why unusual names??

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Not being funny here mums but dont you realise your kids have to grow up with these names and endure the playground!!! also what if your child becomes a judge or something? who on earth is going to take them seriously?? i mean really "all rise for the honorable Apple Blaise"
it seems to me that since all these celebrities started giving their kids daft names everybody has jumped on the band wagon!
i know at the end of the day it is up to you what you call your child, but i think that you do have to think about their names and what its going to be like for them years down the line.
i had a girl in my year at school called pepper marie rosemary sherrie and she got teased somthing chronic! ( her sisters where called Atlantic and Oceana these are twins, Savannah Raye, Sienna Skye and their younger brother Bobby Blue) i know its different and they'll stand out but i think sometimes for the wrong reason!!

Ooooh quite like those names

Nah. I think you are wrong. I know plenty of people with weird names. I never see them getting teased. I know a doctor called Jella. People grow into names and it becomes part of them. It becomes normal for that person and then people think nothing of it.

Children at school will find any reason to tease. It doesn't matter if your name is John Smith or Uranus Moon.

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I used to teach a class which had 16 girls in. 6 were called Amy, spelt in various ways. At least with an unusual name you'll never be known by your full name throughout school because there's a little army of same names.

I agree in part with the nickname thing, but in all honesty, kids can make a weapon out of any name if they feel inclined to.

Unusual doesn't mean crap

DS2 has a rare name that he shares with a very prominent and well known person (and no its nt bloody Brooklyn- Stirling Moss in fact). There has never yet been an issue and at almost 8 he loves his name.

Why would I choose a name I didnt like/

Mind, our surname is pretty bizarre anyhow, maybe I shouldn't have had kids at all

I actively like Pepper and Savannah btw)

rofl at Uranus Moon.

Though we are struggling for boys names.....

Y'know Peachy- it wasn't until I became a mner, and read your DS's name that I realised Stirling the name was spelled with an I not an E, so thank you!

DD has a very unusual name, but DH and I adore it, and she was always going to be that name.
Ditto on the surname thing- people always do a double take to check you're speaking English to them

EachPeach you couldn't teach my FIL could you? LOL

we have "unusual" (but traditional) names because they have a very common surname. they're beautiful names that suit them perfectly. they both have the option of more unusual/more normal versions so i don't feel i've "saddled" them with anything terrible.

Judging by the kids I look after slightly unusual names are now more common than 'usual' ones. Frankly I prefer it this way - variety is the spice of life. Equally because unusual names are the norm, nobody gets teased for having one as although it's unusual for the adults around them, it isn't for the children.

Consequently I don't think your point is particularly valid, I'm afraid.

i agree with what your all saying although everybody is entitled to their own opinion, just after seeing what the girl in my year went through i looked very hard for a name for my daughter that 100 other girls at school arent (hopefully!!) going to have and its not also going to get her teased about it.
people used to be polite about this ladies kids names to her face but behind her back some of the things that got said where unbelievable!

But that's how things where when you were at school. Assuming that this was a while ago, and very importantly depending on the area, it's just not like that anymore.

I reckon if somebody posted what do you think of John for a boy that would be cries of out rage all over MN.

btw, her mother wanted her to be called pepper marie rosemary sherrie just as a 1st name the marie rosemary sherrie are not middle names!

Eachpeach what is your dd called? Bet it isnt as unusual as my dd

Pepper is sweet as a name i think. I need a girls name.

Momma your babies have the most gorgeous names Especially your ds.

Now think of a girl mane for me, only proviso is it MUST be unusual...

Each to their own. I never fancied an Apple Blaise, but equally I wouldn't dream of adding to north London's population of Joshuas.

yeah its chavtastic.

whats wrong with mary ffs

Define unusual.

You don't know what names are plain unusual names and which one are family names. Some poor souls grandmother may have been Loopy Lou and her parents wanted to honor the grandparents.

Also people with unusual names are the ones that are remembered. I have a fairly unusual names as it wasn't until adulthood that I met someone else with my name. Everyone in school knew who I was and remembered me. There are benefits to being one of a kind.

My children have relatively unusual names and I wouldn't have it any other way.

re OP's question "Why unusual names?"

While all parents think their children are special, some will think this 'special status' can be conferred upon their offspring by their given name - the most 'unique' the name, the more special the child.

Worse, mums of a certain age have grown up with young stars with names like Beyonce and seem to think this is something to aspire to.

Personally, I prefer dignified names DC can be proud of in all circumstances and all stages of life, but as someone else said, horses for courses.

But what some people think of as 'dignified', others think of as boring. I couldn't imagine calling my child Peter, for instance, but on a recent thread on Mn lots of people thought it was 'classic'. I just thought 'yuck'.

my pet hate at the moment is people that think it's really 'chavtastic to call their child Blaise or whatever, but choose those 'retro' names like Stanley and Elsie. I think those names are just as much faddy 'fashion' names as Beyonce and Brooklyn.