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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People get so upset on threads like this. I can certainly understand reacting negatively to prejudice and snobbery. When people say things like "I've never met a nice Dylan", does that mean they will actively dislike any future child with this name? Well, I would hope not. It is unquestionable that name prejudice exists. A study was done a few years ago in the US in which virtually identical resumes were sent to companies with job openings. Applicants with names that sounded "neutral" (not recognizably part of any ethnic group) were much more likely to be called for interviews than those with names that appeared to be part of certain minority groups. Very sobering stuff.

What I don't understand is why anyone cares whether other people like their children's names. I don't like certain trends. I don't care how long the last name as first name trend has been around (not very long in my part of the world, FWIW). I don't like it. I don't like nicknames used as full names. I don't like cutesy names for girls (Fifi Trixibelle and the like). I don't like "creative" spelling of names. But so what? Why does anyone care what other people think of their children's names, when it is merely personal preference? NMS, as they say on some baby name boards (not my style).

Complete agree, MrsDV, and I will admit to eye rolling at Ottos and Jagos as much as Nevaehs.

Not at the children themselves, obv, the names.

And only in the abstract.

Well, I've just come across a student whose name is Le-a and is pronounced Ledasha..........

No you haven't sue, someone else has already done that one I am afraid so everyone knows you are bullfighting.

Mrs DV what are you talking about - Asher is the name of the moment over on Baby Names!

It's interesting how much longer the girls name list is than the boys.

scarletsalt, bullfighting? That is one of the funniest autocorrects I've ever seen.

Oh, I didn't even notice, it was supposed to bullshitting!

I thought so. But I like "bullfighting" so much I think it should become MN lingo for "bullshitting."

So we could all write things like, "That troll in Relationships was really bullfighting." I love it!

And then "matador" could be the new word for troll.

Why have they released the names that were only used once? The ONS have a cut off of 3 to protect privacy.

From the ONS site

'Names with a count of 2 or less have been redacted using S40 of the Freedom of Information Act in order to protect the confidentiality of individuals.'

Why hasn't the Scottish equivalent done this?

I met a woman that I thought was called Ledasha.
Turns out I'd misheard and the woman was called Lida Shah!

Going back a few pages but I know a Love in rl, and if she doesn't end up ruling the world, I don't know who will. My all time fave rl name? Piper Sunshine.

I wish I'd been more brave with my kids' traditional names tbh.

I don't think 'borderline racist' quite covers it Usual. Open sneering at foreign names is pretty clearly right over that line.

The only Asher I know is doing a PhD in a highly specialised subject. Shall I tell him to lay off it because his name is against him?

Mumsnetters must be incredibly well educated to know at a glance which spelling of Christine or Catherine is a fancy mis-spelling and which is chavvy pretentiousness. I have a nodding acquaintance with some 8 or 10 European languages and I couldn't do it.

Oh this bollocks again?

My sons name is not MN approved. It starts withe the dreaded K, is not the correct spelling and I have been told I spelt his name wrong, pronounce it wrong and my son is basically fucked for life on here.

Who gives a shit what others think? Some of the names this site thinks are normal are fucking horrid but they are expected as MN approved.

Each to their own.

I have a cousin with an unusual name. His mum named him and when he was 16 his mum died. He has had people question his name, laugh at it and make Jedi jokes. And no they aren't working class before everyone assumes it!

I couldn't care less what someone called their child and I don't get how people can get so bothered by it. Its not your child so why care?

Casual racism, bizarre snobbery (mustn't be to posh, or too common - in both senses of the word), general ignorance...

Name threads have it all.

Just looked up the link. There is one person with dd's fancy foreign spelling in it. But if you google it you come up with several people in England who have not only the name but that precise combination of surname and first name. So the name can't be all that rare.

Ds' name isn't even on the list, but down here in the decadent south there are two boys within a 100 metre radius of each other who share it.

I get as much eye rolling and lots of comments for DS's name which is apparently 'aspirational' and 'pretentious' as the Kaydens and Jaydens tho. Possibly more. For some reason the inverted snobbery is seen as acceptable, because 'posh' people (i'm not - but hey ho) like me are fair game. Perhaps one of these days i'll unleash my inner Sarf Lahndener and let them know how 'posh' i really am.

5 Dawsons, so I scrolled down & yes there is a Pacey

I know of 2 consultant surgeons called Kevin and Wayne. I suspect they were written off in the 70s for having common non-aspirational names.

see I actually like both kayden and jayden

Broke my rule to never click on anything on MN unless certain - fucking automatic download. Thanks. Are you dishing out malware at the same time OP?