How do you feel when you see your child’s name mentioned?

[DontWantTheRivalry]

Just curious how you feel when you see your child’s name being discussed and the general consensus is a “hell no!”

The only time I ever really see my son’s names come up is when there is a “Is this a naughty boy’s name?” thread.

Incidentally, both my boys are very well behaved

I’ve also just seen my name being discussed as a potential for a girl and let’s say the feedback wasn’t the most flattering

The whole thing does make me smile

[quote Sboncen]@Kanaloa, I didn't know you could have children patented[/quote]
It was a typo. Nice to know your argument was so wishy washy and weak that that reply is all you could come up with.

@Kanaloa, you seem to have a chip on your shoulder

Gloriously I’m getting this ad for Bad Boy aftershave on this thread! 😁😁

[quote Sboncen]@Kanaloa, you seem to have a chip on your shoulder[/quote]
Not really. My kids all have quite dull names really. It just annoys me when people make silly statements that they then can’t back up in the slightest. So naughty boy names are those which are picked by certain people or from a different culture. However it’s apparently not class based, just based on the fact that you know a family with two children who have Irish names and are badly behaved. But when you lower it down to picking on typos and saying people have a chip on their shoulder (rather than just admitting your argument is weak) it only shows you don’t really have anything to back it up, except the tired old classist remarks that you’ve said aren’t the base of your comments.

There are two boys names I have come to fear when I see them on class lists, but they are highly specific. I do find it funny BC I have even had twins in a class and the "naughty boy" name was a riot while his neutral named twin was a dream to teach.

@Kanaloa You have called my posts daft and silly.
The names aren't picked by certain people or from a different culture.
You seem to be picking a fight for the sake of it.

Class has nothing to do with what I said. If I think of a bad boy name of my age group, I can think of a horrid boy at primary school from a council estate and a man who was privately educated. Both bad boys.

Lost contact with the boy from primary school but the other one is a 'bad boy'.

I know others with the name and they are AFAIK fine but the association us there

The primary school boy was not bad because he was from a council estate and the other one wasn't bad because he was privately educated. Neither was bad because of the name.

Before you have a pop at me for mentioning council estate, you have no idea where I grew up. Others from the same estate and went to the same primary school went to uni, one is now a doctor.

@Sboncen

The name is often described as a naughty boy's name

It’s described that way because there’s still an ingrained anti-Irish prejudice in mainstream English culture. Not because there’s some fundamental relationship between being called Conor or Liam and bad behaviour.

Move on. Everyone is entitled to their opinion

Are Conor and Liam really seen as 'naughty' names?
I never would have made that connection?

I'd be really surprised to see my ds name mentioned. It's an old Irish name but I do laugh when I see posters here comment so negatively about irish names and names that aren't straight forward to spell in general. People are a bit ott about the thoughts that a child may have to tell people how to spell their name. It's hardly going to destroy their lives 🤣

@purpleme12

Are Conor and Liam really seen as 'naughty' names? I never would have made that connection?

Irish names are probably the names that crop up most frequently as ‘naughty boy names”.

Everyone can have their opinion. Including me.

Honestly I don’t believe there are names that automatically render a child ‘naughty’ and I do think you need to have a good look at the names often derided as naughty boy names and see what class they are largely associated with.

My daughters name is always ‘put the full version on birth certificate’ or ‘it’s a nickname’... think Lizzie/Elizabeth. We would never call her by the full, proper name so didn’t see the point.

Someone did ask me her name in Costa a few weeks ago and replied with “oh, that’s... different”

Honestly I don’t believe there are names that automatically render a child ‘naughty’

I agree, but it’s really hard when you work in childcare or a school. I loved the name Finley for a boy, but looked after a very lively little boy called Finley and just couldn’t do it

Some people loathe it but it generally has a very warm reception and falls into the 'you don't hear it often but it's beautiful' category. When people hate it, it doesn't bother me too much but I think that's because they're in the minority.

A lot of people we meet IRL say 'oh I don't even have to pretend to like that name!' which is kind of funny but does worry me about naming DC2 soon!

On another note, this thread is torturing me, I want to know what names everyone is talking about!

People are over my daughter's name, I would say. It went from lovely and interesting to boring/wet/overused. Funnily enough its popularity in the UK was a significant factor behind choosing it, since it's now well known and familiar in both our countries/languages. It's the perfect name for her.

My son's name is a bit more weighted towards the country we live in rather than the UK and people often gush about it on here.

I think their names have very similar vibes where we live, and obviously I think they are both lovely, but people on here greatly prefer the one they perceive as slightly foreign and exotic. It's funny because that's the way my daughter's name used to be perceived before it became popular. If my son's name ever grows popular in the UK it will go the same way I suppose.

My name is old, but not the right sort of old to be cool and unlikely to ever be. C'est la vie.

We were set on DD1s name as soon as we knew we were having a girl so I don't care much what people say about it. I've always loved it!

We were quite undecided for DD2 so it bothers me more when I see negative things. Most comments are positive though.

I once saw a thread where someone was deciding between my DDs' names! I counted the votes and they were exactly equal which made me happy

DS1’s name is always said (on here) to be nice but way too common, apparently everyone knows about 50 little boys with the same name, that they are 10 a penny and it is overused. In 4.5 years of going to baby / toddler groups I have only met one other with this name and in his reception year of 90 children he is the only one. So I’m not sure where they all are!

Ds2’s name is usually popular on here but sometimes described as ‘wet’