to wish my name wouldn't always come up in the baby names threads?

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NC for this. My name always comes up in the baby names threads. Always as 'dated' or 'common' or 'chavvy' etc etc. Sick of seeing my name slagged off and I never felt down about it until mn. To the point that I have hidden the baby names threads and never read them, even though we are currently trying to think of a name for DC1. AIBU to think that we don't think of these things when we slag off other people's names on the internet? That people actually have these names?

OP you need to seriously lighten up!

I once came on to mumsnet to find a thread mocking my name and asking if was possible that anyone was named it.

I laughed!

I'm a Jocasta

People can say what they like about my name. Its fuckin awful. I've never forgave my parents for calling me it.

jade OP are you ok?
Sorry for all the 90s saffies that hate their names.
Blame it on your parents it wasn't your choice

I find the current names in fashion in England tremendously boring, OP. And I hate terms like chavvy, I think they reflect more on the person using them than on the people being referred to.

The only names I really dislike are because I have known really unpleasant peole with them. There is one man's name that I have met loads of people with that name and only one has been a decent human being.

I once saw my name referred to as a gorgeous, exotic Irish name, so much nicer than its English equivalent.

It is so not a gorgeous exotic name. It's bog standard and there were hundreds of us in schools all over Ireland in the 60s to 80s.

I was named by my aunt because my parents couldn't agree between Suzanne (mum) and Susannah (dad) and my mum's fallback position was Roberta.

My point is - there's no accounting for taste.

Cheer up, OP.

You could change your name?
Or you could accept that not everyone likes everything

Crystal Tiffany Amber Lola Candy Skye

Brittany was my first thought. Possibly Tiffany.

Off topic but if Umbongo ever feels like doing an ‘I’m a triplet AMA’, that would be amazing. Though I imagine you get a lot of questions all the time so maybe it doesn’t appeal!

👋🏻 hello fellow Jade.

It's not that bad. Unless you spell it with a Y

Because the kids I’ve met called Rafferty/Genevieve tend to be appallingly behaved average children whose parents think they’ve been gifted by angels on winged horseback

I prefer your references to these names is because they aren't common. My dd has an extremely uncommon name and was always really well behaved in school and in other people's houses, so bog off.

No two people will agree. I've always loved the name Chantelle, Michaela is a gorgeous name.

Wear your name with pride! Sod others' opinions.

Unless it's Waynetta of course....

Lol I seen mine referred to multiple times as someone who couldn’t be trusted was a bitch at school would steal your man and make your life hell and there’s never been a good person with this name haha all agreed ...

My daughter's exact name (first and middle) was dismissed on a recent thread. I don't care - I think it's beautiful and she likes it. I wouldn't stress about the opinion of strangers.

My name gets called pretty awful things.
Better, there's a slight variant spelling that I loathe that is a "wonderful classic", say MNers.
My name is "anything but" classy.
I find the petty prejudices pathetic & hilarious, tbh.
Never understood why folk consult anywhere online about name choices. If you like it, embrace it. Don't defer to random strangers.

Stinker my uncle once said my name sounded like a high-class prostitute. His FIL said, "I don't know about high-class." 😂

So you previously liked your name because you thought everyone else liked it? But now know not everyone does you're down about it?

As someone else said no one feels as strongly about your name as their post comes across.

I can like a person's name on them but not consider it a smart choice for a baby

I like my name on me. It's obviously dated though, I know that of course, but I'm dated!

Came on to say Kayleigh or one of the Kardashians' names. OR Lily-Mae/Daisy-Mae.

I've never liked my name, but it's mine. In my country it's very rare in my generation (granny name! I longed to be a Tina, Nina or Hannah, like everyone else), but here it's one of the most common ones. One woman's chavvy/granny name is another's cool/sophisticated name. Shrug...

oh stinker that 's funny through the tears you'd laugh
I was nearly called Kerry Anne but my Granddad couldn't get it right and said Carry On, so it ws changed as the last minute

Maybe consider to not give your power away by allowing what you think other peoples' opinion of something to affect you. Who cares what anyone else thinks?

Life is too short to allow people you don't even know (or indeed even those you do know) to influence you in this way.

Love your name - love yourself or you risk never being happy.

My name is neither awful or lovely, it's possibly the most boring girls name in history and while it's never been popular it has never been unpopular either IYKWIM - it's too boring to even trigger dislike!

Names are funny though, there are names that I thought were awful/old fashioned when I was young that I now like - Vivienne is one example. Evelyn is another name I thought was really old fashioned when I was young but I have two friends who recently named their dd's Evelyn. So you never know OP, at some point your name may become the height of popularity! Heck I used to babysit a girl named Esmeralda and I felt so sorry for her being burdened by it, but guess what,now Esme is popular. So you never know OP, at some point your name may become the height of popularity!

math Aoife?

The problem I have with Sharon is it brings to mind those surreal threads about the t rex in Asda and wine on the wall.