IYO what are the Mumsnet 'Favourite' Names

[farmersdaughter]

Just really interested to see what every thinks they are!

Arlo and Reuben

Keith and Susan.

Actually I have no idea. But I'm one of those dull people who never bothered canvassing other people for opinions on names.

Don't know about boys but girls would be Persephone and Maud. Both shockingly awful IMO.

No one's mentioned Octavia yet. . .

Atticus makes me think of Bart Simpson's evil twin who was chained up in their attic.

I would have to say Persephone must be in the top 5. This seems to be the darling name of mumsnet. I have never ever heard of it in all my life until i joined mn.

I think they just post about outlandish names to throw others off the scent of the real names they're going to use in the vain hope they won't become too popular. This would explain the sudden love for hideous old lady/man names.
I have never met a real life Persephone (although secretly like the name), Ptolemy or many of those suggested on here.

Albert and Arthur are loved by the baby namers on MN.

The general rule is, if it was your grandads or grandmas name.

MN will love it.

Ottilie and Romilly

Just giggled to myself at all the names I've liked for years that have been mentioned here.

Yes but now many children are really called half of these names?

eg: Atticus how many are really kicking about in your local supermarket Waitrose

ever I picked my DD's name at 14! My Dad wasn't impressed as it was his Granny's name and he couldn't see the name on anyone other than his 99yr old Gran!

Ive never met anyone called Atticus in my life.

I even know a high court judge, even hes not called Atticus

Give it 40 yrs and I'm sure we'll have a Prime Minster called Montu with a wife called Primrose!

High Court Judge The Hon - Merlin so and so

{Doh}

Monty

Bloody auto correct .

Brick from The Middle is played by an Atticus.

A lot of these names are on my list...and some of my DC's names have been mentioned more than once.

Obviously I have MN-y taste...

I really like most names mentioned on this thread - I find them classic, elegant, slightly old fashioned and not (yet) overused. So I too must have 'mumset' taste .

There's a good description of name trends in Freakonimics. The authors describe how baby names rise and fall in popularity - baby names move through the population from a higher socioeconomic level to a lower level. The authors found "a clear pattern at play: once a name catches on among high-income, highly-educated parents, it starts working its way down the socioeconomic ladder." When the name is adopted "en masse," then "high-end parents begin to abandon it," and the whole cycle repeats itself with a new batch of names.

Hence we (mumsnetters) are always looking for underused names that initially might appear a little 'posh'.