Ridiculous names....

[Allthatglitters789]

Two ladies I know of that have recently had daughters have named them Miami-Ann and Xenya. Is it just me that thinks these names are a little ridiculous? Don't get me wrong I love unique names but I think these are a bit common. I met a beautiful little girl last year that was named Fanny, now I think that's just mean, and the parents should have known better. What are your opinions?

Xenya is a perfectly run of the mill Russian name.
Fanny is very popular in France.

Fanny is popular everywhere... I mean the name is popular in France!

Miami-Ann sounds like a tongue-twister. Xenya is russian. When I hear Fanny I just see that advert with the Dad trying to reconcile himself to his newborn being the latest in a long line of fannies :)

I think some names are cruel. Fanny (in the UK anyhow) being one of them. I always wonder about surnames though. Would you change your surname if it was something really tease-worthy. For instance if your surname was Flasher (there's one not far from me!) or Smellie? I think I'd seriously consider changing my surname if I was called that and was going to have kids.

I think Fanny used to be really popular in the UK in the 19th century. So If you like Victorian sounding names

Miami - Ann is ridiculous

Quite like Xenya

I like Xenya!

Fanny isn't great but not that different from Will/Willy, which parents seem to be happy to name their sons these days!