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

[WildThongIWannaKnowForSure]

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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[SoupDragon]

5318008 That isn't the fault of the OP's link.

[TigOldBitties]

I think some people must just live in bubbles. Where I live, which is a certain part of East London, if you got given the class list I'm sure half of you would have a fit. I don't know how to pronounce or spell most of the names I encounter.

I know that some of the other parents think our DC's names are very strange. What with them being called things like Jack.

If you are the only child with a name that isn't in the top 100 or whatever group all the parents at the school you will feel self-conscious if your name is Jago or Kyelen/ Ariadne or Chardonnay.

I do hate this idea that names make you superior or that the child will automatically suffer. A child I know called a name that would be sneered at by mn is loved by his peers and loves his name because its really 'cool'. The only person I know who hates their name is called Elizabeth.

[5madthings]

I have a Dylan who is a starcaccording to his teachers, sweet, polite, works hard, is always helpful and a lovely boy eyc etc still a wee beast at home for me but his teachers have never had a bad word to say about him.

Ds4has a 'gansta' name according to mnet...

Dd's name is generally liked but a few have said its too cheerful/merry... Meh we chose names we liked.

[SherbetVodka]

Maybe the Gucci namers are being aspirational but if they are so are the Hector namers. In their own ways.

Definitely. It's just a different aesthetic. I'm sure that many 'Gucci namers' dismiss the more middle class names as being posh or dull.

[MrsKoala]

ooohh I love Salome. If i ever have a girl it's defo on my list.

It is lovely but she'd be nicknamed Salami...

Ha! that would be great. People my mum and nieces often accidentally call ds 'Lasagne'. So then we'd have the starter and main course. We'd have to have Zabaglione next to complete the meal, or maybe a little Dolcelatte. :)

[YoniMaroney]

Wynter-Rose?

Tea?

[MrsKoala]

There was a girl in my year called Kameljit. Unfortunately everyone, including teachers, pronounced it Camel Shit. I felt so sorry for her.

[TigOldBitties]

And can I just add as I'm in full ranty PMT flow that all the BOLLOCKS about Alfie, Eddie, Charlie, Mollie, Harry, Daisy etc being

1). Nicknames/ Not 'proper' names suitable for the much revered birth certificate

and

2). Not being names of adults.

Is just that, bollocks. I don't know if I do inhabit an alternate universe, but, for my entire forty years, and looking back doing historical research and genealogy work, there have been people with just those type of names as their official name and adults who use those names. My solicitor is called Harry, not Henry, Harry. My builder is called Archie, he's 54. Both are their only names.

[SherbetVodka]

Yes Mrs De Vere, faux working class good (Alfie), real working class bad (Jayden)

[Fakebook]

I like Maksymilian. Someone paid attention during phonics class.

[xigris]

Bigbuttons I've got a midwife friend who told me that exact same story! weird!

[ArtemisatBrauron]

I think this is where my grammar/spelling pedantry takes over, I have no issues with any names at all except those which are essentially misspellings of well-known names. They make my toes curl. Personal reaction, but totally instinctive.

Also cannot imagine why anyone would bother - the name will sound the same anyway (e.g. Abigail/AbbyGayle, Christine/Khrysteen) and the child will spend their life correcting people who try to spell it the usual way.

[stealthsquiggle]

Hebe is as valid a name as Poppy, Rose, or Lily - more so, in fact, as she is also the Greek goddess of eternal youth.

I do wonder about strange spellings, though - why land a child with a name which sounds familiar but will still have to be spelt out to everyone, every time

[DadOnIce]

It's surely time to link to this again.

Get a cup of tea first, and be ready to be there for a long time and have a very good laugh.

[Francagoestohollywood]

I've never understand why people over agonise about names.

ANd nowadays I much prefer Gucci to pretentious 3 names affairs .

[manicinsomniac]

Ashoe I'm sorry I think Conor is a lovely name too and I'm sure it suits your baby boy perfectly. It was on my list if my first had been a boy (as was Dylan interestingly). Mind you, I did call her Savannah and that is vaire 'chavvy' according to MN.

[clam]

xigris Yup, I've heard it too about Guy/gooey. Perhaps it's one of those urban myths.

[marjproops]

some are ok. its the 'slebs' things Apple, Bluebell Madonna, peaches. etc etc.

and topical names depends on the era...remember when kylie and Jason were popular names?

[KitchenandJumble]

I do think there is a difference between names that belong to a particular culture and names that have kree8ive spelling. I admit to rolling my eyes (uncharitably) at the latter if I see them in a newspaper or whatever. I wouldn't dream of commenting or drawing any conclusions about the individuals involved, but there are standard spellings of most names (including variations). Why not use them?

But I dislike a lot of very popular names and naming trends as well. I dislike the Freddie/Archie/Alfie/Charlie thing. And the last name as first name trend. And names that end in "son" for girls (Madison, Addison, etc.). These are personal preferences, of course. I'm quite sure that many people dislike my favourite names. Vive la difference.

[Wannabestepfordwife]

I used to work in quite a well known store where we did ear piercing from a young age we had twin girls ebony and ivory who were as white as know, an elmo and ernie and if the mum had another boy she was going to call it bert. Then there were the usual dolce, Gemini and caprice.

The worst I've ever heard is dsis best friends parents owned a corner shop in a deprived part of time and this woman had named her daughter amphetamine, phet for short after her favourite drug