Any names you don’t like ( either through association or just because)

Crikey, you should read the baby names threads on mumsnet - They’re brutal.
People come on asking for options on their chosen name and the answers are as follows:
Examples;
That sounds like a strippers name.
Too ‘chavvy’
Too ‘council estate’
Oh my god just no.

And yes. lots of teachers saying they could write the child’s report simply going on their name.

People can be very precious . As I said, I am talking about names not actual people. You have to separate the two. I didn’t like my mum’s name but that didn’t mean I didn’t like her. Obviously. Honestly this political correctness makes me so sick and I am glad it is not so bad here as it obviously is there.

Just goes to show, you really need to put a lot of thought into your children’s names.
I told my daughter when she was drawing up lists, that if the name had been around one hundred years ago, it would probably stand the test of time.

Poor kids - low expectations of them on day one

No urban myth. True!

BlueSapphire

As an ex-teacher my heart used to sink when I glanced down the register of a new class and certain names came up.....they were always trouble.

You didn't really do that did you - I thought it was an urban myth?

How lovely for you Chestnut.

Chewbacca

Jennifer. Never met one person named Jennifer that wasn't rude and unpleasant. Not one.

Well I have always liked the name and I know one who is the most loving person ever, always willing to go the extra mile to help a friend and always very concerned about other people.

Double barrelled surnames. How many names does one person need? A real pain when you are a teacher and becoming more trendy all the time.

As an ex-teacher my heart used to sink when I glanced down the register of a new class and certain names came up.....they were always trouble.

Perhaps nanna8 didn't mean to create a nasty thread. I suspect she originally thought it would be a bit of lighthearted fun.

I don't like names which are only suitable for small children as I think it's awkward when the child becomes an adult.

My favourite names are ones that are slightly unusual but not too difficult to spell. A lot depends on the surname too.

ision. There are kings and princes called Edward, but none called Kenny as far as I know, so I think your grandfather’s employer got it wrong!

I must admit I was taken aback when I disclosed on Gransnet that my newest grandson shared his name with the PM’s new baby and someone immediately posted a particularly bad photo of old man Steptoe. Not offended though. My gorgeous DGS6 is obviously more Wilfred Owen than Brambell.

My mother announced that she really hated the name Robert, when I told her we were considering it for our DS. Obviously there was a story behind this, but I know she was relieved when we chose something else.

Riverwalk
I don’t know why it is, I’ve never met anyone unpleasant with either name, I just really dislike them.

But I agree with grandma, why would anyone take offence because someone they don’t know, dislikes their name, it’s only someone’s opinion.

When my grandfather started work in the 1910s in a very lowly position, he was told very firmly that he couldn't be called by his first name Ken/Kenny, as it was far too 'posh' and a name designated for only senior managers and Directors.
Instead, he was to use his middle name, Edward!

This made me think of an article I read where a young mother wanted her daughters name registered as ‘ Clamydia’ when the Registrar refused saying exactly what it meant the Mother apparently said “ oh , can I have it spelt with a K then, like the Kardashians?’ ??

I wouldn’t mind if people on this thread didn’t like names that I do like or my family’s names. They have that right. It seems a shame to shelve a potentially interesting discussion because someone might not like it.

Names go by fashions like anything else. Also they have strong social connotations. There are names that are never going to be used by the upper social echelons. Now I daren’t mention what they are, but I expect you can guess.

My father very much disliked the name Charlotte. To him it belonged to stuffy Victorian aunts. He couldn’t see it as a name for children or young people. I think we tend to dislike the names of our parents’ generation, but if we go further back the names become acceptable, even fashionable again.

Charleygirl5

I do not like perfectly good names misspelt- ie Rebekkah instead of Rebecca.

Rebekkah is the original Hebrew spelling.

Interesting how many selections are school related. I have two which I would never declare here but, to my shame, they were poverty related. I didn't know this, of course, as a child but always associated these names with 'yuck'. They still don't do it for me but it comes attached to a pile of personal discomfort.

I do not like perfectly good names misspelt- ie Rebekkah instead of Rebecca.

In general I prefer names that can be easily pronounced and spelt. It can be easy to offend someone if you get their name wrong.

Chewbacca

Jennifer. Never met one person named Jennifer that wasn't rude and unpleasant. Not one.

A good friend of mine in junior school was called Jennifer. She was very kind and gave me the book ‘Black Beauty’. I lost contact with her when we left but still remember her and her kindness.

The names that I most dislike are my own! I dont know what my mother was thinking of, my father was in the army during WW2 and didn’t have any say in it.

Jennifer. Never met one person named Jennifer that wasn't rude and unpleasant. Not one.

Not mentioning any names , however this was the name of a boy in Primary school who mocked me by shouting out" who's a bonny baby bouncer then ?" in the school playground ( I was a bit overweight and possibly did look like the baby on the advert of it's time who was suspended in the door jamb by an elastic bungee type swing ).
This was also the name of a fierce Alsatian dog that took a chunk out of my ankle.