Names you just don’t understand the hype for?

[flossiefloo]

(Thread isn’t meant to offend anyone - MN hates my Dd and Ds names anyway!)

For me it would have to be Cordelia and Juniper.

Oh yes Margot and Marnie! MN loves them recently

Olive = on the buses
Margot= Margo = snobby neighbour in the good life.

Struggling to understand what's wrong with Cordelia.

Names that were old woman or man names when I was a child.

Finn is the most popular name around here. There's 4 in my son's class including him! It was a compromise name and I regret it because he's fed up as always being known by his surname too. I had no idea it was as popular as Oliver or James. There's 13 of them in the school! Some Finley or Finlay etc I assume.
Another recent name is Grey? For girls. Odd to me. But popular in this area. V trendy. There's 6 Avas in my dd's Year 8.

My DS's band has been mentioned here but not my DS's which is very surprising to me.

Bring a nearly 50 year old I'm quite fond of the old retro names I heard all the time in school but never now -

Claire
Nicola
Kate

Peter
Matthew

Etc.

My teenage has a Stuart in her year at school and he really stands out over all the Ben's, Ethan's, Kieran's and Jake's

I guess if I had to choose a name I hated it would have to be

Kayden (yes I've known one)
Courtney.

Band? *name

Think some people have misunderstood the point of the thread... it's not names you hate it's names that you don't understand why they are popular! Paris, Bianca, Winter, Courtney, Prudence etc are not popular names

But neither are Cordelia and Juniper, the op's examples

On MN Juniper in particular gets mentioned a lot and I know several girls under 3 with this name now

I’m talking about names which MN seems to love and get used a lot in real life. For ex my daughter is Savannah which is HATED by mumsnet!

@flossiefloo my DD's name is scarlett which is also hated here and is apparently a stripper name

I don't get the hype on here about juniper it's awful doesn't even sound like a name.

End in an o type names

Juno
Arlo
Margot
Milo

Though I don't mind Leo and Hugo

@itsabootyhole yes Savannah is also regarded as a ‘stripper name’ !

'Oh now I’m on 2 out of 3.'

Same. DD1s name had been mentioned a LOT. DD3s first name AND middle name have been mentioned. Poor kid.

DD2s name appears to have passed Mumsnet muster. But she has an old lady middle name which actually hasn't been mentioned yet.

Elsie, Edith and Evelyn.
Alfie, Stanley and Ellis.

There is no hype where Cordelia is concerned, surely?

I LOVE Ariadne and Arriete as well as Saoirse but would think twice about them having to spell it all the time which is silly. One of my birth names is Aisling which I love but nobody in England seems to be able to spell it. I'm not sure how annoying that is as it hasn't massively bothered me but equally it must be nice and easy to have an Anglicised name over here. I don't know - I'm conflicted my own point! Irish names are beautiful to me but maybe that's selfish of me... I don't know! I can't imagine a baby Nigel / Colin etc now but that might change in a generation or so!

can't stand Aviary - I know someone who named their child that and all I could think was... isn't that a name for a bird cage?

Are you sure it wasn't Avery?

Florrie! I know three and don't get it.

(Feeling snug/relieved that DS name isn't mentioned anywhere)

@ThatCurlyGirl Mine will definitely have Irish names 😁❤️ I figure that people they know should make the effort, as they would have to with a name from Hungary or Chile or anywhere non-English speaking. Anyone who doesn't is showing something interesting about themselves! As far as the day to day stuff goes, undoubtedly in England it would be more convenient not to have to spell your name all the time, but I figure it is worth it for a lovely name - I don't have an English language name or surname and have had to spell my name all my life so I feel experienced enough at the inconvenience aspect to decide it's worth it / not too bad! That said, my hairdresser has genuinely had the wrong first name and surname in the computer system for me for almost two years 😂🙈

Arlo makes me think of Milk.

Me too because we buy Arla milk

Frances

Stanley, Archie, Marnie, Gus

@Fuiseog they're GORGEOUS names aren't they! And make me feel connected with my heritage. I kind of wish after foster care I'd have been allowed to keep my super Irish name - it feels more "me" it's just difficult to spell for English speaking people. I think it might be why I'm a little bit in love with Saoirse Ronan!