Are Arthur or Iris mean?

[TartyMcFarty]

They're my our favourites at the moment, but are they a bit too old-fashioned - like beyond cool?

Discuss.

Both lovely names

Both great names!

Both great names, classic and cool I would say

Both great names.

I love them both x

love Arthur, not so sure about Iris but recon it could grow on me.

Like them both but depends if you mind how popular they are-I know a fair few of both....

I love Arthur. Iris is not a name I'd choose, but it's not an awful name.

They both seem pretty popular at the moment, so I doubt they could be seen as mean.

Not mad keen on Arthur but don't think it's mean. Iris is lovely.

Really? I hadn't heard of either. Impossible though, to find names that chime in with your own taste but aren't too popular.

I also like Seth or Annie.

Love Iris. Not at all keen on Arthur. But it isn't dreadful.

I love Iris

To me, 'mean' is miserly.

I have an 11 year old Iris - not cruel at all imo! Annie is lovely too - although I would use Anne and have Annie as a nn.
Really dislike Arthur. Not keen on old man names (I see the girls names as being a bit more classic for some reason). Not wild about Seth either, although both my sons have OT names, this is not one I like.

Errrrrrrm ... They aren't my taste as, in complete honesty, I think they do sound like elderly people's names. I have a very close friend who has a Florence and would like an Elsie and I'm like "yikes!" but would never say anythingto her.

Names such as these are having a Renaissance (Florence, Edie, Elsie, Albert, etc), so you are certainly not mean.

The names we chose for our girls get stick on MN for being too popular or even twee. Sometimes, I literally see venom on my iPhone screen ?lol? It's each to their own! x

I like both

These are both my top names! Sadly meanie DH says 3 dcs are enough.

I don't like either but they are fashionable at the moment so are not mean.

Not at all mean but you might find there are a few around. Unlikely to be more than 1 in a class though IMO, and really, it doesn't matter. Iris is particularly lovely.

Iris

Oh, I love Elsie

Lovely link joan, thanks.

My daughter has a friend called Iris...it;s a lovely name. Her friends call her Iggy!

Mean people or mean names to give a child

Neither actually. DD has two twins she gets on sooo well with and one is Iris, the only Iris I know actually but flower names are trendy in general so it works well alongside the Violets and Lilys.

Arthur is a great name as I always post. It's old-fashioned but of course is coming back in alongside Stanley and Edwin and Albert. I know one 12yo Arthur, one who is about 6 and one who is a baby. It's not so very out there.

I know two Iris' and three Arthur's under 5, so I think they're too popular to be 'mean'.

They are old fashioned, but then so are Elsie, Edie, Maud, Stanley, Albert, Alfie, Archie etc and I know at least one of each of those under 5 as well.

Personally I think Iris is awful. Quite like Arthur.

They are both gorgeous. Arthur is one of my favourites for DS2 should I have one. Iris doesn't fit with our surname which starts with an "s" but it is lovely name. I think both are great!

Love them both! Iris is a gorgeous name. I wanted this for DD1 but mean DH said no!