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.

YANBU but it's not just the name, it's the spelling! I've heard of so many people recently naming their children something pretty widely used but spelling it differently to make it "unique".

A couple I've seen recently: Ayvah (Ava) and Aiyla (Isla).

I just think, you're subjecting your child to a lifetime of having to explain how their name I spelt/pronounced!

There is an MP called Tulip who hasnt done too badly...

Tulip Siddiq is an MP and the name hasn't done her any harm

AyahuascaTrip (great name btw)
That's Tulip Mazumdar the British journalist and broadcaster who currently works for the BBC as their global health reporter.
Tulip is a fabulous name. I know a 7 year old Tulip who's very clever & a lovely girl.
Another great name is Emerald. Emerald Fennell the actress, her Dad is/was a jewellery designer.

I love Precious and Blessed. There's another thread just now asking for names that mean.... so there you go. In one language or another there's a lot of Preciouses and Blesseds. And isn't that lovely?

I'm going to call my next baby Buttercup.

Lauriemarlow... you've assumed that. I have no idea about names and origins from other cultures and therefore have no opinion about those. I am white British and am talking about other white British names which are in my own cultural norm.

Thanks Tracy 😀 yes that’s her, couldn’t remember her last name.

Has anyone seen the horrible histories where it's doing all the weird names parents called their children in Victorian England like lettuce, cheese, toilet. Hilarious

@Blondieg yes yes yes! Find that hilarious every time!

I think more 'offbeat' names are becoming a thing. I know people aged 19 to 33-ish who are called

SKY (also know a couple of kids under 10 called Sky, I think it was a name from Breaking Bad.)

SUMMER (all 15/16 to 25.)

BLOSSOM - she is 23 and hates it and makes everyone call her Olivia (her middle name.)

Some flowers sound nice as girls names, some others hmmm... not sure.

Daisy, Rose, Lily... Yes...

Buttercup, Tulip, Daffodil.... Not so sure about them, but the more I think about it, the more cute TULIP is sounding.

And Pancake and Swizzle... are people having a laugh?!

As someone said upthread, posters can call people judgy, but employers WILL look at a name that they class as daft. It shouldn't be this way, but it sometimes is..........

@OwlBeThere

'Pixie' is not Pixie McKenna's real name.. Ditto Englebert Humperdinck! I thought you'd have checked before posting!

Condoleezza Rice is an American woman, with parents of African origin, so it's not that odd for her to have a rather exotic name. If it's some white kid off a council estate in Telford or Crewe, it is going to sound a bit daft. Socratis Otto is GREEK, and Heston (as in Blumenthal) is not that that weird a forename.

So your 'examples' are not great.

And like a few others, I also know about half a dozen ladies who were born and raised in Nigeria, Ghana, and Namibia, with unusual and exotic names.... Peace, Patience, Precious, Harmony, and Beautiful. 2 of them are doctors. (GPs.)

As a number of people have said, it's not that weird for them to have these names.

Let me guess you're daughter is called Banana.

I couldn't care less what an applicant's name on a CV is - however, I have dismissed on the grounds of poor spelling or grammar .....

Tulip Siddiq already came from political family with all connections needed for career in politics even in UK. As PP said
The really unusual names usually come from celebrities who know their kids are likely to live outside the norm anyway.
Similar might go for politicians. Also where she is from Tulip might be a common name as Mark is in here.

Lettice is a name. There's a play about a Lettice. Lettice & Lovage. Peter Shaffer.

Tulip is a fairly popular girls name in India.

The OP would absolutely hate my sons fairly traditional eastern european name.

Why wouldn't Tulip be acceptable when Rose/Daisy/Willow/Poppy/Fern etc all are?

I am white British and am talking about other white British names which are in my own cultural norm

And then you have to layer class, region, ethnic influence (regionally dependent). There are a myriad of cultural norms across the country.

And yes, some of them will hate your choice of name and think it’s hudeous,

*SKY (also know a couple of kids under 10 called Sky, I think it was a name from Breaking Bad.

Skye, with the E, has been around for ages. Sky from Breaking Bad is a nickname for Skylar

I always thought Lettuce was short for Letitia

I work with children
So far I’ve met
Princess
Angel
Clover
India
China
Indie
Kaiser
Bart
Aurbury
Wayne
Brady
Luna
To mention a few
Do these people not realise they grow up and unusual makes them stand out for the wrong reasons?

:)

Lettice is vair posh

What wrong reasons?!

I have a misspelled name for English speakers, but it's spelled correctly for other parts of the world.

I also have a female cousin who was given a traditionally male name. We both lamented our names, but I think she hated hers more. If my name was even a bit more out there, I would change it. My name makes people ask me so many questions and make assumptions about me before they meet me.

I think name changing will become a lot more common as this generation gets older. I believe the people giving these kids out there names have names like Sarah or Michael, and they don't realise that the grass isn't always greener. Their kids will though.

@SecretWitch I haven't mentioned names such as Precious/Blessed. I know they are names used often in African cultures. I know a Moreblessing and Precious, both from Africa. These are cultural, Shiraz is not, their mother drinks too much red wine.

What I'm getting at is, stupid names like Buttercup and Pancake used in the western culture purely because parents think it's 'cute' or 'unusal'. No, it's fucking stupid and I pity a child with parents selfish enough to call their children names they wouldn't want for themselves.