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First Names you hate/dislike

188 replies

DenzilEmily · 03/11/2017 20:33

What first names do you dislike

I would say
Donald because of Donald Trump
And Marco

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walnutwhip88 · 04/11/2017 16:30

Cliched names people give their kids to try and be posh..Amelia, Olivia, Emily, Imogen etc you get my drift

midsomermurderess · 04/11/2017 16:27

I don’t hate them, but I find names like Emily (and variations), Libby, Ottilie, Romilly etc twee and cloying.

MrsBonato · 04/11/2017 15:30

None of our names have been mentioned yet! I feel a little disappointed.

graziemille · 04/11/2017 15:22

Hannah
Niamh
Both vile names

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Dixiestampsagain · 04/11/2017 15:10

Well put, mike

MikeUniformMike · 04/11/2017 14:57

Welsh names are lovely if you are welsh. Welsh names anglicised are not lovely. If you take names from a different culture or language, they are likely to be mispronounced or to be dated.

Same goes for Irish names.

RaeCJ82 · 04/11/2017 14:46

I think there are too many to list, but I can’t stand:

Wendy
Donna
Tracey
Stacey
Cassandra
Siobhan
Kevin
Wayne

I could go on.

MikeUniformMike · 04/11/2017 14:22

I've not seen Lucus before. Did you mean Lucas?
I don't like Naomi
especially if it's said as Nye- Oh-me

MikeUniformMike · 04/11/2017 14:18

Teal, Oliver isn't trendy - it's one that is always popular but I can only think of 4 and they are quite different in ages. Don't like Olly.

MikeUniformMike · 04/11/2017 14:15

Darcey/Darcy/Darcie
Chloe ruined by it's popularity
Archie
Alfie
Albie
Dylan
Jayden/Jaiden/Jadon...
Keith
Wendy
Carol

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/11/2017 14:08

April.
Honey.
Oscar
Ada

JeremyCorbynsBeard · 04/11/2017 13:29

There's really no point in this thread, as just about every name under the sun will come up at some time.

Every name is disliked by someone, somewhere. Some are hideous to my ears, but we're all different.

OpenThePickles · 04/11/2017 13:19

Lacey-Mai(I like Lacey on it's own though)
Jayden/ Kayden/ Hayden - Why not just use Aidan?
Mackenzie - It's a surname.
Teddy / Bear

anything with a yoonique spelling - Olivyia - Aimeeee - Kayte etc.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/11/2017 13:07

Angharad (Don't know if Ive spelt that right
Cassandra
Camilla
Clare (My name, can't believe I didn't say that before now.)

formerbabe · 04/11/2017 11:58

I hate....

"Boys*

Oscar
Jayden

Girls

Grace
Evie

Dixiestampsagain · 04/11/2017 11:54

I know beequeeny but I always think of trendy as meaning fashionable or up to date and I don’t think of it as either. I like it though, so I should be defending it!!

Annabelle4 · 04/11/2017 11:35

I thought of another one. Ok it's not a name, and it's a soap, but 'Becks' (Bex)? in Eastenders also makes me shudder.

Rebecca is such a beautiful name. Whyyy would anyone do that to it? Confused

Tealdeal747 · 04/11/2017 11:31

Hyphenated names that don't go together and just sound like the parents couldn't choose and gave the dc 2 names e.g.

Lexi-Maria
Henry-Leo

Tealdeal747 · 04/11/2017 11:28

There are names I don't like because I associate them with people I don't like but that's not to say they are bad names.

Anna
Faye
Gordon
Stewart
Alison

Beequeeny · 04/11/2017 11:25

Blodwen? Never heard that before, it's horrid!

Beequeeny · 04/11/2017 11:25

Oliver was the most popular name last year wasn't it? Id say that makes it trendy.

Don't really like Henry, Oliver, Caroline, Alison - just boring

Marcipex · 04/11/2017 11:00

Jay, Jayden , Kayden, Hayden etc
Kai
Mae
Doreen, Maureen etc
George, Georgia, Georgina
Ewan
Blodwen

DontDrinkDontSmoke · 04/11/2017 10:57

I know some fabulous people with names that have been mentioned here.

My only dislike are names that aren’t the usual spelling. Parents who do this just condemn their child to a lifetime of spelling out their name to people.

Madreputa · 04/11/2017 10:50

I only like about 5-6 names in the world, mix of boys' and girls' names.. If I had to change my name I would find it really hard to choose one that I like and isn't overused. I pretty much dislike other names.