Do your DC have any friends whose names you secretly hate?

[branflake81]

DD's best friend is called Shirley. She's 6. I secretly think it's horrible.

Or not so secretly I guess .

Not really, no. Not my place to comment tbh.

We know a little girl called Beau. I don't dislike it but it just strikes me as wrong - beau is a masculine adjective in French, the feminine should be belle.

Sorry Branflake, not nice thread imho.

I would imagine tis not good for the soul to secretly hate the names of your DCs friends.

Or, as CSWS has already pointed out, not so secretly, in this instance.

I don't pass judgement

Its not something that I have ever given much thought to tbh.

Well... there are some I find really hard to say. Does that count? Particularly all those Ls -- try calling Olivia, Elizabeth, Isabella and Leila across a playground without getting in a hollible mluddle.

Nothing wrong with Beau imo

some of my friends have different names that when I first heard I thought hmmmmmmm, but now the name completely matches the little person they are

so no, I do not hate any names

Not one's that i hate but a few slightly different one's like CoCo and Angel-lee

there are names i think that another name would have suited them better, iyswim? not hate though.

well i'll own up; i have a little cousin whose name i dislike.
obviously i, like branflake, am not going to say anything... but i do think its horrid if im totally honest!

Oh god....loads. But once you get to know the child it doesn't seem to matter.

I live in Cork where an odd mix of names is used. There are hard to spell Irish ones (threads on I want to call my baby - how do you spell it and say it?). There are the usual James and Lucy type names. But also a retro lot - so babies are still called Keith, Alison, Gillian, Leonard - 1960's names.

Not my place to judge the names of others and 'hate' is a strong word.

not that come to mind, but there are a couple where I think 'damn wish Id thought of that name first and can i steal it!'

I know a MNer with that name, which I think is a nice name. My oldest friend is also called Shirley.

I hope neither of them are reading this.

i think shirley sounds sweet anyway
maybe they like Billy Bragg
I like to live and let live if poss

I've lost count of the number of times people have been rude about my son's name on here.

I generally take it in good heart, because it's nothing, truly nothing in comparison to his surname

Poor little sod.

I have a friend who's daughter's name is the stuff that bees make. And no, its not wax. It makes my toes curl. If she was a Bond Girl it would be great, but 6 year old? Nahhh.