Being horribly judgemental (baby name related)

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Someone I know has had a beautiful baby boy. The name she has given him is a bit odd.

I know it's not my place to have an opinion but I can't help but think this poor boy will be made fun of as he grows up. I've name changed as I don't know for sure she's not on here and I don't want her to find the rest of my posts if she is. I know of no other children with this name. She's from a similar socioeconomic background as me.
She's called him Cloud. I can't even think of a nickname he could go by.

I agree Op, I think it’s a dreadful name.

Of course the OP is judgemental. Rightly so.
All these people called Claire and Sue deciding that they want to make their child unique by giving them made up names.

You think Cloud is a good name? Great, call yourself Cloud!

No-one will care at school.

I love the name Cloud.
But this is coming from someone who gives their kids really weird middle names very much on the line of Cloud and my middle son asked me if he could change it to something normal, this weekend 😭😭😭

I think it's quite nice. I don't think children get teased at school over their name anymore. How could they when they are in a class full of kids with unique made up names with only the minority being called Oliver and Amelia? You'd be teasing 22 kids about their name instead of one. The same way children don't get taunted for wearing glasses or having red hair anymore.

My kids have really unusual names - so much so that my grandad refused to call one of my DDs by her actual name and called her Betty instead

I dunno. I sort of get it. Even with me naming my kids what I did...I was surprised at Cloud. But through the thread, it is sort of growing on me. I love unusual names so I’m not really your target audience for bewilderment 😆🤷🏻‍♀️

I think the kid will be fine. People do just accept names within a few days of using it. And it’s all in the eye of the beholder - a very dear friend named her baby a very Oscar Wilde-ish upper middle class, turn of the century type name and I HATE it, it doesn’t roll off the tongue easily and I feel stupid saying it...but it’s a legitimate name, more so than what I called my kids so who am I to say?

I quite like it. No worse than Storm of Rain. Both games we see. Also LOVE Basil @northernknickers

I have a very unusual name and was teased all the time. I think Cloud is a bit pretentious, but wouldn't give it another thought. My first thought wasn't of those white fluffy things in the sky, but cloud storage.

Like another poster I really dislike creative spellings for names that people are already familiar with - Konner anyone?

I love it! But I was a big final fantasy fan

Yes all the children I know from the local primary that are called Alfie or George even sign their Mother's Day cards from Alfie W and George O because of course there are other Alfies and Georges in the class. They just get used to having that name George O.

We had two girls who had the exact same name, same spelling and no middle names at all. They were called Tall and Small because that was the only different thing about them. Totally unrelated too. Fortunately the school has more than one class per year so they were separated.

We had 5 Isobelle/Isobel/Isabelle/Isabels recently at school. There aren't five classes though to spread them over, so again tack on the first letter of their surname.

Cloud is just like any other name. To children it is just a name, a sound that comes out of the mouth. I went to school with a Pinku. Didn't think it was odd at all. That doctor on Embarrassing Bodies is called Pixie isn't she.

Are they Holly and Callum of Vlogging fame? Their little boy is Cloud-Issac but they just call him cloud.

I have never come across a person called cloud. But then again I live in quite a traditional area.

I got absolutely slated for not liking the first name seven and was called old fashioned for being concerned the child could be embarrassed being introduced as an adult, particularly in professional environments.

I think cloud is another name like this. While I appreciate the world will be a very different place in thirty years, I still think it’s a bit too out there.

But the thing about names is...who decided that a bunch of letters that make up the sound John, George, Emma, Sarah etc are names and not other words? Even names steeped in religious history....at the very, very, very beginning, they’re still just a group of letters that became accepted as a name.

If they weren’t known as names, they’d just be weird sounds that didn’t have any semantic meaning but they’re acceptable because if hundreds of years of being names. So why not anything else?

We know a River and a Forest, so I don’t think it’s anymore ‘out there’ than those, and they have just become names that I don’t really think about.

Our son also has a slightly unusual name. Several relatives felt the need to inform us that it wasn’t appropriate when he was born, but they all admit they quite like it and it suits him now.

I think most of us have taken a second to process certain names, but you cannot day anything. It is not your place and, to be honest, would be very rude to do so.

@GorgeousLadyofWrestling you are absolutely right.

I suppose I just wouldn’t want to be the person explaining my name until it becomes more mainstream.

Maybe that says more about me - but having people asking if they have hear correctly every time would wear me down. In This case, people could think Claude, then the little boy would have to say no cloud, the fluffy in the sky variety.

He might love being different, but he might also absolutely hate it.

But I am sure I am wrong😊

I think there should be a person in the registry office that can say ‘no don’t be daft think of something else’
Poor little sod. The parents are just thinking of themselves and want something different not the poor child that’s saddled with it.

It’s really none of your business

It’s really none of your business

Of course it isn't, and of course the OP knows that
After all it is a rather silly name. And yes, I know it is none of my business

It may seem odd now but it will be a ten a penny name soon

Think River a few years ago etc

I went to school with a few girls named Linsey or possibly spelt Lindsey or Lynsey or even a Linzi I think I've also seen Lyndsey, Linzie, Linsi, Linsie, Lindsay and other variations, never did anyone get the spellings right as they were all spelt differently. I wouldn't even know which one was correct.

@Lllot5 in Denmark there is a law that states. "You may ot give your child a name that will be of hindrance in later life" so the registrar actually does that job of stating yes or no to the name choices. If the registrar states no the parent can appeal to a higher court and 3 registrars will decide. 1 I can recall getting a no was Christophpher in the latter case it actually became a huge case and involved fines due to the mother refusing tonot have the double ph. Names like Ella Stich would not be permitted either but Eleanor stich would (in Ella)

Over all I think it is a good law as it means someone will be able to say. Errr hang on a moment..

I know a Cloud named after Cloud Strife from final fantasy game. His brother is Ryu (from street fighter 😂) I also know a middle aged female Cloud. I like it

yes, nobody in real life I can discuss this with without somehow being the one person that thought that was a weird name.

Why does it need to be discussed at all? So you don’t like the name, that’s up to you. But it seems you are itching to tell lots of people you don’t like it, just to find plenty who agree with you.

That goes beyond a simple judgement.

My dd1 is expecting her third child and second boy and the name she has chosen we all utterly loathe! I'm finding it really hard to be positive but it's her choice of course. The first two have lovely, reasonably well used names but this is really so unlike her that we're baffled!

I know a little boy called Zephyr, which I guess is on the same lines. At primary school, everyone accepts names, as they are known from reception class onwards, but I suppose telling your name as a teenager could be more difficult. Depends on your personality in the end, though.