Tyler for boy

[babynelly2010]

What does everyone think of it?
I like the name but never met anyone with it.

mmmm Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden.

Oh sorry, did I say that out loud.

I love it.

Fuck Katie 'I'll say anything if you pay me' Hopkins and her gob of shite.

If it's a name you like go with it.

Why do you care what people on a the net think?

In the US, Tyler has a very different image, it's preppy and white collar.

My cousin (American) is Tyler and he's about to start his freshman year at Columbia, one of the Ivy League colleges, and a world leading university. I hate to think that had he been here, his name could potentially have counted against him, despite the fact he's as close to a perfect student as you can get!

My dp is a teacher and he's said particular children have put him off ever using particular names for his own children. Because children are people. I've known people who have put me off ever using that particular name.

He's never said "children called this are all chavs/from sinkhole estates/rich wankers" because he's not an arsehole.

I'm sure he doesn't label all children with certain names as naughty either, well I hope he doesn't

Nope! Certain children are naughty, names irrespective. He doesn't do the "scanning the list of names and think oh no" thing either that has passed into being a thing people commonly believe all teachers do.

Surnames maybe because y is likely to be related to x,w,u,v who haven't been great but all are given a fair chance to be their own person. Maybe he's unusual that way.

*If it's a name you like go with it.

Why do you care what people on a the net think?*

The OP asked because she WANTED opinions. People didn't just randomly start to criticise a name because they plucked one from the air. The OP put it there ASKING for opinions. If only people who liked the name replied, it wouldn't be a very balanced view surely?

My own DD's daughter has been described as 'boring and dull' on here. So be it. People are entitled to their opinions. I personally like to know what other types of names the people who have both positive and negative towards the name like as that puts it in perspective for me. E.g. If I ask about a name e.g. Victoria and people say they hate it but then say they like names such as Bethany-Mae (an example of a name I dislike) then I know that I can safely disregard their opinion as we simply don't have the same taste in names. However if somebody says they like the name Alexandra (an example of a name I like) then I read their reply with interest.

Different strokes for different folks........its as simple as that.

I can't believe how wound up some people are getting about this....

Some people like the name and some don't. So what?
some people have negative feelings about the name - but so what?

Every day in every walk of life people make positive and negative associations with certain names and that's just human! Everyone does it!! Any person who says they never make snap judgements about people (based on whatever aspect) is telling porkies I think.

For what its worth, although that woman on 'This Morning' (whose name I have forgotten) was very out of order in some of the things she said, I would also be a bit if my daughter told me she had a friend called Chardonnay. However, I wouldn't judge the child but my first thoughts would be, "I wonder what kind of parents she has if they like that for a girl's name..." and admittedly, I probably wouldn't conjure up the most positive of images.

People who don't like the name Tyler don't like it because of things they associate the name with - is that really a crime???

If I had a child called Tyler and I read all these posts I wouldn't be offended, I would probably smile. It's all just a bit of fun that people are blowing out of proportion.

I can't believe all this silliness is going on...

Well, I don't really like it, but neither do I mind that both my girls' names get called boring and dull on MN! Since you're asking, my thoughts are: I wouldn't. But it hardly matters, does it?

For every poster who has called my names boring, someone else has probably cited them as great names for strong women etc.... Just as lots on here have said they do like Tyler!

FFS there's even been a thread about how dd2's full name is nice, but heaven forfend anyone should use the most common shortening, which we use! She saw the thread open and thought it was a bit funny and a bit daft! (think: I want to use Eleanor, but don't want anyone calling her Ellie, how about Lean, or Nor, or Or?. That sort of thing).

p.s I meant my DD in the post above - not my DD's daughter. I'm not quite that old yet :) :).

I agree with Writerwannabe also. I work with a 'Chantelle'. She has one of the more important/senior roles. Every time I hear her name, I wonder what went through her parents heads to call her that, did they think it was 'new/modern' etc? I also think if she could change her name, she quite possibly would........

The 'nastiest' thing I have seen written is people using the word chav and then something about a kitchen sink. Hardly worth calling the police over...

I just think some people are being way too sensitive. There are more important things to worry about than whether a hypothetical Tyler is a nightmare in the classroom

I doubt very much that the OP or any mother's of Tyler's are crying into their pillows based on the comments on this thread

As has been said, people post on here looking for opinions on names and they know full well they will get varied responses. If they aren't prepared to hear people's opinions then they shouldn't ask the question.

Why would she want to change her name?

Oh. To stop people like you from looking down on her.

I think that's your narrow mined problem. Not hers

I'd love to know if there are any mothers on here who actually called their daughter Chardonnay

Who cares what people think before they meet the child??

That's what I don't understand??

All that matters is what the child is actually like - surely?

People have pre-conceived ideas about names, I just don't get why it's such an issue? I'm sure that once they have met the child/family their opinion will probably completely change anyway.

I'm not a teacher but work in a job where I'm constantly exposed to children and so I hear about 101 different names every month. Some I love and some I think but that doesn't mean I'm judging the child, it means I'm making a judgement about their name.

Innit,MrsDV.

I've worked worked with a solicitor called Krystal. I'd love to see what some would assume someone with that name, spelled that way, would say about it.

To be fair I would suggest to someone liking the name Crystal that they spell as such but other than that, no assumptions made.

I used to go to school with a girl called Crystal - she was really shy bless her but perfectly nice and very clever.

I knew a Crystal when I was younger too. No idea what she's doing now. She was 5/6 years older than me and when I was little I thought she was the coolest girl ever work the most pretty name.

I had always wanted an Edmund (nn Ned) until I moved here - bit like calling him Chav in England!

Lucky my ds (Edmund, nn Ned) & his mate Tyler don't realise the extent to which they are doomed, then!

I'm a teacher. IME name-judginess is something inexperienced teachers do; once you're a bit more confident you find yourself more able to entertain the notion that Deshany-Shania is actually lovely whereas her bff Elizabeth is a monumental PITA, say...

MrsDeVere - she said it herself one day and also said she wondered what went through her parents heads as her siblings are all called rather boring names...........