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?

Oh not Meghan. The other one

@joemaplin
Use Google. Search your name baby names mumsnet

I share mine with a politician 😂 the mumsnet search went crazy

@leamaria do you like it? I never had a nickname (besides my mum calling me Lee-Lee, now Lanny) until my current job where everyone calls me Lea. I like it, though.

I looked up mine. Apparently it's a good strong name, pretty but not frilly. Negative comments said it's a hard, harsh sounding name, not feminine at all.

I don't really like it so can't argue with that!

According to mn my middle name is ‘blah’.

Again, an 80’s classic.

@2kidsintow, I LOVE your name! This is the first I have heard of it! It sounds so exotic and beautiful to me!

@moreursulathanariel looks like we have the same name hehe!

Mine, apparently, is either 'lovely', 'sweet', or 'dull'

What I like best though is some people dismissing it is as 'very 80s'. I was born in 1968, so it appears my mother, for once, was a bit ahead of a trend

Hi there Joe or should I say Theresa?

My name has over 500 threads! But although it's a popular name people seem to prefer the "ie" spelling rather than "y". I actually really dislike the ie spelling (and I've just read it so many times it doest look or sound like a name now). Some people also think it's too nicknamed. Meh, I like it.

Also searched DS name and opinions range from "love it" to "try hard" and people suggesting a name which is spelt similar but a completely different name (I hate when people mistake his name for this one). In real life I've never had a negative comment.

Well I'm very surprised OP. I've just MNetted my name and people love it! They think it's lovely, classic and due for a revival.
I think it's boring

Not many people interested in my name, but those who are seem to be evenly split between thinking it’s ‘beautiful’ or ‘ugly’

Obviously I think it’s beautiful!

Mine is teeth itching revolting and reminds someone of a middle aged chain smoker mutton dressed as lamb woman apparently! aha oh dear!
Normally I get told it is a very pretty name.

Just searched mine.

Many said its a lovely name, one said its a beautiful name and a load said its a pretty name.

Well in that case I'm pleased to have been the recipent of that name!

Searched on my phone didn't get many results. Safe to say my name is not popular and is considered old fashioned and chavvy, like Sharon or Tracey apparently!

I don't mind, I like my name.

I always wanted to be called Julia

@fattymcfaterson

Thanks for that. Mine is considered safe, lovely, strong but also not a proper name and a blunt, and the rest of the hits were suggestions of names for my famous namesake's various children !

My name is French, but not a name you see in textbooks (i.e. not Juliette or Francoise etc.). There was once a thread that started "Is [French name] a nice name?" and the answer was basically "no" aside from one poster whose DD had a friend with the name and thought it "wasn't too bad".
Apparently in Ireland it's an old lady's name. I have never met anyone Irish with the name....
In real life, I sometimes meet people who say it's a pretty name. Clearly they must be lying.

My first three names are all traditional english sounding but biblical in origin so they seem to all have good reviews and thoughts/preconceptions attached barring one of my middle names which is dull and dated and plain, it's Jane. Given purely for the J initial that my mother wanted me to have

Wow. My parents did well. My first nane passes the MN test. My middle name is serene, elegant, beautiful, due for a revival apparently. Some odd shortenings of it though.

I'm not looking up DH. He won't do well. Poor husband.

My DDs middle name was discussed at length recently and universally hated. Her first name is either beutiful or pretentious and snobby with social climbers for parents depending on the thread. She'll survive. 😂 also lots and lots of references to a 80s TV programme which I absolutely loved and probably did influence me.

Just checked mine. It is an unusual name and only three threads ever on it. Opinions seemed to be 70% really like it and 30% awful/ horrible.

Definitely an opinion divider!

Someone said women with dd1's name are all bitches. Dd1 is lovely though luckily!

Mixed opinions on my name!

‘Really cute’ and ‘really ugly’ on posts practically next to each other. A few votes for harsh sounding, definitely considered dated, and one for ‘it’s a cheerful friendly sounding name’ - I’ll take that!