What are the current “naughty boy/girl” names?

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i know there’s been threads like this done before I read some from 20 years ago when I was a kid myself. Obviously baby naming has changed a lot since then.
Because there will undoubtedly be someone who says this is mean spirited then this is your warning to not bother reading it.

I’m curious to see if my kids names come up because they did on a few of the old threads 😂. Comments from teachers especially welcome

That example is a little bit different imo. Don’t get me wrong there are some absolutely ridiculous names out there, but a lot of the names mentioned are perfectly acceptable and just because there is one or two children with said name that are naughty, it doesn’t mean all children with that name are naughty.

it would concern me that a child could be treated differently because of their name and an assumption placed on that name by someone.

I have a Finley and he is an absolute delight.

My dog is a Frankie and I agree 😂

Prepared for them in what way? Why would you need to prepare for a little Kyle or Harvey any differently than you would an Edward or Henry?

She doesn’t have anything to go on but their names. And yet those kids are being sorted into types before she’s even met them. A full class of kids and some are already on the back foot day one because their teacher has decided their name dictates their character. I think that is being horrible to them.

haha I knew this name would crop up. My youngest is Freddie and I can confirm he is feral Freddie 😂
Total sweetheart but Christ he can be hardwork

I agree.

Ethan for boys
Sienna for girls

@Whatthefork1 , I'm surprised at some of the names too.
I find that names described as posh on here are definitely not posh any more.
As soon as the names filter down the classes, they tend to get more of a bad reputation.

If you read the Freakonomics (Freakonomics - The hidden side of everything )or Consumed (Consumed (Wallop book) - Wikipedia ) books they give more info on names. FWIW, I don't think Finlay/Finlay is a 'bad boy name' but Finn is.

@BertSymptom , names will appeal to certain parents, and imply what sort of background the parents have.

Something like Maci-Lea, Ottilie, Atticus or Tee-jay doesn't give the impression of parents would have the same background as me. It's only natural to look for people you identify with.

people are sensitive, I told my other half his name was mentioned on here a million times he just laughed. Both my kids names have been mentioned. It’s not a big deal.
Also you can’t tell someone’s upper or lower class by their name. The only Hugo I know has super low class parents sisters name is Annabelle. Then I also know actual posh parents with a kaiden (does being spelt with an I instead of y make a difference) anyway some of you look for a reason to be offended

Archie, Hugo, Harry, Henry, Theo, Noah, Seb. Funny when they were all seen as posh names a decade ago!

plus any variation of Brayden, Jayden, Kayden etc

Wow. Thanks for explaining but I already knew that’s what these threads are really about. I just don’t agree with your assertion that a. You can judge a background from a person’s name alone and b. You can judge a person’s, or child’s, character on their background alone.

I’ve had many jobs in my time and I can’t think of any where it would’ve been acceptable to be given a list of the people I’d be working with, judge what background they’re from based on just their names and decide which ones I thought would be good or bad to work with on that basis alone. I certainly expect more from a teacher who’s working with children.

Remember the question was about “naughty kids” names? What background is that then?

Archie, Hugo, Harry, Henry, Theo, Noah, Seb. Funny when they were all seen as posh names a decade ago!

Names have a broader usage these days - precisely because of these sorts of threads probably. None of those names are still "posh" - especially not Seb.

But, besides that, why would posh children not be naughty? Given indulgence of all forms can contribute to poor behaviour, I would have thought posh children were arguably very susceptible.

And this is why people comment on it being a class bash thread. Lower class people will pick X name, X kids are naughty because lower class parents are all shit, whilst middle class parents all pick Y names and raise only wonderful children.

Do you really see no problem with this attitude?

But your husband isn't a small kid I na classroom where the teacher has already decided he's likely got shit parents who haven't raised him well so he'll be a nightmare. That kind of bias will affect how the teacher reacts to the same in fraction from Jaydenne or Horatio

Remember the question was about “naughty kids” names? What background is that then?

Any background.

I think you are feeling it is all class-related (it isn;t; look at the names on this thread).

I do think IN SOME CASES it can signal what a parent might have thought about how they planned to parent and how they would react to their dc being mischievous or serious.

For instance, a Harry sounds to me as though the parents are wanting a little bundle of fun, whereas insisting on Maximilian in full (yup, it happens), kind of suggests they have serious aspirations in mind. And I cannot imagine a parent who calls their child Eugene would have envisaged anything other than bookish involvement from their little progeny. None of those are particularly WC names, not do they have racial connotations. Harry, I would say, is particularly classless and commonly used by all types of families.

But, on top of that, these impressions can be WRONG in their application to an individual. We all know that.

Me and my husband went to the same school, we’re early twenties so left less than ten years ago. Most the teachers seemed to love him even though he was a bit of a little shit. Both my kids names are on here and I’ve never had a bad parents evening and my kids have never complained about a teacher treating them unfairly

@BertSymptom , I just don’t agree with your assertion that a. You can judge a background from a person’s name alone and b. You can judge a person’s, or child’s, character on their background alone.
I didn't assert either of those, I asserted that some names imply those.

With some names, the names themselves don't tell me much, but the age and location and the name (+ surname) would.

@SleepingStandingUp , I can't help people's attitude, it's not necessarily my own.
A very nice couple have recently named their baby a name that's been mentioned on here more than once. I don't like the name. The baby is adorable. The parents are teachers and live somewhere rural, so I can only think that the name might not be much used where they are.

@Calliopespa , I know some children with names listed on here and the parents are Upper Middle Class and middle Middle Class (and if relevant WASP and married, no previous marriages or children from other relationships), all very well educated. Some of the children are very well-behaved but two are little horrors. The little horrors are 'gently parented'.
It's not about class or race.

If I hadn't mentioned the race and class of the parents but had given the parents' occupations and educational background, then the race/heritage/class would not be relevant.

Agree.

Class and race are not relevant to "naughty names" discussions.

@Calliopespa , I don't know if they're irrelevant - a couple I know are British, white and privileged and their PFB has a 'naughty child name'. Too young to say, but I reckon the child will be a little horror.

Not only are there 'naughty child names', but more to do with class, background and parental expectation, there are some names that I associate with the 'Mummy and Daddy's Little's Princess/Prince' types.

These are the children who take over any event by performing loudly throughout while the parents beam adoringly while everyone else is thinking 'Verruca, shut the fuck up'.

Did you read the post I was specifically replying to? Or mine in full? Because I don’t think I mentioned class at all.

The PP I was replying to said (directed specifically at me for some reason) “names will imply what sort of background the parents have” and yes to an extent I’d agree that you might wonder if a kid with a very French name has a French background or a kid with the name of Star Wars character has parents really into sci fi. But none of that goes so far as to attribute a certain characteristic to the kids themselves because of their name or the perceived background that name suggests they MIGHT have.

The point of this thread is to list naughty names, and you and I seem to both agree you can’t pinpoint a specific background that naughty kids come from. So I don’t know what the PP meant by mentioning parent’s backgrounds to me in this context. Maybe they did mean class, maybe it’s race, maybe it’s a particular politics. They didn’t specify, I don’t know, that’s why I was asking that person specifically what they meant when they brought it up to me.

If you don’t think naughty names imply a specific background then the question I asked that PP isn’t for you.

I didn’t even bother asking what the same PP meant by “It's only natural to look for people you identify with” in the context of kids with naughty names because what a depressing attitude that is.

@BertSymptom , because I don't think I would have anything in common with someone if we had wildly different tastes.

That describes him completely! Wild blonde hair, wild nature! 🤣💕

River
Flynn
Rudy
Felix
Oscar
Otis
Kit
Elliot

The only one I know is delightful and is becoming a very useful footballer!