Sailor

[Whitley83]

Me and my hubby are trying for our rainbow baby and I love the name sailor.

He'll be fucked if he wants to join the army

My grandad and dad were miners but I didn’t call any of mine Coal and my mum and gran were cleaners, didn’t call my daughter Bleach

also

Midnight has it spot on with this : Sadly you think that tittering about someone's name stops at school, but it doesn't. If we had a Sailor come in to do a presentation or represent a professional organisation then the name would cause judgement & sniggering. It shouldn't be that way but unfortunately it is.

I’m in the US.

I actually know a boy called Sailor.

And even here it raises some eyebrows and smiles (though of course not in the presence of the child or parents).

You can call your child anything you like OP. But if you choose something which isn’t ordinarily considered a name in the U.K. you need to be prepared to have explain yourself over and over and over.

As will your child. For the rest of their lives.

NB: Neither of my children have names which are in the top 100.

It's ridiculous as a given name.

I feel the same way about Hunter, Carter, Archer, Mason etc., but somehow Sailor seems even more silly.

It's your baby-your choice!
But come on..sailor????
Why would you inflict that on your precious baby?

Birdseye? A famous face of the ocean.

Deckhand?

“ In RL people wouldn't dream of saying their true thoughts about even a dreadful name.”

Yes and by the same token I’m polite when introduced to yet another unimaginatively named Noah, Millie or Bella. 🤷‍♀️

Genuinely, imagine me laughing

It's becoming increasingly common in the US (American-Canadian here), and we see absolutely nothing wrong with Hunter (it was suggested to me for DS, ignoring the fact my surname is in fact Hunter ) but I think the Brits in general would struggle with it. Basing that on the feel I got while living in the UK.

Also it's rarely if ever spelled Saylor in the US. It's typically spelled Sailor. Sailor is the name of children of Christie Brinklee, Liv Tyler and Bristol Palin to name a few.

If you want to pay tribute to your ancestors, how about using one of their names as the first or middle name for your DC?

It's a wild idea, I know.

Don’t see why you bothered posting if you had already made your mind up but whatever!

Awful name (well it isn’t really a name, it’s a profession) your child won’t thank you for it- but it’s your choice so whatever

Mumsnet is the worst place to post for baby names OP, it’s full of snobs and cunts.

I have a sister called Sailor (and a brother called Hunter!) and she’s never had any problems at all. “Helloooo sailor” has only ever been said by someone over 40 who just thinks they’re hilarious but obviously are just massive twats. All of my siblings have really “out there” names and none of us have ever been picked on, we all have good jobs, none of us are chavs.
We also don’t judge others over something as stupid as a name, which is a good quality to have.

Good for you and your siblings Not, but I think your dsis has been exceptionally lucky to only ever had one comment. I really hope the op has evaluated it for her future child when she becomes pregnant.

She’s had more than one comment, I worded that badly. But it was always by some old person who had watched too many carry on films and would sit there laughing to themselves while everyone just looked at them like

If people say anything to someone about their name, it’s days more about the person saying it.

I agree that anyone saying anything to anyone about their name is wrong. Making people feel bad about something so personal isn’t nice. But that wouldn’t stop them thinking it or saying something behind their back.

Mn is a good way to canvas opinion about a name whether that feedback goes down well or not. You get honest opinions.

He'll be fucked if he wants to join the army.

I hope your surname is Way.

😂😂😂

I dont like it either and dislike most occupation names but not all, (also not an Amelia or Mia fan), but if you are set on it for a name how about using it as a middle name. It is possible to have more than one middle name, i am not talking about using ten but your baby could have three names before the surname.

Cruel thing to do to a child for your own amusement. He’ll likely grow up,hating you. What on earth is a rainbow baby? Most are a single colour with patches of deeper pigmentation.
Silly woman.

I actually really like it for a baby/young child, but I’m not sure how it would fit on a grown up....

Not I think you’re comment about snobs and cunts is uncalled for. Mn represents a huge variety of people, it’s not just one united body. If the op had said she already had a child called Sailor, I wouldn’t have commented. Because it is it is and the child is here. This is a hypothetical child. That’s different imo.

You probably clicked because your sister is called Sailor. It’s a done deal from 40 years ago. One of my ds has a bit of a marmite name and I don’t click on threads anymore because I know some people don’t like it. I don’t really need to read an negativity. But it would be useful to a poster thinking of it for their ds.

At the end of the day, mn naming threads can prepare posters with what people will truthfully think about a name. If they decide to go ahead, well at least they know what to expect.

cherry google it? A rainbow baby is a child conceived after a miscarriage or stillbirth. My DD is my rainbow baby.

APearOfPears- thank you - I call my youngest my miracle baby (well it’s how I think of her rather than what I call her).

Sailor is still unfortunate, at best.

I love Sailor Cherry.

My next DS will be Captain. Surname Morgan. 

Please please don't let this be a joke, and please call your child Sailor Cherry

Especially if it's a boy.

My maternal grandfather was an undertaker - just thinking about the names our son could have ended up with.