IYO what are the Mumsnet 'Favourite' Names

[farmersdaughter]

Just really interested to see what every thinks they are!

Beatrice

Kit for a boy

Florence

Aurelia, Juno, Audrey, Kit, Arlo.

Beatrice I'd forgotten that one!

Personally, I'm so un-MN with names, btw!!

Somewhat disappointed to see 4 names we have down for future DC's popping up inc Juno

Benedict
Jasper

Aurelia
Xanthe

Mol I'm with you completely.
DD was going to be Kit, DH pick it 3 years ago. I seem to like names and then they get super popular, well on MN's at least

Always wanted a Matilda, and now....!

Theo
Thea

Hector
Sebastian
Xavier
Monty
Stanley
Orlando
Kit
Atticus
Maxwell
Hugo
Orson
Noah
Elijah
Reuben
Quentin
Ptolemy
Tobias
Luca

Tabitha
Xanthe
Cordelia
Sylvie
Martha
Harriet
Olive
India
Seren
Cerys
Matilda
Claudia
Agatha
Agnes
Freya
Primrose
Jemima
Isla

AKA boring, old fashioned names

Clementine

Florenczzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Beatricezzzzzzzzzzzz

And don't forget the King & Queen of Mumsnet names.................

PTOLEMY and PERSEPHONE.

A good MN sibling combo would be along the lines of Ottillie for a girl and Atticus for a boy

I have to be honest and say that on the whole, MNetters are the the ultimate purveyors of taste when it comes to baby names!

normally something rediculously old fashioned and fugly to those who are not eccentric middle class types, but it takes all sorts :o

Martha and Arthur.
And Elodie.

This is the only place in the world where I've seen 'Beryl? Lovely name'.

Oscar and Felix. Both nice names but a bit yawntastic these days.

normally something rediculously old fashioned and fugly to those who are not eccentric middle class types

It's interesting that you don't have a problem saying that you see middle class names as "rediculously old fashioned and fugly" peanut.

Tbh that's the reaction I'd expect from most working class people I know (that includes my own and DH's extended families before anyone accuses me of hateful stereotyping btw).

No compunction about saying how awful the offending name sounds to their ears and often a comment about how "posh" it is as if that is automatically a bad thing. Poshness tends to be openly mocked among the working classes. Not a bad thing or a big deal! It just reflects that different demographics do tend to have very different tastes.

Yet it's completely unacceptable to say on mumsnet that you don't like obviously working class names like Jayden/Brayden/Kayden etc. Even if they are completely at odds with your own idea of what's aesthetically pleasing - which is to be expected if "fugly" names like Hector and Aurelia are more your cup of tea.

Fugly...

It's always been the norm to ridicule Names like Jayden etc on MN

And lol at Beryl, that is one fugly name.

Mabel and Duncan

People may ridicule them but they always get slapped down pretty quickly usual suspect.

Somehow I don't think that would happen if people on a less middle class forum were taking the piss out of posh names. No big deal, I have a foot in both camps and don't care either way.

Just think it's funny that people get so outraged about name mockery on a generally fairly middle class site when the "Jayden" demographic probably wouldn't give a monkeys if it was the other way around.