What do *you* consider to be "horrible" names?

I think boy’s names ending in ‘y’ are always a bit wet. Timothy, Jeremy, Anthony, (Fauntleroy).

Completely agree with @Prunnhilda’s distaste for Helen as Hellinn.

And I just totally hate the name Heather. It’s an ugly plant and an ugly sound. .

Boys names given to girls are horrible, sexist abominations.

I had completely forgotten that Kinga existed as a name. It just makes me laugh. Thanks @HengshanRoad for reminding me and making me nostalgic (your username is my former stomping ground).

I’m not keen on Balonz

Hannibal
Adolf
Morticia

And the worst one of all...
Nell / Nelly / Nellie.
I don't know why, I just can't stand it. It's awful.

God, I completely agree. I had an elderly great auntie Nellie, so I associate it with a very much older generation (born in the 1910s/1920s). But it's the fact it rhymes with 'smelly' and 'belly' that just puts me off. I can't get past the rhyme in my mind at all, ever.

Actually, thinking about it, "Kelly" might be my absolute number one hated name ever. Sorry to any Kellys - it's not personal - but the sound of it just makes me cringe.

My DD's nursery had a picture book called "Kelly's Smelly Wellies" and every time I caught sight of it my insides just did a little flop and die right there and then.

I don’t hate many names - but the ones I do hate are all the names of kids who bullied me at school, so it’s the negative connotations of the name rather than the name itself.

Cutesy names that only work on a small child or sound more appropriate for a pet: Bonnie, Elsie, Millie, Nellie, Tilly, etc are all becoming popular and I don’t see the appeal AT ALL

Archibald/Archie

In general I don't like the sound of names with two syllables when the first one is stressed and long - for example: Maureen, Doreen, Eileen, Audrey, Eunice, Julie, Diane and Irene.

Sarah fits that pattern, but I love it. I also love Julia, Diana and Irene with three syllables.

I really dislike.....

Ena, Ida, Freda, Brenda, Breda and other names of that ilk
Sonny, I can imagine him being patronised by others saying "alright Son?" to him.
Old man names Ray, Stan, Bernard, Roger

Oh, I've thought of another - Elspeth. It's the "peth" sound which makes me think of spit.

All of these names, for no rational reasons;
Alice
Alison
Angel
Bertie
Ralph - wow just why?

Muriel.
Eunice.
Mildred.

Wayne
Ashley ( boy)
Frank
Archibald
Graham
Wilbur
Timothy

Nina
Mia
Mae

You’re not hard to please - plenty of nice names out there.

Oh, Ella is another pet hate of mine! Such a nothing of a name.

I don't like Lilith, it sounds rather New Agey to me.

Maeve is all right if you are Irish.

Ella is fine for jazz fans.

I know its very popular and im very much it the minority but.
The worse girls name ever in my opinion....Ella. I just don't understand the hype.

Lilith
Maeve

Judith
Constance
Scarlett
Charlotte
Paige
Lola
Jenna
Sometimes it can depend on who's got the name. I know quite a few Lily's.
I love it on some but detest it on others.

Arthur
Harry
Sean
Lewis. Its the spelling rather than the sound I hate the "ew" part.
Craig
Charlie
Ashley (Yet I don't mind it for a girl)

Phillipa, Harriet - stuffy, jolly hockey sticks kind of names

Emma, Olivia, Sophie - boring and unimaginative

Milly, Molly, Lucy, Poppy, Posy, Primrose - weak, twee, wet, meek.

Some names I have a very strong irrational dislike for:

Margot
Clementine
Aoife
Penelope
Harper
Olive
Astrid
Constance
Piper
Nevaeh
Juno
Bonnie
Nancy
Hope
Primrose
Harlow

And the worst one of all...

Nell / Nelly / Nellie.

I don't know why, I just can't stand it. It's awful.

Jessica - perfect reasonable name, I just can't stand it.

Ethan - again, the same

Alfie, Archie, Billy, Tommy, Robbie, Bobby etc- anything that is half a name as a full name.

Wow, I don't think most names provoke such a strong reaction in me, but apparently, that's the case for a lot of other people on this thread. Who devotes so much time to collecting huge lists of names they hate? My favorite girls' names are Lily, Charlotte, Julia, Anna, Elise, Violet, Scarlett, etc. Boys' names I love are Daniel, Alexander, Jack, Luke, etc. I'm not offended, but I thought I'd give people a chance to tear apart my names after I say which ones I dislike.

I'm so fascinated by the obvious here -- which is that there are always people looking to hate.

Names I dislike:

Luka -- True crime association and I much prefer Luke
Amy -- Too cloying
Amanda -- Just don't get it
Misspelled/grandiose names

I'm American in UK and for those saying Americans only say Lou-is, that's not totally true. St. Louis can go either way in pronunciation -- "Meet Me in St. Louis" has the "Lou-ee" pronunciation.But sometimes it is "Lou-is" too. And Louis Armstrong is always "Lou-ee" unless someone has a source I can look at where he says his name is pronounced differently? Also, why do we have to be purists when it comes to language? We all say cafe even though it's French?

I hate hate hate surnames as first names - Hunter, Harper, Cooper, Grayson, Madison, Riley etc. To me they're so American and just horrible.

I dislike nicknames as names e.g. Betty, Archie, Freddie, Oli

I dislike super old lady names e.g. Dorothy, Agnes, Mabel (although there are some I find OK, the more classical ones)

I dislike double-barrelled first names e.g. Daisy-Mae (unless you're French where Jean-Christophe is OK)

I'm from the west of England.

Names beginning with W, particularly girl’s. Wendy, Wanda, Willow, Walter, William, all seem a bit wet and twee.