Tbh I don't care If I am, some parents need to get a grip

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I give you A-Jay, Charlidh, Ameiliah, Blaiyre, Boudicca, Blu-rayne, Foozy, Deztany-Rose, Madison-Bluebell

My favourite is Wyntrr. They could at least have added an h to the end though.

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What I don't understand is why anyone cares whether other people like their children's names

Yep, same here. No matter what you choose, there will always be some people who think your child's name is chav/posh/pretentious/try hard/passé/unimaginative/ugly etc.

My DS has a name that most on MN would think dull and ugly. I've seen it derided as such on name threads but it doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's nothing to do with him as a person.

i don't dislike them - i like Kay and Jay (i like long names for best and one/two syllable shortenings for everyday). They are just examples from MN i have read.

DH loves Victor and is campaigning for next ds to be called it. I don't like it as i don't like the idea of 'winning at all costs' 'to the victor go the spoils' type connotations i have (studied too much history) - nothing to do with it as a word in it's own right.

I love it when MrsD and Usual come on these threads. There are certain threads where I can just start counting down from a hundred and waiting for them to appear. In my head I see her and her

They are the vigilantes of MN.

See the thing is people will always spell your name wrong no matter how normal your name is.

My previous surname was Clarke. It was frequently spelt wrong even by official bodies.

So I'm not sure it should factor in to your choice of child names. Sorry darling we couldn't call you 'beautiful name' because people are thick and ignorant. No.

I always find sneering at names so ridiculous because it's entirely relative.

I grew up in a vair vair nice area of NY, which had a lot of wealthy Jewish families, and 'Joshua' was the sort of equivalent of 'George' or something, in the sense of being a safe, traditional, well-heeled name.

My own name was quite common there, but here people routinely mishear it and I often get called by a rather ugly man's name instead.

There is also lots of really ignorant prejudice. I quite like the names Harriot and Sharlot - I probably wouldn't call DC them - but they are actually very old spellings of the modern Harriet and Charlotte.

Also spelling names 'wrongly' needn't hold a child back - how stupid. One of the most successful businessmen I've ever met was called Dhjonny. As in, 'Johnny'. He was from a French family and his mum was only semi-literate but wanted to give her boy a 'posh foreign' name. I'm sure she got judged to death but he is now worth millions.

So ner

Also find the anti-Celtic in particular on here rather disturbing; people sneering at 'common' names which just happen to be originally Scots/Irish/Welsh, or just happen to be the Irish-language spelling, etc....

2 boys called 'A'?? Just A?? WHAT.

Not being at all snobby or anything, but I really feel for the poor little boy called Ebeneezer. Imagine the grief he's going to get every Christmas. He will get tortured with the nn Scrooge forever

There is also lots of really ignorant prejudice. I quite like the names Harriot and Sharlot - I probably wouldn't call DC them - but they are actually very old spellings of the modern Harriet and Charlotte.

I wouldn't say that it's ignorant prejudice to think that Harriot and Sharlot are mis-spellings, more a reasonable assumption. Most people wouldn't have studied the historical period when these spellings were common or have read the obscure baby names book that would tell them so

I probably wouldn't use Ruby Tuesday because it's a fairly large restaurant chain in the States, but I do agree that it's a great name. Isn't is also a song lyric?

I love invented names. Maybe it's because I'm Southern American. I'd say half of the names in my extended family are completely made up. My grandfather's name is made up. His brother's name is traditionally a girl's name. We've got all sorts of crazy nicknames and crazier reasons for the nicknames.

If it means something to the parent/family, who cares. My kids have surnames as forenames. Not just any surname, but surnames are also names of professions. Miller, Tanner, Cooper as example (not their real names)

I don't know if it's a British thing, but there is always a tension between the conservative and the new/forrin/different.

Like when Viv Westwood got the piss taken out of her on Wogan.

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of!

I'm sorry but I have to get my girl crush out of the way say it. Mrs DeVere is an absolute legend.

While all around her are hoiking their judgy pants, Mrs DeVere goes commando.

While all around her are hoiking their judgy pants, Mrs DeVere goes commando.

That has to be quote of the week on MN

Internet is a bit scary. Just typed in my name ( first and surname) and i seem to be the only one out there, don't know if that's a good or bad thing.

Yanbu. It is very sad. Poor, blighted children.

They are only blighted because of people like you.

Exactly what RevoltingPeasant said. The connotations of names are wildly culturally relative. Irish boys names like Conor, Cillian, Ciaran etc that are often derided on Mn for being 'chavvy' are the equivalent of Edward, James and Thomas in Ireland - plain, strong names. And I never quite get the accusations of 'try-hard' or 'aspirational' unless you actually know the child and parents in question. A friend of mine has named her children names I often see sneered at for those reasons on here but, though penniless, she is actually upper-class. They are family names, and she isn't trying to be anything she isn't anyway. You may not like the names much, but there is no 'aspiration' behind them.

I admit that the one name that irritates me is Caitlin pronounced Kate-Lynn. This is a mistake! It is a common Irish name and not pronounced at all like that, but it has trickled in via Irish-American mispronunciation...

What's wrong with making up a name or a new spelling? All names were made up at some point. And there are variations in spelling for many, many names that are considered 'normal'.

And we've been taking inspiration from famous people and characters for centuries. Nobody sneers at Wendy now do they? Nelson became a popular first name in the early 1800s.

The choice of name for a child is a very personal thing. Some people want to give their unique child a unique name. What's wrong with that? They don't need to 'get a grip'. It's unbelievably rude to sneer just because they're not your idea of what's correct.

People will only suffer prejudice because of their name from prejudiced people. It's the judgers who are at fault, not the names.

Begonia I am the only one of my name too a cording to FB and Google. I take it as a good thing. And you know what, my names is pretty normal and I have to spell and explain it CONSTANTLY.

Sorry, the second part was a general comment, not aimed at you!

How has no one mentioned the name Hoor yet?!

I agree 100% about not judging names, I really really do, and I know it will be a name from a different culture, but you cannot call a Scottish baby Hoor! It's how we say whore, surely the registrar should have stepped in?!

I have what was considered an unusual name when I was a child, and got mocked for it by other children. As an adult, people often comment on how much they like my name. Children will home in on anything different, particularly if they have been taught to do so by their judgey, intolerant, small minded and dull parents. So - YABU to judge and have a think about what you're teaching your children. Maybe they are learning to be bullies.

Pocahontas McgInty is an urban myth along with ladasha etc.

Someone always wheels it out on threads like these.

www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/pocahontas-mcginty-no-she-disney-exist-1-683286

I don't know about Pocahontas above, but in my home town there is definitely a Cinderella Smith. She always used to be in the court pages of the local paper.