For thinking baby names are getting silly

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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?

Always wanted to write a comic novel about upper class twin sisters Chlamydia and Candida Thrush. Alas I have not the talent.

So you don't like old fashioned names, Latin names, unique names or ones that appear to assume a certain status. I'm glad not everyone is like you or it would be pretty limited. As long as I can remember some people have taken the being unique thing a bit too far.

I have a lot of children.
Most have very traditional names, but with my two youngest I decided to be a little more unusual and adventurous.
I love their names, and I couldn't care less if someone wanted to judge me for it.

It says more about you, making a post about it on Mumsnet to have a little bitch about it.

Stick to your 'normal' names if it bothers you so much, and keep your nose out of other people's choices.

Are you an adult or a teenager having a bitch?, because I honestly can't tell.

Edited to add: My more unusual choices aren't anything utterly ridiculous, just more unusual than my very traditional ones.
Nothing double barrelled, or anything like Spartacus, but if I'd wanted to use those I would have.
You can carry on with your nose in the air now, I'm sure your kids are lucky to have such a superior mother.

Horatio Nelson [Battle of Trafalgar] didn't mind being saddled with that name as one of his daughters was called Horatia !

My cousin called her son Andrew three years ago and I thought that was weirdly out of step, even though the name is not weird in the slightest.

What is wrong with phoenix? It is a mythical bird and has been around for centuries just like willow, rowan which are the names of types of tree. Hunter is a name as well.

Again, conventional/normal is relative.

Someone names their child, regardless of the reason for that name, why should I judge a baby/child for something they had no control of? Some made up names are not my taste (even though some of the names I’ve seen are actually the way they are written phonetically), but why should I care?

It is not a character flaw to have a “unique” name. Plenty of AHs with normal names about.

How do you know Nelson loved /hated his name?

The world has moved on 200 years since then..

Phoenix is a well used name and loads of kids have Rose as their middle name.

Hi OP. I don't disagree about your overarching subject that some names are out of control HOWEVER, none of the names in your OP are bad in any way.

As @SparklyCyanNewt said, that article did make a very interesting point about class in names! I knew I didn't dream that article 😆

If we'd had boys, DH and I would have needed to become musicians or millionaires to justify the names: Memphis, Theolonious, Tennessee, Forrest 😆 Our girls have regular Grandma names.

Normal changes. Do you know any baby Garys? Or Brendas? Simple as that. It's very normal to have unusual names now.

And many “normal” names are just as old if not older.

There are few unusual names where I work but mostly it is recycled older generation names coming back such as Arthur,
Elsie, Henry, Sidney, Ernest for example. I quite like that it is doing full circle but I like older, traditional names.

Many names haven't .

Just asking but how many other Hotatios do you know of?

I like the name Sally and don’t get why it isn’t more popular. It’s pretty sounding but not too twee for an adult either.

No one would bat an eyelid at Memphis or Forrest round where I live. And I'm sure the others would soon just blend in. I don't know where everyone else lives but where I am there's a great mix but there's a multicultural mix round here.

I know of no one called Phoenix but it is apparently very common.

It will be. People who name their kids after their grandparents will mean it will come around again shortly

I’ve heard the name in tv shows and literature, yet have not fortunately met one.

Horatio is in Shakespeare.

What is your point?

People name their children from literature all the time.

My Grampa had the middle name Horatio as he was born on the 100 year anniversary of Horatio Nelson's death in the Battle of Trafalgar. He was from a working class background but was called by his first name.

Emily is an extremely popular name! My kids know loads of Emilys.

When we named our son we were a bit lazy and went with his great grandparents names, so firmly in the camp of old fashioned but traditional. His name is a top 10 name and has been for a few years now. That said, he is the only one in his school, where there are a lot of modern and unusual names amongst a few Matthews, Georges, Emilys and Elizabeths.

We also considered how his name might sound as the next prime minister, a Nobel prize winner for science, a teacher, or a dodgy used car salesman.

I don't personally , but OP mentions one in her local nursery .

We also considered how his name might sound as the next prime minister, a Nobel prize winner for science, a teacher, or a dodgy used car salesman it will sound fine whatever as that's his name.

I read the baby names threads for light relief, but I’m v out of touch with baby age culture.