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What are the most boring, unsexy names in your opinion?

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 08:53

I would go with Martin.

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almapudden · 28/01/2013 15:28

David, Stephen, Daniel, Mark and Ben.

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TessTing123 · 28/01/2013 15:27

Y'see Beryl and Norbert are cracking old names to my mind. I can imagine a daughter called Beryl. same goes for most of these Scullery Maid names.

And Colin, Kevin and Barbara would be quite daring names to call your baby - quirky and subversive. Lobe it.

For me, the dullest names are the likes of Lucy and William. I wonder to myself if their parents just couldn't be arsed to think of name. But I am obviously the wrongest of the wrong as every 4th child in my child's year will attest.

deleted203 · 28/01/2013 15:16

Colin and Trevor. There were two boys at my school called that and now, at the age of 45, I still occasionally wonder if either of them has had sex yet. They weren't just called 'Colin' and 'Trevor' - they lived up to their names. Grin

Nancy66 · 28/01/2013 15:11

Kevin is a very popular middle class name in France and the USA

atthewelles · 28/01/2013 15:08

A lot of it depends where you're from. Barbara and Colin don't sound particularly unsexy to my ears because they wouldn't have been particularly common names in Dublin when I was growing up. Deirdre, which often gets mentioned on these types of threads seems to have a dreary Coronation Street image in England, whereas here in Ireland it would be considered a traditional celtic name on a par with Siobhan or Niamh or Roisin. Likewise Kevin does not have the same connotations here as it seems to have in the UK

For me, unsexy names would be Philomena, Bernie, Dermot or Vincent because they would be the equivalent of the English Barbaras and Colins.

TomArchersSausage · 28/01/2013 14:07

'quite feisty around here isn't it?'Grin

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 14:04

Of course

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farmersdaugther · 28/01/2013 13:51
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AgathaF · 28/01/2013 13:50

I hope the names you named from uni were made up.

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 13:44

Yes, and there are never any naked ladies on the internet

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 13:42
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ClartyCarol · 28/01/2013 13:39

Well you should fit in well then Grin.

ClartyCarol · 28/01/2013 13:38

The times they are a-changing. Probably won't be any printed newspaper at all in 15 years anyway.

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 13:38

Thanks DonkeysDontRideBicycles - quite feisty around here isn't it?

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 13:36

Yes we were hoping that in 1985

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ClartyCarol · 28/01/2013 13:30

'News'papers are only for men then? Personally I hope in 15 years time there won't be any page 3.

DizzyHoneyBee · 28/01/2013 13:29

Cedric....

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 13:27

I was waiting for that comment Smile no I don't but apparently many people of another gender do as they've been selling newspapers for 40+ years. My point was more that names cycle through the generations.

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TheSecondComing · 28/01/2013 13:25

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EnjoyResponsibly · 28/01/2013 13:25

Graham and Angela

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 13:24

Yes, let's be deadly serious about it

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seeker · 28/01/2013 13:23

It is completely ridiculous to say that a name is boring and unsexy!

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 13:22

When I turned up at Uni and read the list of names of people in my year I saw the following names Juliana van der Grift and Johnny Buckle. I thought "I have to meet these people!" just their names made them intriguing. They ended up as great friends. Both are Brits. Johnny has a brother called Clint - they're from Manchester. You can't make this stuff up.

So although ultimately people not names are sexy, "A rose by any other name etc." names can give more for your imagination to play around with. (I imagine in 15+ years the page three girls will be Ethel, Agatha and Elsie.)

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mayanna123 · 28/01/2013 12:46

How can a NAME be sexy or unsexy Confused? A person, yes, but not his/her name imo.

However, a name CAN be dull if it has been overused. So names like Jack, Tom, Steve, Mike, Finn sound dull to my ears.

PootlePosyPerkin · 28/01/2013 12:30

Names aren't sexy or unsexy IMHO, it's the people who carry them.

But if I was being pushed for an answer I'd say Vera or Derek Grin.