

My daughter’s name is more a “classic” name, so the comments tend to be that it’s boring, nice but dull, just sort of fine but not very interesting. I don’t really mind that.

My name is an uncommon (but widely accepted and old) spelling of an already uncommon name. Whenever it’s mentioned on here the strong preference is for the more common spelling. The other spelling is more “fussy” to my eyes, it’s unnecessarily longer. But of course I have a biased opinion!

@Strokethefurrywall It’s not! But I love Martha. It’s in that genre – my family are fans of the old lady names, stuffier the better, we’re a step away from having Agneses and Dorises.

@hotmeatymilk is your name Martha?

I love it!!

My daughters name is quite liked on mn lately, but I've also seen people say it's a bit 'horsey' or jolly hockeysticks

DD’s name took an absolute pasting recently but I don’t care, I read the thread chortling and assumed the posters all used safe, top 10, boring names: Grace, Olivia, Evie, etc. She loves her name and that’s all that matters. It suits her.

My own name gets a 50/50 review of “classic” vs “plain, stodgy, doughy”.

Both their names seem to be “lovely but too popular/similar to others names”. I knew this already and don’t really care. Their middle names “nice but only as a nickname for too cutesy”.

My name is too 80s and dated but again not a surprise to me, I hate it for similar reasons!

My name is Baileigh, which is everything mumsnet hates. Stupid spelling, surname, masculine, dog name etc.

My kids are Amelie and Max. I love their names.

My DD's name gets the classic "she don't thank you" comments, which are funny because how could any of us possibly know what the babies we're naming will think in a few years? It's a marmite name but to be honest, I prefer it that way. Some love it.

Her middle name is possibly one of the most hated names I've ever seen mentioned here, I think the only positive comments I've read on it have been from me. 😆 But I chalk it up to cultural differences (I'm not from the UK though I live here), and anyway I love it. It did give me pause when I saw it so skated, but I got over it quick!

My oldest 2 have "chav" names, and will never be high court judges. So sad. They're devastated about that, I'm sure.

The next 2 have biblical names, that weren't in fashion when I named them but have become more popular, so people say there are loads of them about, but I've not met many of either name.

My youngests name is "pretentious" and "try hard" and "posh"

I'm very confused about whether I'm a chav or posh.

I tend to laugh, or play bingo when a worst name thread appears. My eldest's is usually right up there within the first couple of posts.