I went to a college open day with my daughter today, and i was really glad she wasn't called....

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poppy or daisy type names

but a lovely traditional name.

she wants to do Law - and i would have felt silly saying "poppy wants to do law"

i really think people should think beyond the immediate future.

not putting on hard hat cos am hard !

That's why I chose Eve rather than Evie..

In 15 year's time being called Poppy or Daisy will be like being called Patricia or Sandra.

There was an article in the FT mag the other week about modern names & it actually said, in 20 years time would we be worried if our neurosurgeon was called Fifi Honey Poppy Trixi bell, or some such, or would those names have become so normal by then that we wouldn't think about it?

pmsl@ fifi the surgeon - its true there is a lot to a name

Law as an A-level or law as a degree?

She's called Cathrine - isn't she!

Or even Catherine.

maybe both - we are aware its considered mickey mouse at a-level and it would be an extra to eng lit eng lang and history.

no she isn't - whats the joke am a bit thick

Was just going to say that some Universities aren't keen on it as an A-Level if you're appling to do a law degree, but you obviously already know.

I'm always wary of 'cute' names- adorable on a toddler but they don't particularly inspire confidence in an adult.

Was just going to say that some Universities aren't keen on it as an A-Level if you're appling to do a law degree, but you obviously already know.

I'm always wary of 'cute' names- adorable on a toddler but they don't particularly inspire confidence in an adult.

Oops. Just call me Posey.

Why is Poppy a silly name?

I don't get it. Fifi is a bit daft but Poppy?

It just sounds quite normal to me.

i'd rather have a pretty cute name than an awful ugly one any day.

No joke - So she must be Elizabeth, Sarah or Philipa then. All very lawerish names

Yeah - I'm sure the name you gave her will ensure a successful career in the legal profession.

you miss the point sparketastic - yours wasn't it.

Somebody did sit sown a few years ago and work out the correlation between first names and GCSE results. Funnily enough Philipas, Elizabeths and Catherines had better GCSE results than Duanes etc....

so is your point to name your child something safe and traditional to avoid any possible maternal embarrassment on a future college open day?

I'm still going with

yes sparkle, well done

yes lynette i remember that being on mumsnet at the time.

Ever read Freakonomics? There's a bit in there about how names predict outcomes - girls called Alex or Sam more likely to have scientific type careers, etc.

Custy don't want to jump on you or anything but Poppy and Daisy are really traditional names.

They're just coming back into fashion. There were loads of them in, say, the 1940s. They're not odd. What is odd is that girlsd/women atre now allowed to go into these professions and somehow it feels like a strange thing seeing a lawyer called 'Daisy' because women aren't traditionally lawyers. Nothing to do with the name, more the change in society. And again, I give you Condoleezza.

I think if I have a girl I'll call her James.

jolly good - I'm very glad you were able to hold your head up high.

We gave DS a traditional Welsh name, but it sounds very "different" here in deepest, darkest Sussex.
However, we did give him two strong traditional middle names if he wanted to be called something else.
I do think doing the "CV test" on a name is important ie "If I were reading his CV, would the name X put me off giving him the job?"