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

[feelingnotbelieving]

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.

I've noticed the change from y to ie, especially these days you see lots of Hollie vs Holly. I think they think it looks kookier or more elegant or something

My dc have names you mentioned, nor do there names end in ie/y. There are longer less fashionable names. I'm not a huge fan of ie/y ending names.

However I don't know why it frustrates you so much what other people name their children and why your opinion/taste is the only valid one?

I genuinely personally can't stand the name Poppy, but you presumably like it as you choose it for your child. I would also put it in the category of annoying babyish ie names - like 'kelly' 'keeley' 'daisy' 'evie' 'ellie' etc

Oh dear I feel attacked....
my middle daughter is an Evie (Eve is her actual name but we only call her that when we're serious)

Eldest is a Ruby

My daughter is called Hetty, she's the only Hetty at her school. I did want to call her Hester with Hetty for short but DH hated it unfortunately.

Not keen on many ie/y names generally. Dislike Poppy, Maisie, Gracie etc. Sound a bit twee for me.

I have a Scottish name, ends in y don’t particularly like it’s quite spikey.

all my kids names end in N
Boyfriends in T
sister in A
is that ok?
oh and my dog is called Alfie!!
sorry he is not an Alfred but he’s a dog so didn’t think anyone would mind

like who cares, my grandma was a Lottie - Charlotte on bc other granddad Ted - Edward on bc
we have been shortening names for years!!!
my parents chose names you couldn’t really shorten to an actual name as they didn’t want this. I’m k she’s fee

Laughed out loud at Jeffie cake 🤣

I don't personally like them, think Daniel so much nicer than Danny, Katherine much nicer than Katie for example, but it's only the business of those that choose the name so I wouldn't let it bother me in the slightest. I think it's doesn't sound great to have all y/ie names in a family, but again, none of my beeswax and I'm sure plenty don't like my names.

When i hear Jeffie i think of that stupid puppet from a rude mario webseries my son used to like watching before we banned it

You are misunderstanding. My name isn’t foreign. It’s a name which looks a bit like a boys name, minus one letter, but is pronounced very differently, and is not a feminine version of that name.

Happy to send you a message with my real name to clarify as it’s pretty outing!

I know two Alfreds. One goes by Alfie the other Freddie.

Do you perhaps need a hobby/ie that doesn’t include being a crashing snob & bore about what other people name their children?

Is there so little else to worry about in your life that you spend this much time fuming & judging about things that are absolutely nothing to do with you and have zero impact on you? Lucky you.

You should move to France. They have a list of permitted names.

No way would I call a baby Bernard, can you imagine at monkey music, “hello Albie, hello Bernard! Bernie is much nicer. The only way I could imagine this being acceptable is if you said it in the French style, like Bernarrd, which I am sure you also disapprove of!

I do find the baby naming phenomenon where thousands of people choose what they think is a yoo-nique name for their kids only to find thousands of them at nursery very interesting though, does anyone know how/ why it happens? Is it some kind of subliminal influencing or just that we reject names which we grew up with (Paul, Gary, Hayley etc?).

I know exactly what names you and your sister have 😂

In fact, I know two sisters with those names. Fairly common sibling names?

I have an Evie & she is the only one in 3 classes of 30! I was surprised tbh… & with hindsight wish I had called her Evelyn, but I didn’t. But I also think you’re being rude & consequently will say I really dislike the name Georgia (makes me think of a grumpy child) but would never say that to you or start a thread!

I dislike children only having diminutive names. It will look at bit odd when they are trying to be judge called Jeffie. Most people do use the shortened version of their names with friends and family though

Exactly this.

@ilovesooty - your posts reminds me that sometimes people don't know how to spell a name, so they just guess it.

Meloney is the exact spelling that a relative insisted on writing on birthday and Christmas Cards for my daughter Melanie over the years. The Relative did have some issues with spelling/writing (always) to be fair. But I have often thought that sometimes there are people out there in the same boat who just aren't good at spelling

Ah - I'd heard of Nan but hadn't thought of it being made into Nannie - I always think of that as what children call their grandmothers.

OP: I intensely dislike names ending in y/ie
PP: what’s your child’s name?
OP: er Poppy

Katie Hopkins: I hate names that are also locations or places.
Presenter: what’s your child’s name?
KH: er India

This must be a Katie Hopkins windup thread!

I live in Scotland and in the past I would have said having an ie on the end of your name meant you were quite a nice or funny chap or maybe a wee (shorter than average) person.

If you didn't get your name foreshortened you would be considered more sensible/ aloof etc

so Wullie, Jamie, Mattie, Stevie........

I've only read the first page of this thread and got to the bit where the P was talking about naming children after gparents. As an amateur geneologist I would say that having people in several generations with the same name is so confusing and makes searches really tedious.. Include family names but mix it up a bit......but that's also a problem when the named person prefers to use a different name altogether

Lol, Mumsnet is the home of being annoyed about absolutely anything
names, pronunciation, ballet pumps,thank you cards, gifts for the postie and refuse collectors
So being vexed about names, is a mn perennial

Do you dislike lots of things op?

Perhaps try to think positive thoughts, people might find your negativity jarring.

I don’t know why people are failing to grasp the difference between a complete name that has always ended in y or ie like “Lucy” or “Henry” and a newly shortened name like “Albie” or “Freddie”.

My personal pet peeve is where people have actually made the name longer to cutesyfy it - e.g. Ralphie, Hughie.

Lucy can be a shortening of Lucille. Henry is a shortening of Harold.