Bad Name Choices?

[JesssIsCrazzzzzy]

A teacher at my childrens primary school called my name choices bad/tasteless. Names are Blaze, Hope, and Maizie. I recognize that Hope is uncommon, and Blaze was when DS was born, but it has grown in popularity. Maizie seems quite 'normal' to me. Have been getting comments, both negative and positive, on my DD Hope for nearly all her life, but mainly from my exs friends and family. So I have been brushing them off with ease until now. She seems to like her name, but is just now realizing it is a bit unconventional. I have been caring for my exs nephew since he was 2w, and went with the middle name his birth mother chose for him as his first name. I wonder if Covington seems alright to society, or if people haven't commented because he has Downs Syndrome. Are my choices 'bad', or am I being dramatic?

Tasteless is a good word for them. better than the ones I'd had in mind

Hope is a lovely name, and it’s quite common in the Black British community. I’m not personally keen on Blaze or Maizie...mainly the spelling of Maizie, the name itself is nice. Blaze, for me, is a monster truck.

Covington...also not a fan. It's meant to be a surname. I think I'm not keen on it because long names are often shortened and Cov just sounds horrible.

But honestly, my opinion isn’t important. There are plenty of names I wouldn’t choose (I met a Maverick the other day and that made me cringe) but taste is subjective. What really matters is that you and your children love their names.

How rude of that teacher to give her opinion on your children's name, when her opinion was not being sought. I hope that she is not the type of ignorant person to treat a child differently based on their names. There seems to be too many people who are like that, imo.

Hope isn’t unusual in the slightest.

Covington is unusual, I’ve never heard of it.

The teacher is rude. Even if the dc were called x, y and dhdufi it’s not the teachers place to comment

The names are fine, although I prefer James to Covington! Blaise, Hope and Maisie would be better spellings though.

Hope is fine.
Maizie looks awful and a the use of a Z instead of an S is naff.
Blaze is horrendous.
Covington should have been kept as James.

I short her comment was right but she was very wrong to make it, should have kept that thought in her head.

I've providing an honest opinion because you asked on an anonymous forum.

Blaise
Maisie
Covington

are lovely.

And Hope!

Hope is the most usual and classic of these names.

Your names are ok, it's the spellings that are a bit odd. 'Maisie' is fine, and 'Blaise' is a French name. 'Hope' is lovely as it is.

I once had to give a lift to a lady called Attracts which I now know is Irish but at the time thought it was hysterically funny

Should have read Attracta