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favourite name ever and worst name ever

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ellalouise90 · 23/05/2018 22:33

What are your favourite names and your most disliked names for girl and boy?

Favourite: Heidi💘 , Grayson💙 , Reggie💙 , Reign💙
Dislike: Harriet (sorry🙈) Harrison (sorry🙈)

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SpectacularAardvark · 30/07/2018 11:58

I think anything sounds awful after you've heard it yelled over and over again by loads of different people. Round here you can't move for old man names, Albert, Wilfred, Stanley, Vinnie etc. It started off as a nice change from the ubiquitous Jayden/Hayden/Braydens but it's getting really tedious now.
With the girls it's Tilly-Mae, Lexi-Mae, Elly-Mae, Gracie-Mae/Tilly-Rose, Lexi-Rose, Elly-Rose, Gracie-Rose....

Icecoldchilli · 30/07/2018 10:50

The only name I truly despise is Nevaeh especially when spelt yooniqley like Neviah, Neveah, Naveah.

It’s not heaven backwards if it’s spelt wrong!

Cosmoa · 30/07/2018 10:32

@LilMadAgain

just bugger off and spread out a bit

Hahahaaa this made me laugh! So true 😂

Cosmoa · 30/07/2018 10:29

Favorite names are... (other than my daughters)

Kaia & Koa

Dislike too many to say!!

Elambert1983 · 30/07/2018 09:27

My top girl names are: Evangeline, Monica, Eden, Maya, Erin, Neve,

I liked Austin for a boy

I don't like double barrel first names like Lily mae, or names that are 10 a penny

Ski40 · 26/05/2018 00:58

Oh I forgot, I think the Beckham boys have the coolest names ever! Romeo, Brooklyn and Cruz. I thought about them for our first son but DH hates them 😕.

Ski40 · 26/05/2018 00:55

I love Savannah, Violet, Roxanne and lately Elspeth too.
For boys, Dan, Hector, George.

I dislike some of the names previous posters have disliked but would rather not specify as don't want to offend anyone.
However DH wanted to call our youngest boy Ciryl or Cyril (not sure of spelling, sorry) and I hit the roof. It's definitely an old man's name, isn't it? 😮

Marcipex · 26/05/2018 00:44

Dear Jayden

Why stop at geese?

Best wishes
Marcipex

NorbertTheDragon · 26/05/2018 00:06

My son, Jayden, says he hopes geese come into the houses of all you haters and peck you. Grin

userabcname · 25/05/2018 23:58

My favourite girls' names are Penelope, Vivienne, Victoria and Hermione. My favourite boys' names are Isaac, Sebastian, Jacob and Henry.
My least favourite names are Brian (boy I didn't like at school) and anything that is spelled awkwardly/wrong.

MrsSnootyPants2018 · 25/05/2018 23:48

Favourite: Georgiana (pronounced joe-jay-na) and Henriette

Worst: Samantha, Kimberley

Jj2431 · 25/05/2018 23:46

Also agree with @witchesglove. My mum is Sharon though lol hate very 70s sounding names like Carol, Brenda, Barbara etc. Prefer them to hyphenated and names like destiny though.

Jj2431 · 25/05/2018 23:45

Names I love. Wow so many. Just did a massive list for help. Love Evangeline, Juliet, Martha, Eloise, Genevieve, Vivienne, Isabel, Delilah, Eleanor, Francesca, Emily, Hannah, Niamh. Loads more but there's a few

Hate: anything hyphenated especially names with May, rae/ray, Rose. E.g. lily-may etc, anything like jayden/kayden/zayden etc, Mercedes, Portia, Destiny,chardonnay and also hate really posh sounding names like Clementine, Cordelia, Florence, Petronella etc etc just because I'm not posh lol.

WitchesGlove · 25/05/2018 22:48

Hate: Tracey and Sharon type names, Jade, Michael

Glumglowworm · 25/05/2018 21:55

Names I love - Elizabeth (especially with shortening Libby), Saoirse (which I could never use being English but I still love), Amelia, Isobel (despite its popularity), charlotte, rowan

Dislikes - something-mai/May/Mae, Stanley, olive, ottilie, James for a girl,

misselllie · 25/05/2018 21:41

Love Freddie (biased), George, Oscar, Leo and Louis. Love Sophia, Daisy, Arabella, Evie and Freya.

Hate Max, Samuel, Josh, Liam, John (or any other proper older man name Paul, Phil, Craig ect)
Hate Chloe, Maisy, Lucy, Heidi and Jessica.

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ellalouise90 · 25/05/2018 21:05

@Pinksta they really are names ...

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mintich · 25/05/2018 19:44

Worst names: Amber, Gemma, Emily but only because they remind me of people I don't like!!
Also irrationally dislike Peter...I have no idea why! I think I don't like how it sounds in my accent.

Fifthtimelucky · 25/05/2018 17:14

I've certainly never heard of a Reign (though Raine is a name). Grayson is though.

I know a Grayson (in his 40s, probably) and I think Grayson is Grayson Perry's real name.

Pinksta · 25/05/2018 14:16

Grayson and Reign are not names so I don't think you are sticking to the rules of your own game.

Alpacages · 25/05/2018 14:07

Love not wacky but not common names I know 20 of eg. Luke, Carly, Asa, Willow.

Dislike all the boring, overused names-
Ella, Ellie, Lily, Oliver, Olivia

The animal ones-
Clover, Daisy (cows)
Bella is the name of a million dogs round here.

One of my DDs has a Mumsnet hated ‘chavvy’ K name but I’m common and chavvy anyway my family tell me Grin

toffee1000 · 25/05/2018 12:29

Huckleberries I think partly just because it seems to be everywhere right now, along with rhyming names like Hayden/Kayden/Brayden/etc. Similar to why people dislike all the names like Lily-Mae/Ruby-Jai/Darcie-May etc, they’re very popular right now.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 25/05/2018 11:43

Hate Jenson. Henrietta. Madison. Marcus.
Alexis. Cheryl.

HuckleberriesFin · 25/05/2018 11:39

Time again the name Jayden comes up in these threads .

Why is it so loathsome?

I’m expecting a boy and we have shortlisted this name but with the spelling Jadon.

It’s from the bible Confused

VileyRose · 25/05/2018 11:33

Favourite: Violet, Louise, Alexander and Max

Worst: Ivy, Alice, Noah and Jack.

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