In your opinion, can people with names like 'Posy', 'Kitty' or 'Dotty' be taken seriously?

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...I happen to think so, but my family and a few friends disagree. Strongly.

Almost every name I have considered is of the 'cutesy' variety - as well as the above three, I also like Polly, Lola and Nelly. I seem to just like girly names. My mother is fond of telling me ''You are naming a person, not a baby'' as if I am not aware that baby will grow up.

I know that you shouldn't tell people the names before baby is born and present the name as a fait acompli, but I really don't want to pick a name which everyone else seems to hate...

Any thoughts / experiences on this? My mother this morning has just told me that ''she wouldn't trust a Doctor called something ridiculous like Posy'', which is actually one of my favourite names.

Any thoughts/experiences on this?

It is honestly true. Donald was a family name from long before the cartoon character.

He took it all in good humour

Twirly, I hope you're not so dismissive in all areas of your life. You're coming across as very narrow minded.

I agree with Twirly!

Bear??? Seriously??

How can anyone think it is a good idea to call a child that???

Why can't parents think of the potential for bullying when naming children? Kids at school can be extremely cruel and bullying can have a long standing and damaging effect on the child for the rest of their life - any parent who willingly makes their child a target is beyond my understanding.

There are only two ways a child can go with a name like Pippin Galadriel Moonchild, and Pepper had chosen the other one

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens--

Welovegrapes compare baby naming statistics from 1973 to the statistics from 2013 and you will see that these days a far wider range of names are used. It's a fact.

Only because people are making up and creating thousands of crappy 'names'

People are just naming their children after days, months, seasons, weather types, animals and other ridiculous things

What happened to just giving children normal names??

Writerwannabe83

Your example doesn't make sense at all. Moonbeam, Rainbow etc were baby names used probably something like one in 500,000. They were never going to be popular.

Today everybody's bashing what they call 'cutesie' names as not being grown up enough for the world of work. But they are very popular.

Last year Lily, Ruby, Evie, Poppy, Daisy, Millie, Lola, Maisie, Molly were all top 30 names. Do you really think that in 25/30 years time all these girls will be destined to work in supermarkets or as cleaners, and these particukar girls won't be the doctors, lawyers, accountants of the future?

Along with the Alfie's and Charlie's, who won't be capable of sitting their A levels?

Name prejudice, at it's best.

Oh sorry writer that was obviously aimed at welovegrapes

bowler Where did I say I don't like cutesie names? I like every single one you listed.

It is names like Bear, Rainbow, Moondance, Tuesday, Apple, Thunder, Winter etc that I have a problem with

They are in a totally different league to cutesie names!!

Just saw your post wasn't aimed at me, haha

We have 2 daughters with names listed here :( one is studing art and the other science at unis !!!!! Dont judge people by their names they can be any thing they want :) also my best friend is a male Jamie its a great name for a boy

I honestly think some parents when coming up with a name for a child do not see beyond the baby they have in front of them. An aquaintance called her son Teddy and now he's 6 is starting to have the mick taken out of him at school for his name. Its only now its dawned on her that she could have called him Edward and used Teddy as a NN ans saved him all this grief

Is Emily regarded as 'cutsie'?

I would class Emily as sweet and feminine but classic and a 'proper name'. Quite a lot of them around though!

I don't think it is.

Thanks, that's helpful! It is very popular indeed...

If DS (now 20) had been a girl he would have been Emily. He would have been one of five in his year in school.

Emily is a full name in it's own right.

Emmie is cutesy.

Milly is cutesy

Have a look at births column in the Times. That's where the arrivals of the movers and shakers of the future are announced. Not many Rainbows, Teddys or Kittys there, whatever the children are actually called in their day to day lives.

If you look at the Telegraph birth announcements, there are actually quite a few Kittys.

Milly/Millie use to nice bit it's the new Sharon/Tracy where I live. As is daisy!

FairyThunder I think we know the same guy!