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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

‘Ugly, old-fashioned, weird’: the baby names that set grandparents’ teeth on edge

Grandparents playing with their grandchild on the sofa.
If you don’t really want to know their opinion, don’t ask. Photograph: Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images

Name: The baby name generation gap.

Age: Hopefully it wears off by three or four.

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