Just no.

[Tea1Sugar]

I'm a teacher and have children with a wide range of names at school but I think Destiny and Foreva are the worst. Anyone else come across any other Just No names?

It's not snobbery or anything like that which makes me dislike the name Babe. I just felt uncomfortable calling the child it, as it seems more like a term of endearment than a name, and I wasn't in a position where I should be using terms of endearment towards the kids! I also felt sorry for the child as people did comment on her name, or ask her what her "real" name was - and I can only imagine this will continue throughout her life. I can't imagine CLling my boss Babe, for example!

Not all top ten names were always in the top ten! Some were way down in the top 100 a few years ago!

My own name is now very popular, but I was teased at school for having weird name.

Generally I think 'to each their own' about names, but we have one at work that I just makes me

Reinebeau - the poor girl will spend her whole life saying 'yes my name's rainbow. No you don't spell it that way'.

I think thats the bit thing Anti- I don't like seeing children with names that they will probably get bullied for, or that they are likely to be annoyed about when they are adults.

I like Horatio and Memphis, I know a little one and he's gorgeous. His sister is Rafaella. There are tons of unusually named children around here ranging from 'oh that's a bit different' to completely bonkers so people are a bit more open to them and wouldn't bat an eyelid.

Personally I can't get het up about someone's choice to name their child.

I quite like Destiny. Similar feel to Verity and co.

My sister has a Christ in her class which must be hard to live up to.

I really like unusual names (well, not all of them of course, but the majority). But then I'm obsessed by names in general and there aren't very many I really dislike.

I teach in a school where most of the names are pretty mainstream and the majority are probably top 50.

I obviously can't name the few exceptions in each year in a list here but it is refreshing and exciting to get something a bit different. A couple of examples from a few years ago - Asthina, Gavin and Chantelle - one I'd never heard before and two that seemed so out of place among that generation. None of those three names are to my particular taste but I liked that they belonged to that child and that child only.

I knew I'd get a reaction. Top ten names are exceedingly dull. I know this thread is meant to sneer at "names we mumsnetters would never call our children such as destiny and chardonnay". But personally I'd never use Charlotte or chloe because they do indicate a lack of imagination. Sorry I'm not following the correct etiquette and declaring how much I despise those awful lower class names because hey, at least they're different.

Yeah, Jack is really boring.

Kiarno is probably the only name I've heard which I thought ooooh

Reinebeau - poor lassie.

I know someone who recently called their baby Doris which I just thought no!!!

There is a Rancha at SIL's school...

Armani rose and Koko channel, (that's how it was spelt)! twins I encountered on the maternity ward where I work

I love the name Jack, I think it's a good, strong name. But then again DD has a very traditional name. I don't lack creativity, I just love the name. Each to their own, really!

I joked about Jack Daniel and Tia Maria! Please tell me someone really has named their dcs that!

Just thought of another, baby girl named Minnie, surname was cooper quite sweet I suppose considering some of the others

Some people hate my ds name.
I read on here recently that it is a twatish name.
Do I care what random internet strangers think? I'm glad its not in the top 100.

Jumble - the name Jack is lovely, but Jack is boring

At my children's school there is a Boden. We're not in the UK so they probably have no idea but I cringe every time I hear it yelled across the playground. I also just met a Talon and when my daughter was younger there was a baby called Braxton in our Moms and Tots group .

Our cat's 15 this year and his middle name's Horatio.
He's obviously a non-trend setter.

I encountered a Reanon at work last week!

I opened a bank account for a Kia (baby girl), middle name Sorrento. If you know your shit cars you'll know why that's a crap idea.

Sir chenjin, I do have a fondness for boring names

(Plus I knew a really good looking, charming man called Jack, so it has helped my opinion of the name )

I quite like Braxton, 'twas on my "like" pile for DC3 my other two have just normal names.