Mum-to-be shares her list of names… but gets slammed for being cruel for ‘horrific, old-fashioned & terrible’ choices
AN EXPECTANT mum has shared her list of potential baby names, only to get slammed by other mums for her choices.
Posting to, the anonymous mum-to-be shared the list of potentially baby names she and her husband have agreed upon.
The mum had previously posted that she was considering the name Susan, but that this name was no longer on the list of potential names.
She writes: “DH (darling husband) and I have continued to ponder and have decided Susan is no longer on our list, but we have added a couple of others that we are now considering. So our updated list is:
“Shirley (my favourite for years), Bernadette (Bernie or Ettie for nickname), Marjorie Magnolia. DH likes the nickname Madge for Marjorie.”
Other Mumsnet users appeared to be shocked at this list of names, with one writing: “Bernadette at a push - Bernie is nice. The others are nothing short of horrific. Shirley and Marjorie are truly terrible.”
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“On dear are you giving birth to a 60 year old? I am 40 and went to school with a Susan and remember thinking even back then what an old fashioned name it was ! They are all terrible, sorry” wrote a second mum.
A third added: “Sorry, I really really dislike them all. At an absolute push, if someone had a gun to my head, I'd choose Magnolia because Maggie is sweet. The others I'd not use if you paid me!”
One helpful mum suggested some different old-fashioned names that could still work, as opposed to the ones that are currently being considered, these included Margaret, Eleanor, and Marianne.
Another woman, named Shirley commented: "I highly approve of Shirley and find some of the comments on this thread offensive."
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Others argued that perhaps she could consider going back to Susan, adding that while still somewhat old-fashioned it was still better than the others on the list.
The mum-to-be hasn’t yet replied to any of the comments so it’s unclear if her mind’s been changed, or if she’s sticking with the names she likes.