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AIBU to ask owyou would never name a child and why

602 replies

Flyingfish2019 · 07/01/2019 17:36

I would never name a child Mia = missing in action. Or Cameron, what if she marries a guy named Cameron and then she is called Cameron Cameron?
Or Claudia because it means “one who is lame“ in Latin.

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MsTSwift · 10/01/2019 12:32

I love this thread though my dh and both dds names mentioned Grin But not mine!

Are we to conclude the only acceptable names are Laura and John?

RoboticSealpup · 10/01/2019 12:41

Leigh. It's weird because "Lee" sounds like some tough-guy type. Spelling it like Leigh makes it look all flowery, but it still sounds the same.

Also Fearne. The spelling doesn't match the pronounciation. It looks like it rhymes with "dear" but it doesn't.

Skyejuly · 10/01/2019 12:45

Omg. I didn't know the TED names list. My names on it aswell. Haha how funny! Ah well.

All 3 of my DDS names are mentioned here too but not sons name.

Oh I hate the name Nichola and Stephen they make me sick!

12fromcold · 10/01/2019 12:50

Love that Tanya is mentioned all the time.

I know a very irritating, nasty one.

TootTootPeanutbutter · 10/01/2019 12:50

Clementine
Ned
Alfie
Archie
Ted
Freddie

User758172 · 10/01/2019 12:52

DDs play with a Hilda at the park, and a Gertrude. Don’t like either name... very old lady-ish.

Skyejuly · 10/01/2019 13:11

Tanya is horrid

Satsumaeater · 10/01/2019 13:16

Well I've scrolled back a few pages and nobody has mentioned my name, DH's name or DS' name. That's nice to know :)

FrLukeDuke · 10/01/2019 14:12

Are we to conclude the only acceptable names are Laura and John?
Laura was someone on this thread's bully!

Flynnshine · 10/01/2019 15:33

My daughter's name is in the top 100 - 'Eleanor'
I'm not a massive fan of the common shortened version 'Ellie' but I am expecting lots of her friends will call her that as she gets older.

My name is one of those ones which was popular back in the 80's but I would be shocked if anyone called their child that now!

There are some simply awful weirdly spelled names in my daughters school. I often wonder how annoying it must be to have to constantly correct people's spelling of your name because your parents decided to be 'different'

MsTSwift · 10/01/2019 15:42

My dds and my grandmothers name both on this page Grin. My granny detested her name and would turn in her grave if any of us had used it baffling the hipster set now are!

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 10/01/2019 18:42

we agreed on another unusual name that we now dislike thanks to x factor

Chico?
Wagner?
Jedward?

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 10/01/2019 18:46

I neither particularly like nor dislike the name, but every time I meet or hear of an Aaron, I always think of Michael McIntyre's joke about the parents being obviously very lazy.

"50,000 Baby Names" - First page, first name: Aaron. "Yep, that'll do!"

The only thing is you never know if he pronounces it Arron or Airon.

ForalltheSaints · 10/01/2019 18:48

I would use the conventional spelling of whatever name chosen. To spare a child of having to repeat how their name is spelt as they go through life.

Emsonline · 10/01/2019 19:02

I'm very suprises to have only seen my eldest daughters name on here once. Even I'm on the fence about it now. It suits her completely, but it gained popularity so quickly in the months after she was born.

I'm an Emma and although I like it because it's simple, it is boring. I think the majority of Emma's are Emma Louise's too...

ShaggyRug · 10/01/2019 20:22

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

I know an Aaron and his parents ARE spectacularly lazy Grin

bananamonkey · 10/01/2019 21:40

My friend’s DH is Aaron, we just call him Ron Grin

Bingo, my name has been mentioned, I promise I’m not any of the personality traits mentioned! It is a shit name though, although my parents are horrified whenever I express my dislike for it.

coconutwheel · 10/01/2019 21:57

Ophelia.
Abandoned, driven mad with grief and drowns herself. Why would you choose this name for your baby girl?!
Also met a couple of women named Becky Sharp. Hmm

Sarahandduck18 · 10/01/2019 22:31

Dick

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 10/01/2019 23:42

Ophelia.
Abandoned, driven mad with grief and drowns herself. Why would you choose this name for your baby girl?!

Plus, it's one of those names, along with Iona, which can be really unfortunate if she marries and wants to take her husband's surname.

MitziK · 11/01/2019 01:15

Cloud,

Yep.
Might not sound so great when said Cloud is nicknamed (or depending upon location, pronounced) Clod. Or is unspeakably loud.

Kids called things like Princess-Name with two sets of double vowels are invariably spoiled, have an unerring sense of innate superiority and behave accordingly. As do their parents.

Kids who are known by their initials play up to their parents for sympathy when given attention, demand that everything is done for them as they can't possibly be expected to take responsibility for themselves or just have the initials elongated into a name like Teej or Ceej or Midge (the latter being particularly bad when adenoidal peers make it sound like Minge). Particularly when they have the initials because a father parent wanted a mini-me and gave them their name.

Kiki isn't a 'bad' name, but it makes me think of a chattering parrot.

Biblical/Religious names and qualities aren't bad, but I'm yet to meet a child who actually demonstrates any of those qualities (bearing in mind that most Biblical/Religious characters actually suffered horrendously) and, tbh, I think it's pretty unfair to lumber them with it in the first place.

Any more than two middle names seems to be overkill. I can understand it happening when there are two parents who want to pick something they like, if there's a family name or surname that they want to keep or if there's a historical double barrel that got lost somewhere along the line and they want it back.

I do feel sorry for kids whose parents went for a theme and then obviously ran out of ideas for the last one (or Mum must be on a new relationship and Dad put his foot down) - for example, Ptolomy, Nefertiti and - oh - Nigel.

Oliversmumsarmy · 11/01/2019 01:26

Agnes, Agatha, Edith, Beatrice (shortened form Beattie), all the names I associate with old women in long knickers airing their bits on the front in Blackpool.

The thought when I hear a dc with those sort of names takes me back to those old women in their crimpolene and nylon in s deck chair on the promenade.
Makes me shudder.

KitchenDancefloor · 11/01/2019 07:48

Timothy.

Tim is fine. I know a very nice one. But Timothy makes me feel squeamish. No idea why.

Dorcas.

Yes to pp who reminded me of that. What a leaden lump of a name.

MsTSwift · 11/01/2019 07:55

Tim is not fine. It’s the least sexy name ever and Harry Enfield “Tim nice but Dim” was surely the final nail in the Tim coffin

KitchenDancefloor · 11/01/2019 07:56

Oh and Clementine.

It's irrationally loved and over suggested on the name threads.

  1. The Cl sound is like clearing your throat.
  2. The 'Oh my darling Clementine' song would be sung to you for the rest of your life.
  3. It's a dumpy little fruit. I'm not a fan of noun names anyway.
  4. Is it Clem-en-tEEn or Clem-ent-EYEn? I've heard it pronounced both ways so whatever you plumped for, you'd be correcting people.