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 wouldn't want to work for a company that discriminated on names"
sure
but you'ld have to aspire to work for that KIND of company in the first place
if someone has a typecasting name it doesn't just start when applying for jobs

My DXP had a foreign-sounding name and was struggling to get a job. For an experiment, he changed the name on his CV to something much more British, and without making any other changes sent it to a company that hadn't shortlisted him under his real name. He got an interview.

See thats racist as well as nameist.

Interesting though, how would they be able to tell if an Asian was a nice MC person or not?

"Nameist" - Is that a word?

When people are picking names, and when I did for my DD I tell them to bear in mind that someday their wee baby will be a granny or granda...am I as bad??

I can't imagine a granny called half the daft names out there, I have the same argument for not liking tattoos :o

No I made it up

I couldn't imagine sweet little babies or teenagers being called Herbert or Edith , but it seems to be all the rage these days.

Haha very true Usual, I think that all the granny names are starting to overtake the made up ones!

nah it's not the same as tatoos unless you plan to be a bikini clad grandma!
I rarely flash my tat now in my 30s, once I've squeezed baby no2 out it probably wont ever see light of day again my skimpy clothes days are over!

people do recruit in their own image...

wonders at DBRo1s long stint of working abroad

so no ones has heard of Spike Milligan?

But monkey what about if you go into a nursing home and the nurses are changing you and you have a wrinkly, droopy tat of a butterfly in yer ass??and they fade to that horrible washed out colour

quoteenquote, Spike Milligan's real name was Terence.

Dr. Pixie's real name is Bernadette. . .

I know, but no one called him that.

His family did. If you read his war diaries his brother often sent letters to him as "Terry".

monkeymoma, good point, I haven't thought of the fact the name might affect the confidence of the child/adult with the ridiculous name.

With my kids i chose names that were easy to spell, flexible enough to lend themself to most spheres of life and not in the top 10 babies names so they weren't one of 3 in the class. We did go for more traditional Scottish names as well.
I hate names that are nicknames eg putting "Bobby" on the birth cert rather than Robert. It can always be shortened to Bobby but you can't lengthen a name as easily.
I think alot of parents do think "babies names" rather than "people's names".

Tango I don't think if I were at a nursing home with nurses changing my geriatric nappies and wiping my ass I would be remotely concerned about a tattoo... :)

I do say this a fair amount on baby names threads (mostly in terms of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Khazakstan) but not about "chavvy" names, only about cutesy names like Fifibelle that are adorable on a baby but weird on a grownup. And I think we still do a double take when confronted with a Professor Pixie. I'm sure a fair number of Betty-Honeys will achieve great success in the world (especially if their parents are hugely influential multi-millionaires), but it takes a certain personality to do that, and not everyone has it.

I think lynettescavo put it very well.

My neice (6) is called Isla and my sister was recently told that it was much too 'frivilous' a name for her to amount to anything. That is probably one of the most ridiculous statements I've every heard but some people relish in being unpleasant I suppose. I think it's a perfectly normal, nice name.

Isla 'frivolous'? Its a perfectly solid Scots name. Do the google 'Dr Isla' game to find examples of women with this name frittering their time away with such trivia as particle physics and prostrate cancer research!

hiddenhome i am 1 of those names that bullied you i was never nasty honest

My test for a name is that if your average person can't tell whether it's the name of a child or a fwuffy ickle kitten (named by a six year old who likes pink) immediately, probably best not to go with it.

Why set up obstacles in your child's life when it's not necessary? You might not want to go and work for a company that discriminates against people called Poppy-woppy-doo-bop, but your DD might.

I'm always reminded of Johnny Cash's "Boy Named Sue" song when I see threads like this - lyrics here