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.

It's because it's common (as in used frequently, not low class) and unimaginative. I actually like the name Rose but it's definitely over used. The Elizabeth/ Louise/ May of the time.

It also goes well with many first names.

Yes but so does Louise and when every baby girl is an Amy Louise, Emma Louise, Ella Louise, Laura Louise, Katie Louise, Chloe Louise,... you start thinking 'not another one'.

My sister is Ava Rose. It’s a beautiful name and she loves it. However, she’s in her 40s. Back when we were little both names weren’t that common. Both family names of grandparents. Now my sister’s mind is boggled at how many little girls she hears about called Ava-[name].

Ava-[something] and Rose really are the Louise/Hayley of today. But, if you’re alright with your daughter having a very popular name then who cares? I think it’s beautiful, but I am bias 😊

I have a something Rose, named after grandmother and until now had no idea of Rose’s popularity or being a ‘filler’ name! Never even heard of a ‘filler’ name!
Choose the name you love and not because of other people or popularity. I love DD’s name

My middle name is Rose- I’m an 80s baby- I’ve always loved my middle name and was unusual at the time but I think it gets a bad rep on here due to it seeming unimaginative and bland now it’s so popular as a middle- however I think it remains a pretty, classic name and won’t date as other middle names eg willow, Skye, summer, Luna

@Bigears6789 , a filler name is a middle name for the sake of one.
Like if DC1 has 1 then DC2 gets 1 etc.

@Mumofgirls2017 , the others other than Skye aren't much used as middle names, are they?

I have a 2012 born DD with a middle name Rose. No particular reason for it, I just liked it. I did originally plan to use it as her first name but she just didn’t look like a Rose…if that make sense. Older daughter was going to be an Amber but I changed at last minute to Ruby and she went on to have 14 Ruby’s in her year at secondary school. Ironically, I’m an 80s baby with the middle name Louise so clearly I just follow trends

Some people do.

I used Rose knowing it is a popular middle name and I still love it just as much. Popularity just doesn't bother some people as much as it does others.

Rose is a family name for my husband’s side just as Ann is a family name on mine so if I chose to use them would I be judged?!

Poor old Chastity...

My dds middle name is May. Both of my DH’s grandmas were May and it was a nod to them, you’d think I’d created the biggest chav ever according to Mumsnet. Do I care? Not in the slightest!

Nobody owes originality either, apparently.

I think because it’s really popular, however I absolutely love it. I feel like it goes with everything. I wanted to have this as my Daughters middle name but didn’t in the end due to its popularity.

I like Rose. It's classic and pretty. My great, great grandmother was called.Rose. Had ds been a girl, (1994) Madaleine Rose was on the lost.

My middle name, v v unusual 65 years ago became v v popular about 10 years ago. I may tell you what it is if you ask nicely :).

It's the Donna/Karen/Sharon/Tracy of today.

But as with most names they tend to go in and out of fashion.

Nothing wrong with Rose, it's quite nice.

It's incredible how so many MNers have grandmothers called Rose, May or Grace.

Rose is lovely, its a classic name.

Personally I don't like it when its tacked on to a first name. In your instance your DD will say 'My name is Ava and my middle name is Rose' . I think the dislike is saying 'My name is Ava Rose' meaning this is what they are called every time someone says their name.

I have one. There is a family reason but really I only gave her a middle name for her future email address 🤣

I don't have one and my married name although not overly common across the UK, is where I live and as our company style is initial dot surname I struggled (particularly as my first name is also short and so had also been taken as initials). It leads to much confusion.

I really like it.
I wouldn’t use a family name unless I really like it. I hear some really ugly names which make me wince. That’s the parents choice though. I also don’t like 2 middle names, to me it’s unnecessary and nobody at all will ever call someone by their first name plus 2 middle names.
May/Mai/Mae is still a very common middle name. So is James for a boy.

That is part of it.
I don't know why people do it but grandmothers seem to be the worst, and O'm never sure if they meant Evie Rose and Ella May or the same with hyphens.

One of my neighbours had grandchildren and she always called them Laura Jane and Helen Anne, so I even still think of them as that.

People get their knickers in such a twist about middle names. I never had one, and growing up I used to think I was missing something. Well, now I live in a country where the native culture doesn't have middle names, and I watch a lot of immigrants struggle with it! Government forms, bank paperwork etc might not have enough character space for a middle name and then people get in trouble because their account application name doesn't match their passport.

So if you feel like you've picked a middle name because you had to, remember that going without is also an option!

I love the name, either as a first or middle name.

@TokyoTantrum , my DC don't have one. I can't see the point of them.
Parents wanted their surname as a middle name, which I'd have been OK with but it wasn't an unusual name or anything and it didn't flow. I never really liked or disliked it.

Had lots of comments that I should give a middle name but the ones suggested were filler names.

For me, it’s nice but when something has been used a billion times, it loses any appeal. It’s almost like a filler name at this point