Why on earth is this a topic? If you aren't southern, you don't really 'get' southern names. My husband is southern and I'm amazed at all the "new" names and nicknames I've encountered in the past decade of marriage! Some I love, some I question, some I wish I'd known when naming my son! But - whatever my thoughts are: not my name, right?

Move on, OP.

(Also, not that you asked but I happen to think Mayfair is lovely.)

Anonymous wrote:An acquaintance has a daughter named Anne Mayfair lastname who goes by Mayfair. She is southern and so is her husband. What do you think? I do think that Mayfair has a pretty sound, but to me this feels like a bit much. I don't know if it's a family name or not, but either way it feels a bit pretentious to me.

You mean like how Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon goes by “Reese”?

Anonymous wrote:They named a baby after an Anne Rice character?

I would assume that they were a family of witches.

I came on to say I like Arlo

Anonymous wrote:It’s not racist, it’s just very, very stupid. I would ignore it. The same way I ignore everyone who names their child London or BROOKLYN. they are all towns or suburbs, just let it go.

Eh, Brooklyn and London are fine. Why so worked up, PP? The mayor of San Francisco is London Breed. There are lots of Brooklyns. I know someone named Dayton and think it sounds great. You have an issue with people being named after...cities? So you hate Winona Ryder's name too?

I have to laugh at all the useless judgement on this thread. My late mom had friends, born about 100 years ago now, who were named -- I swear it's true -- Asia and India.

If you get worked up about London or Brooklyn, your head would explode at meeting an Asia or an India, PP. How would you cope?!

Nope, family was not Asian or Indian in any sense of either word. Parents just liked the thought of travel and wanted memorable, pretty names. Would be told it wasn't appropriate to name two white girls those names today, of course.

I should repeat for the DCUMers who don't read posts thoroughly: These were names of two women born in around 1920. Just noting that "strange" names that posters here love to hate are not exactly unique to today. The names of some of my relatives (Tomzilla is just one) would raise eyebrows now but didn't back in the 1900-1930 era. People now don't realize that not everyone was named Elizabeth or William back then.....

Anonymous wrote:It’s not racist, it’s just very, very stupid. I would ignore it. The same way I ignore everyone who names their child London or BROOKLYN. they are all towns or suburbs, just let it go.

I just came on to say it’s better than Brooklyn! Or Ainsleyor Kingsley or anything that rhymes with Aidan (Jayden, Caden, Brayden, Hayden...) Just terrible.

Very southern. Remember in "The Blind Side" how the daughter was Collins? Mayfair can shorten to May or she can choose her first name if she grows to not like it.

I have an acquaintance with a little girl with a similar sounding name (also a surname repurposed) and while I initially wasn't in love with it it has totally grown on me.

In the South, it is a thing to give girls first names that are family last names. It is meant to be aristocratic. I have known many girls named like that. Some of the names, I think they are cute. Mayfair is cute. When I don't think it is cute, it is always because I hate the people involved for being pretentious assholes.

Horrible of you to post a child’s very recognizable name here just to mock it. I hope this thread is taken down.

So they call their daughter by her middle name? Tons of people do this GTFO

I like Mayfair.

Lots of boys go by their last names. Also Tiger Woods isn't really named Tiger. Who cares?

Anonymous wrote:It’s not racist, it’s just very, very stupid. I would ignore it. The same way I ignore everyone who names their child London or BROOKLYN. they are all towns or suburbs, just let it go.

Who said anything about racist