What do you think of Mason?

[Paisley8880]

What do you think about the name Mason? Honest opinions wanted!!

Lovely but immediately think Kardashians!

Awful, sorry. The kind of name you hear being yelled out in a fury across a playground all day long.

Not keen. Sorry. Sounds harsh.

Dreadful, sorry.

For a boy? It's fine :)

Doesn't make me think of the Kardashians, btw...(I thought their names started with K? Khloe etc?)

It's a skilled trade. How about Carpenter or Joiner? I know it is a thing nowadays to give this type of name, like Hunter or Archer, but I just don't get it. Don't see the attraction.

Really awful as a first name. It’s fine as a surname though.

awful.

One of the most horrible names there are.
However my opinion is one thing asking fact is very much another, so if you like it thats fine

Awful. Just awful.

I really like the sound of this name!
Soft but still masculine :) And it's a respectable trade, isn't it?

(What could be an issue is conspiracy theorists thinking that it's some sort of Statement about freemasons? Idk... It's a rather unusual name, isn't it?)

Straight away think kardashians

awful.

Oops. Doesn't seem like it gets the mumsnet seal of approval.

I've never met a child / baby named Mason.

But I did some work with a rather attractive and really intelligent American named Mason some years ago (before I met DH...) A name with good associations for me persoally. ;)

the spelling is rather obvious as well... Which tends to be an advantage.

NN "mace" isn't attractive. It's not a name I'd choose myself, sorry. Goes in my book with Kyran Jayden Madison etc

I don't like it at all. I don't generally like surnames as first names anyway, but I particularly dislike Mason.

Chav. Sorry, I know that's bad.

Taught one. Horrible kid. Used to wind everyone else up and then cry/tantrum if anyone so much as looked at him the wrong way (in year 7).

One in my dd's nursery class. The only one she doesn't like because he's the only one who snatches toys off her. Also the one who is always being told off by the staff!

Bad name!

Jar or Kardashian here which is not the best.

Showing my age but it would remind me of the Masonic Society rather than the Kardashians - both equally awful .

It's chavvy. Sorry :(

Kyran Jayden Madison etc

Jayden is very unusual (ranked 748) and looks imo misspelled.
Kyran is currently rather unusal as well and might also lead to spelling problems (why not Keiran?)
Madison isn't even used for boys and seems dated (was super popular in 2004/5)

Mason is rather popular (ranked 34, I thought it was rarer...), doesn't seem to have any other spelling variants (unlike Kyran), is almost exclusively used for boys(unlike Madison) and has been rather popular since the 90ies (probably won't date).

Maybe I'm a bit over-invested but I don't get the animosity towards this name...

Mason is a semi popular (top 50ies) name, doesn't seem to be offensive, was a top 200 name in the 90ies, is easy to spell, pronounce?

I'm not saying anyone has to like Mason (obviously!). But seeing as we might need to name as DS... I'd really like to understand this.

Sonny might be a cute nickname. Or Mas (like Max but with an s).

It’s nice solid surname. Wouldn’t use it for a first name though!

Awful, instant rolled up trouser leg connotations of the Masonic Lodge.

Putting it bluntly, it's a social class thing. It 'ranks with' Hayden, Jayden, Kyran etc as it seems to fit a council estate aesthetic, not in terms of its frequency of use.

Backing out now as going to get obliterated for that...

Nope. Not for me.