Why?? (Actual names given last year)

[Tealdeal747]

There were girls called:
Dyc
Kc
Juri
Cauvery
Boex
Mu
Priceless
Dhax
Han
Euan
En
Das
Chu
Purity
Rut
Dikshita

And boys called:
Boi
Timotei
neophytos
Bode
Solo
Metatron
Blyss
Sing
Mate
A
Kohl
Godstime
Saxs
Rygg
Boon
Caio
Nimrod
Rouxx
Pride
Fountain
Goddominion
En
Daire
Creed
Braxtyn
Orinate

I used to think it was good that in the U.K. There isn't a set list of names and parents are free to name their dc whatever they like but surely some of these are cruel?

Dikshita is a Hindu name.

Dikshita is Hindu, if you are not Hindu and don’t like the name don’t name your child it but grow up and respect other people’s rights to name their children.

Boon is a surname. Nimrod is fab.

I think Purity is typical in the Baptist community. Maybe best not to judge

Timotei is Greek
Creed is Latin

Mu is Chinese
Nimrod is Hebrew
.....

Times when English words sound rude in other languages.

Some of those Ames - I recognise their origin but others, even if they do have a wonderfull meaning and history somewhere else just don't work well in an English speaking country. If you live somewhere you'd do your homework surely.

As I have recounted often on here, a friend's name means something along the lines of 'Shit Piss/Poo Wee' in some of my family's language. Even she says that it's pretty unlucky but would provide endless amusement at customs.

I've not heard it for a girl. But 'A'?

Not everyone intends to live in the same country all their lives though.

Perhaps some of those parents intend to return to their country of origin in a couple of years and picked names that are perfectly ordinary there.

I suspect that few British couples currently living in the UAE for work purposes give their children Arabic names.

I've worked in very mullticultural schools in London and recognise a lot of these names. I'm sure most of them are perfectly normal in other cultures. I like the diversity of names personally.

@FrancisCrawford

Euan is a perfectly normal name

For a girl?!

But a name that works both places isn't hard. I've family here and in the US with family elsewhere and they have named their children with names that work in both cultures.

A cousin has a name that if pronounced properly can sound very much like the n-word. Yes, it's a classic name, beautiful meaning - but it still sounds like that. Another's family nickname for her is 'fah-ti', which to an English speaking ear is fatty or farty.

Most of these are perfectly normal. I know a number of Chus and six Daires. It's a common Irish name

Totally agree about the unconscious racism though.

MN baby names is full of it.

OP: What do you think of
MN Jury: Nooo you can't use that, they'll spend their lifetime spelling it.

If we don't use the names from our own cultures they'll die off. The English have got used to Niamh and Siobhan, there's room for some more non-English names! Especially when we're reflecting our heritage.

Wow OP you really picked a bad list to make your point didn't you. At least half those names are perfectly normal every day names in another country. So all you've done is exposed yourself as a rather thick ignorant racist. Nice one.

I know a KC (pronounced identical to Casey). That's not multicultural. It is imo awful though.

I was wondering what on earth is wrong with Euan but missed it was on the girls' list... that said, using traditional boys' names for girls is increasingly common these days.

A lot of these will be perfectly normal names outside of white British culture.

Sneer away though if it makes you happy :)

"Some of these names are actually perfectly real names in other cultures "

Exactly.

e.g. Timotei...ha, ha, shampoo? No: Eastern European..."Timothy"

What's the source of the 'list', OP?

I think Godstime is Nigerian?

Cauvery is a Hindu name.

I don't like Niamh and Siobhan. Because the spelling doesn't work in English. I wouldn't care if they are spelled Neev or Shavaughn. I guess Brits want to blast me for being low class terrible person to spell them like that. Also racist to even suggest it's possible to spell the names like that. Which is funny, since same people might sneer at KC. If it's racist to change spellings used by original culture, then why have I never met a יהושע?

I would warn an American living in London about to call her baby Fanny. Normal name where we come from, but it sounds vulgar here. My kids can't get over me talking about my Uncle Dick, either. Some names just don't transfer well... across cultures, languages or even time.

lljkk yes that is racist, or at least incredibly narrow minded. Why shouldn't someone with Irish heritage call their child a name from their own culture?

The UK especially is an international place. Just look at the English language for example! It has so many influences.

It's totally patronising to expect people to Anglicise their DC's names. Why on earth should they?

I correct what I said earlier btw.

It should have been
OP: What do you think of
MN Jury: Nooo you can't use that, they'll spend their lifetime spelling it.

We are a union of four countries but you wouldn't think it.

Take the poster above. Naimh and Siobhan are Irish names. Irish is one of the languages of the United Kingdom. Why on earth shouldn't a child in the UK be called by an Irish name? It's not even an exotic language - Northern Ireland is part of the UK!

I don't like Niamh and Siobhan. Because the spelling doesn't work in English

And yet it does in Irish. Funny that

If people are too stupid to learn spellings of foreign names, own it. Don't tell other people their names are a bad idea.

6 of those names are extremely common in the country where I live.