Names you KNOW are perfectly nice but which you have an irrational hatred for

Arthur. Hate it especially how its pronounced round 'ere in mockney central arrrrfarrr! arf a what? is always my response... can't help it.

Kaydence- sounds so twee

All the double barrell names ending in Mae/May/Mai

anything ending in Ayden- you all know what ones

Jordan

Constance
Esme
Clementine
Archie especially when double barrelled with Lee, it sounds so try-hard

Lacey/Kacie/Macie etc

I'm sure I can think of a few more! DD's name appeared a few times [shrug]

Oh and Susan. I hate the name Susan. Can't believe I forgot it. Probably because in my head my dislike is rational

Gemma
Caitlyn- mostly because MIL kept suggesting it while I was pregnant even though We had vetoed it 200 other times she brought it up
Seren
Heather

Thomas
Louis
Oliver
Connor

Chelsea.....oh dear god why would anyone put that on their poor dd!!

CuppaTeaJanice - James? That is irrational. Though, having said that, I can't abide Jamie.

Here's a weird one; I too dislike Hayden/Jayden/Cayden and their many variants, apart from Hayden spelt Haydn. I have no idea why, I detest all the others, but for some reason removing a vowel makes all the difference.

Oh, and I see my least favourite and possibly most unattractive girl's name ever (second to Imogen) has finally put in an appearance. Paige. Paige. Who came up with that? Paige boys; yes, fine, appropriate at weddings, Paige girls; no, no absolutely not, appropriate being shredded into a bin and burnt. What makes it worse is the chavtastic twang it's pronounced with around here. Paaaaaaiiijjj. PAAAAAIIIIIJJJJ.

P.S - Sorry if you are in possession of a Paige.

poo to you lauren haters that is my lovely dd name. I am very suprised my ds name hasnt been mentioned yet as there is usually some debate about it .... aidan.

I dont really have any names that I dislike however i kid you not there is a baby whos mum comes to school and his name is smirnoff why would you ?

Have just read back over this thread properly and found on it almost every middle name DH vetoed for DD... he will be smug!

Also, anything appended with May/Mae/Mei or Lee/Leigh - as in, Amber-Mae or Gracie-Lee. It's irrational because suffixes of Lou, Jo and Ann/Anne don't bother me... Katie-Lou, Casie-Jo and Carrie-Ann seem OK (well, if you like that sort of thing)

My name has appeared a few times. I don't think that it's particularly nice either but as for my DD's beautiful name...well some of you clearly have no taste!

For some reason Poppy annoys me for a child and especially for an adult! So twee.

AnnieBeansMum, I love the name Anya! My DD has a little friend called Anya and she's the nicest little girl!

Ha ha, my name is on here a lot! Probably as it is now stupidly popular. It wasn't at all when I was growing up.

I have a huge list of names I irrationally dislike...

Grace
Abigail
Abby
Nancy
Esme
Mavis
Chloe
Poppy
Ellie
Vicki
Amy
Sue
Dawn
Jodie
Karen
Tanya
Zoe
Deborah
Ruby
Evie
Megan
Hannah
Paige
Madison

Sebastian
Eric
Derek
Owen
Ian
Alfie
Archie
Atticus

And lots of names I have a rational dislike of too, but I'll stop now.

Loads. But especially:

Joshua (lovely before ubiquity ruined it)

I should have put a wink or something after my post mathanxiety. No need to apologize. Everyone has different tastes.

Apologies AnnieBeansMum.

(In my defence, it is an irrational dislike)

I HATE YOUR NAMES, FOR NO APPARENT REASON TOO. BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

(this is duchesse's daughter, my name is here several times)

Ella
Hannah
Poppy
Alfie
Abby

at mathanxiety. My dd is Anya (Annie) and I adore the name. Different strokes for different folks I guess....

Superdragonmama - as an actual Summer, I agree with you entirely!! It is a ridiculous name!

Jessica and Rebecca - can't abide either but they are perfectly fine popular names to most people.

Am I the only person here to have an irrational hatred of the name James?

I can just about stomach it for an older man, but child Jameses give me that sinking feeling that you get after Christmas or a great holiday.

It's Catherine Gee's fault - she was presenting an episode of 'Escape to the Country', trying to find a house for a couple with a son called James, and the way she droned on and on about potential bedrooms for this James kid sucked all the positivity out of the name for me.

I know it's irrational and it's a nice name for anyone who doesn't have Ms Gee's drony voice stuck in their head!!

I'm surprised DS's name has only been mentioned once - it regularly gets a slagging on these name threads.

Imogen

Chloe

Don't know why, just do

Ha ha - what a great thread!

I know what you mean about names. I guess there will always be people which you choose to forget in life whose names will tarnish everyone else with the same name... Like Daniel or Ian (shudder).

Mine are

Thomas
Levi
Bethany
Imogen.

Teehee this is very funny thread. Mine top 3 are

Cayden (overheard an older lady ask a parent where they got this name from, the response, "its from America" WTF!?)

Jayden (I'm guessing this might be from America too though I'm not sure...)

Demi-leigh (half a leigh? In fact Demi-anything...)