Maci, Piper or jayda?

[Sophielaser11]

I love Maci but my husband loves Jayda and Piper. Thoughts?

Macy (spelled like that) is just about OK. Jayda is awful and souds like "jaded." Piper is dreadful.

None of them, sorry.

Erm. Your names remind me of a common person trying to make sure that their child will never be perceived as anything other than common.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayda_Fransen is the first Jayda that springs to mind for me. Not exactly a nice association.

I cannot believe the snobbery on this thread.
The spellings of these names (well 2 of them) are a bit unusual but these are perfectly normal names.

Agree with all this.

Maci sounds like Maisie misspelled.

It doesn't matter whether you think people on this thread are snobs or not.

It's a good indicator of how many people in society will perceive a child unlucky enough to be saddled with one of these names.

@babyjellyfish but why? I wouldn't bat an eyelid at a child called any of those names. They are no more unusual than many other names.

Out of curiosity I looked Jayda up as a name.
Spelt that way is an Arabic name meaning 'good and beautiful woman'.
Sounds lovely to me.

You might not, but this thread shows that other people will.

Assuming the OP is not Arabic, it's more likely to be associated with a Britain First leader with a face like the back of a bus and a conviction for racially aggravated harassment.

@babyjellyfish what's that's a bit sad really.
There are plenty of names I don't like.
Plenty I think wtf or 'that's ugly' etc but I never would look down on someone for the name they have.

It might be sad, but that doesn't make it less true unfortunately.

My brother's ex girlfriend had a name similar to these, with a weird spelling as well, and although she was a perfectly nice person with lots of good qualities, seeing it written down made me wince every time.

You don't have to call your child Sophie or Emily, but I think names which scream that you're from a certain social class should be avoided.

No not really.

Are you actually for real?

Get over yourself you horrible snob.

working class people, chavs, travellers, uneducated people etc all EXIST. And they have every right too. And they have every right to name their kids names from their social group.

Yes, certain types of names will handicap a child, fair or not.

Give a dignified name for future academic, business & workplace purposes & then nickname the toddler "Maci" or "Jagger" or whatnot.

My grandmother was known as Sadie but her given name was Sarah, for example. Born 1910.

Of course they have a right to exist and call their child names of their choosing
But they have to realise that certain names will unfortunately invite certain stereotypes and assumptions and to pretend otherwise would be silly

Not their problem. That’s the problem of the people doing the judgement. Imagine if it was the other way round. Oh I’m not going to employ Ophelia because she sounds like a pompous twat.

If people can't see beyond a name to the person and their character then more fool them. I think it's as likely that a name like Quentin would be a 'handicap' as a name like Maci, however it was spelled. There was a boy at my university called Tremayne who got the absolute piss ripped out of him by his flat mates who were mostly from the North and called things like Dave and Steve.

Unless you want everyone to be called the same subset of allegedly 'safe' names then acknowledged and respect the diversity of life, is my view.

I recruit as part of my job (professional) and wouldn't bat an eyelid at any of the three names, OP. They would equally 'work' (whatever that means) on a building site or in a fashion house, so go for it

@PashunFroot
That's kind of the point. People DO do that. Whether it's Ophelia or Chardonnay-Mae. Of course they shouldn't, but they do. Choose your name for your child with your eyes open, is all posters are trying to say.

You can’t control what other people think though. You can control what you name your baby.

Of course they have the right to name their child whatever they like.

But let's not pretend that certain choices won't make their child's life more difficult than it needs to be, or limit their opportunities.

Perhaps the parents are quite happy being, er, "chavs", but the child might grow up and decide they want to be a high court judge, and prefer to have a name which is more conducive to social mobility.

Not their problem. That’s the problem of the people doing the judgement.

No, actually, it's the problem of the child being judged.

The people doing the judging don't care whether anyone thinks they're a snob.

Sorry; have to agree with the others

Exactly. I don't care if someone names their kid Beaujolais Rose or Sonny or Kayden or Maxi Mae but if one doesn't think that "low class" names will affect the child going forward, one is kidding oneself.

It's so easy to select names with more gravitas and then use a cutesy nickname for the child, I am amazed at people who would saddle a person for life with a name they will outgrow at age 4.

By all means call you kid Kay-Lee if you want, but if her real name is Katherine Leigh Surname she'll be better off.