do you think of other children when you pick your names?

[peach]

I have worked in childcare since leaving school and when it came to picking names for my boys dh sugested a couple names but i knew a child who had been not nice with the same name so it put me is it the same for anyone else?

we had a girls name picked for ds3 as he was a yellow bump but the one dh liked the most was the name of a girl who had been horrid to me at school so although it was a lovely name it put me off totally

 

[kat86]

I agree!! I'm really struggling with Boys names because of this!! Xxx

 

[LuciaLeek]

Yes! I'm a high school teacher so I teach around 200 students every day (including my Form class) and get a new lot every year. I have been put off a lot of names whether it be down to a student's behaviour or just a very common name.

 

[BUGGY82]

I don't think it's just teachers that have this problem, whenever we discuss names one of us knows someone with that name who was horrible or really ugly so it gets vetoed.

 

[marley]

Yes!

I am training to be a primary school teacher. There are a few names which have been tarnished.

Xx


Apologies for any typos!

 

[Titch85]

Yes! I was a nursery nurse for 8 years, and now a nanny. So many names remind me of children I've looked after!

 

[cosmicgirl]

Yes! And I also think "would I like to be a 30 year old with that name?"
"would it be acceptable in a sensible job like a lawyer or something?" x

 

[Princess81]

Totally agree with this and also what cos says. I didn't enjoy choosing names at all

 

[Hope81]

My baby will probably not have a name until its walking or so for this same reason ...

 

[TaffyRose]

Yes this definitely happened to us, either people knew someone they didn't like with that name, found it rhymed with something rude/funny or stated 'they'll hate that when their older' in the end we just stopped telling people our choices xxx

 

[Sarah7]

Yep we had that! Many names became a no through association. Also my husband is a major football fan, so I had to make sure he wasn't sneakily trying to name after a footballer that he and his whole family would then be aware of and I'd be hacked off and hating our child's name lol.

 

[stupidcupid]

For years and years I've had a boys name planned (a family name too) which is also the same name as what OH wants. Luckily it's not been over used and should be a good name to have.

However, My girls middle name (although never settled on a first name) has been used so much I no longer want to use it.. I ALWAYS wanted May as a middle name, as it has been in the family for a few generations.

No-one else in my family (cousins etc) have used it and I always wanted too. I suppose if I have a girl in a few years time I could use it, but I may wait until it's out of fashion LOL

 

[JJ Mum]

I steer clear of any names that are overused as I don't want them to be known as such and such with surname attached as there are soo many of same name in the class!, my first son, I used Rhys , from a baby name book, and it was not well used at the time and then millions of other people must have read the book!! never again..