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What names do you dislike solely because you know/knew someone horrible with that name

165 replies

Arabesque1 · 29/11/2013 15:32

What it says in the title really.

I went to school with a Julie who was pretty nasty and has put me off the name forever more.

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hawkmcqueen · 30/11/2013 22:13

Tina, was in her 20s when she bullied me for being a terrible waitress when I was 14. I will never forgive her. I was terrible but she stole a chunk of my confidence and self esteem. I won't let my children work part-time until they are 16.

And Gavin, you A hole.

MrsDoomsPatterson · 30/11/2013 21:57

Julia - nasty piece of work.

Littlemissexpecting · 30/11/2013 21:53

I'm yet to meet a nice Victoria

AnneElliott · 30/11/2013 21:49

My name has been mentioned a few times as well. I offer up Anne-Marie, dreadful bully who I used to work with.

pmTea · 30/11/2013 21:48

OMFG onelittlepiglet what an evil cow!

pmTea · 30/11/2013 21:46

Met 4 Amandas and they have all been cows.
5th Amanda I know of was the woman my long term BF cheated on me with (many moons ago) - ugh!
Harriets have always been spiteful, red haired and bitchy. Until this year, when my DD (5) little friend introduced me to her big sis Harriet (aged 10) who is a sweetheart - I can live with the name now Smile

ViviDeBeauvoir · 30/11/2013 21:42

Paula - nasty bully at primary school.

Gemma - horrible person through and through. I put her up in my house when she was broke/kicked out by her ex. She repaid me by trying to sleep with my then boyfriend and taking out credit in my name, stealing money from me and then putting all the utilities in my name before doing a runner. Hmm

miffybun73 · 30/11/2013 21:38

Elliott
Gillian
Denise
Samantha
Lee

SomeDizzyWhore1804 · 30/11/2013 21:37

Emma and Beryl. Not that Beryl is much of a name to begin with!

TessTackle · 30/11/2013 21:33

Donna Angry

MarianneBrandon · 30/11/2013 21:20

Kelly
Emma
Stephen
Hannah
Leanne

sleepingbeautiful · 30/11/2013 19:35

Lol, my name is on here and I am nice, honest!

I didn't meet a nice Jessica until I was 30. The earlier ones were all mean, narcissistic cows.
Helen, awful school bully and still a bitch now as had the misfortune to bump into her last year.
Greg, office sleaze.
Nigel, 2 both absolute creeps. (not that I'd have picked Nigel for DS even if I'd only met lovely ones).

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PigsInParis · 30/11/2013 18:58

I have met several Gemma/Jemma's, Sarah/Sara and Zoe's and most of them have been nasty bitches.

I try not to hold a name against a person but I do get nervous if they have ^ those names!

Mrscupcake23 · 30/11/2013 18:46

Gemma never met a nice one.
Matthew always naughty boys

Thants · 30/11/2013 18:41

Isobel and jonny

HairyPotter · 30/11/2013 18:16

Lorraine. All the ones I went to school with were utter bitches. The ones I know now are pains in the arse.

My name has been mentioned twice along with dd2's. no idea why as we are both delightfu.l lies about self Grin

Bumpsadaisie · 30/11/2013 18:08

All the Anna's I've met have been tricky .... Shame as I like the name!

somewheresomehow · 30/11/2013 17:43

Their was a phoebe in my ds class in primary she was a princess pita have hated the name ever since

scottishmummy · 30/11/2013 17:36

There's always a Bernard in Richard curtis movies,who's a tool
Apparently Curtis disliked a Bernard, and as a revenge features Bernard as derision figure

Hessy · 30/11/2013 17:26

Never met an Anna that I've liked.

Jaskla · 30/11/2013 17:22

Kerry, Vicky, Sophie and Rosemary for me.

Quite sad that my name has been mentioned twice as all the others I know are lovely.

Alisvolatpropiis · 30/11/2013 16:53

My name has been mentioned. No explanation why but I can be a bit of a cow Grin

Moltobene · 30/11/2013 16:44

I introduced myself to someone a while back and as soon as I said my name he went 'oh dear' quite seriously and said that he'd never met a nice one of anyone with my name. I felt a bit Hmm about that on behalf of my namesakes and me, so now I try to not be influenced by bad connotations with names.

My name is quite common (cited on this list) and I have the opposite phenomenon which is expecting to really like anyone I share my name with- so I always get on great with them. Grin We are all lovely!

Rosencrantz · 30/11/2013 16:22

Get fucked Kim. I hate you.