Calling teachers .. what ate naughty boy names?

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Middle class naughty boy names rather than 'Shane' type names. For non teachers, who are the naughty boys in your child's class?

But that's my point. How on earth can it be lighthearted if teachers cringe when they hear a childs name? Without even meeting the child?

It's ridiculous.

Poppy, you are being naive if you think that some teachers and others do not think like this. You only have to spend a very small amount of time on this section of Mumsnet that people worry about the impression a name will give to others. You may not have been around when the link to the thread on the teachers' website was here, but it was very shocking that a huge number of teachers had posted.

And I agree with the other poster, read Freakonomics.

Are you trying to avoid giving your child a "naughty" name?

FWIW my mum was a teacher in the 1940s. She has dementia and her memory is very poor. However she has a photo of one of the classes she taught and she can name all the children.

There is one little boy that she points to and always says he was a naughty boy. His name was Warren

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Op, that's why I am glad I don't spend any time on this topic.

Daniel is a very naughty name, they are all naughty. Now, I love that name and called my second child by that name because I didn't think the naughty name thing was true.

One of the Daniels I went to school with walked past once whilst my own Daniel was mid mega tantrum. He guffawed and said "you KNEW that was the naughty name, what did you call him that to? It's your own fault!"

All the Daniels I was at school with we're naughty, as were all the Darrens.

Jack
Ryan
Rhys
Lewis
Aiden
Callum
Sean

Never met a Rhys I didn't love though!

Colditz, I have a Daniel and when he as born a few said "oh he will be a naughty one when he is older, all Daniels are". he does have his moments, but he is far from naughty.

Now Harry, there is a naughty child's name...

Teacher's cringe at lots of things...they are human. People get judged by their name all the time, don't tell me you don't get different images in your head for different names.

Little Tarquin probably looks very different to little Shane in our minds.

Of course in reality teachers will get to know the child for who they really are, but first impressions have to be made when reading the new class list for the first time, teachers are people too.

Colditz

they're fab though, little boys with a bit of a swagger and a glint in their eye. I love 'em all to bits.

nobody is talking about actual deliquency, surely?

Well I've fucked up then as all my boys' names begin with a J and someone upthread has said that all names beginning with a J are naughty.

I knew a VERY naughty Warren too!

Agree about Daniels, always bright and cheeky!

I think it comes of having a song with their own name n sung to them all the time .... " oh Danny boy...."

On the other hand good boys names are Benjamin, James, and Samuel.

Christophers can swing either way!

Jordan, Jack, Dillon, Mckenzie, Freddie, Josh,

Haha! DH has sung that to him since he was born. They do deserve their own song.

Kai

Definitely Callum

my ds' name is on here..I think I'll survive... ffs some people take things so seriously

perhaps parents that like certain names have a similar parenting style?

Translated = perhaps chavvy/working class parents are all a bit shit at parenting...

He must be REALLY naught Usual

If you don't personally find it funny, perhaps you should stop reading it!?

I can tell the difference between a name a person.

Fwiw I currently teach a lovely Luke, a lovely Jack and a very sweet Lucas.

I know an extremely boring (and not naughty) Daniel, and a very kind Harry.

The associations with 'naughtiness' are loose, fluid and lighthearted. But they do exist.

Current 'naughty' names include, James, Christopher, Archie and Jasper.

An experienced teacher friend once told me that she and her colleagues agreed that there is a higher probability of naughtiness in children with certain names. Apparently, they tend to be the more trendy or exotic names, and however politically incorrect, there's a definite socio-economic link. She did concede that there are always exceptions. In my DS's primary school class, the outstandingly naughty boy had a very middle class name.

It may not be palatable, but a lot of teachers make this observation. I'm not a teacher and, fortunately, I can't remember the names she mentioned.