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What names have you been put off?

179 replies

porterwine · 07/04/2017 22:40

Are there any names you liked but have been put off by association or an event?

For me (A=and it's a shame because it is of course very popular and well liked) but one is George. My grandpa used to talk about "having a George" meaning a number 2...he said it was a navy thing and they'd talk about "going to the John for a George" and now all that side of my family still use the term! Has anyone else ever heard this? I've never come across elsewhere it so I wonder if it was something that someone my grandpa served with came up with and it caught on.

I also think Fraser is nice but put off by a horrible ex and I think Myra is pretty but can't disconnect it from Hindley.

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 22:50

Oh, and Castor.

ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 22:49

Miranda (because of Myra, actually). I wanted Meera as a nickname, which sounds like Myra in English...

Oysterbabe · 07/04/2017 22:49

I haven't heard George used in that way but it's my ex's name and he is a shit.

NiceCuppaTeaAndASitDown · 07/04/2017 22:46

Lana. I absolutely love the name, but once you realise what it spells backwards that cannot be unseen!