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Names ruined by others?

113 replies

MsHopey · 18/09/2018 19:07

I've always loved the name Ophelia (pans labyrinth).
While discussing it with DH he said the first thing he imagined was a 14 year old boy "I'll feel ya. . . round the back of the bike sheds." Absolutely ruined it for me.
Anybody else?

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villainousbroodmare · 18/09/2018 20:46

Well, Donald is obviously ruined.

Sunflower321 · 18/09/2018 20:44

Benedict Bendy Dick

Isaac I suck

Subla2401 · 18/09/2018 20:34

Elijah after someone said it sounds like 'I lied to ya'

SplatRat · 18/09/2018 20:29

I loved the name Flora until DH spoilt it for me saying there would be lots of crude jokes about spreading easily. Sad

wotsit99 · 18/09/2018 20:23

Love the name Lana but it spells 'anal' backwards.

BabloHoney · 18/09/2018 20:07

When I was pregnant I made the massive mistake of telling my family I loved and was considering the name Angus for a little boy. My dad said “like Deayton, who got sacked from tv for taking drugs and sleeping with prostitutes?” My sister said “like Aberdeen Angus, the delicious steak?”. And my brother said “it just sounds like anus to me”.

Cheers family, name choice ruined 😂 I did have a boy. I did not call him Angus.

D2018 · 18/09/2018 19:57

Augustus- everyone immediately makes the Bloop connection which has ruined it for me 😭
Aurelia- my friend said it in a strong glaswegian accent and I immediately hated it.
Tabitha- I thought Tabby was cute as a nickname but the cat comments have made me doubt it.
Tristan- loved it until I posted it on MN and it got slaughtered LMAO it's apparently a wet, posh name

strawberr · 18/09/2018 19:56

I loved the name Blair until my someone said it reminded them of the noise 'bleugh' (sick noise)Envy

I loved the name Amos until someone thought I said 'anus' Hmm

Cattenberg · 18/09/2018 19:30

Snap, Barbar!

Cattenberg · 18/09/2018 19:28

I loved the name Soraya. I knew a girl with that name 30 years ago and she pronounced it Sor-ray-uh. When I was pregnant, I emailed this name to a friend and he emailed back "sounds like psoriasis". That killed it for me. I later found that many people do pronounce it Sor-rye-uh.

The same friend also put me off Lydia by saying "sounds like chlamydia" and Sunniva by saying "sounds like saliva", although it turned out that Sunniva has an unusual pronunciation (which I didn't like that much anyway).

A Mumsnetter put me off Rialta by pointing out it was a brand of motor home. No doubt DD will thank her one day.

BabarKingoftheElephants · 18/09/2018 19:12

I loved Lydia until my husband said chlamydia and now it's ruined Angry

HopeGarden · 18/09/2018 19:10

Nicholas. I suggested it to DH and he insisted on pronouncing it “knicker-less”.

Also Wendy, Mumsnet has ruined that name for me.

DollyWilde · 18/09/2018 19:08

Annoyingly all my husband’s ex girlfriends have names I love - but for very obvious reasons they’re off the table!