To think most parents these days don't consider their baby's names for when they are adults..

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Just that really.

I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen someone post a picture on their feed of their newborn with a name that is either really, really different or something that the child may not enjoy being called in the future when they are a teenager/adult...

E.g. Billi Mucklow naming her new baby boy Wolf Nine. It's different, yes and okay when he is a baby but I'm just imagining a professional middle aged businessman named Wolf and can't picture it.

I grew up with a very different name that is often mispronunced and is also a bit "babyish" for my age now which I do find awkward in a professional environment.
AIBU and alone in thinking this?

Agreed. All the cutsie little girl names now will be silly on grown women. The double barrel cutsie names are even worse!

What are these cutesy names that people think women can't cope with?

Daisy, poppy, Betsy-boo ?cuetsynames that a grown woman can't possibly have which is ridiculous of course women can

I think I have listed Jamie &jools olivers dds names oops

Daisy and Poppy are old names do clearly people cope. I think Judge Poppy Smith sounds fine along with her sister The Right Honorable Daisy Smith.
However I draw the line at Dr Betsy-Boo 🙈🙈

Maybe we should just work towards having a nicer society where noone is judged because of their name...... just a thought!!

Cheesywotsit- my youngest, aged 6, is called Alan! We certainly get a reaction, maybe because we are arty types, people often think they've misheard. I actually really enjoy their bafflement!

(My other two are Joseph and Cormac).

DHs step Mum said our DDs name wouldn’t do her any favours on the school playground. Her names Edith In contrast her granddaughters name is Lili-Bo (I shit you not. She was fucking mortified when she had to announce the name to everyone)

TheLegendOfBeans are you a Dingle from Emmerdale?

By the way, on another thread about names, when I said we'd called our youngest Alan, it went very quiet...........

I know of preschoolers with the following names...

Martin
Sharon
Wynter (with a Summer in the same class)
Siblings Digby & Monty
Fenton
Oxley

I think it's nice to have a variety and do tend to think names like Olivia, Emily and William are a bit boring and very overused around here.

Midwife colleagues of mine have silently pitied that lovely baby who'll grow up with a poor choice in name and how chuffed are the parents to have chosen a name no one else would've dreamt of using, all to sooth selfish egos. Very selfish.

Oh, and I forgot - a boy called Storm who is pale/fair, meek and timid... doesn't really go does it?

Legend My two sons have biblical names, too. Not very commonly used, in fact both are the only kids with those names in their school. It irritates me when people don't even try to pronounce names correctly - my youngest had teachers at primary school who - with their pronunciation - made his name into a girl's name - right through to Yr 6. That's just lazy.
I speak as a teacher myself with 120 students, may of whom are EAL with unusual (to British ears) names. I pride myself on spelling and pronouncing them all correctly.

Yay for Derek and Alan! Those were my grandfathers' names, both dead within the last few years in their 80s. The names should be ripe for revival.

I always thought Isobel was a Scottish name, because of Isobel Baillie.

Please ,please tell me what the Biblical names are ? I'm interested in how they sound feminine!

I love this thread! I never really considered my DD name as a professional adult - just considered her in the playground with a bunch of evil kids, and whether her name would make her a target or not.

I love both unusual names and "normal" names. I stop short of ridiculous names, though. Nine. North West. TallulahDoesTheHulaInHawaii. Twins called Benson and Hedges. That kind of thing. I heard of a girl called Infinity once, that was a bit too odd for me, but each to their own.

The thing I don't like is "normal" names, spelt differently to make them unusual.
What's your name, again - Katy? No, it's Caigh-tee. What? Stop that.

I love the idea of pets having normal human names! It kills me. I wanted to call our dog something like William, or Peter. Hahahaha!!! Here's my cat, Debra. And my hamster, Louise. We compromised and called the dog Otis.

My mum once taught a girl called Rainbow 😯

@LoislovesStewie I'm guessing one is maybe Elijah being pronounced Eliza? Or Jude being pronounced Judy??

My mum once taught a girl called Rainbow 😯

Surname Brite?

Thanks, I hadn't thought anyone could be so silly to get those wrong!

I don't judge on names, I judge on how others treat me.

I always encourage anyone who is pregnant to think of their baby’s name. At birth and toddler you can get away with anything, first day of school both primary and secondary can be tough with a different type of name, start of college or further studies, in a job interview at 30 as an example! If it sounds right in all of those scenarios then go with it. My name was different to others when I was younger and most had never heard of it but it’s quite common now. I would personally hate to have a name very different to the norm and wouldn’t wish it on any child. It’s a disgrace what some people call their children these days

Thank you every for the comments on my DDs name, it is reassuring.

DH did chose the Scottish spelling wit han O not an A so it's Isobel, no idea why but I had to compromise as I chose her middle name, nice to know no-one thinks it's odd or unique, we literally wanted a name that would last a lifetime and not just childhood.