To be grateful to have discovered the mumsnet name board before having my children and giving them “stripper names”

[Krystalmethany]

Well excluding my first child who is male so thankfully has a very generic boy name.

But the names I liked for my girls thank god I mumsnet searched them first 😂 there are some brutal opinions on here that I suppose people are thinking irl but too polite to say to your face.

Mumsnet saved my kids from having stripper names or methhead trailer trash names

Yes, and I immediately wondered why Lizzie didn't put Elizabeth on her CV!

I think I remember exactly which thread that was...well done, OP, homework nicely done 😁

Why is this racist? (Genuine question)

Crystal?

i know someone who named their child.......chopper outlaw

My niece is called Sapphira, known as Saffy. I think it’s a great name!

huh ??

I only really think of Lola as a stripper name (due to the Barry Manilow song). I guess all strippers can't be called Lola though or it would get confusing...

If you didn't use these names, can't you just say them? Or if you don't want to offend someone who might have used these names, why are you bothering to post at all?

I liked Lola too but the song about a man dressed as a woman put me off

I said some of them in another comment

This is both an urban legend and old as the hills; kids were claiming it was true when I was in school absolute yonks ago.

Having had a look at the fashion and shopping boards on here, I’ll be taking any opinions anyone on here gives with a massive pinch of salt

Listen to the Kinks and it'll sound like something else too...

Call your children what you want to call them! I know plenty of Chantelles who are not strippers!

Dont forget Jake 😂

also took an instant dislike to Anna Bodwin... sounds like the kind of woman who puts post-it notes on the communal fridge.
I'll microwave fish if I want to, Anna!

It IS an urban myth that has been debunked time and time again.

No! I've taught loads of girls called Lola, about 5 of them last year! All really nice

The Style and Beauty boards are unintentionally hilarious.

I agree with the MN hive about stripper names but the MN hive approves of some really horrible names. It's good to understand what associations a name evokes in people from different walks of life but you also need to be secure in your own tastes.

Joocy Lucy.🤣

Is Sapphire not one of the gemstone names that became popular 125 years ago in Edwardian times? - along with Ruby, Pearl, Beryl, Emerald, Jade, Amber etc

You get called this if your name is Lucy regardless. My er, friend says so.

Does your sibling work for Vauxhall?