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I went to a college open day with my daughter today, and i was really glad she wasn't called....

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Tortington · 04/11/2008 17:52

poppy or daisy type names

but a lovely traditional name.

she wants to do Law - and i would have felt silly saying "poppy wants to do law"

i really think people should think beyond the immediate future.

not putting on hard hat cos am hard !

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Fllightthebluetouchpaper · 04/11/2008 21:13

I do have a minor problem with someone calling a child Jaydon D'Mackenzie Kyle Adidas Thruxted Twonk.

but that is just my personal line to cross iyswim.

Liffey · 04/11/2008 21:13

Don't get personal fgs, not necessary, I'm not patronising or preachy, I just have an opinion, same as you seem to.

That is allowed.

Tracy was originally a boy's name.

RachieB · 04/11/2008 21:12

"I'm always wary of 'cute' names- adorable on a toddler but they don't particularly inspire confidence in an adult"

i have to agree TBH!

LoolaBoys · 04/11/2008 21:11

It is all such a myth that these names will make children do worse at school. What about Dr. Pixie McKenna on Embarassing illnesses. And she is in her 30's at least, so the anme would have been even more unusual then.

I don't like traditional names but I don't jump on people for being boring, ordinary and unoriginal if that is what they choose to have.

MrsMattie · 04/11/2008 21:10

You all say this, but how do you know what people will think of your 'classic' names in years to come? Sharon and Tracy might be revived in the way that Elsie and Stanley and Arcgie have been recently. William and Alexander and Charlotte might become cringey old names that nobody would dream of calling their kids. Don't be too smug!

ScottishMummy · 04/11/2008 21:05

LOL because a boy called sharon/tracy would be bitty weird

TheMadHouse · 04/11/2008 21:04

I have to agree my boys have strong traditional names, that are not old fashioned, but have stood the test of time and also can grow with them.

I would hate for them to be stuck with a name that was too "of its time". I also didnt want them to be come the Tracey or Sharon of their generation

MrsMattie · 04/11/2008 20:59

Yeah, because universities so often base their admissions policy on what someone is called .

Don't be so ridiculous.

Lockets · 04/11/2008 20:58

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changer22 · 04/11/2008 20:57

DD1 has a rather unusual name but she wants to be a tap dancer so she'll be alright.

Liffey · 04/11/2008 20:54

No it's more than just my opinion Lockets. HOney has sexual connotations. It is exactly the kind of name a woman in the sex industry would take on as a pseudonom.

Women in the sex industry don't pretend to be Rachels or Marthas. They pretend to be Honey, Scarlett, Lola, Sugar, Candy, Mitsy etc...

If you want to USE your daughter to push back the boundaries, and challenge our preconceived ideas, then nobody can stop you, but it wouldn't be the best thing for your daughter.

beansontoast · 04/11/2008 20:52

(oh jeez that is supposed to say CANT work out)

beansontoast · 04/11/2008 20:51

i take it you mean when you dont say 'poppy wants to do law' to your friends/other mums...not to her teachers, a la helicopter parent?

(i can work out another way of saying that...it makes sense to me)

SmugColditz · 04/11/2008 20:40

This is precisely the reason I named my boys after 55 year old accountants.

Lockets · 04/11/2008 20:40

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Liffey · 04/11/2008 20:36

Lockets, No to 'Honey'.

Lap dancer fake name. anybody who calls their dd Honey is really stupid. It's so sexualised and insubstantial.

I think Rose, Daisy, Poppy and Lily are too mainstream now to make anybody really think anything at all. And they certainly will be too mainstream by the time that bunch start going to uni!

ScottishMummy · 04/11/2008 20:16

what a dumbass thread.feeling bored looking for an obvious topic.aye names,works every time

next

not bothered about anyone one else name frankly but am wondering if the poppy/daisy mummy's noticed the competitive mum in the corner muttering "shes going to do law,y'all"

BabyBaby123 · 04/11/2008 20:08

god,i don't care what others think of my dc names. I agree there are some really awful names out there atm which set kids up terribly but they are in a minority - other names - so what? some people don't like them - that's their issue. I don't believe names hold a child back unless they are really, truly awful - I don't think names like poppy, daisy etc fall into that category

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RomanCandleQueen · 04/11/2008 18:47

We gave DS a traditional Welsh name, but it sounds very "different" here in deepest, darkest Sussex.
However, we did give him two strong traditional middle names if he wanted to be called something else.
I do think doing the "CV test" on a name is important ie "If I were reading his CV, would the name X put me off giving him the job?"

Sparkletastic · 04/11/2008 18:43

jolly good - I'm very glad you were able to hold your head up high.

Fllightthebluetouchpaper · 04/11/2008 18:42

Custy don't want to jump on you or anything but Poppy and Daisy are really traditional names.

They're just coming back into fashion. There were loads of them in, say, the 1940s. They're not odd. What is odd is that girlsd/women atre now allowed to go into these professions and somehow it feels like a strange thing seeing a lawyer called 'Daisy' because women aren't traditionally lawyers. Nothing to do with the name, more the change in society. And again, I give you Condoleezza.

I think if I have a girl I'll call her James.

LunarSea · 04/11/2008 18:42

Ever read Freakonomics? There's a bit in there about how names predict outcomes - girls called Alex or Sam more likely to have scientific type careers, etc.

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Tortington · 04/11/2008 18:42

yes lynette i remember that being on mumsnet at the time.

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