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ugly names

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cminor · 23/02/2012 12:43

For all you who love ugly old names I found these in the cemetary
Raymond
Cyril
Edna
Horace
Doris
Mildred
Please don't tell me you have DC with these names!

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oldqueenie · 29/02/2012 22:34

i know a gertrude actually Hmm

GirlWithALlamaTattoo · 29/02/2012 22:30

I'm really surprised at the response, OP. I was expecting a general giggle.

Not much call for Gertrude or Hortense these days.

Kaekae · 27/02/2012 19:47

Keith. Hate it, reminds me of Corned Beef.

BitchyHen · 27/02/2012 18:21

This has reminded me, when I was a child the little girl next door had an older cousin called Raymond. She always called him Rainbow.

I think Raymond is a fab name - it's my great-uncle's name too.

LAlady · 27/02/2012 18:06

My grandfather was Cyril and it's both my dad and late FIL's middle name. I have an uncle Raymond.

They are names of various times. Think of the history behind these graves instead of having a good laugh at the deceased.

Hulababy · 26/02/2012 21:27

Not nice to call them ugly names, esp on a site where there may be people with children with those names..

I assume cminor what you really mean is that these are names that you personally don't like. However, the names you do like other people may find not to their taste.

Life would be very boring cminor if we all liked the same things.

FWIW whilst the names in the op are not names I would have chosen I don't think they are that bad tbh, a couple are quite good infact. A couple I don't like personally.

mumzy · 25/02/2012 23:31

Oh by the way we have a very cherished aunt Doris in her 80's

mumzy · 25/02/2012 23:30

Agree with SayBoo names Have cycles of fashion. At my school in the 70s the most popular names were Sharon, Tracey, Jackie, Joanne, Lorraine, Debby, Denise, Andrew, Mark, Jason, Nigel, David, Simon. If MN is to be believed no one these days would use these names as they are seen as dated and possibly ugly. If some one had told me then that names such as Emily, Ruby, Iris, Olivia, Oscar, Freddie, Joshua, Oliver would be the top names for our dc I would have PMSL as they would be deemed old fashion and ugly.

AKissIsNotAContract · 25/02/2012 19:23

Not a very nice thread but no worse than the many threads on here mocking 'Chav names'.

SlinkingOutsideInFrocks · 25/02/2012 19:19

I knew a verrrrry hot French Cyril - went a long way towards redeeming the name for me. Grin

SayBoo · 25/02/2012 15:06

All very dated names. Tastes change, and yes, many of those would be viewed as ugly today. My grandfather has one of those names, but I can still say that, in my (modern) opinion, its a very unattractive name.

I don't really understand the point of the thread, but equally, I don't understand why people are getting so upset about it.

Cyril isnt 'lovely'. Come on! Grin

starry123 · 25/02/2012 12:02

I actually quite like those names... they have an interesting history (as most names do) and the name Mildred in particular conjures up really happy memories of when I was a child and really loved to read the Worst Witch books with the fabulous character Mildred. My husband and I have this name on one of our preferred names list if we have a daughter. So, no, I don't think any of them are 'ugly'.

lockets · 25/02/2012 11:01

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BehindLockNumberNine · 25/02/2012 10:16

So you went to a cemetary, wrote down the names on the headstones and then came on here to mock them and brand them ugly?

Nope, don't get it.

creighton · 25/02/2012 10:14

our names will all sound ridiculous in 50 years time

treadwarily · 25/02/2012 10:07

I think Mildred is an excellent name.

imnotmymum · 25/02/2012 09:57

yes I agree she must know she being outrageous and god bless to your Dad Mobly

Mobly · 25/02/2012 08:24

Thanks Chipmonkey. I think the op must be a troll anyway, as she's not come back to explain herself.

chipmonkey · 24/02/2012 23:58

Mobly, Raymond is a lovely name.

Mobly · 24/02/2012 18:44

My dad's name was Raymond. He died, aged 47, in 2001 of cancer.

Nice thread op! I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and just assume you're thoughtless and ignorant.

tammytoby · 24/02/2012 08:52

OP, what are your children called?

BeerTricksP0tter · 24/02/2012 08:26

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AlmaMartyr · 24/02/2012 08:17

Pretty unpleasant to be mocking names on gravestones. Some MNers probably have DCs with one of those names, why seek to needlessly upset them?

SlinkingOutsideInFrocks · 24/02/2012 08:10

Some people really have no imagination... I'm looking at you, OP.

You understand fashion, right? It goes in cycles? Things go in and out of fashion?

Just because a certain name is very out of fashion right now, doesn't mean it will always be so.

You're clearly a fashion-follower rather than a trend-setter (apols for cringe-worthy term).

CaoNiMa · 24/02/2012 06:18

A horrible post, OP.