Would you ever pick a name that teachers dread?

[MagicSweets]

If you really loved the name?

I don't dread any names. I'm always disappointed when teachers say they do.

I wouldn't have a clue what names teachers dread as I'm not a teacher.

I picked names I loved.

What sort of names do teachers dread?

What DramaAlpaca said..
is this common knowledge?

I'm not a teacher either, but going by other people on here who are and say they have never taught a nice one and a few others come on to agree and say they dread it when they read it on the class list, etc.

What's the name

A friend changed her ds name while in labour after discovering that the name she had picked was dreaded by teachers. I adore her ds but the original name would have suited him well

Any teacher who judges a child by their name is being narrow minded IMO.

Can you tell us the name OP?

This article is 9 years old, but mine and my dh's favourite boy names are on the naughty list and the article wouldn't have put me off using them if we'd had boys. (Jack for me, Daniel for dh.) We had girls though
www.google.co.uk/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/poll-ranks-naughty-kids-by-name-1783677.html%3famp
I'm sure they would have been judged on their behaviour rather than their names even if teachers notice some trends in kids with the names

Yes.

I don't name my children based on narrow minded opinions, I went with names we liked and are sensible which I think is far more important.

My DS' name is always trotted out on here as dreaded by teachers and generally disliked. Despite working alongside and being friends with many teachers in real life I've rarely heard any one be so judgemental on a name.

I am a teacher in primary. That list is ridiculous.

1. If it were the case that some names are given to "naughty" children, the list is all wrong. The kids I teach who misbehave frequently tend to have more traditional names.
2. The whole thing is bogus. It's all down to parenting, teacher's behaviour management, and the child's personality.

I'd name my kid a name on a naughty list.

There was a BBC list recently too about the most naughty names. Personally I don't believe that names make you naughty, but the parenting style.

Maybe parents who like certain names also share certain parenting styles?

So choose the name you love and be a great/strict parent!

Honestly the name I associate the most with bad behaviour is Matilda - very middle class! Whereas I've no such association with Demi or Brooke.

My eldest two went to a very naice middle class school where the children were Oscars, Matildas, Theos, Harriets, Jonty etc. The behaviour was generally appalling, from children and parents alike! Spoilt, entitled, unkind. My youngest attends a school further away where every single day I see a variety of sleepwear at both drop off and collection (!) and there are many Jaydens, Taylors, Lexiis, Ellie-Maes, Elsie-Raes, etc (all of whom are great kids) and the behaviour is far nicer, generally. A great atmosphere at school and no airs and graces and I find it really refreshing. I think you should choose a name for YOU and not for some narrow-minded teacher that may not even exist!

Yes. I don't name my children based on narrow minded opinions. And even if I did, why would it matter if the teacher thought "oh no" and then got proved wrong anyway?

I'm not a teacher but I have worked in schools. I've met a lot of teachers and they don't all seem to agree on which names tend to spell trouble. The first one I ever heard express an opinion (in about 2003) said Michael and Daniel had been the worst for her. Another one's pet hate was Reece. In my DC's primary school I would say the standout name for bullies was Jade, and for general silliness, Luke. I haven't had very good experiences with Shanices or Paiges either. Two of the worst behaved children I've ever personally met were called Nicholas, and I bet that doesn't feature very high on most published lists. I still very much like two of the names I've mentioned so far and have met at least one very nice person with all of them. I've met a few nutty ones with my own DC2's name too, but it was very popular when I chose it, so there are bound to be a variety. If I was naming children now (please no! I like my empty nest!) then I wouldn't let any of this bother me at all, I'd just choose a name I liked.

I’m a teacher and as much as I say I don’t have ‘dreaded names’ there are some names you see on the register and know they will likely be naughty.

Examples are Alfie, Ronnie, Tyler in my case

Other examples are the first and last name combination that have a ring to it - it’s hard to explain - but that ‘famous’ style name. Examples such as Jesse Jones and Tyler George spring to mind.

No, but only because they tend to be names I don't like, not because teachers dread them. I'm a teacher and I don't dread teaching kids with particular names.

I’m a teacher and I think in the opposite way to your theory. I actually end up liking names that I hadn’t previously liked due to teaching children with those names. Never liked the name Rory but I have taught a lovely Ruairi (different spelling) for the past three years and it would most definitely be on my list now!

I like the fact that Daniel(s) follows Jack on the naughty list.

I’m a teacher and I will fully admit there are definite “naughty” names I see and my heart sinks- and we all tend to agree in the staffroom- but, that said, the “naughty“ name at my school in the 80s/90s was Emma.