Need 'cool' name inspiration

omg, @Marbelised what an essay! people are allowed to dislike the name. Or any other name. I'm solidly exempt from social class for context

Somebody once did a post containing about four hundred 'no's to a thread suggesting my son's name and I thought it was funny.

Don't worry about it @Marbelised - your Ace is not likely to run in the crowds that judge him like many of the posters on here. I think Ace is a cracking name!

I have an 8 year old Sullivan and I wanted Maverick as a middle name (DH vetoed for family names), and the number of posters who said "but people will think of a furry monster from a cartoon!" - well boo hoo! It's not like they look at him and get a shock that he's not a fucking cartoon character!!

So, I have an Ace and this thread has been enlightening!

In case you're interested...

Me and his father are degree educated professionals, with additional professional qualifications.

If I had to put a label on it, we're solidly middle class (but I come from a working class background).

My Ace is likely to end up in one of the professions discussed on here in reference to his name.

He's never had anything horrible said to his face about his name. He gets asked a lot of it's his real name though.

He's funny, charming, ridiculously bright, handsome, athletic and a Grade 8 musician. (I know, I know)

He cares not a jot about the new meaning given to the word Ace.

But what I now know is that a proportion of middle class, middle aged women judge him for his name and wouldn't want him to be their surgeon. Or lawyer. Which, I think, on balance, works out beautifully because it saves him the hassle of dealing with people who think like that, and it saves then from the horror of being got off their speeding ticket by a lawyer called Ace.

I knew it was out there, I knew it wasn't everyone's cup of tea. But I also knew that everyone would get used to it and he would suit his name the way all kids end up suiting their name.

Finally, when I was pregnant with my second son, I asked Ace is he had any name ideas. He said let's call him Brilliant. Or Awesome. And to this day, I kind of regret not calling Ds2 Orson. Because it sure sounds like Awesome!

In a similar vein, I'd be put off choosing tradesmen who have named their business "Ace Decorating" or "Ace Plumbing and Heating".

You really are limiting your world....!

What I said was that if I were choosing a surgeon, as one does when one books a private consultation, I would not choose someone with the names I listed.

Wow

Surely you'd care more about their skills and specialisations than their names?

Ha, really? Maverick is probably THE most pilot-y perfect name!

I love alternative names. I don't consider them to be a hindrance whatsoever. Let's encourage our children to be accepting of differences, and not judgmental.

I know soooooo many coolly-named kids, and no one visibly bats an eyelid.
Kids I know:
Eartha
Blue
Rocky
Beau (female)
Bow (male)
Everest
Calypso
Drummond (known mostly as Drum. Sooooo cool, imho)
Acer (goes by Ace. I've never heard of the connotations, btw)
Dash (longer name is Dashiel but just goes by Dash)
Indiana
Blythe
Bliss
Griffin
Arrow

They are all thriving, from comfortable backgrounds, I really don't see their names holding them back. If they do, they can always use a nickname or just introduce themselves as something else.

So much narrow-minded nonsense on here.

More cool names, please.

It's not Neil Lightyear is it? It's Buzz...

(and yes I know it was his nickname but he still - by choice - went by an unconventional name)

"Teddy / Ted like these but so popular."

"Teddy" is a popular name for cockerpoos, too.

Nothing wrong with the name "Edward" - you can always call him "Ted", "Ned" or "Teddy" for short. If he prefers to be called "Edward" when he's older, he has that option.

I dated a pilot once and he was like a conceited white van man. Pilots aren't like surgeons are lawyers!. Anybody with 50 grand to thrown at the son who didn't get in to college can become a pilot.

oh boy, that's another reason to avoid it! I think that'd be a terrible label to give to a child.

Cash a common sur name in the travelling community. Wht about Cassius?

Ace - Adverse Childhood Experience(s) - score I prefer Bruce. Has back bone. Bruce doesn't care if you think his name's cool or not.
Maverick - what if he's quite conventional. Do you want him to be unusual? What if he prefers to do things the usual way. I like names like Howard, Victor, Sandy (for a man not a woman) and Saul that sound kind of American but not as difficult to carry.
Teddy / Ted like these but so popular. What about Red instead of Ted? You could have R name + Edward nn Red. Love Red as a name. I am mortified typing this but that sounds cool to me!
Archer - not cool, really dislike this.

The list of male high court judges names seems typical of the names given to men born 45 to 70 years ago.

Are "high court judge" names a thing? Can you give me examples of "high court judge" names - I'm intrigued.

You could do a search on Mumsnet and read through the countless threads that mention it.

"The big thing is we feel completely secure and don't feel we need to pander to this conformity snobbery. Which is what it is. We don't have to prove our social status through naming convention."

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The coolest kid I know at the moment is called Cassius.

Really?

We all have preferences. We are all entitled to have preferences.

I don't see that certain names making me cringe is any different to feeling disinclined to buy clothes from a company that calls itself "Sweaty Betty".

In a similar vein, I'd be put off choosing tradesmen who have named their business "Ace Decorating" or "Ace Plumbing and Heating".

"The only people who give a shit about whether their kids have "high court judge" names are those completely insecure about their own class markers"

Are "high court judge" names a thing? Can you give me examples of "high court judge" names - I'm intrigued.

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How about frankly ridiculous instead then? Your are, frankly, being ridiculous.

"One rarely gets to choose a surgeon. But turning one down based on their forename is a bit like turning one down based on accent or skin colour etc. Just makes you ignorant and you should be grateful the NHS isn't merit based"

You are making a lot of assumptions, here.

I did not imply that I would turn down an NHS surgeon on the basis of his or her forename.

What I said was that if I were choosing a surgeon, as one does when one books a private consultation, I would not choose someone with the names I listed.

I did not imply that I would consider a surgeon with any of the names I had listed to be less qualified than someone with a name that did not make me cringe.

I was not thinking about the NHS, where, as you rightly say, you don't often get to select the consultant to whom a referral is being made.

In the past, I have had an NHS consultant with the first name "Tyrone" - not a name I care for but it certainly did not occur to me that he might be any less qualified or skilled than a "Simon" or a "James" or a "Richard".

I would simply be put off by a name that made me cringe were I selecting a specialist out of half a dozen others all with similar qualifications, experience etc.

I don't think that is being "ignorant" nor does it have anything to do with perceptions of class.

I just don't like some names and many of those considered "cool" or "edgy" come into that category.

Is seriously no one bothered that Ace is a code name for asexual people?

Errr no. I don't really give much thought to "code" words for various sexual proclivities - I highly doubt little Ace's kindergarten friends will be mocking him for his perceived asexual name as much as I doubt any reputable employer is going to say "I'm not hiring anyone called Ace because it's code for an asexual person..."

Is seriously no one bothered that Ace is a code name for asexual people?

@RedToothBrush I like Ace too, and know of 2 Mavericks.

The only people who give a shit about whether their kids have "high court judge" names are those completely insecure about their own class markers 🤷🏽‍♀️

My kids sound like law firms, both have "cool" surnames for first names (Scottish husband). It never even occurred to me to worry what their names "said" about them.

And given that the parents of the Bodhi, Mavericks, Reef, Huxley, Lachlan, Brody, and Asher's that I know, are either lawyers, partners in big 4 accounting firms or pediatricians tells you that rich people really don't follow the "high court judge" rules.

Well one day Castiel will be the youngest person to have walked on the Moon. He's going to be much easier to remember than his crew members who will all be Oliver, Sophia, Eva, Alfie etc.

What do they seem like? What class does Ace come from that he wouldn't be a suitable surgeon?

If you are a top surgeon and you have come from a working class background you can bet you are top of the class level to beat all those social disadvantages and social prejudices.

They are the surgeon you want!!!