@SarahJConnor
It’s a funny one. Obviously making fun of the names of people from different cultures from you is completely unacceptable.
Most parents go through a process when naming their children where they try and find the right name. This usually includes trying it out with the surname, making sure the spelling and pronunciation are what you want. Also, as demonstrated by the baby name board, you try to find something that won’t have negative associations. So not calling it ‘Adolf’ even though that was your dearly believed he’d great uncles name etc.
Some names have negative associations, and you can’t escape that. So Jayden, Neveah etc are saying something about that persons background. Humans are wired to make prejudgements, and hearing a name associated with negative things makes you prejudge a person. It’s not just the U.K., for example there is a joke in Germany that Kevin ‘is not just a name, it’s a diagnosis’
Obviously it’s extremely unfair on the child, as they have no choice over their name. Most people I know with an odd or stigmatised name have changed it as soon as they get to 18.
So, I suppose what I’m saying is yes it’s unfair on the child when they are judged on their name. But it’s the parents Job to pick a name that is suitable, and IMO that does not expose them to ridicule or judgement. (This includes not calling a child likely to be very tall ‘Minnie’ etc). And if they haven’t, sadly it does say something about the parents, and the sort of challanges that the child will face.
I try hard not to judge children on their names, but I do judge parents who call their children something that I consider poor taste, as I feel they’re already putting their own needs/desires above their child’s by calling them Mercedes-Rae etc