AIBU - to ask you for your worst girl and boy names

Tiffany was originally short for Theophania, centuries ago, so Typhanie is a fine way to spell it.

There is one modern name I have a particular grievance against but that is for a practical reason.

A few years ago I supported a software system used by a large hospital. One of the things it was used for, every month certain patient data was extracted in to a comma-separated file which was then used to create a spreadsheet report. This had been working successfully for a long time until one day I got a call from my contact there who said that it was failing to extract one patient's name successfully. Instead of the expected forename it was just outputting 1, as in the number one.

Anyway I investigated and it turned out this was a child called True! When you put True in to a cell in the Excel spreadsheet it changed it to the value 1!

I sorted it eventually but was exclaiming in some incredulity to the rest of the office about someone naming their child True. A younger colleague informed me that one of the Kardashian clan had done this, hence perhaps it becoming a potentially popular name. I just think of all these children destined to go round breaking people's spreadsheets. Glad I am retired!

The American trend of giving girls really ugly names, like Winslow and Collins or Scottie. Or city names such as London.

I hate the word chav but I know a woman who was a big stereotype of the early 00s chav culture and had a daughter when she was 16 and called her Chardonnay. People were horrified by the name.
She brought her up really well and everyone assumed it wouldn’t be too bad as it could be shortened to maybe Char or maybe she’d grow up and change it to Charlotte.
Anyway Chardonnay is now in her 20s, has never shortened her name, she is fiercely intelligent, a model so she absolutely stunning, adores her mum and appreciates the youth and opportunities she sacrificed for her daughter and therefore wears her name as a badge of honour as she feels it represents the story, has a bit of a vintage rockstar kind of look going for her so absolutely owns the name!

I'm sure most of the children with names people don't like are lovely, but i just feel sorry for girls lumbered with that name...obviously just my opinion as i know there have been plenty named this in the past decade. I can't tell you exactly why i don't like it, it just seems an abrupt, harsh name and the connotations with oily round balls probably doesn't help.

I encountered a Tarzan in Chiswick Waitrose a few years ago.

Ellie-May is a character in a book by Erskine Caldwell, written in the 30’s I think. (Don’t quote me on that 🤣)
The book is called Tobacco Road and it’s about the Depression in America.
Ellie-May has a hair lip and her father despairs of ever marrying her off.

I do agree with you, though. I am really not keen on Evie-Grace, Lilly-May etc.

I love these threads but I like to give a disclaimer that if your name/your child’s name is on here it’s not personal, I’m sure it suits, it’s just my preference.

Names with a unique/alternate spelling (feels obvious)-
Khloe, Mickayla, Alyse, Kayden.

Short names-
Amy, Kai, Mia, Eve etc.

Overused or ‘dull’ (to me personally!) names-
James, Jack, Luke, Ryan etc.
Emma, Emily, Lily, Rose, Olivia etc.

Masculine names on girls-
Charlie, Billie, James etc.

American outdoorsy boys names-
Hunter, Gunner, Guage, Boone.

Misc-
Angel, Pixie, Posy, Daisy, Lola, Coco.
Wayne, Roy, Edmund, Sawyer.

I have quite a feminine naming preference I like longer and more ‘frilly’ names with a vintage or literary feel. I am also very picky.

Names that are just sounds like Isla or Ava.

Double barrelled names especially where the second name is May or Mae

Anything that rhymes with Jayden

Callum, Collin, Liam

Any boys name that is common such as James, George, Tom, Ben

Traditionally it's a diminutive of Christopher

Wrong-sex names are weird. A couple of celebs, I can’t remember who, called their son Phaedra. She was a wicked stepmother in Greek mythology. Why would you do that?

What the actual F is wrong with a 60 year old having a name like Archie or Alfie?

Yes I saw that

I'm not getting what you're not getting. It's pretty clear, people don't name babies Barry anymore. It's an older man's name
Check out the baby name board, Barry doesn't feature. Baby Barrys are practically unheard of.

How much clearer can I be?

I’m not keen on it either but I know an Olive and she’s lovely. It suits her.

LOL, what a thoroughly smug and superior post. At least you have confirmed what I - and many others suspected; that you created this thread to mock and deride certain childrens names, and look down on the parents.

Nasty, toxic thread.

That made me squawk with laughter 🤣

Yes, I cannot see the logic of an expectant mum wanting worst names. Surely nicest is much more useful...

I rather like Persephone.

You are not wrong 😆

Any of the Hayden/Jayden/Kayden ilk. Also the really unpleasant Ottilie which seems to be popular at the moment, and hyphenated made-up names such as Evie-Rose or Ellie-May!

While I love Lucas and Marcus 😆

I don't really follow your logic. But I think Barry is a pretty solid name and has ancient Welsh/Irish roots. At least it won't pigeon hole him into any specific era or demographic like Jayden or Kayden.

I dislike when people add extra letter to make something unique - it's just looks like they had parent who can't spell.

My pet hate is when when people butcher Irish names like Siobhán - I know someone who prouounces it the same but it's spelt Shivvawn. Aaaargh!