The new Sharon and Kevin?

[lumpasmelly]

Just wondering what all you MNers think are going to be the new "Sharon/Kevin" type names for our kids generation (i.e. names that will become dreadfully common in the future, and the subject of sketch show stereotypes!)

BTW - please don't take offence if you are a Sharon or a Kevin....there are lots in my family and none of them are common, but they DO get a lot of stick for their names!!!

[natsmum100]

Any name that has traditionally been a surname - Mason, Ryley, Carter etc.

[LunarSea]

Those name stats are great - try looking up where the popular names from your own time at school are now? Graham - only 15 registered last year. Neil and Gary 39 each, Colin 37. 25 each for Nigel and Keith. Only 16 Kims and 14 Annettes for example.

You have to go down to #52 in the boys name list and #14 in the girls list to find any of the names which I was at school with. Which just shows how cyclical names are.

[hattee]

Absolutely nooka! Candidate's names are so irrelevant to me that I can hardly remember then even after shortlisting... until I have actually met them I most commonly refer to then as 'the guy from Citi' or 'the girl who put lap dancing down as a hobby' for example

I also agree that almost all names are cyclical. I wouldn't consiser most of the names on this thread as 'chavvy', just popular.

I can't imagine ever thinking - 'oh xxx is a lovely person - shame they've got a chavvy name and I can't be friends with them'

[TotallyAndUtterlyPaninied]

Hmmm hate these threads. I have a Kaeden and I love his name.

[sheepgomeep]

Whats wrong with Ellie May?? {narrows eyes}

I have an Elinor Mae which gets shortened to Ellie Mae, There is only one other Ellie in my dc school. The Mae in my dd2's name was in tribute to an aunt of mine and also because dd was born in May.

I too hate all this name snobbery. All my kids names have been slagged off on here. Ciaran, Shannon and Ellie and no doubt you lot will slag of dc4's name at some point when it's born.

[sheepgomeep]

Kaeden is a lovely name.

[TotallyAndUtterlyPaninied]

Thanks Sheep, I like your taste in names too, especially Elinor.

[ChickensHaveNoTinsel]

Am I the only one who hears these 'unusual' names and thinks 'attention seeking parents'? I have an unusual name, and it was a pain in the backside throughout my childhood. I constantly had to spell it, got away with nothing at school because it stuck in the teachers' minds, and was constantly accused of being 'up myself' Consequently, my children have perfectly lovely, but traditional, names. I am prepared to let them make their own mark in the world, and the most memorable thing about them will not be their names. I should have thought a bit more about how their names went together, though

[Flightattendant]

See, Sheep, my child's name got roundly slagged off on here when I announced it - shortly after he was born - but some people liked it too.

I didn't care about the slaggers off. I adore his name and I don't care if other people hate it. It's their choice and I feel that their taste is just not as advanced as mine

I don't see why you'd be upset really, lots of people do like your child's name or it wouldn't be so popular. Don't worry about it.

[Patsy99]

Che & Ocd girls - your posts should be required reading for this forum. It's the snobbery that's the problem, not the names. On the upside I think most people, or at least those one would want to socialise with or work alongside, take people as they find them.

[Cortina]

What were the Sharon and Kevins of the:

1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s

There's a thought....?

[Earthstar]

I think names like Kylie, Sienna, Amelie and Alfie place their owners in time because they tie in with TV/film characters/actors of the moment

[Cortina]

I know many Shirleys (after Shirley Temple) interestingly I'd say they were very middle class.

[MrsDimples]

You really are a bunch of judgemental c*s. Are you as nasty in real life?

[amerimommy]

I am an American woman in my early 40's named Sharon. Sounds like it's a good thing I don't live in England. About 20 years ago I heard reference to the fact that in the UK, the name Sharon was used in a derogatory way to refer to a certain type of person. I didn't pay any attention at the time, however, the comment always stuck in the back of my head. Good thing I waited until I was a confident woman in my 40's to finally follow up and see what that person was referring to, becuase the first place my search took me was this board. I was always the only Sharon I knew growing up, and lamented the fact that I never heard this name in the media, other than when the actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski) was murdered when I was a child. Thanks to the amazingly-organized U.S. census data (no comment on the UK equivalent linked to in this thread), I can see that in the US Sharon was an extremely popular name in the 40's, though again, I have only met one or two other Sharons of any age in my entire life. It sounds like I have Keith Waterhouse to thank for the fact that I can apparently never move to the UK without being considered "chav" (not an expression we use in American English, but it's meaning was pretty clear through the usage on this site). Well, fortunately it didn't seem to have held me back in the U.S., which is hopefully a consulation to those of you who have chosen names deemed low-class by your peers. That being said, I probably won't tell my (university-educated) mother what I discovered about my name.

[bellissima]

Sharon, as I have said before, is a lovely sounding name. It just - allegedly - became overly popular here (like Tracy which has smart - High Society - origins).

But the irony is that, I'm the same vintage as you and went to an ordinary primary school, and there were no Sharons in my class. One Tracy, loads of Susans and Janes, a Wendy and several Karens (as well as some, i suppose, 'posher' names).

The Sharon I knew at Oxford was a very bright medical student - no doubt much more successful than me!

[zozzle]

I agree with quite a few posts - anything that sounds made up / or like a surname / or usual names but with strange spellings / or boys names that start with "K" (sorry I know I'm generalising somewhat).

But completely agree that its what the kid grows up to be like that's far more important and can transcend a name - ie. its his/her integrity / moral outlook on life that matters.

[UnquietDad]

Anything with a stupid spelling or hyphenated, probably.

All those Kaylee-Maries and Pryncesse-Tiiiiiamis and Mikkkaela-Stormes and Jaiyden-Tyyyylers and Ryean-Kais and Kaden-Jordins and Armani-Chevornes.

[sharona109]

how rude is this debate im called sharon and i dont see whats so horrible bout it. u make it sound like its unfortunate or summin!! id rather be called sharon than alot of things!!!!(theres a sarah in every few metres for a start) cud b alot worse if u ask me and the modern names like archie and ellie r cute and sumbody dissed the name jack well my nephews called jack and its been the top baby name for 4 years..... o dear u people need to find summin else too do no offence

[edam]

Sharona109 Great use of textspeak.

[campion]

Hlrius psting sharona r u 4 reel or r u avin a larf?!!!

[Wolfblass]

Alfie and Jack and even Archie

Ellie, Evie, Chelsea, Maddison

[Ziggurat]

amerimommy - I'm sure there are names in the US which have certain, shall we say, connotations... Billy-bob?

Don't take it too personally. People express their opinions freely on here, but are sweetness and light in real life, and I'm sure, wouldn't let their prejudices against a name prevent them from actually giving the person a chance!!

Sharona - what did full stops and the English language ever do to piss you off? Living up to your name a bit there!!

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