Recommendations for boy's name

monnagran

I had a friend who reckoned you couldn't go wrong if you chose a name from the Bible or Kings and Queens of England.  Not sure about that.  There are some VERY strange names in the Bible.

I would say, try not to choose any name that is popular or fashionable.  It will date them for life.

pinkshoes

onwards&upwards said:

I hate the idea that teachers are judging kids based on their names. ☹️

Well it happens! Fact. And it's based on statistics, not random gut feelings! I can't switch statistics off. Ask any teacher if they have an inkling about a child based on their name before they've met them, and they would be lying if they said they didn't!!

You can even look at a list of names and say whether they are a top set list or bottom set list for secondary schools. 

And not only at school, it also happens when people apply for jobs etc... 

So I appreciate you don't like it, and it isn't nice, but it's part of life. People are judged by the names they are given!

I'm always happy to be proven wrong by a name, and obviously there are always exceptions.

The OP has gone for Oscar - cheeky but bright is my judgemental stance on that one! 

Madmel

I agree with pinkshoes.  Whilst I try not to judge a child before I meet them, the ones with the yoouneek spellings often present challenging behaviour.  I also agree about Oscar - the ones I have taught over the last 26 years have been nice but with a glint in their eye

onwards&upwards

pollypenny said:

onwards&upwards said:

I hate the idea that teachers are judging kids based on their names. ☹️

Everyone subconsciously judges people on their names. 

You're doing it consciously though, to children...

pinkshoes

onwards&upwards said:

pollypenny said:

onwards&upwards said:

I hate the idea that teachers are judging kids based on their names. ☹️

Everyone subconsciously judges people on their names. 

You're doing it consciously though, to children...

Honestly, it isn't done consciously! You just see a name sometimes and just think AAARRRGGGGHHH! 

When I first started teaching it didn't happen so much, but after 7 years you just can't switch it off, because it is TRUE!!

I don't deliberately look at my class lists and think "ooohhh, which of these are going to be little sh*ts...". I just do my seating plans (based mostly on data, sometimes on alliteration of first names - makes them easier to remember), and my brain automatically thinks stuff when it sees certain names! 

onwards&upwards

What a shame for those children. 

pinkshoes

onwards&upwards said:

What a shame for those children. 

Exactly! And hence a thread like this and the importance of giving your child a sensible name that will not cause them issues are in life!!

pollypenny

Madmel said:

I agree with pinkshoes.  Whilst I try not to judge a child before I meet them, the ones with the yoouneek spellings often present challenging behaviour.  I also agree about Oscar - the ones I have taught over the last 26 years have been nice but with a glint in their eye

Oh, yes!  So often the contrived spelling doesn't actually say what it's meant to say, for example double consonants instead of single. 

We used to look warily at any boy  arriving in Y7 with an earring. When my wonderful cleaner's son arrived thus decorated I thought he'll be the one to break the curse. Sadly by Y9 he was a pain in the backside. 

just_trying

It just seems a bit Katie Hopkins when you judge a child by name!

My oldest name is a different spelling Scottish instead of traditional spelling no trouble but it's different and I have always liked it.

pollypenny

just_trying said:

It just seems a bit Katie Hopkins when you judge a child by name!

My oldest name is a different spelling Scottish instead of traditional spelling no trouble but it's different and I have always liked it.

As a number of us have said, it's subconsciously done. I'd argue that we all do it.