Want to hear the names I overheard in the park today?

[Lionstar]

Tarrow, Eben and Selva

Now Eben and Selva I rather like, but Tarrow is a bit more difficult to love (and I'm giving full credit here on the assumption it is not spelt Tarot!!)

Apologies if this is a mumsnetter btw, your kids were very gorgeous

Lovely, haven't heard of them before. I wonder what culture/background they're from?

Fifty quid says their mum is a mumsnetter and will be along sharpish with her Boden sleeves rolled up

What are your kids called?

I have a 42 year old friend whos middle name is Ebon, I think it's rather nice.

They're gorgeous names :)

Lovely names!

Not quite sure about the need to post someone else's chilren's name on here though .

DD1's middle name would have been Eben had she been a boy

I know a 50ish year old man called Selva. He's South African

Beautiful names!

I have a Danish friend called Iben, pron Ee-bun, I always liked it.

TBH I would not be at all happy to log on here and find my girls names bandied about.
My girls have unusual names.
What is the point of this post?

Judging by the amount of us un-inspired and struggling, perhaps to assist with naming our kids

... blimey everyone on MN is a bit touchy and judgey atm

I don't think everyone is touchy and judgey.

Imagine you came on here to find a thread mocking your children's names.

It's very different so someone asking opinions on a name they might wish to use themselves - they are aware that it might not be universally liked, but you are just mocking someone.

FWIW, I think there is nothing wrong with those names, I thought you were going to say 'tallulah does the hula from hawaii' or something.

I like them. Original but not ott.

Well, they are better than Tarquin.

Surely someone on here has a child named Boden?

I wk with someone called Eben - have never given it a second thought

I met an Eben the other day. It's rather nice and I like the other two names too.
Makes a change from Jack, Emily and Grace (not that there's anything wrong with them, just lots around here).

They are unusual, but they all sound quite simple. I don't dislike them. La Selva is a wild wood in spanish I think.

They certainly make a lovely change from Grace, Jack and the likes. But I still don't see why they need to posted on a public forum (without the parents knowledge).

Well, I'm not sure either - and I think I might be offended if I found a similar thread and identified my children on it. However, so far, the responses have been positive.

i dont think lionstar was being any worse than some of the comments people put for other people's ideas - it's just the fact that they were real children - but to be fair she did say they were gorgeous so maybe people are being a little harsh.

I know a little Eben too... but his sister has a normal, v popular name.
I quite like Tarrow ans Selva too, though thought Selva would be a girl, not a boy tbh.

Actually - you are right, Lionstar hasn't been unkind in what has been said - some comments are just horrible on MN baby names, but I think it's the potential horror of logging on and finding your kids named on here that is making people twitchy.

What bothers people is that innocent children's names are published on a public worldwide forum. Especially as the names are quite unusual.

And the comment "Tarrow is a bit more difficult to love" isn't that nice, is it?