Taylor

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What other names are like this?

There is nothing wrong with saying you don't like a name, you hate a name even, you think it's bland not to your taste who is saying that?

When we get into the realms of Jeremy Kyle, shameless, never get a job, it's just ridiculous!

Well chav does not mean bland over here math. It is altogether a lot more offensive.

seriously - its just a name! I'm a teacher and have a girl Tayla in my class. She is lovely, she is NOT chavvy, she is intelligent and she is gonna go far in life.

sashh - yes you are thick if you judge people by their name. It's just assorted letters on a piece of paper after all.

Nelly seriously? You're a teacher? I'd have expected you to be able to spell intelligent, also to not use 'gonna'.

Wow how bitchy!

I am not offended by people disliking my name. I don't really like it. I wouldn't use it myself, it's just not my style.

But saying people will automatically think anyone with a particular name is a 'chav'? And giving that as a decent reason not to use a name? Really? Because I think that anyone who judges a person on the name they were given by their parents at birth is a bit of a twat, really. And I don't tend to take too much notice of twatty opinions.

You wouldn't not have children with someone of a certain ethnicity because SOME people have negative views towards them. You'd just accent that some people are idiots not worthy your time. If the names you like have 'chavvy' connotations to some people, use them anyway. Their opinions are their problems, and make them look a bit silly and downright rude.

As does correcting people's spelling and grammar in a condescending way.

My daughter is called taylor, and your oppinions are wrong. She is well mannered, looked after, goes to a private nursery. Do not judge CHILDREN by their names. What sort of person does this!

Sawyer?

laydee I think people are judging the parent rather than the child. Until the child becomes a teen anyway.

Taylor isn't terrible. Tayla is though imo,sorry to mums of Taylas everywhere.

Taya is very similar and much nicer. Could you explain to your friend that it isn't a very classy name here. I know it could be boy or girl.

This thread is 9 months old, she could well have another baby by now. Or triplets called Layla, Kayla and er... Sailor?

Man there are a lot of names I didn't know were unacceptable until MN enlightened me.

Fwiw I think it's a nice name, I like surnamey names. And I do know a naice Taylor. But it wouldn't matter if I didn't.

And I thought Katie Hopkins was crazy (re )

This is quite an old thread, but seeing as it's been restarted, I think that deciding and judging a person on the name- or their parent- is wrong. People here seem to like traditional names. In the future, Taylor might well be a 'traditional' name. Who knows? It doesn't matter. A name is just a way to mark out a person- anyone who judges a person on their name is just wrong. Yu can judge the name (bad, good etc;) but not the person.

You're not "thick" if you react to a name, you're normal. There is a huge body of psychological research that shows that the formation of first impressions is a universal trait.

In HR (eg recruitment,) there is training available to help make these assumptions more obvious to people, and with recognition of the phenomenon, to design systems that reduce the impact of such first impressions.

No, not thick, but I think, although everyone (me too- obviously!) judge names and might assume that a person called, say, Mackenzie was a bit xxx, if we actually do something about it or actively avoid the person with that name, for instance, that's wrong. However, it's a part of life and part of human nature, so it would probably be better to choose a name which most people will hear and think favourably of, because, for the child, that will be better, but that doesn't mean it's right.

I think I make way too many assumptions when it comes to names. Not just names like Taylor for a girl, but names like Rupert, Aloysius or whatever, I really need to make myself stop and think before judging!