Page 5 | AIBU - to ask you for your worst girl and boy names

Mirrorlolo · 2026-08-22T07:38:38+00:00

Asking on behalf of DD who is expecting. What are in your view the worst girl and boy names. for me they are the made up ones like Nevaeh and Jayden

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 22/08/2026 16:59

cramptramp · 22/08/2026 16:36

I love Persephone!

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It is as long as people know how to pronounce it!

I've heard Percy-Phone before now, honestly

igelkott2026 · 22/08/2026 16:56

Either made-up ones like Cheraine or names that I'd associate with a great aunt from the early 1900s like Ethel or Ada or Florence.

And Anglo-Saxon. Not sure I want a grandson called Aethelred ;)

BogRollBOGOF · 22/08/2026 16:56

SewYellowLikeButter · 22/08/2026 16:38

I don’t think there is a ‘worst’ but the ones I personally dislike are alcohol / drug names - Chardonnay, Mary Jane, Haze, Hennessy. All of which I have heard and I just dislike the implication that someone liked their vices so much they named a baby that.

I also once met a redhead named Blaze and thought that was a bit silly. Yes he was bullied for it.

So many "Jack Daniels" around.
I have encountered many over the years.
It's not a name combination that tends to come with pleasant surprises.

Jack in general is fine; it's just that combination and mentality of naming a baby/ person after spirits most commonly consumed when a messy night out gains momentum not being a particularly great omen for child raising.

BunnyLake · 22/08/2026 16:55

CillianMurphyhasbeautifuleyes · 22/08/2026 15:20

AH stands for asshole
there is a Reddit (or something) forum called AITAH; am I the asshole?
it’s similar to AIBU.

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Well that went right over my head 😁

Witchergeralt · 22/08/2026 16:54

Thebigarsedbitch · 22/08/2026 16:22

Kit is a posh diminutive for Christopher, so at least it's a proper name.

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Yes as in the great 16th century playwright Kit Marlowe. The theatre in Canterbury is named for him.

BunnyLake · 22/08/2026 16:53

ItWasnaMeGuv · 22/08/2026 16:02

Persephone, is that pronounced per-sef-on-ee?

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Or as I used to think Percy Phone. 😁

BunnyLake · 22/08/2026 16:49

CillianMurphyhasbeautifuleyes · 22/08/2026 15:24

It stands for asshole

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Same difference.

What’s names like Ben and Sara got to do with either interpretation of AH though?

Calliopespa · 22/08/2026 16:45

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 22/08/2026 13:21

Teddy is usually short for Edward.

The usual shortening of Theodore is Theo.

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Teddy is sometimes for Theodore too, like Roosevelt - and in fact Teddy bears were named Teddy after Theodore Roosevelt, so there is a strong tradition of Theodores as well as Edwards being Teddy.

Timeforachange26 · 22/08/2026 16:44

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 22/08/2026 13:00

The Allegra was an Austin wasn't it ? Austin Allegra sounds familiar

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That was an allegro

SpaceShark · 22/08/2026 16:42

Coinkidinki · 22/08/2026 08:49

Oh, dear - this is going to be one of those threads where people sneer at names from demographics or cultures they perceive as inferior.

Why does your DD need a list of 'the worst names'? Why not post some names she is considering and get people's opinions?

If you're naming your baby, it seems an odd way to go about it - take every single possible name and start crossing off those that Mumsnetters don't like.

👆There's always one.

Thebigarsedbitch · 22/08/2026 16:41

BunnyLake · 22/08/2026 14:39

Me too, I didn’t understand that post at all.

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I'm assuming that AH is arseholes and namesake is someone who has the same name as you, usually a famous person, fictional character or older relative.

SewYellowLikeButter · 22/08/2026 16:40

ItWasnaMeGuv · 22/08/2026 16:02

Persephone, is that pronounced per-sef-on-ee?

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Of course it is, like the Greek Goddess.

coffeelover69 · 22/08/2026 16:40

19lottie82 · 22/08/2026 11:02

Never been a fan of Millie / Molly / Maisie. Cute names for a toddler, but not a grown woman.

My husband grandmother was called Maisie! I love that name, she would be 109 now, it suited her all through her life. She was an amazing ballroom dancer 🩷

Conniebygaslight · 22/08/2026 16:39

LimpRat · 22/08/2026 09:15

They are too close to "mucus ' for me

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Me too

SewYellowLikeButter · 22/08/2026 16:38

I don’t think there is a ‘worst’ but the ones I personally dislike are alcohol / drug names - Chardonnay, Mary Jane, Haze, Hennessy. All of which I have heard and I just dislike the implication that someone liked their vices so much they named a baby that.

I also once met a redhead named Blaze and thought that was a bit silly. Yes he was bullied for it.

cramptramp · 22/08/2026 16:36

bloblob · 22/08/2026 08:45

Ptolemy and Persephone

I love Persephone!

Timeforachange26 · 22/08/2026 16:36

SouthLondonMum22 · 22/08/2026 13:34

Nicknamey names as full names - Teddy, Alfie, Elsie etc
Last names as first names - Carter, Cooper, Parker etc
Boy names on girls - James, Morgan, Riley etc
Made up sounding names - Jayden, Nevaeh, Brayden etc
Dull sounding names - Jack, Ben, Will, Ava, Emily etc

What's Elsie a nickname for? My aunt was Elsie but on birth certificate as that

Whattheflock · 22/08/2026 16:36

Concepta

Superhansrantowindsor · 22/08/2026 16:36

Harper, Lola, Lolita, Elle, Ellie
Jayden, Dax, Jaxon Harrison

grrrlatrix · 22/08/2026 16:35

Anything that sounds like you’re summoning an English butler in a film:
Oakley, Hudson, Parker, Greyson, Harrison, Lincoln, Leighton etc.

Then stuff like Navy, Zephyr, Journey, Poem. Last names as first names. Jobs as names.
And the usual double barrelled/creative spelling nonsense.

Ordinary names I dislike because they just sound awful to me: Reuben, Lance, Margot, Paige, Brooke.

The ones that stick out to me IRL include an Olé (pronounced: Ollie) and James James (changed his name on his 16th birthday).

ThatLilacTiger · 22/08/2026 16:33

Hurbifore · 22/08/2026 09:12

If you live in Shetland Odin is not that unusual, along with some other fabulous viking names.

Ooh, like what?

Greenmouldycheese · 22/08/2026 16:27

Shirley or Pasty is up there. Im also not keen in Ladasha or Letesha.

KitKatKathy · 22/08/2026 16:26

Jaxson, Jaydon, Kaydon and Mason - If you find any combination of those names on your form list, you instinctively know it is going to be a difficult teaching year.

CillianMurphyhasbeautifuleyes · 22/08/2026 16:26

SouthLondonMum22 · 22/08/2026 15:38

I don't think it makes a person with the name dull, just the name itself is dull sounding.

I also have a dull sounding name myself.

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Fair enough. I must have misunderstood. My apologies.

grrrlatrix · 22/08/2026 16:23

TrojanDonkey · 22/08/2026 11:31

Nevaeh is terrible. Always followed with ‘it’s heaven backwards’. We know, everyone bloody knows. It doesn’t make it better.

The variations of Nevaeh are starting to come through now.
I know people with three different spellings. 🙈