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Which names do you love that MN usually hates?

65 replies

JingleTheFlamingo · 06/12/2021 13:36

I love Kai and Kyle. I think they're lovely but strong names.

I also love the American surname type names e.g Sullivan, Ryder, Granger, Harrison Edison etc.

I also love names like Ruth, Heather and Camille, though I'm not sure how MN feels about those.

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Leonberger · 06/12/2021 20:17

I’m very ‘boring’ in mumsnet terms and love all of the Eve/Ada/Ida/Eva type names.

Orphlids · 06/12/2021 20:16

I seem to have a soft spot for names which I’m assured by mumsnetters are thoroughly downmarket. Cadence, Cassidy, Bambi, Misty. Cash for a boy.

CaffiSaliMali · 06/12/2021 19:58

I like Welsh names like Mari and Alys and Tomos and Harri which tend to get 'please spell them correctly' comments.

ponkydonkey · 06/12/2021 19:48

@Larryyourwaiter

Balonz 😃
Kai and boolnz 🤣 are odd names please don't do this to your kids
MintyGreenDream · 06/12/2021 19:18

Nevaeh is a beautiful sounding name I just don't like the tackyness of "it's heaven backwards"

Wd2b87 · 06/12/2021 18:05

Nevaeh. But mainly due to the smug "It's Heaven backwards....

Alrite, tnuc 🙂

KateF · 06/12/2021 18:02

Also, I love a lot of the "too popular" names like Rose, Lily, Grace, Isabella (I have one), Eve/Eva etc.

KateF · 06/12/2021 17:58

Summaluvin my best friend at school was called Marguerita. She was a lovely person who died far too young at only 28. I still miss her and would have loved to use her name as a middle name for one of my dds but their dad wouldn't have it.

Larryyourwaiter · 06/12/2021 17:49

Balonz 😃

TheRigatonini · 06/12/2021 17:35

@FKATondelayo

I love 70s/80s glamour names (I have one) - like Tiffany, Kimberley, Christina, Lisa, Tanya, Naomi. I like that they reflect the aspirations and ambitions our parents had for us - we were going to live Dallas style jet setting lives. Grin
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FKATondelayo · 06/12/2021 17:23

I love 70s/80s glamour names (I have one) - like Tiffany, Kimberley, Christina, Lisa, Tanya, Naomi. I like that they reflect the aspirations and ambitions our parents had for us - we were going to live Dallas style jet setting lives. Grin

SummaLuvin · 06/12/2021 17:14

Claudia - I don't put any importance on name meanings, MN have dismissed this and names with similarly 'bad' meanings.

Claude - I love for a girl, traditionally a boys name in UK, but used commonly for girls in France, but MN won't hear of it.

Margarita - such a pretty name, but dismissed here for obvious reasons, however I love pizza and a cocktail, and the name itself.

Constantine - too pretentious/too big of a name to live up to.

Gabriel - some on MN love this name like me, but a good 40% of comments warn of because of it sounding like 'gay' and bullying.

Finally, though I can't think of any names I truly adore that have this issue, MN hate names that have been used in tragic stories/illness/complexes, Delilah and Electra being examples. I think very, very few names have such a strong link to these things that it makes a name unusable (though I appreciate knowledge is power and to some people this would be important).

I completely agree with @toastofthetown on closed mindedness here. If you dare say that you think Myles (or similar) is a bland name then you will be called out for being horrible and cruel... but they merrily mock names that are somewhat out of the ordinary or from diffident cultures.

toastofthetown · 06/12/2021 16:37

I like a lot of ‘poncy’, ‘pretentious’, ‘try-hard’ names. That doesn’t bother me too much. I echo the above comment about Marina that MN generally have a problem with names being used in other contexts. Hector will also get a fair few ‘hectoring’ responses.

The name which is least popular though has to be Lambrini. It’s a Greek name, which means ‘bright, brilliant, shining’. I posted about it and everyone ignored posts saying it was an established Greek name to continue making such witty alcohol jokes Hmm Fine not to like the name and mention it’s a type of drink, but to have no respect for the fact for it’s name in another language pissed me off. For a name forum it can be very closed minded here.

DoucheCanoe · 06/12/2021 16:37

I'm another lover of "naughty" Irish lads names. My DS' name is almost universally hated or described as "meh" on here.

Love Liam, Ruairi and Cian.

I was once told my girls shortlist was "like the books of a stripclub" Hmm - Amber, Becca, Erin, Cassie were some of my favourites!

thewhatsit · 06/12/2021 16:23

@DuneFan

Paul, John and Peter. Biblical, used through the ages and internationally, no nasty abbreviations or mispronunciation risks. Often dismissed here as "dad names".
Nah, Mumsnet loves these names! John is often recommended as a solid, classic that isn’t used much anymore.
Swearwolf · 06/12/2021 15:48

Oh! And I gave my son a name that both sounds like a surname and sounds American...

Swearwolf · 06/12/2021 15:48

I love Violet, so many people on here think it sounds like violent... and I like Margot, which people dismiss as similar to maggot. Ridiculous because it's not pronounced at all the same, but also lots of words sound like other words so I don't see the issue.

And agree with a pp on cecilia, it was on my girls list last time and I don't really care if it means blind. It's not like that's going to magically make her actually be blind. And who even knows what other people's names mean? I know my own and that's about it. It's a beautiful name!

Gensola · 06/12/2021 15:47

Saoirse - my top choice for a girl
Aoife
Joseph
Benjamin

JaneJeffer · 06/12/2021 15:47

Kevin

DaisyWaldron · 06/12/2021 15:45

I like the "try-hard" classical/literary names, the "naughty" (male) and "ugly" ( female) Irish names, and the "ugly and old-fashioned" names like Mildred.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 06/12/2021 15:42

I have a weakness for names like Opal and Misty. Hillbilly names I suppose.

SSOYS · 06/12/2021 15:40

@DuneFan

Paul, John and Peter. Biblical, used through the ages and internationally, no nasty abbreviations or mispronunciation risks. Often dismissed here as "dad names".
I love all these.
PleasantBirthday · 06/12/2021 15:37

Yep I love all the Irish names that are apparently "naughty"

Especially when they're high court judge names! Hilarious!

afrikat · 06/12/2021 15:36

Xander and Jackson

crumblebug · 06/12/2021 15:33

Jeremy nn Jem