Marmite names which MNetters don't like..!!

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It seems this topic board has loads of MN's 'marmite' names. Loads of threads along the lines off, 'DC would of been' or 'Names you Love.'.

...so I was just wondering, which names don't you like and why?

Yes, English. Born and bred Londoner.

DD's name has been mentioned on here as a "I'm not keen on" name, but DS's isn't on here - which suprises me as in RL it seems to be a Marmite name - I quote my sister when we were discussing names when I was pregnant. I told her our boys name and she said, "Let's just hope you have a girl then". Needless to say we had a boy. :)

Just that the names described as classic are very English. no Scots names included, though of course some of these have been used in Scotland for centuries too. Think Scots names are often dismissed as faddy but have been used for a long time up here. Also sometimes seen as very middle class in England but aren't here etc.

Names I cannot bear for no good reason:

Jonathan
Jonty
Ellie
Millie
Maisie
Noah (though noa without the h doesn't offend me so much )
Jayden
Anything 80's like Wayne, Barry, Douglas, Russell, etc....

Why is Oliver not classic? Is it because of the Cromwell association & therefore being anti royalist etc?

(Just curious - I would have considered it to be so.)

Jay den? Bleeeeuuuurrrrgh!!!! My iPad even refuses to let me type it as one word. That's got to be a sign that it's just wrong.

There are many names that I'm not as keen on as I am others, but one thing that really irritates me is when children are given diminutives as their actual names - i.e. Penny instead of Penelope, Charlie instead of Charles/ Charlotte, Harry instead of Henry, Millie instead of Camilla/ Millicent etc. etc. I don't know why it irritates me so much - after all, it's none of my business - but it does. One day the child might want a name with more gravitas.

I agree, Puffykins(?!). Alfie? Archie? Even Toby, which is nice for a little boy, but for anyone older than 12?

Classic is something that doesn't go in and out of fashion. Oliver is a name that is massively popular today but 20/30 years ago was barely used. It will be strongly linked to this era and will sound dated (like Steven etc) in 20/30 years time.

My wee laddie has a Scottish name!

It seems universally liked on MN.

My DD's name is definitely of the marmite ilk though... people rave about it or detest it, no middle ground.

Don't know why - always hated Hugo and Guy - PSBs in Boden. And so bored of all those names like Alice, Emily, Emma, Amelia, Amy etc too. Victorian insipidness.

I completely agree with gaunyersel but then I am also Scottish.

My ds's name would seem faddy to the wider Mumsnet audience yet it has run through our family for generations. It has not been mentioned btw, just the sort of name it is.

My dd's name is similar. It is Scottish but variations of it have been used nationwide and might be seen as faddy. It is unusual in the part of Scotland we live in (2 in the school so not freakish) but where we lived before it was not common but well recognised.

For us both names gave our dcs some of their heritage and up here would not have anything to do with class or fashion.

Gravitas??? I'm sorry but how does Henry have more gravitas than Harry? My dh works in a v executive role in the city and works with 2x Charlie's, (one in 20's one in 30's)... There's 2x Alex's ( why don't they use Alexander for more gravitas I wonder?)

Cosmo
Mungo
Ptolemy
Brooklyn
Annabel

and anything ending with 'Ette' or 'Een'

Madison. I can't think of any name I detest quite as much as that one. In fact, I'd even go so far as to say that if someone tells me they have a child called that I instantly write them off.

There is a little girl in my DDs class called "Madisan". I just can't look her mother in the eye. Yes, I know I'm horrible. Flame away.

Monmarte, what is your son's Scottish name?

I disagree that George isn't a classic name. My DS who is 1 is George and we named him after my grandfather. I also know George's my age (mid 30s) plus in their 40s, 50s and 60s. So I would say it is classic and certainly not trendy (imo anyway).

My dislikes are the true faddy names like Finn, Flynn, Oscar, Noah. Girl's names that make me cringe are Ellie, Maisie, Lily, Tily, Milly etc etc. If I hear of another baby called Ava or Lily I might scream.

But it's all horses for courses right, because I know a lot of people would hate the name George for a little boy.

Prince Harry needs more gravitas I agree.
Being a Royal just isn't good enough....

These threads are just annoying and can cause so much upset (but I can't help clicking on to see if my boys names are on here )

How do you pronounce caitlin if not kate lyn? Also the thing about marmite is that you either love it or hated, not that its universally hated.

I knew someone called darren who had brothers Barry and Gary and a mum called Sharon. He pointed out they were baz, daz, shaz and gaz :o

yessss.....my boys names are on the first page!

Happy in the knowledge they are not going to become unduly popular in the near future then