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Why is this name hated so much?

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mummytobemaybe · 18/06/2017 01:48

Darren seems to be a MN hatred and I was wondering why? I wasn't around in the 70s so that might be why

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SomeOtherFuckers · 18/06/2017 01:59

Darren reminds me of the scary older brother people would always threaten to get on other kids ... or the drug addicts who try to do heroin in my locals toilets ... and I was born in 1995

Scrumpernickel · 18/06/2017 01:56

Probably because it's too recent a name to be vintage and too modern a name to be a future classic. I'm not sure where the name comes from but it makes me think of spotty teenage boys from the 80s and 90s who are now probably managers at Carphone Warehouse. I'm sure there are lots of lovely Darrens but the name is........meh. Similar vibe to Dean and Gary.

ScarletSienna · 18/06/2017 01:52

I've not noticed it mentioned before! Maybe it's not a classic but also not old enough to come back into fashion. Give it 20 years!