I would sooner poke my eyes out with a sharp stick than name my child....

[binker]

Kyle
Ellie
Jaden/Jayden
Chanelle
etc etc... and apologies if you have called your child any of the above
I put Ellie because a squillion little girls are called that.
Freya is a nice name but there are so many now - it really turns me against such names,no matter whether they are nice

I don't think Ellie and Freya are in the Kylie/Chantelle category. They seem like "nice" middle-class names to me.

At a school where a friend teaches, she has an Armani in her class.

Yes, some people name their kids after their favourite clothes labels. Looking forward to suggesting to DW that we name our next (If we have one) George - that's George At Asda.

I don't think nigel is that bad but just a bit out of its era. The two mums who called there babies colin don't know each other, i don't know where the inspiration came from.

my neice is called jordan

What is a posh name here is a trashy name elsewhere and vice versa.

So name them what you like and what suits them.

whats wrong with jordan??

I've got a bit of a crush on Inigo Montoya.

I remember a thread last year where someone was asking for unusual boys' name ideas (where on earth should the apostrophe go?).

Someone suggested 'Fats'.

It still makes me larf.

Yes, my almost 15 year old son is called Jordan. What of it? [bristles]

jordan is grim imo

so is Tyler, Taylor (especially for a girl)etc

sorry

It is interesting to know the popular and unpopular names though as these things obviously come in phases and there is a hell of a lot of preconceptions that come with some names.
Lots of people are going back to more old fashined family names again after moving away from them . i know a lot of little mary's, mabels and Dorothys.

how fucking dare you be so rude??

oops didnt see your post shinyhappy {hides quickly}

Saddam is quite catchy for a boy, or Ghengis.

babybelle is one I like for girls, also stilton because you can say stillie for short. Or maybe camembert? pronounced Kamombear. Come to think of it, spelt that way too.

I quite like going with the cheese / other food thing.

i didnt start this bloody thread

my friend is a teacher and she can tell what sort of a class she's got just by their names! you know what i mean, i think!

allgonebellyup - what are your kids names

Hmm.... I do know a few Ellies but not that many Eleanors TBH. I always wanted that name if I had a girl - so did my SIL but I beat her to it by 5 months

There are so truly hideous names out there but I think it's probably best to keep one's opinion to oneself >>

I would sooner poke out my eyes with a sharp stick than name my child...

on MN.

Yes. Very rude and tacky to openly criticise peoples' choice of names when the names are not at ALL outlandish.

You wouldn't say it to my face (re Jordan!) I doubt. And I seriously doubt you'd say it to HIM!

And if you would, you have a social disorder. Seek counselling. It's not normal in an adult.

i suppose you mean whether they are working class or middle class.do you know what? most working class people would not be so bloody rude and nasty.live and let live.just cos someone's working class doesn't make them and their kids 'lower'

your so far up your own arse

Tillie and Isaac

Your friend has no business being a teacher if she so classist and judegmental bellyup. You and your friends seem to be a "certain type of person". You know what I mean I think.

i could say things about your choice of names but i wouldn't be so bloody rude so i won't

And Kyle is a popular name in Scotland.

But hey, if you think everyone here is a low-life peon then, I guess you wouldn't want to be associated with it.

I swear this place is going so bourgeois it's starting to look like Gordon Brown's living room.

i woulda said something bout those names for badness, only i quite like them

i didnt say anything about working class or middle class, that was YOUR interpretation, so YOU obviously may think you chose "working class" names?? i mentioned nothing about class.