what is the most over-rated name in your opinion?

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I love the name Finlay FioFio. It's quite popular but not common.

I like Finlay. We thought about Finlay for a DS.

I also can't understand why 'Audrey' is becoming so popular (well on Mumsnet anyway). I just don't get it.

or 'Roberts'. To be honest, I don't think of either of them I just think of a 1950s schoolgirl in a boarding school book.

there is no need to start a thread such as these ones, no need at all. how much fun do you think it is for the many, many, many people whose children have these names to read (because i think we have established that over-rated really means popular). it's just a bit naff and nasty, imo, and i will genuinely never understand why people post these OPs, knowing that all they can do is sting people who see their children's names on here.

i think the same of the chav names threads as well, i just don't get the desire to send a message to parents that they've given their kids a name that others don't think much of.

With Audrey I always think of a mad old bat I once worked with who smelt of cabbage.

Nooooo I can't like it

I can't help but think of Audrey as an old woman's name. But so was Grace until v recently.

Also Oscar.

Maybe these threads are natures way of trying to cull names that have just got way out of control.

And that could be a good thing.

I quite like the name Oscar but it is so inextricably linked with the Grouch!

not that inextricably because i thought you were going to say Wilde!

I'm not sure that 'over-rated' does mean 'popular' though, does it? Someone posted that my DD's name 'Nancy' was over-rated, or rather, that they didn't get it. That's not the same as saying it's popular. Because it isn't. Or isn't where we live.

Surely it just means - what names don't you like?

Pointless thread or not, we're all reading it, checking to see if the names we've picked are on here - or at least, that's what I'm doing.

All 3 of my DC have been mentioned!

lovechoc, you are wrong. My cats are called Jack and Sophie, and they are both very fine names!

I gave my DD a name I liked (and DH gave in ) and didn't really care what anybody else thought tbh. No point me naming my child a name I didn't like, I'm going to be the one yelling it down the street and in the supermarket.
DD's name can be shortened, and for a while we assumed that she would always be the shortened name. She hates the shortened version, and gets really offended. "Don't call me Evie, my name is Evelyn." (she'll be five in Oct).
She doesn't like her middle name. She wants her middle name to be Louise like mine. She thinks her middle name is a boys name, and now calls herself Evelyn Louise.

I actually feel quite sad that my DD's name is mentioned often on MN.

When we named her there was no one that I knew with her name (there still isn't) but it has become quite popular in Britain. I still do think that it is a beautiful name and I'm glad that we chose it. However, I do now wonder that when I tell people her name they are thinking, "not another."

In fact it's only MN that has brought it home to me how common the name actually is. I have never met another.

According to MN my name is "chavvy" as it begins with a K.

I suppose over-rated means people think they are so great that it seems there is a handful of names only to choose from, when there are lots.

It's almost like people are afraid to be different.

LynetteScavo they are great names! For two cats! Actually, your nickname is great.

I agree imarried. I suppose not everyone is going to like the name you choose are they, which is good that everyone has their own opinion but DD's name has been mentioned a lot recently and it's starting to wind me up!

I'll take pouncy any day over a pet name!

We're lucky we have an unusual name in the family which we have passed on, it's fair enough when it's coming down the family line. That shaped ds's name which had to also be Latin to match.

See, once I mention Latin you'll reckon they are pouncy names! But I love that ds has a name that is 2 thousand yrs old or more!

my fav name is Jane

there is no need to start a thread such as these ones, no need at all. how much fun do you think it is for the many, many, many people whose children have these names to read (because i think we have established that over-rated really means popular). it's just a bit naff and nasty, imo, and i will genuinely never understand why people post these OPs, knowing that all they can do is sting people who see their children's names on here.

i think the same of the chav names threads as well, i just don't get the desire to send a message to parents that they've given their kids a name that others don't think much of.

My point though, Aitch, is that if you don't enjoy these threads just don't read them. I see lots of thread titles that I know won't interest me or I won't like and I just don't open them. The title of this thread made the subject quite clear, so why not just stay away from it. My son's name has often got a negative mention on mumsnet. It doesn't bother me. Not everyone has the same taste, so what?

Thank you IvyKaty. I was beginning to think I was odd. I just love that name.