Names you hate!

Melanie - nasty girl at primary school
Paul - boy who picked his nose all the time
Dominic - vile boy I taught
And I've never met a pleasant Nathan

I was the one who referred to Allegra and Elodie, FeralBeryl, and I wasn't sneering at foreign names. In fact quite the opposite - I was complaining about how they're pronounced (wrongly) by people who have decided they'd like to give their child an exotic foreign-sounding name without any cultural or linguistic links to that particular foreign place.

And thanks to the PPs who have added Coco and Mungo to my 'bad parents' register.

FWIW, people don't sneer or snigger at a child's name, but at their parents' pretensions. A name says nothing about a child, but a great deal about its parents.

I have a sneaky liking for Neveah, would never use it of course...

And I don't like it when parents use a name like Edith or Alexander when what they really want is to call the child Edie or Xander. Just use that then!

My older ds's name was on my hate list (it was the name of the boy I currently hated above all others) but ex-DP insisted and I was too knackered to fight about it. I like the name now, because I love the person it's attached to.

Mercedes.

once knew one, Would sleep with any guy that walked her way. Stole from every shop she walked in and would bitch constantly about everyone! and just sounds... chavvy to me

Maybe because you're a bit anti-semetic FrancisCrawford? Reuben and Seth are possibly the two most Jewish names you could think of.

My little boy's name has been mentioned by one person upthread, it's a very traditional Irish name and is also a family name. I'd never change it. Gets a great reaction from people in Ireland. It's a good solid boy's name. No weird pronunciation or spelling.

As for Gobnait, I actually knew one growing up. They spoke Irish at home. The poor girl, I'd be getting my name changed by deed poll!

Love the term granma- chic, definitely going to use that one!

Names I dislike: any insipid cutesy names for girls: daisy, lilly, Maisie etc
** For boys: Oscar (reminds me of Oscar Wilde, great writer and all but not so sure about his personality...) Archie, Jayden (total chav name, only one I've come across was a chav), boys names ending in O- Hugo, milo, arlo. Appalling names. It's as if the parents want to appear sophisticated or something, has the opposite effect in my view. Certainly not impressing me!

Another thing I hate is when babies are given an abbreviated name, like Ben, Harry, Jack, Archie, Charlie. They're not bloody names, they're nicknames!

Maybe because you're a bit anti-semetic FrancisCrawford? Reuben and Seth are possibly the two most Jewish names you could think of.

My little boy's name has been mentioned by one person upthread, it's a very traditional Irish name and is also a family name. I'd never change it. Gets a great reaction from people in Ireland. It's a good solid boy's name. No weird pronunciation or spelling.

As for Gobnait, I actually knew one growing up. They spoke Irish at home. The poor girl, I'd be getting my name changed by deed poll!

Love the term granma- chic, definitely going to use that one!

Names I dislike: any insipid cutesy names for girls: daisy, lilly, Maisie etc
** For boys: Oscar (reminds me of Oscar Wilde, great writer and all but not so sure about his personality...) Archie, Jayden (total chav name, only one I've come across was a chav), boys names ending in O- Hugo, milo, arlo. Appalling names. It's as if the parents want to appear sophisticated or something, has the opposite effect in my view. Certainly not impressing me!

Another thing I hate is when babies are given an abbreviated name, like Ben, Harry, Jack, Archie, Charlie. They're not bloody names, they're nicknames!

Some names I love are far too similar to names I hate
Love Juliette/Julia - hate Jules, Julie
Love Georgia hate Georgina
Love Zoe hate Chloe
Love Josie/Jolie hate Jo
Love Alexa/Alexandra/Alex hate Lexi

I also hate Abigail/Abby which was almost my sisters name, eugh.
Anything -leigh, anything too cutesy
nevaeh - such a stupid name
Caitlyn

Jayden/JJ/Jackson

Simon. All Simons i've met were arseholes

any of the 'unique' names that because a celeb has used them or they are used in a film/tv show - parents foist a name on a child (who has to live with it all their lives unless they opt for a sensible second name. ) and then the naming of a child as xxxxx with nickname xxx - so far as I know nicknames evolve
but then I am in favour of traditional 'stood the test of time' names which will be acceptable in any age and are not in the slightest boring or common

Nikita. It is a Russian male name. Think Nikita Krushchev.
I don't sound right as a girls name to me - I blame that dreadful Elton John song.

Oh I also dislike Elias for a boy... It's definitely those E names though weirdly I quite like Edward!

Irrationally, I dislike Edwin, Edmund and Elliot for boys and Penelope, Jade and Chloe for girls. No good reason, I just don't like the names.

Then there's the whole 'reminds me of a bully' thing. Definitely get that, but probably won't say the name here as it's fairly unusual. Going through some of the girls in my head who weren't bullies but we're certainly unpleasant to me at points and I've just realised I used one of the names for my DD! Obviously that one hadn't stuck in my memory then.

I love this thread, it is very funny. Sadly I have to work so I will come back to it.
I don't like surnames used as names

• Parker, Hunter, Bryson, Tucker, Murphy, Winston, Duke

I hate names known to be commonly used for pets, used for babies -
Rex, Fox, Bruno, Buster (I've actually met one), Bear, Tiger, Buddy, Rocky, Coco, Felix

Names of places, London, Paris, Brooklyn, Sydney, Moroccan, Egypt, Kenya

I don't hate these names but think they are ridiculous, I would never take you seriously - Hugo, Marmaduke, Percy, Mungo, Tarquin, Jocasta, Araminta, Romilly, Ptolemy, Casper, Candida, Rafferty, Ulysses - there's more but you get the idea

Names which are really words
Fortune, Precious, Hope, Princess, Gift, Joy

I also dislike Primrose,
Old people's names - Geoffrey, Gideon, Mabel, Agnes, Albert, Gladys, Harold, Mildred, Martin, Nelson

Then you have the hilarious names people come up with, I have seen some on this forum but can't think at the top of my head.
Sunshine, Tulip, Saint, Roya reign, King Cairo, Katniss, Blue Ivy, Daisy Boo, Buddy Bear, Sunday Rose, Heavenly, Summer rose, Winter-rose (I know one), Apple

Don't take offence I meant!

Melanie
Samantha
Joanne
Martin

Names I dislike for no rational reason. Mine, dh's and both dc names have been mentioned a few times, I don't take different strokes and all that.

Not your comments Al - a bit further back about using (I think) Allegra or Elodie.
Couple of others too.
It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, like I say, I've come straight from the rather harrowing bullying thread which was probably not the best idea
I'd hate to think of loads of kids being secretly sniggered at by their friends parents unless they have a made up name in which case it's fine

Who has sneered about foreign names?

Google consensus is French orogin although of course widely used all over , rather my point. Pronunciation - i get Char-lot-ey in Spain

I hate myself for even clicking on this thread

This thread was clearly started in a lighthearted way.

The thread I read before this one was about bullying and how it's had such a long lasting impact on people's lives. Maybe that has left me over sensitive?
I completely get the following, I really do.

' oh I went to school with someone called Marlon who ate his own snot so I hate the name.'

Or 'I was bullied by a Meredith so the name has negative connotations'

Or even 'I just hate the name Keith. I don't know why but I just do'

They are all completely acceptable and inoffensive but it's again descended into plain nastiness.

I hope everyone who is sneering about forrin names has named their children something that originated no more than 8 miles from their place of birth

Altho i saw Vyktorya as a Polish spelling and wondered if it would be weird to steal the spelling, i love it.