I just searched my own name on mumsnet...

[cavycavy]

So out of curiosity I searched my own name in the mumsnet search function to see what opinions are on my name as a ‘baby name’.

Turns out I have a very very horrible name that everyone hates!!!

Makes me feel a bit sad. I always thought it was quite nice.

Oh well....

Has anyone else done this?

Aw, I always liked my name until I recently read a MN thread where the consensus was "horrid, too 80s, boring" etc. I introduce myself about 20 times a day at work and it made me feel quite sad. Doing a search now, I find that that thread was an anomaly and most threads are generally positive so thanks OP! FWIW I had a sweet, gentle friend called Cheryl growing up and my favourite auntie is also a Cheryl but goes by Cherry - she's vivacious and funny and non-judgemental. So I have only positive associations with the name; I think it's lovely!

You may know my name from such comments as 'fugly', 'no, no just no' and 'it screams I wanted a boy' I like it and thankfully I've never had anyone comment on it in real life.

Mine is 80s council estate, naff, spelled wrong, but also a classic

I think Cheryl is a pretty name! It's much prettier than my (also good, strong 80's) name.

I'll go and search mine now. It'll be fun, I'm sure

Cheryl is a lovely name!

Just looked mine up- generally quite popular and Mumsnet approved... for a boy. I'm not one.

Mine is a typical 80s name, most commonly used either as the second part of a hyphenated name or a middle name. Any guesses?!

@kitkatCHA Marie?

@Bishalisha nope!

@KitKatCHA Jane? Ann?

@KitKatCHA Louise?

Yes, Louise! Every one I meet is all around the same age as me!

how do you search? I tried searching via the search box top right but this just searched the whole of Mumsnet and the actual web.

How do you search just the Baby Names chat?

Apparently my name is very American and conjures an image of a high school cheerleader.

My name is similar to yours OP and I've always hated it (no offence, I'd much rather your name). I don't know what the hell my parents were thinking.

MN seems to approve of my name these days. However, had MN been around in the late 80s/ early 90s when seemingly every fifth girl at school had my name, I think the opinion of it would have been different...

MN loves my name. I wouldn't care if everyone hated it though. I love it and that's all that matters.

Omg I just did this. Hilarious. The MN community hates my name! (It’s not my username)
It’s very old fashioned so fair enough. I have a love hate relationship with it anyway. Oh well! sobs into pilllow 🤣🤣

The most interesting result for mine (a relatively common Irish one) is a thread we affectionately refer to as gate - I don't want to outright say it lest I become more Googleable, I can't remember if I've actually said my name in a post before. That thread is mostly Irish MNers trying to explain to OP why she can't just take an Irish name and pronounce it completely differently but still claim it to be the same name, and OP doubling down and implying that Scottish people pronounce "Loch" as "Losh", from what I remember. Tensions were high.

Other than that it seems to come up in other threads every so often, usually as a suggestion, and I see it suggested with a totally incorrect pronunciation far too much. It seems generally well-liked though, when pronounced correctly, so that's good. Though I saw one person refer to it as "guttural", but they're not really wrong.

I love the name Cheryl. I think of it as a pretty person's name (probably because of Cheryl Tweedy lol) and it's not at all common or bland. I have a top of the baby name list for most of the 80s name (you can prob guess from that) and I know around 30 that share it with me personally 😂. I'd much rather be a Cheryl x

Mine comes up as boring and people particularly hate my spelling of it.

My Mum's name is Cheryl, and will be DD middle name when she makes her appearance- it's a win from me OP! X

Mine is a name you'd choose if you wanted a 'plain' name, apparently, which surprised me!

@WoodBurnerBabe snap!!

Nobody has ever suggested my name or my ds.