To love a name for baby that MN seems to not like :/

[Sammi89]

Hello all

DH and I are expecting our first daughter and have decided on the name Skylar. We are aware she might get nicknamed Sky or Skye which we are happy with.

but I see so many threads hating that name. Maybe a few likes, but most seem against it. Is it really that bad? What is wrong with it?!
we love the name so much and really don’t want anything else.

are we being unreasonable to go ahead with it?

OP, this is your baby so give her the name you love - some people will like it, some will dislike it but their opinion does NOT matter in the slightest and only someone terribly rude would even dream of telling you it’s a horrible name (which it isn’t).

There was a thread in baby names some years ago with my name on it and it was absolutely slated! Which made me laugh - I adore my name, partly because so many people dislike it!

I find that MN opinion/way of life seems to be the opposite of real life, so by that measure, your name choice is fine.

I often wonder how some people can breath without running it by MN first! What did people do before social media?

Why would you care what mumsnet thinks? Posters can be total twats about names on here. Best ignored.

I think accent comes into it a lot. If it becomes 'sky-luh' maybe loses the pretty you are after.

My only comment is how do you feel shouting it. As in I have to call Skylar to come here in the park? Some names are difficult this way. My friend as an Aurora and it's nice in her accent but dreadful in mine if I have to call her.

I like Skye better but it's definitely not in the make you wince when you hear it category and everyone has different tastes.

I like it x

Just give her the name you and your husband want! I know my youngest's name would be ridiculed on here if I said it (and it is very unusual) she's started school this year and there's actually two of them in the class! (Well two in the school actually, they just happen to be the same class 😂). There's also a whole range of 'unusual' names and nobody bats an eyelid at any of them.

Skylar is a beautiful name by the way.

As long as people aren’t trying to point out an obvious negative connotation that you’ve somehow missed (e.g. “Are you sure the name Eva is a good idea with the surname Brown?”), opinions are just that. They’re not binding or meant as guidance for life.

Skylar wouldn’t be my personal choice either, but there are very few names nobody dislikes. My own name is one that went from rare to mainstream in the 90s and seems generally liked, but it still appeared on a list of hated names on here once. Similarly, my favourite name was listed as hated by two different people, even though I thought it was too obscure to be on most radars. You can’t let it worry you too much.

Skylar is an absolutely beautiful name.

Don’t let strangers spoil your choice OP. Your child will grow into her name and it will be defined by her, not the other way round.

I really dislike it, but why would you care?! I doubt you know me in real life, and even if you do I wouldn't be so rude as to pass comment on any of your children's names. I wouldn't use it for my own kids, but it's not a name that sounds like a swearword or a disease or a notoriously evil person, so if you like it then go for it. Other people's opinions on a baby name are really just useful for making sure you haven't made a glaring error by overlooking something awful; after that, it's just personal taste.

I think it's an anglicized form of Schuyler.
It's a bit in the realms of Autumn, Amber, Britney, Misty. If that is the vibe you like, go for it!

did anyone else think it was going to be nevaeh 😂

OP please don’t let mumsnet opinions influence you on your baby’s name. My daughters name (a perfectly normal and lovely name) was brought up on a recent thread and someone called it ‘slapperish’.
if you love the name - use it!

I like SKY, not fond of Skylar. Looks/sounds like 'skylark' mis-spelt ..

Up to you. But do remember that your baby/child has to live with the name given to them. My friend has a really wacky (astronomical) type name that her hippy trippy parents gave her in the mid 1970s, and she has always just called herself Sarah, and no-one has known her as that name since primary school.

Interesting article in the Guardian today mentioned this name: Link

It’s currently top three in the African American community there.

I think it's a really pretty name!

I used to like it when I was young. I preferred Skyla. I thought I'd made it up tbh. Never heard of one in real life, I prefer Skye now

I thought you were going to say Nevaeh, which would be unreasonable. But Skylar is a beautiful name.

Its not a name I would choose but my personal preference are traditional names ,but it's irrelevant what I think if you like use it .

If you want a second opinion try Digital Spy. My name came up as the only name after 2000 posts that no one objected too.

On MN, they've "never known one that wasn't sly", "twee", "wet" etc

Better still, ignore all internet randoms.

I don't like it but I don't like skylar in breaking bad also it's very American.
It's not the prettiest, Sky might be ok though.

The fact is that an unusual name will be polarising. Some people will like it, some will hate it. In real life nobody will really care what you call your child and the only person whose opinion matters is their parents and them when they grow up, but who is to know how they’ll feel about their name. I think a good rule of thumb when choosing a name is “how would I feel being given this name?”

For what it’s work I love Sky/Skye but think Skylar sounds like skylark missing the k and also gives me Disney villain vibes.

Names are a personal thing so name DC something you and DH like.

I don't like Skylar as a name, but also find most of the names on the 'classic names that are bit unusual' threads don't float my boat either. It doesn't register when I meet someone that I would or wouldn't call my child that name.

There's very few names out there that are truly polarising.

Skylar is a cool name. Only just come across it myself as have been watching Breaking Bad. If you haven't seen that series, it's great!