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My ex liked Kendrick for a boy... there was absolutely no way it was ever going to happen My dad wanted to call me Zeus (pronounced zee-us ) or blade, I'm so happy I was born a girl and given a slightly more conventional name.
@Sforsh49 precisely. A Karen is a specific type of person, and anybody named that will always be that type of person. I felt like I didn't need that type of person embodied as a three year old.
Not a name hate, but my DH suggested that Cameron or Alaister were too Scottish sounding and then suggested Andrew! Could not worked out why I laughed. (NB. His dad was from Northumberland and he has a Scots surname)
Carl. I really took against it. I've only ever met one Carl, and whilst I felt no rapport there was nothing about him that creeped me out. But when dh suggested this (in 1993) I was just Ain't Happening.
My partner suggest bo for our little girl. No thanks.
I dont really like names like north apple etc I'm more of a normal or old fashioned name person haha. For me its finding names that dont remind you of people you dont like as well if you bullied by a james it does put you off that name.
