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Aibu to think the name suggestions on mumsnet are awful a lot of the time?

121 replies

hcarter8 · 11/09/2023 16:17

One thing I've noticed on Mumsnet is that people never actually suggests the type of baby names that the OP likes/asks for example if someone came here and asked “what’s are good sibling name for?”…. And their first child’s name was what mumsnet would call a a “ trendy and American” name like Paisley, Hunter, Harper, Jaxon Etc. (i don’t really like these names but I’m using them to prove a point) a lot of the people in the comments don’t even suggest similar names, the suggest old classic names like Josephine, Ophelia, Atticus that are clearly not the OPs taste.

Like if the OP has a first child with a trendy name like Harper they won’t won’t their second child to be called an old name like Olivia will they. I do feel like there is genuinely a lot of snobbery that comes into it aswell, like a lot of people on here try to make the parents choose a “classic” name because they themselves don’t like the modern ones even though it would look silly and out of place with their first child's name. Sorry for the rant it’s just been something I’ve noticed here recently.

OP posts:
LittleObe · 11/09/2023 21:32

@ManateeFair omg Prep was fantastic! Read it when I was 12 and loved it lol

AngryBirdsNoMore · 11/09/2023 21:35

If you want to see some magnificent names, go and look at the names on the brick walls in Battersea Childrens Zoo. Anyone who donates gets to have their child’s name painted on one of the bricks.

My favourite is Maximilian Bollinger. Just magnificent.

AngryBirdsNoMore · 11/09/2023 21:36

I can’t find who said Pegasus - I know a Pegasus! It has a special forces connotation in several countries.

KnobbingtonKnobberson · 11/09/2023 21:36

Oh yes, Cross Sugarman was the hunky jock in Prep. His name stuck in my head!

baffledcoconut · 11/09/2023 21:37

I’ve just this last week come across a Neaveh - and mum actually did say ‘yeah I wanted it to be heaven backwards’

Hushed squeaks of ‘so it isn’t just an urban myth’

But then again I know an Artemis and a Odin.

RantyAnty · 11/09/2023 21:42

I don't understand why anyone would ask for name suggestions on here anyway.

LastNightAPandaSavedMyLife · 11/09/2023 22:03

Nevaeh is definitely real (unfortunately). It’s one of the worst names out there. And always followed by ‘it’s heaven backwards’. We know. Everyone fucking knows.

unvillage · 11/09/2023 22:08

I know a lovely little Nevaeh. It's when it's spelled Navaeh or Neveah that it really bothers me.

Giveuprobot · 11/09/2023 23:08

FrostieBoabby · 11/09/2023 19:42

I like sibling names that aren't matchy matchy as long as they're names I like, won't set them up for school bullying and are suitable for an adult as well as a cute baby so no Bertie, Molly, Polly, Teddy, Bear etc.

In 20 years those lovely siblings will fly the nest, head off for their own lives and only return for high-days, holidays and funerals and matchy sibling names make no odds as they'll hardly ever be in the same room together!

Wonderfully illustrating the point that people use name threads purely to express views on names they do/don't like even if that has no connection to the OP.

Extra points for a good Mumsnet belief in a 'proper' name too.

TheIsleOfTheLost · 11/09/2023 23:28

If the name threads were real everyone would be called Ezra and Ottilie. Which is odd, as they also say popular names should be banned. Can't really be both.

Name your child what you like. The Nevaeh I know is a lovely kid and the mum is a brilliant parent. Her kids are loved, secure and thriving. Popular names are ones that lots of people like, so you are in good company.

My kids are one with an uncommon name and one with a very popular one. Just go wiyh good names amd don't worry about the opinions.

TheBirdintheCave · 11/09/2023 23:42

IsSheEverOnTime · 11/09/2023 21:31

Once I saw my daughter's name on a thread asking for favourite girls names..which warmed my heart as I still adore it- only for the thread to be derailed by people laughing at it! One person even put 5 (!) Crying with laughter faces! It's only a four letter girls name in a similar vibe to Orlaith or Isla!

I once was told it would be child abuse to call my son Gilbert 🤷🏻‍♀️

MasterBeth · 11/09/2023 23:54

TheBirdintheCave · 11/09/2023 23:42

I once was told it would be child abuse to call my son Gilbert 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's not quite child abuse but it's at least child cruelty.

Grabage · 12/09/2023 00:01

I’ve got an Ambrose! @TwistofFate

Always loved the name because I knew an Ambrose who was a fab man. We’ve even met another child Ambrose too! It’s not a common name though…something like 20 kids a year named it…

AngryBirdsNoMore · 12/09/2023 00:09

baffledcoconut · 11/09/2023 21:37

I’ve just this last week come across a Neaveh - and mum actually did say ‘yeah I wanted it to be heaven backwards’

Hushed squeaks of ‘so it isn’t just an urban myth’

But then again I know an Artemis and a Odin.

There is indeed a Nevaeh at DC’s nursery! Now it isn’t actually that unusual, I think it’s quite sweet.

GodDammitCecil · 12/09/2023 01:27

unvillage · 11/09/2023 22:08

I know a lovely little Nevaeh. It's when it's spelled Navaeh or Neveah that it really bothers me.

OMG, that reminds of the person on Handbag.com who proudly displayed the name of their son that they’d just had tattooed somewhere very visible - Alife … it took someone hesitantly pointing out the error for her to even realise (must’ve been on her back!) 😱🫣😬

Sucette · 12/09/2023 02:04

GodDammitCecil · 12/09/2023 01:27

OMG, that reminds of the person on Handbag.com who proudly displayed the name of their son that they’d just had tattooed somewhere very visible - Alife … it took someone hesitantly pointing out the error for her to even realise (must’ve been on her back!) 😱🫣😬

What was it supposed to be?

unvillage · 12/09/2023 02:07

Sucette · 12/09/2023 02:04

What was it supposed to be?

Alfie?

Sucette · 12/09/2023 02:15

unvillage · 12/09/2023 02:07

Alfie?

Thanks

GodDammitCecil · 12/09/2023 02:53

Yes, Alfie!

TheBirdintheCave · 12/09/2023 06:55

@MasterBeth Because you don't personally like the name? It's normal, properly spelt, not unusual... I don't get it. I don't like the name Betsy, I think it's hideous, but I wouldn't say anyone was being cruel or abusive to call their child that 🤷🏻‍♀️

oioicheeky · 12/09/2023 09:45

I'd never heard of "classic" names before MN, although obviously I can understand what it means. It's just not something I ever hear in real life.

But on here, so many replies of "Lovely. Classic".

Also the threads were a poster replies with a massive list of about 50 names, in alphabetical order Confused

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