Why the fashion for stupid names.

[ceecee32]

Can someone please explain to me why on earth there is the need to saddle your poor children with a stupid name which will affect them for the rest of their life.

Is there a competition somewhere to have the most ridiculous thing that can be thought of.....why???

i have a name that was very unusual while i was growing up and even now certainly isn't common and do you know what? It was fucking burden.
Everyone instantly knows who you are.
I was teased mercilessly at school-it rhymes wonderfully.

I have had comments from men in nightclubs that made me go
I had a maths teacher who for a whole year called me synonyms for my name.
I have people asking if it's short for another more common name etc etc

When i had my children i was determined that they were going to have names that other children had. I wanted them to be unique by value of just being who they are not because of their bloody stupid name .
Let's not forget too....personalised pencils.....

Everyone instantly knows who you are.

Isn't that the point of having a name

so...you do one stupid thing at school and the whole school instantly knows it's you-do you see what i mean? whereas if you have a more common name it can be 'some kid called chris..'

i am telling you my own experience-no need for the sneery face

I met a little boy called Cosmo Tiger the other day. All for unusual names, but would I like to introduce myself as that to new people? No way, and I don't think the majority of adults would appreciate being called that either.

I think Armani is a common name in muslim communities. It's an African name that means faith.

Jorja is phonetic. I think it's quite pretty.

But wouldn't it be Chris B or fat Chris (who did the stupid thing at school)? A common name doesn't avoid you being identified, your name just needs a modifier.

ok-dismiss what i am saying if you like but i know what i experienced because of my stupid name.

That has been my experience.

i am not going to have a fucking argument with you about it.

Meh. Not bothered about baby names. I find it a bit weird when people name their babies after t.v. shows. Ayra and Khalessi are two I've heard recently. I'm pretty sure ayra is a fairly normal name but it's not generally spelt like that so this person just took it straight from GOT.

I'm with Theroot on this. I have a name that is increasingly popular now, but very rare in school. It's a Welsh name but my parents used the English spelling (an I instead of a Y) I have always disliked my name, people always pronounced it wrong, and I was the only one at school so stood out. I think some people/parents forget that kids can be damn cruel.

Naming a child is forming a path for them in life. There will always been exceptions, but I've never seen a Nikita or a Chantelle in higher management or excelling in academia.

Unusual, within reason is fine, but making up new spellings does suggest uneducated parents.

Everyone forms an opinion about everything around them, names are a big one, of course you get an idea of someone when you hear a name...

Dulce is perfectly normal name. My mother, who was born almost a hundred years ago, had a friend with that name and my best friend is also called Dulce.

But some people don't like having an unusual name and some people don't like having a common name. It works both ways.

There will always been exceptions, but I've never seen a Nikita or a Chantelle in higher management or excelling in academia

Do you really think that that's because of their names, rather than because those names are most commonly used by people less likely to go into higher management or academia? Come on.

Yes Dulce is a very common name in Spanish and Portuguese. I think some people in this thread are trying to be snobby but are just showing how ignorant and anglocentric they are. Reminded me of Katie Hopkins who hates children named after places but has a kid called India... utterly ridiculously woman and utterly ridiculous views.

Well someone else said that they'd make assumptions based on a name -

Example if you were hiring and Keeanna-Milly-Mae Johnston-Harris wanted the job - you could imagine trying to introduce them to colleagues?

Or This is Jane -

The worst one I've ever heard was Darrenie. I don't know if It's just me but-awful name?

Presumably they'd go by Keeanna, which wouldn't be all that difficult.

Besides, if Keeanna-Milly-Mae excels in academia then she'll have no difficulty finding a job anyway.

I wanted Khalessi but had a boy...

Was very surprised to be in hospital next to a baby Wayne last year. Surely its never been a nice name??

10/20/30 years from now there will be Nikitas and Chantelles excelling in business. It's like saying no one called Sharon ever became a CEO.

Guys, it's spelled Khaleesi. Unless you're trying to be unique I guess!

I totally pasted from above

A girl in dd's class is called Moss & her brother is called Clay

David would be an unusual baby name. Brilliant name.

Someone mentioned Rafferty above- love that! I would expect him to be a bit scruffy, daredevil kind of a boy.

I can't stand Marmaduke. Winds me right up

@Toddleris2 My son's middle name is Xavier because of a Spanish/Portuguese connection (Javier in Spanish/Xavier in Portuguese).

A name I like for a boy (middle name) is Lindsay, but it is rarely used as a boy's name now (it was still when I was a girl).

i understand what you're saying @therootoftheroot as i also had an uncommon name growing up. if it was mentioned, or there was gossip about it, it was me. there were numerous, say, 'claire's' so if a story was about claire it took a bit to clarify which one everyone was talking about.
in saying that i loved having a different name as there were so many of the same name in my year at school so i (my parents) were seen as cool. it's not an outrageous name and spelt correctly.
name's being spelt ridiculously is what gets me, no need. in my opinion makes the parents look too try hard 🙄 and they are usually called emma and gary.

I'm in the USA at the moment; looking for 'personalised' presents, you can buy any amount of names like Devin, Khloe, Jaxson, Davis and even London, but not my two kids' very 'normal' middle of the riad names!