In thinking its not ok to pass negative comment about names unless directly asked?

[IneedAsockamnesty]

No issues at all if your actually asked your opinion but if your not asked

if you are not one of the parents of the actual baby being named or recently named you should do nothing other than smile or say something nice.

Anything else is overstepping rude and hurtful.

[ColderThanAWitchsTitty]

Names are either up themselves or chavvy ime. I have one of each according to mumsnet apparently!

[MoominsYonisAreScary]

dreaming someone was thinking of doing just that in the baby names section a few weeks ago.

A friend stopped me from inflicting dc1 with the name Sharna Giles, although turns out he was a boy anyway

[DreamingofSummer]

Moomins Please tell me they didn't do it.

[charleslingus]

My godfather is called Jupiter and he's bloody fabulous, a seemingly unscathed and well rounded individual.

[charleslingus]

(To be fair we all have unusual names, and growing up I would never have even questioned his name. He was just Jupi or Jupiter, as normal as Pete or Peter to a small girl)

[Jengnr]

I spoke up once when my brother's friend was considering Tyler for a boy.

Their surname is Taylor. I think I did the right thing.

[badtime]

I find it weird that people think that 'Jonty' is a posh name. I knew a few Jontys when I was at school (I'm from NI) - it was a fairly normal nickname for Jonathan.

[PeppiNephrine]

which bit of ni though? To most people Jonty is an incredibly posh name.

[MoominsYonisAreScary]

Dreaming no they called him Apollo iirc, cant remember what they called the girl though

[QueenofallIsee]

I read an article in a trashy paper about a couple who named their poor baby Drew Peacock - seemingly didn't realise their error until well after baby was named and registered.

Amelia is lovely - anyone that thinks its OK to do down someone else choice like that (most especially due to some idea of poshness) is not someone who should be allowed to influence naming.

[captainmummy]

dd would have to be Venus then, Moomins?

[badtime]

I think it was Artemis.

[delasi]

badtime I wondered when I wrote that if someone would say one or all of the names were in fact not 'posh' Afaik in England the more common dimunitive/nickname for Jonathan would be John or Johnny - Jonty seems to only be used in, er, 'posher' circles?!

My favourite name/nickname however has to be Sir Jock Stirrup. I find it hard to take the news seriously when he is involved... so childish

[HavantGuard]

It was the top name in 2012 with 7,061 baby Amelias born. So tell your friend that it's her, her DH and the UK population vs her idiot MIL.

[nonmifairidere]

Oh yes, Jupiter, poor kid. I would never comment unless asked, then I would be honest.

I have no problems being 'frank' on the Baby Names section; if you ask for opinions about your supposedly uber cool, clever choice, 'unusual' names, it's to be expected. I'm sure little Pomegranate, Medlar and Tankeray will be thrilled to be so 'unique'.

[delasi]

at Tankeray.

Or Li'l Tank, as we like to call him.

[sashh]

Is this just to the parents though?

A friend's brother has just announced the name of his son and we have both been shaking our heads.

But neither of us has said anything to the parents, and they won't find out.

[Caitlin17]

Amelia is lovely. Less keen on Amelie, did anyone use it before that film.

I'm also not keen on names which are diminutives being used as proper names and don't see why one can't use the full name on the birth certificate and use the diminutive if you want. It gives the child the option of using a grown up name later if they want.

I'm also not keen on surnames being used as first names. I know that might be illogical as all names were just names if you go back far enough.

And finally not all unisex names are unisex. Evelyn, Hilary, Vivien, Lindsay are are, albeit the latter two have m and f spelling, but there are others being used as girls' names which aren't.

I'd never say anything to the parents.

[ohmymimi]

delasi -

[Thisghosttrainisreversing]

My friend gave her baby an old lady name. I like it and it suits her. We bumped into a lady we both knew in town and after cooing over the baby she asked what she was called. When my friend told her she actually said "oh my fucking Christ, you are joking aren't you?! That's fucking disgusting" and walked off shaking her head. My friend burst into tears, it was an attack on her beautiful DD.

Some people are just vile.

[delasi]

Thisghosttrain

What I find particularly strange is that when these babies are adults, and they introduce themselves as Kayden or Jonty or Amelia or Emma-Louise, no one will care. I highly doubt anyone would say, "Woah, why did your parents name you that?!", unless it was truly bizarre.

Some people argue that certain names can 'close doors', and there has been research to that effect, but that's a slightly different matter. Fwiw I knew a successful PA to executives who was called Princess, so a non-traditional name doesn't always close doors

[Fraggle3112]

DS has a traditional first name and traditional middle name which is after my dad. One of my closest friends first comment after I told her his name when he was about 5 hours old was,"oh I hate it, how dull" she to this day continues to tell anyone and everyone that while DS suits his name now it's not what she would have chosen! I was hurt but decided to let it go as I know she meant no harm. YANBU OP some people just have no tact!

[MrsKoala]

I fucking hate this. We have loads of comments like 'ooh that's a mouthful' and 'what a big name for a little baby' 'he'll be half way thru his exam before he's finished writing his name' It's three syllables FFS!

And don't get me started on people who pretend they can't say it. It's THREE VERY EASY SYLLABLES said in every day use.

Oh and Artemis is on my list for the next DC :) I love it.

[IneedAsockamnesty]

charleslingus

I'm pretty sure your RL name is the one I'm giving to my daughter whose being induced in 2 weeks, I'm not a cyber stalker or anything I just remember it from another thread because its the name I'm giving her.

[lifeinthefastlane1]

Im a fan of lesser used names, but not chavvy ones, unfortunatley the name I gave my DD does not translate well in our hideous hull accent to the rest of the uk, I didnt notice this at all until this summer when she was trying to tell the friends she made on holidays her name, they couldnt get it at all and as dd is only 4 she doesnt know she has an accent yet so couldnt explain it to them