To think people should take naming their children seriously?

[DreamsOfDownUnder]

Do they not imagine their name choice on the top of a CV or whatever when naming their child 'Ballerina' or 'Buttercup' or 'Tulip'. I find it tends to more girl names than boys.

Funny how it does seem to be more common with girls .
Then you have the strange spelling names and the made up ones are worse
Sometimes I think they are copying celebs .

I don't think it's done Tulip Siddiq much harm...

@UnicornBrexit fucking Pancake.

I've met a Bambi Buttercup.....

Thing is people can think the OP is being narrow minded, judgy etc but the fact is a lot of people do make judgements on names, including those who look at CVs. Whether that's right or wrong is kind of irrelevant, you try to give your child the best chance in life surely and yes that does include what you name them.

I don’t think people should judge people by their name.
However I do wonder how many of the parents giving their children ‘unique’ names would actually like that name for themselves.

Working in schools I have never met any teachers with an “out there” name. However I think this generation is going to be used to more adventurous names so when they are going for jobs in 10-20 years it won’t be that unusual so won’t be detrimental at all, I wouldn’t have thought.

On a CV could easily give initials or use a middle name. Lot of fuss about nothing.

I don’t judge people by their names (unless they have chosen to change their name to something awful or go by an awful nickname) but I judge the parents who give their children awful names

@UnicornBrexit Most likely race as names like Precious etc tend to be from particular cultures

Oh dear...... I didn't consider that my dd with an overly girly flowery name wouldn't be taken seriously in the career of her choosing based on a piece of paper.
FF 17years she is the youngest qualified mechanic locally, with waist length blonde hair, an hour glass figure and attitude to rival a fierce mythical beast - she is taken seriously, and randomly gets called all sorts of non rude names in a workshop with only male co workers.

Don't judge a book and all that.... if a child grows up and qualifys in their field that will speak louder than whatever name they were given at birth.

Also maybe unusual names would stand out, especially for creative jobs. Could be a bonus.

Why is Kayleigh spellet like 5 different ways? It can get so confusing. It's a lovely name, but it can be a pain to spell so I always have to ask for spelling and once a woman got into bit of a huff that "It's obviously spelt xxxxx". No. Not obviously. I feel bad for them, because I know how annoying it is to have to spell out your nameall the time since mine is foreign.

Spelt!

Spelled! That's not going well...

It's not just future employers either, I've heard several times teachers say they can predict what certain children are going to be like when they get their list of next year's names.

@CauliflowerBalti Now I'm sort of hoping your name is actually Cauliflower

Dr Pixie McKenna
Condoleezza Rice
Heston Blumenthal
Socratis Otto
Engelbert Humperdinck

All stupid names, all doing just fine in life.

Did you forget you already did this topic, Katie??

but the fact is a lot of people do make judgements on names, including those who look at CVs
I look at cvs and to be honest I don't even look at the name until I've decided who I am shortlisting. The idea that I would discount a good candidate because of their name is ludicrous. I don't think anyone actually does this!

Tulip is a bit of a weird example, as that's the name of a current MP.

Heston Blumenthal said in an interview that he always wished he had a normal name!

Totally agree. Best (well worst) names I have heard were at a previous school, Chardonnay and Shiraz, I kid you not, guess which one was blonde...

Poor girls. Mine have super conservative names, we even checked them against other languages in case we moved overseas, maybe I over thought it!

I know someone with an unusual (albeit not a silly one) who got to interview stage because they wanted to meet the person with that name...

Why is Kayleigh spellet like 5 different ways? It can get so confusing.

It seems that a unique (yoohneec) spelling is just one more way to make your child stand out from the crowd! Jaxon, Debra, LX (pronounced "Alex" apparently

Tokyo Sexwhale. Best name ever and has not held him back, in fact it probably helps him stand out (in countries where that name is unusual).

Dr pixie is a Bernadette.