Which names are would you consider 'too posh/try-hard/odd' to be used?

[AKMD]

Having seen a few names pop up which, when read out to my office colleagues, have caused great hilarity, I was wondering which names poeple on MN generally consider too posh/try hard/odd to be passed off in RL. I absolutely love Arabella but have been told that DH and I aren't posh enough to use it :( Ditto Lucinda.

I have to admit I did laugh at Mungo. Sorry to any Mungos/parents of Mungos out there!

I'm quite into unique/foreign sounding names but for me, some of the roman/latin/greek names are a bit much. Some however are lovely! I love Raphaela for a girl (Raffy for shorts) and Xavier and Theodore for boys.

Just out of interest what do you MN'ers think of my name? It's pronounced val-EN-sha, however for some reason most people (generally adults) call me valencia . I love it, especially as I'm known as vee, however I find it kind of tacky because I was born on valentines day :L

Oh dear, not sure what you would make of my DS names (they all have 2 middle names aswell - does that make us horribly pretentious, or just crap at deciding on names?) Each DS has one of his brothers first names as a middle name too, so they are forever linked. (feel free to vom if you wish) I have a Harry, John and a George. A DS would have been Amelia (shortened to Millie). My DN&N are Tabatha and Leo (he was going to be a Harrison but DSis changed her mind).

Look, some people have been vocally opposed to certain names mentioned on this thread. Welcome to Mumsnet. It's full if people with strong opinions.

Unless you name your children Rachel and John and Joanna and Richard, that is, popular, uncontroversial names, you have to expect some raised eyebrows.

Many people think Kaneisha and DeAndre and Kayden are low-end names. If you like them, go for it. But you might be wise to consider how you will feel if people make comments on MN.

Likewise, names like Fifi and Spike are original and unusual.....yet sone people will think they are pets' names. Choose the name you like and one you are comfortable with.

I have two DDs with uncommon names (in the sense that I have yet to cone across other kids in our country with the same names) but I have since learnt that in Russia, one of the names is terribly downmarket and decidedly mocked). Do I care? I do not.

I hope you are not upset, Lockets, the name you have chosen is nothing to do with anyone else. But do know that MN is to share opinions. Especially the baby name board.

I know real children called..

Zebedee
Tzipora
Florence
Sunshine
Raffaela
Jezebel

Mine are positively boring in comparison.

oh, and a Percival.

Do you live in North London, PatriciaHolm?

No, Hester - Surrey - but these children are scattered around south london and the home counties, tbh...(none in North London!)

Well, they're ruddy marvellous. Makes the slew of Matildas and Archies round our way look positively pedestrian.

Valentia is a beautiful name.

dessertsinreverse, I didn't realise the meaning of the name Arabella was "a beautiful answer to prayer*. As we'd been longing to have a daughter that has made me love the name even more .
Thank you.

Thalia.

I came on here before finalising my soon-to-be-born baby daughter's name.

She's going to be Imogen or Kate, or possibly Helena. Who knows why we like them. I'm sure there's something to be ashamed of somehow or other...

The other day I nearly spat out my coffee, hearing one of the mums calling out for D'Artagnan and no they were not French. We are in inner city London.

But did she pronounce it right, londongirl?!

Surely a nickname?

Heard by my sister picking up DD from nursery, another mother calling, 'Hector and Isis, come here now' - now that's mixing your classical genres, is that allowed, if you're going Greek myths, do all the children have to conform?

And if you call one of them Mungo, do you have to call the other two Mary and Midge (you have to be of a certain age to understand that...)?

No, D'Artagnan definitely not a nickname, because I asked the playleader afterwards....and they looked quite normal too....

Oh Mary, Mungo and Midge.....that'd be great for triplets now wouldn't it?....but as you say, may be lost on those of the younger persuasion...

My cats are Mitzi and Mungo. I am not old enough to have watched but was aware of Mary, Mungo and Midge from a TV Quiz set I had as a kid, so it was slightly after them. Also parents'/inlaws' dogs are called Mac and Milly so I thought I'd continue the M theme.

but what could it be a nickname for?

Nicknames don't always have to be "for" anything.

lockets kudos at not getting p'd off with some very unnecessary comments about your DS's name, congratulations! Rex is a fab name. I think it is rather dog's with human names, not the other way round as to me, a dog's name is Fido, Fluffy .etc I asked DP what came to mind with 'Rex' & he replied 'the dinosaur from Toy Story' which I think is quite cute :)

FWIW, DS's (7w) name has been mentioned as posh & chavvy but we love it all the same :)

If you want names that are unique for "now" try Tracey, Sharon, Joan, Keith, Kevin, Christopher - any name popular in the 60's & 70's is never heard in the playground. At least the offspring won't be known by their surname at school and you'll be one step ahead of the next trend for recycling old names :)

Oh yes, I forgot St John. Beyond posh. So posh in fact, you don't even get royals called St John.

Arlo. Oh and my name, of course.