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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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Skyejuly · 18/08/2018 22:15

Lucy
Milly/Molly
Janice
Tracy
Timothy
Roger
Arlo

LeeMiller · 18/08/2018 22:15

Julian.
Percy, Toby, Timothy, Rupert, Reuben
They just sound a bit drippy. Percy reminds me of Lord Percy in Blackadder who was a very wet character.

For girls:
Cecily.
Lucinda, Felicity, Ottilie, Arabella. Names that are frilly but at the same time a bit wispy and nothingy (for my taste).

Ohyesiam · 18/08/2018 22:14

Sorry to mention Lucy. I too have a dd whose name is listed here, and I think she may one day be in charge of the world. Or at least the NHS.

I think as a child a knew a Lucy who was so repressed and over parented she came across as thwarted , so lacking in life force.

Nothisispatrick · 18/08/2018 22:13

Alice. I know people love it but I find it incredibly wet.

FoofFighter · 18/08/2018 22:13

I interestingly also cannot think of wet girls names Confused

FoofFighter · 18/08/2018 22:12

Jeremy
Timothy
Urquhart
Hector

Ohyesiam · 18/08/2018 22:11

Ooh, Robin as a wet name? I associate it with actual robins, who are really feisty and territorial. What are other people associating it with to see it as wet?

thelmalouisewaitforme · 18/08/2018 22:06

Louis
Finn
Edmund

itssquidstella · 18/08/2018 22:04

Walter (unless German)

whiskeysourpuss · 18/08/2018 22:02

@WhatAmISupposedToBeDoing my Lucy is also as far away from being wet as you could possibly get as is DD1 whose name has also been mentioned

NigellasGuest · 18/08/2018 22:00

To me, the ultimate wet name is Toby. But it's subjective...
Also, Jonty. Bleeeeuuugh

Sarahandduck18 · 18/08/2018 21:59

Toby

Susan

huggybear · 18/08/2018 21:59

Timothy is the wettest name. I agree about Robin and would add Philip.

MarthasGinYard · 18/08/2018 21:59

I don't think Lucy sounds 'wet' at all

WhatAmISupposedToBeDoing · 18/08/2018 21:58

Omg. Lucy has been mentioned 3 times. My DD is Lucy. A less 'wet' child I have yet to meet. She is rather closer to 'spirited' Grin

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Cbeebiesrehab · 18/08/2018 21:57

Ah ok, get it. Can think of boys but not really girls...the GoT reference helped!lol

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MarthasGinYard · 18/08/2018 21:56

Chloe
Sophie
Kerry

Tristan
Jessie
Kyle

ComeOnGordon · 18/08/2018 21:54

Clicked on this thread to see how quick someone would say Timothy. It’s my least favourite name - a wet and drippy man.

pouraglasshalffull · 18/08/2018 21:53

Has anyone seen GoT? Robin Arryn (Catelyn Stark's nephew) is the dictionary definition of wet.

Alibaba87 · 18/08/2018 21:51

No back bone, weak, a drip. I guess posters have known people with these qualities in life and maybe associate the name with the personality, or seen it in films/tv etc.

dinosaurkisses · 18/08/2018 21:51

Robin
Oliver
Joshua

Sophie
Molly
Amelia

Totally subjective though- for me, very popular names just say "Meh." when I hear them, but someone will be along to disagree!

pouraglasshalffull · 18/08/2018 21:51

I actually know a Timothy (never called him that, he is just Tim), and he is the opposite of a wet person, it's just the connotations or person you imagine when you hear a name

Nutkins24 · 18/08/2018 21:51

Funny to see Robin mentioned straight away. Dh and I were just discussing it as we had decided it was too wet but we like Robbie. Peter, Timothy and Anthony would be mine. I don’t know what makes them ‘wet’.

Citylivingwithdogs · 18/08/2018 21:51

Timothy has a wet sound to me and so does George although I know many people describe it as a strong male name.

Hayles88 · 18/08/2018 21:50

Daisy, Poppy, Milly, Molly etc

Rupert, Timothy, Daniel, Jasper, Jack etc

So wet.