Have you ever looked up your RL name in the 'baby name' board?

[Ashleys63]

kind of wish i hadn't

Mine is alternately "sweet, refreshing, unusual for babies these days" and "dull, an awful sound, a fat girl's name , too dated".

Mine is either loved or hated. I've seen it described as "twee" on here. It's an old name, wasn't particularly popular when I was at school but it's made a comeback.

I just have. People think it's ok but prefer a shortened version. I truly hate the shortening they mention and use a different one! Few say it doesn't seem to work for children, more the over 30s but that's definitely me so can't complain

I was born in the 40s. They hate my name and are confident it will never become popular again, unlike a lot of the granny names even older than mine that are now being used.

My name is apparently awful and dated and also people got into a fierce argument on how to pronounce the different spellings.
Oh dear, wish I hadn't done that. Ah well I like my name and no one has ever mispronounced it in actual real life

Mine is routinely included on lists of names that will never make a comeback. Whoops. MN seems to like DD's name at least, so there's that.

Oh it depends. People either think it's pretty or the thread is full of Little Englanders wailing about how 'unpronounceable' it is. Hun, if you can handle a Penelope, Beatrice or Hermione - which they invariably fawn over - you'll learn to say a bog standard Irish name. You're not that thick.

Wish I hadn't

My name has very mixed reviews!

Mine is universally loathed, I've been on here since 2008 and I think I've seen it on the name boards once.

I'm not particularly keen myself but it's far better than some of the atrocities suggested regularly on here!

Apparently my name is “chavvy” among other lovely descriptors. But I’ve literally never met anyone else with my first name so maybe all the other are “chavs” 🙄

My name is, apparently, lovely and easy to say, but the apparent "correct" way of saying it is not how it's spelled, or how I pronounce it. It's an unusual name and I love it, never been shortened either!

Both first name and middle name have been called dated. Too 80s.

Where is it exactly that you're all looking your name up?

Mine is seen as a name that is currently out of style and a bit dated but every now and again I see people saying they love it and would like to see it coming back!

My name is always popular on the baby name board as it's a "classic" name but not seen as overused. My DC names get mixed ratings though!

I was pleasantly surprised at the reaction to mine.

One of my boys has a 'naughty boys' name apparently My youngest son's name has got really popular. It was very unusual when he was born in the late 90s so I was well ahead of the trend.

My name is always on those 60's names that will never be revived lists

Mumsnet hates my name but loves a very similar one

I just did. I always knew my name is French but I never realised that it is also Welsh.

Wow.

I just have. People generally seem to like it but it’s only ever discussed in the slightly more modern spelling, not the older spelling I have. That’s rarely mentioned at all.

Whenever mine is mentioned on here people always say how awful it is!

@AfterEightsBeforeEight a lot of people have probably seen their name mentioned in the baby names board. But if that's not the case for you, it's possible to search for a name and filter by 'topic' (i.e. 'baby names') to see what people have said about it.

Mine is having a resurgence but it lumped with the cutesy names and often said to be a nickname.

Just typed mine in. Absolutely nothing. Put forward in two lists as a suggestion. No comment either time.

Don't know how to take that

Mine is used as a verb on MN for ousting a friend from their own friendship group, so it doesn’t get a good review on the baby name board. IRL, I only know a couple of others with it, but we’re all quite fond of it & were memorable among the Clares & Sarahs of our school years.