To intensely dislike the “y/ie” suffix name craze?

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Alfie Archie Albie Blakie Bertie Denny Ellie Evie Edie Georgie Lenny Ralphie Ronnie Reggie Vinny.

Today I came across a Jeffie. Why?!

If want to give you kid an old fashioned name, then name it Alfred, Eleanor, Leonard or Vincent. Or Jeffrey.

Added to the naff-ness of it is the fact that when that child starts school, he’s going to be one in at least half a dozen others with the same name.

I just find it it very unoriginal and effortless to give your child a “trendy” name that 50% of parents seem to also be naming their child. I’m assuming they think it’s quirky or cute but I can’t be the only person who thinks it’s naff and tasteless.

I get sometimes it’s to honour a relative. My grandad was called Bernard, but if I wanted to name my son after him I wouldn’t name him Bernie. I’d call him Bernard. As that was my grandads name.

Is someone forcing you to name your child one of these Op? That's so mean if you don't like it.. hope your ok

I once taught a class of 30 boys, 11 of whom were called Andrew.

I know someone called Lucy - her name is actually Lucia.

I taught a Meloney once.

@SamAndEIIa my daughter is the only poppy in her year of 200+
As it happens I’m not keen on the name anymore either. i liked it at the Rome but i wouldn’t have tried to make it trendy by calling her Poppie.

Yes x 100.

Just give the poor child a proper name on their birth certificate and use the ‘cutesy’ version if you like - other people will whether you like it or not - but give them the choice for when they’re adults and no longer cutesy little kids.

😂 it’s not the worst thing she’s been called I’ll give you that

Lucie is the French spelling and Mollie/y - which can be spelled either way - is a diminutive of Mary or sometimes Margaret.
So it's quite clear you haven't a clue what you're talking about. But it's hilarious that you have a child with a -y ending after all this.

It's what I call my niece.

You're as old as me Olive!

Both my kids names end in y. I just liked the names.

One of mine has a name like this and one doesn't. He does have the full name, it has a usual shortening that doesn't include the y on the end. When he was tiny we added the y as it just flowed. He now uses the normal shortening sometimes but prefers the version with the y on the end. When he started school we checked again what he wanted the teachers to use and he said the y version. So it's his choice.

But if you aren’t French why take the French name? Mary is a nice name, I didn’t know molly was derived from it. However they sound the same do they? It’s not the same as adding ie onto Alf.

My nephew has an ie at the end of his name and he was born in 2007. So I don’t think it’s a craze as such. They’re just names that some people pick and they stand out to you because you don’t like them. I think there are plenty of children who don’t have y or ie at the end of their names.

How old is your child?

Poppy doesn’t need to be made “trendy” - it IS trendy. I’ve been teaching 11-18 year olds for over a decade and there have always been multiple of them in each class. This means it’s been pretty common dating back until at least the late 90s/early 2000s. Given that you are talking about your child’s “year” of 200, I’m guessing they are born after this time.

This graph shows it’s been an incredibly common name for several decades.

Shortening names isn't exactly new. When I was at school there wasn't a class without a Vicky/Becky/Katy/Nikki/Lottie.

I prefer the full name on the birth certificate rather than to the diminutive, but that’s my personal choice. I don’t care what others do. What did annoy me was people shortening my daughter’s name immediately after birth. Gifts were bought with the diminutive form even after I’d said that was not her name. Imagine you introduce your daughter as Elizabeth and receive a load of gifts and cards with ‘Betty’. As she grew up, I told her it was her name and she could choose a diminutive if she wanted to. She said she preferred her full name. Still, there are people, including some grandparents who insist on the diminutive. My daughter says ‘that’s not my name, I prefer xxxxxxx’, but it is ignored. Diminutives are fine so long as people are also respectful if folks prefer the long original, especially if it’s on the birth certificate.

How about Bernie?

I’m plenty do, we are all entitled to opinions. I have a Poppy which does indeed end in a y but that is its original spelling. I didn’t change it to Poppie to bring it up to date or “different” or whatever. Then I have a Georgia and an Elliot. I don’t mind if people don’t like them.

To contrast this to one of the excessively popular names from your list, Denny:

Which is not a shortened version of a name, by the way.

Isn't Jeffie some YouTube puppet character with a pencil stuck up his nose? Got to question who would name their child that, or what kind of time they'll have.

I’m cracking on and a rather ancient 50, and mine is a name that ends in -y and is a diminutive of another name (which is my twin sister’s name, parents didn’t realise until years later).

Think Betty & Elizabeth (but not, obviously).

So people being given diminutive names as their proper name has been going on for forever!

I just find it it very unoriginal and effortless to give your child a “trendy” name

And yet you gave your daughter a very trendy name !

Yet another "craze" that I have entirely failed to notice.

I must have a life...

My nan was a Betty, which was her choice. But every time I hear someone say "Betty," I get a cringy Frank Spencer thing!

This is reminding my of Katie Hopkins slagging of parents who used geographical names like Brooklyn or London - when she had a child called India

My mother in law was named ‘Bessie’ instead of the family name ‘Elizabeth’ over 100 years ago. ‘It will just be shortened to Bessie’ they said. She hated her name and when she had a daughter named her Elizabeth.

I agree OP. ‘ie/y’ names are cute but as pet or nick names.