For thinking baby names are getting silly

[bulbarsaurus]

Hi everyone,

Recently read through a thread with OP who wanted to name her child something completely ridiculous.

I have noticed a lot of threads with the same comments of very odd baby names, think things Like Spartacus or Amicablalette. For some reason this now seems to be the norm.

It seems like people are now either trying to make their normal child sound like a WW2 veteran by naming them Albert or Rodney or the lord or lady of the manner with names like Tarquin or Agatha.

Is it just me or do some of these names not look ridiculous. I know a child at a local nursery with working class parents called Horatio.

I can't imagine naming my children anything other than something normal so that when they finally go for a job interview their names appear professional and easy to read/pronounce.

Are there a list of normal Girls/Boys names you can give me! And does anyone else agree with me?!

AIBU?

I quite like Brian as well!

My mum was born in the early 50s and she has a Scottish name. The other girls in her class were Christines, Katherine/Kathleen/Kathryn, Margarets, Lindas, Maureens and Eileens.

Boys were Johns, Michaels, Roberts and Davids.

Out of the 35 or so in her classes - only about 10 names between them.

There is a Welsh girl’s name Llinos which means linnet.

Neighbours dog is Malcolm it really suits him , it’s a miniature shnauzer and it has a moustache ( as does his owner). They both have a bouncy walk too!

I didn't stop being a teacher 30 years ago. Anyway you are wrong about there not being unusual names then. We had many different ethnicities in my school in the 80s and children called, blue, Chelsea, Heathcliff among others.

I also know siblings with these names (perhaps the same family?) and their sister was called Persephone, as far as I can remember.

I had a Lysander in my class 10 or 15 years ago.

Actually I know someone called Spartacus. He had brothers called Apollo, Hercules and Lysander IIRC.

How is this any different from parents naming their children after people in the bible?

I love hearing different, more unusual names.
my only concern would be some names have quite a lot to live up to.
Romeo & Heathcliff for example.

There is a girl where I live and her name is Kateland - pronounced as Caitlyn.

I worked with someone whose daughter was Kate-lin 😂

Urgh I hate all the sneering going on here

"Crapbag" 😂

Did I mention anything about India or Willow being traditional or not?
As it is I think 'country' and 'tree' when I hear those names respectively, so not keen on them as people names. Each to their own though.

I can't imagine naming my children anything other than something normal so that when they finally go for a job interview their names appear professional and easy to read/pronounce.

I can't stand this argument, if a person is talented enough then an unusual name is not going to stop them from achieving anything that they want to achieve. Choosing a name because it is "professional" is one of the most uptight and boring things I've ever heard.

Same goes for people who bang on about "The Prime Minster Test". Show me someone capable of becoming Prime Minister that would let a name stop them, they would simply change it if necessary. People need to get a grip.

This doesn't mean some names aren't ridiculous, but clearly very few people are actually calling their child Spartacus.

Full disclosure: I have a baby with a non-traditional name. Look out for PM Freight Train's child in the future!!

So they named their child after the exact pronunciation of the name, Kate-lin?

Wonder if they did it so people wouldn’t pronounce it wrong? Or is it pronounced a different way?

There are a lot of young people on my team at work. All lovely but all have, in my opinion ridiculous names. At least I can remember them though. It does make life easier. I'm 42 and I have 2 good friends called Nicola, 2 good friends called Vicky etc. It does get annoying that pretty much everyone in my generation has a similar name.
Maybe the trend of ridiculous names is a good one.

If a women called Pebbles turned up at an interview I’m on the panel for I would be thinking ‘Christ her parents were total dickheads naming her that’ rather than judging the poor lass that got saddled with such a ridiculous name.

How about these names?

Peter Theodore Alphege,
Mary Anne Charlotte Emma,
Thomas Wentworth Somerset Denton,
Anslem Charles Fitzwilliam,
Alfred Wulfric Leyson Pius
Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher

Stunningly original comment.

Flintstones fans?

I know how this name IS pronounced but to me it's always been Percy Phone

🙄😁

TBF my son and my DNs were all named after grandparents so the names are about 90 odd years old

Rodney and Albert? Only Fools fans. Can't get more working class than that.

I've a relative name Rodney as his mum was reading Peyton Place when he was born. Don't think she'd got near the end though 😉. I actually know quite a few Rodney's all working class all around mid fifties.

My baby naming days are long gone but I bristle at the idea that ordinary people can only give their children ordinary names. Like what? Barry and Gary?

Isn't it more interesting to have children named after trees, birds, weather or anything rather than having those few same names that are in every class sone years?

I’m 60 and grew up with many Julie’s and Karen’s, also David’s and Johns, but had peers named Blue, Desdemona, Rosslyn, Phineus and Raindrop
Some people think it strange that I always choose ‘people’ names for my cats.
Recently had James, Evie, Reuben and now Finlay