To hate when people say in response to a name that they can't imagine Judge/CEO/Accountant having that name.

[squoosh]

These days names are chosen from such a wide and wacky pool that it's inevitable that in 50 years time when we're old and doddery and looking to draw up a will, speak to a financial adviser or surgeon that many of them will have names that seem silly to us. I'm thinking Lexie-Rae, Poppy, Spike, Jayden etc.

I hate lots of names and have very rudely said so on a number of occasions but this is my most hated reason. Are people basically saying that the name isn't middle class enough? I don't make a judgement on a person based purely on their name, I may make a judgement on the person who bestowed that name on them.

Do people honestly think that if someone is called Daisy-Boo she will be unable to study hard, get into a good university, gain a good degree and become a doctor/scientist whatever. Will her name physically prevent this? No it bloody won't.

I sadly know a Daisy-Boo Princess Poppy to give her her full title. I am 100% sure she will not be a captain of industry or a scientist.

It's snobby and rude.

YANBU

I was always bullied by girls called Jackie or Sharon at school and every time I come across people with the name XXXXX, they are invariably nasty, manipulative and greedy I have yet to come across a decent one, and it's a common enough name.

I think names are more powerful than you realise, which is why I've given my dcs slightly unusual, but sensible names that aren't silly and will remain credible throughout their lifetime. I couldn't take a Trixie or a Kyle seriously I'm afraid.

Blimey! You've thought about this a lot. I do think it would be hard to take a judge seriously if they were called Pixie or Biff, but I don't suppose it would stop them doing the job if they set their heart on it.

I suppose what people mean when they make this comment is that it is bad enough to saddle a small, cute child with one of these silly names, but that child has to grow up eventually and take on a profession and then the name becomes really inappropriate.

I kow a really nice Sharon by the way.

I'm sure a read something a while back about teachers saying Kyle was most likely to cause trouble in class.

I think to be honest its more likely to do with family aspiration. It doesn't mean youcant be a judge or surgeon, but people who expect their children to become those things probably choose different names?

My DS has a name that people would say will not be a judge etc.
It is snobbery and it is rude. My DS will be whatever he wants to be.

Isn't there a Dr Pixie on "Embarrassing Bodies"?

Dr Pixie isn't her real name though.

I'm not saying that all Sharons are bad, just that the bully was always called Sharon or Jackie.

Freakonomics has some interesting research on this - there is a chapter about the outcomes of children with different names and on the website there's an article about how people with easy-to-pronounce names are more successful at work!

It just really irritates me. Of all the reasons to dislike a name

-it's babyish
-it's ridiculous
-it's made up

'They'll never be a surgeon' seems to me to be the most put-them-in-their-place kind of put down.

I think you'll find a lot of kids with daft names who go on to have professional jobs will use a different name (either a shortening, middle name or just different name) because a lot of those jobs require you to present a certain image in order to be taken seriously and progress.
Success is about a lot of things not just intelligence and how you are perceived is one of them. For example Fifi-Trixable is more likely to be Fi or Fiona as she gets older.

We are looking too far to the future, when these children are adults it will be the norm (scary but true)

Judge Fifi Trixebell Appley Fluffball

Judge Kyle Jayden Carlsberg-Pimp

The fact is, certain types of people like certain types of name.

A child named Jayden may well grow up to be a surgeon, but the parents of a child who is likely to raise a surgeon are statistically more likely to name their son Edward. Studies have been done on these things. Check out ferkonomics.

hiddenhome Kyle is an ordinary name, there's nothing made up about it. So why could you not take a Kyle seriously?

Is it because most Kyles are working class boys?

I think "they'll never be a surgeon" often equates to "it's babyish/girlie", rather than being a class issue (well, that's the way I thought of it when I named my DCs)

Well what about posh people who call their kids things like Binky? I know these are generally nicknames but they are still their day to day names.

There is a Dr Pixie on embarrassing bodies. Its not the name that holds someone back its the associations people make with a name. So if Kyle is constantly treated like he's naughty does he act on this. It's in a book called Freakonomics

Does it matter if your kid never grows up to be a surgeon anyway?

Fucking middle class aspiration gets right on my tits.

I read somewhere that they're the most likely ones to cause trouble. Somebody mentioned it up thread too.

yanbu

its very snobby

and i suspect my dc names would be considered among the kind of names you mean op.

What Lynette said. C'mon, people who give their kids stripper/chav names are more likely to have a different mindset from those who name a child William or Abigail.

my brothers bot have unusual names.

one is well employed.

one is, well, unemployable.

the deciding factor is attitude - do you think unorthodox Parenting is more likely to generate a less employable person and choose an unusual name?