I get annoyed about this because it's my kids people are talking about.
DH and I gathered names almost as a full time job tnhroughout the pregnancies, pouring over name books, watching credits roll on films, combing the family trees. We found it very hard to agree on names and in the end we chose names we both love. Doesn't everyone?
That's why I feel sad when people feel free to slag off unusual names and level all sorts of generalised critisms at the parents (Chavs, trying to hard, whatever) without ever having met them.
I have a very common name and I hate having a common name because I don't feel common. I feel like me.
Perhaps my kids will resent the name I've given them, but I don't think they're any more likely to resent their names than all the Chloes and Jacks out there for different reasons.
I hope people can stop passing their judgements down and infecting further generations.
It's very personal and it hurts when people make snide comments about my kids names. It's another part of the fit-in-or-fuck-off culture which I loath.
Phew! That feels better.