IABVVVVU but I cringe inside when I see

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Girls names with -Ella, -lily, -mae, -Rae, -lee or any variation

Following on from my name thread and a couple of threads I've seen about rochelle from the Saturdays new baby,I can't help but cringe when I see any of the above e.g. Gracie-Mae

I am being VVVV judgey pants but I find it so overdone, twee and chavvy.

I'm ready for my flaming!

Dp chose Emma-Leigh for dd3 but I said no way. (compromised on Emily eventhough im not keen as its too popular)

When I was pregnant with DS1 for a girl I really liked Lilly or Evelyn so Evie and May as a middle name (because my Nanny's middle name was May and I miss her very much, she died when I was 17). While I was pregnant I realised these names were really popular which is why if we have a girl in the future I wouldn't use them as we prefer slightly unusual names. We then went on to have another boy and both our boys have unusual/less commonly heard first names and traditional/family middle names.

I guess my point is its personal preference and if you love the name then who cares what other people think. My ds1's first name is unusual over here but not in America, I get odd looks when people hear me shout his name and old ladies question it but we don't care because we adore his name and were proud of it.

People will judge you for something so be confident in your choices and ignore them.

The classiest thing is having the confidence to choosie a name you like and stuff what everyone else thinks!

If my ds1 had been a girl his middle name would have been mai pronounced mye. It's a perfectly respectable welsh girls name.
But then I wanted myfanwy for his forename which gets a bashing too

Breathtaking snobbery from the OP there, hardly a 'classy' trait to have

My 7yo DD has May as her middle name, it's non hyphenated, she is named after a Great Aunt and often receives comments from people who think her name is pretty.

The whole post just came across as spiteful and judgemental, and it's statements like that that make me cringe, not whatever people decide to name their children

I must confess if i have another daughter, i plan to call her Scarlett-Rose, i guess that makes me chavvy.

Frank Zappa's son is called Dweezil and uses that name. DH has been to quite a few of his gigs, and bloody good he is too!

I'm personally not a fan of hyphenated names. Nothing to do with chavyness (if that's even a word). DD's middle name should technically be hyphenated but it isn't. Even if i didn't mind hyphenated names, It would be strange to have a first name and a hyphenated middle name. I didn't want to make it two separate names at that would have messed up her initials. So her middle name is Maryjane after her two grandmothers. Does that count as chavy? Don't care if it does as we like it.

I'm also wondering if the chavy name thing is regional. All the Ellie-Mae's and Gracie-Mae's I've met are from quite middle class folks. The chavy names where I live are quite different.

OP I agree. Overdone and chavvy.

It's the unusual spellings I can't stand though. If you want to call your child Lily May, just call her Lily May. Don't call her Lillee Mai or whatever.

My Niece is Ellie May, but not hyphenated, i think my sister and BIL, couldnt decide on what to call her.

The sad thing is that certain names over time can become associated with certain stereotypes - and there are plenty of people on the world who are willing to make a snap decision about someone's personality/IQ/capabilities/values/beliefs etc. based simply on their name.

I remember reading an article about an experiment conducted in the states where people submitted their CV to jobs with various different names attached to exact CV including names that were often associated with certain population sub-sets and the results were interesting and saddening. I'll have to see if I can find it online...

Rupert, Rupert the bear, everyone knows his naaaaaame...

I agree with DoctorRobert about the spellings. Nothing wrong with Evie, Lily, Daisy etc with May/Grace/whatever afterwards, just dont mess about with the spelling!

I have an unusual (posh sounding) first name; DD1 has a stripper's name apparently; and DD2's name is unusual but becoming more popular and doesnt seem to polarise opinions.

Doctor Robert

Would you say to a German that Isaak was 'an unusual spelling'
Or to a Croat that Sebastijan was?

So please don't make out that Mai is a 'chavvy' name because at u usual spelling.
It may not be the English spelling but is a perfectly respectable name

*because it's an...

HATE. My nieces have names that work that way. HATE. My nephews both have sensible names but with stupid spellings. One has a bizarre KH starting it, the other has a random smattering of vowels just lobbed in for fun.

My children have excessively dull names, but devoid of any piss taking possibility.

Chavleestika-graysea-maaaay

Might be in next years top ten?

I went for Phoebe for DD's name and she has a equal dull name, think the Queen.

I love the name may especially as a middle name but dp thought it was too old ladyish.

Names I don't like are after alcohol or drugs I just find it distasteful tbh

What names are there after alcohol or drugs?

Chardonnay I suppose for alcohol. Johnny Walker?

What about the drugs?

Tequila, sambucca and I've known of an amphetamine

My daughter is an Ellie Mae but not hyphenated and guess what I named her after my great aunt and she is the only Ellie Mae in her school so all you haters can just do one!

Name snobbery says more about the person moaning about it than the parent who gives the child the actual name imo

Why don't they reserrect the lovely name Ann (mine) back in the 60's it was overused but what a boring middle name.

And dd was also born in May and we thought it was fitting. Why on earth do I read these threads