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

[Ashleys63]

kind of wish i hadn't

My name seems to be alright. Didnt check my middle name but even I find it boring.

Mine appears about once a week and is generally seen to be a timeless classic. It’s become much more popular in recent years, than it was when I was a child.

@AvonCallingBarksdale

Ooh I see it was described as “wet” by some posters. Bloody cheek

Mine is described as wet as well. Wonder if we have the same name

It's also due a revival apparently. Cant imagine it myself.

Mine received quite a strong reaction. Some people really took to it, but most people seemed to strongly prefer names like Sean or Daniel. That's just the global audience on MN, though: IRL, where I am here in Surrey, there's none of that snobbishness at all over my fairly common name.

I love it how you can suggest something like Isambardetta-Persephone and you can guarantee that somebody will be on to claim they know at least three little Isambardetta-Persephones in their village

I remember when someone was thinking of naming their son Pugsley 😂

Mine is very 80s and not due a comeback.

Ds1’s is very common, you can’t move for ‘x named’ around here and they are 10 a penny apparently... I have only met one other boy with his name in 3.5 years so they can’t be that common.

Ds2s name is very well received on the baby name board although it is sometimes referred to as wet

Yes - old fashioned, will never make a comeback, horrible. I'm glad really because who wants to disappear in world of Avas, Amelias and Freyas?

My name is apparently “important sounding” but all three of my dc names are either loved or hated with nothing in between. Luckily they like their names.

webuilt ‘here in Surrey’ and ‘lack of snobbishness’ - not sure I have ever seen that juxtaposition before ! 😂 Surrey native before anyone thinks otherwise 🤣

Mine is old-fashioned and noone has ever met a nice one But it might be due for a comeback soon.

I don't need to look to know that mine is considered awful, dated, will never come back and everyone with my name is a horrible person with low intelligence and dubious morals.

My name is hated on the baby names board, it's seen as tacky and is a weird spelling because it's foreign

My name comes up on baby name threads all the time. People either love it and think its a classic or others think its a bit 'wet' 🤷‍♀️

I just looked mine up and it’s 50/50 between me being a “chav” or “80s mean girl”. How nice

Mine has been described as elegant, cool, and a whole load of other positive things.

I can't stand my name.

Some complete dick once said mine was a fat girl name- wonder if it's the same name as pp? I mean, who would even say that?

My name rarely gets mentioned anywhere, it's very unusual. However, comments in the baby names board seem to suggest people think it's a chavvy American name. OTOH, the baby name generator seems quite positive.

Yep - not made my night I’ve gotta admit! 😂😢.

I’ll be having a word with DM about giving me a crap name (that I’ve always hated!) that means sodding PLAIN!!

CHEERS MUM! 😡

Just looked it up and wish I hadn't now. Always really liked my name but MN think it's "Really terrible." " Incredibly dated" and a "Council house name".

I'm a Suzanne and it has literally never come up!

Mine has always been hated on the baby name boards and described as dated. But, very recently, it has been the topic of two threads and received lots of love and been described as that holy grail, an underused classic. Since then I’ve seen it pop up quite frequently on suggestion lists. I wonder if its popularity is about to explode! I hope not.

please will someone link the baby name board as I can't find it and when I search I get this thread!!

Not looked it up on purpose but it comes up. I’m an 80’s America cheerleader. My kids are ‘Sloaney’ and ‘horsey’.

I have a Gaelic name and not one of the nice ones either. 'Irish granny chic' apparently. Personally, I wouldn't wish it on anyone!