To ask your name? or those of people around you generally

[LouisevilleLlama]

Or at least tell me if it's just me that when I look at the baby names boards and I'd say a good number of names I've never heard of and TBH I find some strange and wonder if it's a wind up? So I'm wondering if it's just me perhaps in my own little boring bubble?

Under 12's I know:

Chloe, Lexi, Rhianna, Beth, George, Harry, Jake, Ethan.

Adults I know:

Clare, Nicola, Jan, Lisa, Mark, David, Darren, James, Jason.
Showing my age group too

These lists are all so similar to those of my DC's friends and they're all born late 90s. Popular with their peer groups -

Edward (so many, all shortenings as well)
Oliver
Olivia
Sophie
Jack
James
Tom
Sam
Katie
Ellie
Lucy
Billy
Will
Lizzie
Erin
Toby
Jess
Caitlin
Max
George
Jake
Alex
Laura

Obviously some were more of their time, e.g. Daniel, Megan, Gemma, Becky, Luke I don't think you see as many of anymore but also the odd name that seems to have surged in popularity, e.g. Isaac, Theo, Nora, Alfie.

There were some unusual names in their school but only a handful a year.

When I was at school, half the girls were called Rachel/Rachael/Rachelle and most of the boys were called Mathew, don't get so many of either these days.
Babies I know are:

Isabella
Grace x3
Willow
Eleanor
Ellie
Sophie x2
Sophia
Iris
Ava
Rose x2
Evie
Poppy
Daisy
Amelia
Matilda
Annabelle
Aoife
Ruby
Emily
Freya
Maddison
Esme
Faith
Gracie
Laura
Temperance
Constance
Wallis
Summer
Bethany
Chloe
Betty
Alisha
Scarlett
Honey
Alex
Florence x2
Hattie
Lily
Mary
Rosa
Cerys

Alfie
Freddie
Jake
Jude
Mitchell
Miles
Harrison x2
Noah
Seth x2
Albert x3
Albie
Bertie
Bobby
Clarke
Acer
Jayden
Dexter
Geoffrey
Teddy
Eddie
Russell
Jacob
Harry x3
Jack
Felix
Walter
Ethan
Luke
Logan
Ashton

I don't know many babies but the ones I do know all have what I consider very classic names like Lucy and William.

A lot of names I'd rate as "strange" are very popular on MN.
I imagine my children's names rate as "boring"! to many a MNer.
Which is fine. I will never consult this place for a name choice.

I most be really lower class, because I don't even know how to pronounce Ignatius.

In a primary school of 130, there are none of what I think of as the try hard names that people post about on here.

I've thought the same thing when I've looked at these popular baby name lists. I think where are all these Olivers and Amelias? I know hardly anyone with the supposedly most popular baby names. I think the only Jack I've ever known was my late Dd,but he was born in 1924 so that probably doesn't count towards today's popular names! Also it wasn't his real name,his real name was John and in those days Jack was a pet form of John (no I don't understand it either).Likewise the only Harry I've ever known was my elderly uncle. As for the girls names,the only one in the top 10 that I know someone is called is Emily,the daughter of an old college friend of mine.

Doubtful. It's much more acceptable and hilarious on MN to mock the middle class. Because they don't really love their children or have feelings. No, they purposely choose names which will get the dc beaten up because they are pretentious cunts. Apparently.

Again not my intention and i dont think I gave that inference at all

My daughters name is Freya Ophelia. I love the name Freya and it was always my first choice but didn't realise how popular it is. There are at least three other Freya's at every baby clinic appointment

Other baby names around me are:
Vogue
Brielle
Indie
Nirvana
Savannah Blu
Sienna
Bryson
Harley

No one has mentioned my son's name yet, but I don't know any others at all (there are rumours that there is another baby with that name in the city though).

Ooh there's only room in the city for one of them?

Looking at the lists on the whole there doesn't seem to be what I would consider unusual names and generally the same or similar names that I knew growing up ( im mid 20's) or around here.

So why are there more exotic names on the baby name board suggested what seems almost constantly? Is it a wind up I wonder? Especially when people say they know X people names Y And I always here about people wanting unique names there doesn't seem that many In real life so do people lose their courage or get dissuaded I wonder?

Ethan
Ewan (Euan?)
Noah
Fred/ Freddie
George
Emma
Maria
Ruby
Cadi
Thomas
Holly
Sam
Seth
Anna
Poppy
Grace
Isabella
Amber
Daisy
Jacob
Tess
Jemima
Mia
Ellie

Those are the names of some of the children I know.

Babies know:

Alisdair
Arlo
Andrew
Ben
Billy
Bobby
Caleb
Cameron
Charlie
Fletcher
Flynn
Finn
Freddie (x2)
George (x2)
Gunnar
Harley
Hudaifah
Iain
Jacob
Jaxon
Jenson
Joseph (x2)
Kody
Lennox
Leon
Leo (x2)
Liam
Lucas
Ollie
Oliver (x2)
Rafael
Roscoe
Samuel
Sam
Sebastian
Theo (x2)
Thomas (x2)
William
Zaiden

Alesha
Alice
Amarlia
Aria
Aryanna
Arya
Astrid
Beau
Blossom
Charlotte (x2)
Daisy
Elodie
Elsie
Etta
Eva
Evelyn (x3)
Florence
Gracie
Hannah
Harper
Isla
Ivy
Jessica
Kaci
Lauren
Layla-Grace
Luna
Macie
Maddison
Marley
Maria
Mia
Millie
Orla
Patcie-Ann
Phoebe
Rosalind
Rosie
Zoe

Names of my friends/their partners:
Lucy
Laura
Rebecca
Lynsey
Amanda
Holly
Liz
Beth
Victoria
Katie
Gavin
Tom
James
Luke
Sam
Gareth
Martin
Andrew
Robin
Chris

Primary or younger aged children around here are

William
Summer
Barney
Alexander
Ella
Milo
Harrison
Eila
Leila
Sofia
Violet
Erin
Martha
Ben
Max
George
Toby
Hugo
Briony
Ludo
Charlie
Joey
Reuben
Billy
Eva
Malaki

Louiseville luckily the other one is in a much posher area than we are so hopefully it will not come down to a Highlander situation! Ofc my son would win .

I did search on MN for his name before he was born and it wasn't much loved in the few threads that it was mentioned on! Decided to go for it anyway and gave him easier middle names so he can swap it over my dead body if he likes.

LouisevilleLlama I think it's mostly a case of people backing out the more "real" the situation appears to be. I'm in my mid-20s now, and my mother initially intended to name me "Drusilla". Apparently, after much protest from family members and the like, my parents decided to go with the name of a relative. It's still an extremely uncommon name in the UK, but thankfully it's nowhere near as pompous as that.

I'm in my 30s and the most popular names were Sarah, Claire, Leanne, Fay/e, Nicola, Jodie, Helen, Emma, Victoria, Michelle, Rachel and Ruth.

I had Faye, Nicola, Leanne and Rachel on my list for dd. I think they're lovely names. (We chose a completely different name in the end though.)

I changed my first name.

Haven't seen my DD's name on here yet.

My DS is still little so I don't know many. The ones I do know are called

Anastasia
Pearl
India
Morgan
Effie
Isla
Ivy Florence

Brodie
Angus
Hamish
Harris
Alex
Asa
Zach
Felix
Thomas
Max
Magnus
Machar

People I know in my age group: Aaron/Arron Barnaby, Edmund, Verity, Marianne, Amanda, Gemma, Ivan, David (loads) John, Alexandra, Colin, Harry, Lucy, Jordan, Levi, George, Jack, Adam, Chole.

Axel
Ramon
Luca
Andreas
Vladimir
Carlos
Benoit
Arun
Rajan
Alex
Zaid
Roman
Tomas
Orlando
Raife

Boys in DS' friendship group /class in Central London Independent School.

I've had my name on here often enough so I'm not concerned to tell you my first name is January. I have a close friend with a daughter called Xanthe and she's nearly eight now so they were a touch ahead of the craze. Our family names are all relatively middle of the road (possibly apart from my own although it's normal to me!)

The thing is that the unusual names are, by their very nature, unusual. If I were to post a list of the less usual names of the children I know, that would be pretty identifying, as some of them are very unusual indeed. So while there are entry of children called Freya/Noah/Freddie/George/Charlotte/Oliver/Lily/Tabitha etc, I'm not so keen on posting the rarer ones. I will admit to knowing several Athenes and Merlins, though.