Why is there so much dislike for the middle name rose on here?

[Bluewales]

I called my daughter Ava Rose I think it’s very short and pretty and I chose rose for no particular reason other than I liked how it looked and sounded, which seems to be heavily looked down upon on here to choose rose just because it’s pretty and without family meaning but I don’t really understand why it matters. Rose is a filler i admit but it’s beautiful that’s why imo. Many on here always insist on giving a really clunky old fashioned middle name like Catherine, Elizabeth, Margaret etc after a family member or something but not everyone needs or wants to pick such names just for the sake of a family member and to potentially make the first name look uglier.

im clearly biased because of my own child’s name but seriously don’t understand why there’s seems to be a problem with wanting a pretty middle name instead of something super significant.

I used Rose as a middle name, because it was my grandmother’s name - whom I adored. What others think of it doesn’t bother me in the slightest and only those closest would know the significance. Names I find common others seem to like. An MN classic was the expectant mum to be who was naming her children after estate agents: Carter, Harrison and something else American that I can’t recall.

I like it, but most people on this particular board are absolutely raging snobs about baby names, and only like names like Ophelia and Otto and all the yummy mummy uber-middle class names.

Not saying I don't like those names, I do, but I also like Rose <shrug>

I don't like it because of Rose West.

I don't like Ophelia and Otto.

It’s the Louise of the 90s. I don’t think it’s disliked just doesn’t provoke much interest. I think it’s disliked when it’s hyphenated as a first name eg Ava-Rose.

I’m a 90s baby with the middle name Louise and my sisters middle name is Marie. They were the biggest filler names on the 90s, we don’t use them and they seem a bit pointless 😂. This was a big deciding factor in choosing a family name for my children (my mums name and my dads name, as my children have my husbands surname).
I wouldn’t have bothered with a middle name unless it had some meaning to me.

For me personally it's because it's so common at the moment as a middle name. So it doesn't feel interesting to hear of another child with the middle name Rose, Grace or May. In itself they are lovely.

I feel the same about Eve/Evie/Evelyn, Lily and Teddy as a first name, I seem to know millions! But there's nothing wrong with the names.

I think all one syllable names are a bit at risk of being overused as a middle name because they often flow well with lots of things. See also Ann and Jane.

It's a beautiful first name. As a middle name it is the Louise/Marie if this generation but it's not a big deal. My kids have surnames as middle names from my family's heritage (so like Patel or O'Neill) which i love as it carries on our family name.

I don’t I think it’s disliked particularly on here. It’s a perfectly safe and somewhat dull middle name. May or Mae as middle names are hated on here.

Middle names are completely meaningless anyway.

My middle name is Louise - my mum still refuses to accept that everyone my age is called it and thinks she made an original choice despite the fact that of my group of 6 school friends 5 had the middle name Louise and the sixth only wasn't called it as she didn't have a middle name 😂

I’m another middle name Louise!

It’s just so pointless. You don’t need a middle name, either don’t bother or go for something bonkers. Danger or Thor or something.

My name is Something Rose and I love it. I was named after my Granny Rose so it reminds her of her.

Well it’s pretty but it’s so heavily used.
It seems every other girl has the middle name Rose or May at the moment. Names by definition are supposed to be identifiers so why would you want to pick the same as everybody else else. It just makes it blah.

@HugoThatway ok? Wasn't explicitly talking about you, you know.

It’s a beautiful name and you love it and that’s all that matters.
Personally Rose, May and Grace are the new filler middle names like Louise, Jane and Anne were for my generation. Since I have a filler middle name and feel it’s safe and boring my dcs middle name is one that we could have chosen as their first name.

It’s just massively overused. Every other girl within a certain age range is Ava/Eva/Evie/Lily/Mia middle name Rose/Mae/May/Grace.

What on earth is a ‘filler’ name. People are so pretentious insulting names people choose for their children. Rose is a pretty name. One of my girls has it as a middle name and one of my granddaughters.my other girls have ‘filler🤣) names as well Marie, gayle , louise. Oh and my
filler name is jane. Honestly what a load of nonsense

One of my DD's is Felicity Rose. It's a popular middle name for good reason.

I love the name Rose and would use it as a first name.

But can’t you see you’re being equally as judgey when you say other names are clunky etc.

I’m an early 90s baby and went to school with loads of Emma Louise/Sophie Louise/Rebecca Anne type names. I feel like the modern day equivalent are names like Amelia Rose/Isla Mae/Ava Grace etc.

That said, names are generally popular because they are nice!

Step away from social media media and you’ll find most actual people in your life won’t even know your child’s middle name, much less have an opinion on it. I couldn’t tell you the middle names of any of my friend’s kids. If you like the name nothing else matters, don’t give it any more headspace.

It's a popular middle name for good reason. - fashion

Many on here always insist on giving a really clunky old fashioned middle name like Catherine, Elizabeth, Margaret etc after a family member or something but not everyone needs or wants to pick such names just for the sake of a family member and to potentially make the first name look uglier.

Dunno but this doesn't make you sound great tbh, quite bitchy and immature

It's just that's it's overused i think. I don't care what people call their kids. But I do know three kids named Ava Rose and one Isla Rose.

It's so overused it's barely a name now, it's just a noise tacked onto the first name.