Mumsnet hated names that you like?

[marmitelover84]

We all know mumsnet is full of opinions
“Chavvy” “Chavtastic”
“Doesn’t look good on CV”
“Not middle class”
“Council estate name”
“What if they want to be a lawyer or doctor?”
“Not a real name”
“Trying too hard to be different”
“So bland and boring”
“Too American”
(All things I’ve seen on threads over the years!)

So I want to know, what are some names that the majority of mumsnet HATE but you like?

For me it’s Grayson and Everly. They are two of my favourite names ever.

Araminta had quite a bit of abuse the other day and I've always liked it. Also hyphenated names, including my own.

‘Posh’ names, Greek names, forrin names are all fine by me.

Kai. Nice name. Don't get the hate at all.

Love Evie, and all the Ella / Ellie’s that everyone hates but Jaxon has to be the most hideous name of all time and Grayson fairly awful too.

Chantelle 🙈
Isla-Marie
Thea pronounced correctly (Taya instead of Theeeuh).
Jessie

Harrison
Blake
Peter

I have a boy Robin. This is wet according to MN

Cherry. To me it's sweet and fresh. To MN it's stripper

Names I love like Rupert, Hugo, Orlando, Horatio and Araminta, Aphra, Cressida, are regarded by MN as being too middle class.

Honor ❤️

MN is not one entity.

All names are liked / not liked by someone.

@ReasonedCamper
There are definitely names that the majority of mumsnet collectively dislike!

Ava and Kai.

Tallulah and Kai

Probably quite a lot of others. But I think I'm a fairly typical poster as I dislike boys names on girls, and nearly every surname name (though know it's traditional for some)

I love American names, Bryson, brody, Callie, Remy. Mn hates them.

I love savannah, Scarlett, Starla, Talulah. Apparently these are stripper names 😂 funny that because when I went to Vegas and visited a strip club with dp the girls there were Hollie, Wendy and Lauren 😳 not a savannah or Scarlett in sight!

Conor, Aidan, Liam etc - lots of perfectly normal Irish boys' names (basically the Irish equivalent of James) are derided as "naughty boy names" on here.

Nevaeh

Myrtle... I love it so much and it's near universally hated.. my husband laughed out loud when I suggested it for our daughter... I googled it and it's been on here and was absolutely slated
I also like Germanic names like Gertrude, Gudrun, Hilda... they dont go down well on here
And when I was naming my daughter I suggested Topaz in here and apparently ALL precious stone names are stripper names... (what about Beryl tho?!)

There is a thread atm about the name Sawyer - that’s also getting quite a bit of abuse although I rather like it!

Sometimes I nAme can be nice on one person but horrible on another person.
I don’t hate Jayden as much as I did since I met a lovely one.

Athena is lovely, there’s one in my DD’s class and I think it’s a truly gorgeous name.

I actually agree with MN on most names. Jayden/Kayden/Jackson (Jaxon is even worse) and Riley are amongst my least favourite names. I hate Marley too. I know someone who has two sons called Harley and Marley .

I quite like the sound of Nevaeh.. but not the weird backwards heaven thing

I love Tyler!

Amber and Savannah - chav

Also Rocco for a boy - chav again

Thea pronounced correctly (Taya instead of Theeeuh).

Totally missing the point of the thread here but I know a Thea (in her 70s not of the recent Thea popularity) and she pronounces her name Theeahh, never knew it was meant to be pronounced any other way!

Thea pronounced correctly (Taya instead of Theeeuh)

Thea is a Greek name, surely? Female version of Theo, from theos meaning God. It’s spelt in Greek with a theta, so is pronounced “th”

It’s also a short form of Theodora or Dorothea, which have a “th” sound.

“Taya” may be an alternative pronunciation, but it’s not the one, correct one.