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favourite name ever and worst name ever

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ellalouise90 · 23/05/2018 22:33

What are your favourite names and your most disliked names for girl and boy?

Favourite: Heidi💘 , Grayson💙 , Reggie💙 , Reign💙
Dislike: Harriet (sorry🙈) Harrison (sorry🙈)

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NakedBrainStrollingInManhatten · 23/05/2018 22:36

Favourite names: Axl and Astrid

Least favourite: Jade (objectively I know there's nothing wrong with this name but there was a horrible girl at my school called Jade so I associate it with her) and Jayden

ellalouise90 · 23/05/2018 22:39

@NakedBrainStrollingInManhatten I love axl!

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VladmirsPoutine · 23/05/2018 22:42

Favourite: Elijah, Elias, Elliot, Eva, Evie

Least favourite: Bob, Kevin, John, Graham, Janet, Kelly-Ann and anything-Mai

Shiftymake · 23/05/2018 22:43

Dislikes are easier- Hans, Ester, Sandra, Ethel, Cory, Isaac

Favorites: Veronica (since I was a kid, I blame Archie), Arthur, Mia, Magnus, Mahri/Mari, there is more but these are the ones I could think of at the top of my head.

HerMajestysSecret · 23/05/2018 22:44

I know you're going to say I'm being po-faced but this isn't a very nice thread OP.

ellalouise90 · 23/05/2018 22:46

@HerMajestysSecret I only done it as I'm expecting my second baby and really need ideas as it is due in just over 1 month and we still are clueless on names, please don't take it personal I just want an idea of what names are nice or what names people would be a bit taken back by x

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toffee1000 · 23/05/2018 22:46

“Worst name” threads always pop up on here and they never go well.

RedDwarves · 23/05/2018 22:47

Have always loved the names Chloe, Amelia / Emilia, Grace, Josephine, Lucy, Juliet, Kate and Madeleine for girls, and Flynn, Benjamin, Samuel, Edward, James, Oscar and Thomas for boys.

Have never liked the names Claire and Caitlin for girls, or Jackson or Hayden for boys.

ellalouise90 · 23/05/2018 22:48

I understand why these don't go well so it's your option if you just want to do names you like to help me out 🙈🙈

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RavenWings · 23/05/2018 22:49

Reign would be well up there in my hated name list, anyway...

Likes: Vita, Riona, Carmen. Loads more tbh.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/05/2018 23:06

Love. Kiera. Olivia. Dorothy. Lois. Willow.
Aurora. Eva. Luna. Daisy. Jessica. Leah. Lydia. Kate. Violet. Amelia. Poppy. Delia.
Molly (Probably bias there)Wink. Faye.
Amity. Cora. Cara. Eden. Enid. (Esme pn esmay rather than Esmee). Ana. Nicole. Michelle. Marie. Teresa. Rosa. Melanie.
Felicity. Laila. Lisa. Courtney. Vivienne.
Alexia. Frances. Sian. Mia. Nina. Nevaeh.
Sofia. Mabel. Maude. Vera. Sybil. Lindsey. Melody. Sarah. Laura. Irena. Victoria. Erin.
Alan. Nathan. Cole. Gabriel. Rueben. Tom. Richard. Francis. Vincent. Patrick.

Don't like. Gemma. Rhona. Lily-May. Constance. Georgina. Jenny..
Clare Although I'd probably quite like it if it wasn't my name). Emily. Rose. Libby. Jenna
Alison. Ruth. Donna. Harriet. Ivy. Evelyn.
Nancy. Jayden. Joshua. Jack. Jenson.
Ella. Danny.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/05/2018 23:09

Don't like .Kayden. Noah. Harry. Alfie.
Sean.

calzone · 23/05/2018 23:09

Love Max, Theo, Josh and Jacob.
Love Annabel, Eliza and Beatrice

Dislike for absolutely no reason
Cameron, Gareth, Vanessa and Martha.

Zoflorabore · 23/05/2018 23:21

Like- Oscar/Oliver/Theo/Joshua/Sebastian/Caleb for boys.

Lola/Lucy/Rose/Annalise/Astrid/Avery for girls.

Dislike-
Jack/Cameron/Kyle/Jayden/Finlay/Ivan/
Evan/Lucas for boys.

Ellie/Ella/Evie/Abbie/Mia/Isla/Polly/Faith/
Grace/I have the most irrational hatred of the name Emily Blush

Joeybee · 23/05/2018 23:26

LOVE Rafferty, Raphael, Brianna, Sloane, Bethany and Nathaniel.
Dislike: Aiden/Caiden/Jayden...any of those types of names...so common. Also Nicole/Nichole, Amanda, Ellen, Jackson, Nevaeh. Oh and any really girly/fluffy/prissy names like Betsy, Blossom, Fifi, Lulu...that kind of thing.

BrioLover · 23/05/2018 23:35

Love Dutch and French names like Marinus, Arjan, Julien, Theofiel, Willem, Marion, Johanna.

Can't stand the current trend for names like Maisie, Mabel, Daisy (those are cow or dog names IMO), or giving shortenings as actual names like Ronnie, Freddie, Alfie instead of Ronald, Frederick and Alfred.

MadameJosephine · 23/05/2018 23:39

Favourites

Jennifer
Genevieve
Emmeline
Verity
Felicity
Constance
Antigone
Annsliese

James
William
Daniel
Nathaniel
Edison
Darwin
Franklin

My least favourite name is Nevaeh

twopillows · 23/05/2018 23:58

Love
Lauren, Jessica, Sophie, Rosa, Isabella, Victoria
James, Joseph, Calum, Jack

Hate
Isla, lily mae, Gracie Lee, Tilly mae, Carmella, Sienna
Harrison, Vincent, Ethan, Tyler, teddy

MissCherryCakeyBun · 24/05/2018 00:27

Love
Josephine, Elizabeth, Rosamund, Joanne, Genevieve, Alexander, Stephen, Robert, Edmund, Tobias, Jonathon, Albert

Hate
Kevin, Simon, Patrick, Oliver, Phillip, Roger, Jason. Pansy, Poppy, Chardonnay, Lexi and any name that's -mae or -may Blush

And I agree any names that are just the shortened version Pat (Patrick) Eddie (Edward) Bertie (Albert) Sammi Confused. just why oh why not the full name and then shorten at home Grin

MissCherryCakeyBun · 24/05/2018 00:29

Oh and the child round here that's called Bastille......why not just call him Wormwood or Pentonville and have done with it?

Shesaysso · 24/05/2018 21:06

Love Max, Olivia, Martha

Dislike Archie, Alfie, Madison, Kelly

Marcipex · 24/05/2018 22:25

Worst: Mona, Nell, Sharon for a girl , Kaiden Jaiden for a boy.
Best : Isabel, Amber, Rowan for a girl, Frederic, Patrice for a boy.

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Buntysoven · 24/05/2018 23:04

Love Nancy, Darla, Fern,Lois, Edwin, Joseph, Patrick, Isaac.
Dislike Sidney (for either sex) Esme, Evelyn, Maud Kai Atticus and Barney

Zoflorabore · 24/05/2018 23:18

From the above lists I have a dd with a love name and a ds with a hate name Grin

ABitOTT · 24/05/2018 23:20

Like: Tallulah, Evelina, Eliana, Rosa/Rosalie, Esme, Beth, Lola, Lyla, Oliver, Theo/Theodore, Inigo, Cassius, Jacob, Stanley.

Like not so much: (I'm sure there are lots of wonderful people with these names, I just don't like them)
Margot, Penelope, Aurora, Henrietta, Prunella, Lavinia, Lauren, Maie/Mayy/Maye/Maaai or any stupid spelling of the name May, Stephen/Steven, Felix, Aaron, Jayden, Kayden, Ptolemy

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