did anybody actually go with a MN baby names suggestion in the end?

[rhetorician]

just curious - posting on another thread and wondering if OP will find 'the name' for her there. I went with one name rather than another on foot of MN jury - just seemed a useful straw poll of reactions. Did you use a name because of the MN threads?

I'm not sure how useful the reactions of the mumsnet 'jury' (really just a bunch of random internet users ) is. Most names are instantly described as 'too unusual', 'too chav', 'too posh', 'too popular', 'too foreign', 'too much like the school bully', 'too much like a soap character', etc.

I did bump one girl's first name off of my list because I had no idea so many people would view it as masculine. That was actually quite helpful because I want names that are easily seen as feminine for any daughter I have.

that's kind of what I mean - it's just a gauge of reaction - not reliable, but gives a sense of how it might be received from people that don't actually care

I'd be more likely to do the opposite. In fact - we are! Mumsnet seems to HATE the name Spike ("it's a nickname", "it sounds like a dog's name" etc) but its what we've chosen for DS2 arriving end of September

well I think it's cute - good luck with him!

I think Spike is great for a boy!

But I do think a lot of posters may well avoid names that are loved by everyone because these will, by definition, become very popular (and eventually unpopular again).

I got some lovely suggestions on mine- things we hadn't considered at the time. We ended up not using any of them and sticking to our original choice and are now regretting it, for a number of reasons and considering adding a name to DD's BC by deed poll- which would be one of the names put forward on our name thread.

I had never even heard of the name dd now has until an MNer suggested it :)

I had a wobble about DS's name in the very early days and was reassured by MNetters that it was as lovely as I thought. Saved me having a huge row with DH over changing it, and I'm still glad I kept it!

Not really. I used MN to get name suggestions, but both DDs's names get a divided reaction on MN.

Nah, DD is called Poppy. I definitely didn't choose that on MN advice as it's fairly well hated on here .

I did ask for opinions on Minnie though, and ruled it out when numerous people told me it meant fanjo .

What I love about MN baby name threads is that you can ask "what about Poppy?" (for example) and get a reply such as "awful name, what about Maude?". Only on MN .

popoozle lol; likewise Daire (dara) got ruled out because everyone thought it was a boy's name (can be both, actually)...still slightly sorry about it. I think Poppy is lovely btw