May and Mae (actually a legitimate spelling) would be fine as a first name, but so overdone as a middle name.
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My friends son is an Aidan, spelt the traditional Irish way, I really like it, he is 17 & I think it’s become more popular over the yrs, I hate the alternative spellings Aiden, Ayden, Aydan, Aeden etc....
Haha! I’ve never heard Hugh become Hughie only Shug. In Scotland Hugh aka Shug is a man in his 50s with a strong West coast accent, no hair and a beer belly
Not a name I jump to for a child. Or Hugo 
Speaking of Scottishness...
KARL.
Scottish accents, all of them, cannot and I mean CANNOT say this name. There will be an extra “u” sound in there to become karUUUUl.
bear that in mind when naming your sons
@lifeofbeckie an airhead infuencer named her baby boy (now just 2) Indigo Wynter Ryan.
She was considering Eden or Rockett.
She was considering Eden or Rockett.
I have an Aiden (we're an irish&scottish family), i prefer how it looks as en, but i had always seen both spellings anyway. These extra ways of ayden? Blergh
Double barrelled names so lexi-mae etc
For some reason I really dislike Amy. It’s the way it sounds. To me just doesn’t sound nice.
Dislike any names with made up spellings.
Boys names I would say things like Jayden, Kayden, Kyle.
But then I have classic boring names for my children and people might think how unoriginal and dull. So each to their own
For some reason I really dislike Amy. It’s the way it sounds. To me just doesn’t sound nice.
Dislike any names with made up spellings.
Boys names I would say things like Jayden, Kayden, Kyle.
But then I have classic boring names for my children and people might think how unoriginal and dull. So each to their own
My Gran is Scottish and pronounces KARL as CAROL. Always bugs me.Haha! I’ve never heard Hugh become Hughie only Shug. In Scotland Hugh aka Shug is a man in his 50s with a strong West coast accent, no hair and a beer belly
Speaking of Scottishness...
KARL.
Scottish accents, all of them, cannot and I mean CANNOT say this name. There will be an extra “u” sound in there to become karUUUUl.
bear that in mind when naming your sons
Well pleased to see my son’s name hasn’t been mentioned ( it’s normal just not common ) but shocked my own name has come up three times! I’ve never thought it good or bad but it’s definitely unpopular according to on here .
.I know someone with a child called Bae. They must have been gutted when that became a word for how teenagers addressed their boyfs/girlfs!
P.s. I'm using boyfs/girlfs in a mocking way. I'm not a wick!
P.s. I'm using boyfs/girlfs in a mocking way. I'm not a wick!
I have a totally orthodox Hindu friend who named the girl Cahira (Irish origin I guess). Totally confused the tit out of old people who don't understand this new trend of mixing names from some other country. Some people call her Cairo, Lahiri, Kairi nobody understands her name in first go.
nobody understands her name in first go.
I kinda wanted to name my kid Reggie after Elton John (I’m a big fan don’t judgeSomeone on my Facebook named their baby BRIAN! Like he’s a 70 year old man
Also hate Ronnie & Reggie. Why would you want to name your child after a gangsta.
And Freddie & Frankie
People have no imagination now days.
) but realising people will more associate it with the Krays so may have to backtrack on that choice! Whoops!
Every Kerry is evil. Whether it's the county under 13s shot put champion that would have necessitated a discreet examination before being allowed to compete in the girls' event who grew up into a 6 foot tall darts player with the precursor of the Karen cut (a wonky pudding basin) or the ex PE Teacher Head who specialised in ensuring there were no witnesses before screaming at mildmannered middleaged (and therefore expensive) teachers in her office until they cried and resigned, they are all evil.
Every Melanie has been a princess.
Chloes all seem to be overweight and blonde.
Mothers of Ronnies and Reggies all seem to think that it would be a good think to have psychopathic offspring because they'd be really good to her as she got older. So that means they are barely housetrained at best and frankly Feral most of the time. This also applies to Frankies and Vinnies.
Louis (pronounced LEWWWWWWWISSSSSGETERENAAAWWW or often 'My Loo-loo, my baby boy, bless 'im') is a large little git who cries to Mumma when he's told off for nicking somebody else's Kit-Kat from their lunchbox.
Neils, Barrys and Shaun/Seans were all little gits who would pull your pigtails. As were Lees.
And from direct experience, every Karen I went to school with (and there were a lot of them) were permanently angry, had unruly mousey thick hair (hence the blonde stripes and severe haircut later in life) and an innate sense of superiority over the Common Kids (like me), so would try and be best friends with the teacher. All are divorced, drive big cars and post on Facebook about useless fathers and on Trip Advisor about how they had to wait for the kids' icecreams for more than ten minutes after the layers of baked beans and chips were scraped off the table after their kids had spent the previous twenty carefully smearing them on there. Whilst drinking tit white wine spritzers that must go some way in causing the sour expressions on their faces.
Richards and Christophers are inherently dickheads. Doesn't matter if they are from posh families or from a single Mum in a council flat who wants her boys to look good on job applications compared to the hundreds of Jacks, Jakes, Milos and Thomases, they're all wicks. (And Kit was a very posh nickname for Christophers around 1930. That's why it's being brought back).
That was cathartic.
Every Melanie has been a princess.
Chloes all seem to be overweight and blonde.
Mothers of Ronnies and Reggies all seem to think that it would be a good think to have psychopathic offspring because they'd be really good to her as she got older. So that means they are barely housetrained at best and frankly Feral most of the time. This also applies to Frankies and Vinnies.
Louis (pronounced LEWWWWWWWISSSSSGETERENAAAWWW or often 'My Loo-loo, my baby boy, bless 'im') is a large little git who cries to Mumma when he's told off for nicking somebody else's Kit-Kat from their lunchbox.
Neils, Barrys and Shaun/Seans were all little gits who would pull your pigtails. As were Lees.
And from direct experience, every Karen I went to school with (and there were a lot of them) were permanently angry, had unruly mousey thick hair (hence the blonde stripes and severe haircut later in life) and an innate sense of superiority over the Common Kids (like me), so would try and be best friends with the teacher. All are divorced, drive big cars and post on Facebook about useless fathers and on Trip Advisor about how they had to wait for the kids' icecreams for more than ten minutes after the layers of baked beans and chips were scraped off the table after their kids had spent the previous twenty carefully smearing them on there. Whilst drinking tit white wine spritzers that must go some way in causing the sour expressions on their faces.
Richards and Christophers are inherently dickheads. Doesn't matter if they are from posh families or from a single Mum in a council flat who wants her boys to look good on job applications compared to the hundreds of Jacks, Jakes, Milos and Thomases, they're all wicks. (And Kit was a very posh nickname for Christophers around 1930. That's why it's being brought back).
That was cathartic.
I’m from Glasgow, I literally cannot say “Karl” without it sounding, as you say, like “Carol.” I’ve tried it so many times.
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Awful names aside, and off-topic, but I cannot bear it when mums refer to their young children as 'sexy'. I have an old school friend on Facebook who constantly refers to her 4 year old son as 'my sexy widdle boy' 
I hear it quite often where I am (rough Northern town). Makes my skin crawl.
I hear it quite often where I am (rough Northern town). Makes my skin crawl.
I know someone who called their daughter Mhairi - it’s a Scottish Gaelic name, pronounced “Varee”. I think more likely the daughter will be called Marie unless she corrects them. It’s similar to a lot of Irish names in that respect.
Oh gosh, yes! I haven't heard it in years but I knew someone who referred to their child as "sexy little man". Weird IMOAwful names aside, and off-topic, but I cannot bear it when mums refer to their young children as 'sexy'. I have an old school friend on Facebook who constantly refers to her 4 year old son as 'my sexy widdle boy'
Anything hyphenated (Lexi-Mae is awful sorry).
Boring names everyone uses like Harry, Olivia, Oliver etc, the predictable flowery girls names, but also overly 'trying too hard to be different' names/spellings.
Jaxon, Reuben, Skye, Jayden
This makes me realise how fussy I am... Our names aren't popular (didn't want to be one of 5 in a class etc and hear the name everywhere, also think it lacks original thought) but also didn't want anything with crazy spelling or that isn't a real name.
Boring names everyone uses like Harry, Olivia, Oliver etc, the predictable flowery girls names, but also overly 'trying too hard to be different' names/spellings.
Jaxon, Reuben, Skye, Jayden
This makes me realise how fussy I am... Our names aren't popular (didn't want to be one of 5 in a class etc and hear the name everywhere, also think it lacks original thought) but also didn't want anything with crazy spelling or that isn't a real name.
Hahah!! I’m the same! And it’s even worse if any of my Central Scotland family say it. The “u” goes in and it’s Car-UUUUL.I’m from Glasgow, I literally cannot say “Karl” without it sounding, as you say, like “Carol.” I’ve tried it so many times.
To anyone who feels upset, annoyed or offended by Scots pronunciation of Karl; we’re sorry. We just can’t do it!
the only way I can say Karl properly is to put on a full on American accent mid sentences and that just sounds like I’m taking the piss
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