Any good baby name apps?

HPoirot

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

Have fun naming your children Adidas and Burberry.

Or indeed Armani or Versace for a little touch of class.

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

What's your point? They're surnames.

Oh you are indeed aware that there are children bearing these surnames then?

What was your point with the above?

Buzzybee90

HPoirot wrote: »

Oh you are indeed aware that there are children bearing these surnames then?

What was your point with the above?

Pardon? I'm talking about children with these as first names.

HPoirot

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

Have fun naming your children Adidas and Burberry.

Or indeed Armani or Versace for a little touch of class.

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

Pardon? I'm talking about children with these as first names.

I thought I only spoke about Mercedes as a first name?

*max*

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

Ok, these are uni sex but I can't say I've ever known a man called any but les. Recent names I meant. And max, if that's your name, it's not chavvy - but I've never heard of a girl called Max.

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

Obviously there are holes to be picked but I'm really talking about names like: Ashleigh, Jamie (not James), Morgan, Shannon.

I don't believe unisex names to be the chaviest at all, that falls with the Chardonnay, Mercedes, Porsches.

My name isn't Max, although it's my nickname now because I've used it for so long on forums. My name is Morgan. And you are the first person ever to call it chavvy. I'll have to call my mum and berate her for giving me a Celtic name that's steeped in history. I love my name, but apparently I shouldn't because Buzzybee90 off the internet said I shouldn't - it's chavvy, you see. Nevermind that I wasn't born in the UK. Nevermind that any name my parents chose was nobody's business whatsoever, apart from the official who signed my birth certificate. Oh no...I better get a deedpoll and get myself a "regular" name that's acceptable to an anonymous person off the internet! :cool:

This wasn't a rant, but it was close.

pollypenny

I've just seen the worse name ever, in the USA, of course, on a children's TV programme a little girl announced 'My name is Cricket and I love to dance.'

The poor little thing. At least it's not as bad in the use as it would be in the UK.

heartbreak_star

There's a Ptolemy in the nursery that my colleague's children go to...

HBS x

Buzzybee90

*max* wrote: »

My name isn't Max, although it's my nickname now because I've used it for so long on forums. My name is Morgan. And you are the first person ever to call it chavvy. I'll have to call my mum and berate her for giving me a Celtic name that's steeped in history. I love my name, but apparently I shouldn't because Buzzybee90 off the internet said I shouldn't - it's chavvy, you see. Nevermind that I wasn't born in the UK. Nevermind that any name my parents chose was nobody's business whatsoever, apart from the official who signed my birth certificate. Oh no...I better get a deedpoll and get myself a "regular" name that's acceptable to an anonymous person off the internet! :cool:

This wasn't a rant, but it was close.

Well, it wasn't actually me - it was Google. It's not a very common girls name in the UK.

Why would anyone in real life call someone's name chavvy? I wouldn't go up to a Chardonnay and say "gosh your parents must be massive chavs", I'd just think it. A forum isn't real life. You're equating chavvy with bad which I never said, I just said it links to a certain sector of society.

Btw I have friends who get a lot of stick because they have posh names, two sides of the same coin.

moomoomama27

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

Well, it wasn't actually me - it was Google. It's not a very common girls name in the UK.

Why would anyone in real life call someone's name chavvy? I wouldn't go up to a Chardonnay and say "gosh your parents must be massive chavs", I'd just think it. A forum isn't real life. You're equating chavvy with bad which I never said, I just said it links to a certain sector of society.

Btw I have friends who get a lot of stick because they have posh names, two sides of the same coin.

A baffling opinion!

I think there are lots of nice unisex names. I've known a max, Charlie, Alex, Cameron, Sasha and Lindsay both genders! None of them are chavvy, or considered chav people.

daisiegg

I must admit to having judged names as 'chavvy' a LOT in the past.

However, I learnt a lesson a few years ago. Saw one of my class lists for the upcoming term and on it was a made-up type chavvy name that would make Buzzybee90 shudder! I won't post the name but it involved the letter Z where there should be the letter S and a double ee where there should be no double ee.

Anyway, I immediately decided what this girl would be like. How wrong I was! She turned out to be one of the brightest, most articulate, well spoken and generally lovely girls I have ever taught. And her parents - both PHDs, very posh, lots of old money in the family! I still have no idea why she was given that name, particularly as her older siblings (she was the youngest by quite a bit, maybe a bit of a late surprise) all had very traditionally upper class names. But whatever the reason - it taught me to never again form expectations of a person based on their name!

lostinrates

daisiegg wrote: »

I must admit to having judged names as 'chavvy' a LOT in the past.

However, I learnt a lesson a few years ago. Saw one of my class lists for the upcoming term and on it was a made-up type chavvy name that would make Buzzybee90 shudder! I won't post the name but it involved the letter Z where there should be the letter S and a double ee where there should be no double ee.

Anyway, I immediately decided what this girl would be like. How wrong I was! She turned out to be one of the brightest, most articulate, well spoken and generally lovely girls I have ever taught. And her parents - both PHDs, very posh, lots of old money in the family! I still have no idea why she was given that name, particularly as her older siblings (she was the youngest by quite a bit, maybe a bit of a late surprise) all had very traditionally upper class names. But whatever the reason - it taught me to never again form expectations of a person based on their name!

Have you shared this before? I seem to remember it? I also seem to remember adding this marries with an experience I have similarly, old money family, older children all have 'traditional' names, the late arrival has a slightly 'eyebrow' raising one in some circles. Mother said that she wished she'd been less inhibited by social and family expectation to break the mould with her older children.