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‘Wet’ names?!

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Cbeebiesrehab · 18/08/2018 21:34

I have seen multiple threads today where people have called names ‘wet’-both boys and girls names. What is a ‘wet’ name?! I’m a bit puzzled by this concept.

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coconutmonkey · 29/05/2019 19:11

Timothy/Tim is top of my wet name list. Some other male names which sound wet imo: Greg, Martin, Adrian

Female: Matilda but especially the derivative Tilly
Evie, Millie

HappyDinosaur · 29/05/2019 17:00

Personal choice but to me:
Louis
Cecil
Cyril
Percy
Felix

Chloe
Megan
Mia

Itsagrandoldteam · 29/05/2019 16:51

Jonjo - that's so pompous
Adrian
Jeremy
Charlie
Rupert

A PP literally named my sons primary school class.

Didgets · 29/05/2019 16:47

Jasper
Rupert
Timothy

BelfortGabbz · 29/05/2019 16:27

Forgot Casper.

whatwouldbigfatfannydo · 29/05/2019 15:54

The amount of people confusing wet names with wet people is shocking Hmm

Toby is the worst name I've ever had the misfortune of hearing I think. William, Charles, Joel, Piers, Crispin, Tristan, Alan, Paul, Mark, Jacob etc. (plus their diminutives) all terrible!

Girls names are more difficult but Lucy is definitely up there! Abigail, Lottie, Milly, Esme, Miley all invoke similar feelings.

There's also a lot of names that sound like the middle classes desperately trying to reinforce their sense of self importance and social status. Grin

MsTSwift · 29/05/2019 15:37

Sophie because of the soft sound and similarity to soppy

goldensugar2 · 29/05/2019 15:34

Chloe, Poppy, Evie

BelfortGabbz · 29/05/2019 15:26

Aaron
Toby
Dennis
Simon
Peter

goldensugar2 · 29/05/2019 14:46

Joshua and Noah sound wet

For girls Phoebe and Jane

DontCallMeShitley · 29/05/2019 11:31

Kevin
Gavin
Martha
Xander
Jay
Miles
Raymond

tinytemper66 · 29/05/2019 11:12

Well I can say that one of those names isn't wet at all.

tiramisu1 · 29/05/2019 11:02

Seth and Keith

They sound so soft and wet.

Whatareyoutalkingabout · 29/05/2019 09:43

I also think that wet seems to just mean posh! I think a lot of the names mentioned here are gorgeous and make me think of lovely , polite, well mannered children. I'd be happy to use most of them

missdamz · 28/05/2019 20:17

Oliver

AngelsAckiz · 24/08/2018 16:01

I love Robin and Sebastian names! Robin Hood, my all time favourite hero.
And DJ Seb Fontaine, one of my favourite old school DJs.

Also I love Lily as being short for Lillith hehe! The first feminist Wink

Sunflower321 · 24/08/2018 15:51

Seth also sounds quite wet.

Sunflower321 · 24/08/2018 14:41

I find Joseph quite wet sounding actually. It's the s and f sounds I think.

Theclockstruck2 · 24/08/2018 14:18

He’s not Timothy Grin

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 24/08/2018 14:08

Your Ds is Joseph then TheClock Wink

Theclockstruck2 · 24/08/2018 14:06

Am absolutely outraged by this thread. Everyone knows there is only one wet name and it’s Timothy. As if Jack, Lucy or Holly are wet. But the person saying Joseph gets the Biscuit least wet name ever.

lalafafa · 23/08/2018 14:02

molly
polly
phoebe, wettest name ever
amelia

toby
jake
ben

wanderings · 23/08/2018 12:16

Sandy, for both boys and girls.

Skyejuly · 23/08/2018 08:43

Yes to Seth and wilf.

Myvoiceismypassword · 22/08/2018 23:03

I can’t believe Wilfred hasn’t been mentioned yet. Surely the wettest name ever?!
Also Seth.