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What name would you never use? There has to be a good reason! Ie school enemies/murderers/funny connotations!

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Neverplayleapfrogwithaunicorn · 22/10/2018 23:59

What name would you never use for your child?
It could be that there are connotations or reminders of others.

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PrincessDando · 28/11/2018 00:40

Gertrude. Sounds like someone about to be sick.

Yidette86 · 28/11/2018 00:36

Lana - it spells Anal backwords Confused

ProudThrilledHappy · 26/10/2018 15:17

Ruth. She was a spiteful, bullying, back stabbing bitch at school. Ruined that name for me

Bakingcreampie · 26/10/2018 15:12

Brogan/Dionne/Katrina - awful girls from school

Adam - strange boy who used to chase people round the playground with bogies on his fingers Confused

Callum - vile ex

ThunderInMyHeart · 26/10/2018 14:12

Expect to be flamed but, to me, Stephanie = fat girl's name.

Any ex's name.

FishCanFly · 26/10/2018 14:10

Simon. Because every Simon I encounter is an arse. Even strangers on Facebook chat groups prove themselves to be twats. Something genuinely wrong with this name.

Annandale · 25/10/2018 17:39

Peter - a boss i couldn't stand.
Philip - a choirmaster i couldn't stand
David - a choirmaster i couldn't cope with.

Nooooo authority issues here at all, no no.

BlackWitchInChildWringing · 25/10/2018 17:32

Yes to pps - how could I have forgotten about Donald because the Trump? A great Scottish name now forever ruined.

Tracy/Tracey - aggressive, mean, smoking, gossip, IME.

RedStarBlueStar · 25/10/2018 16:40

Amelia - my primary school enemy and secondary school enemy were both called Amelia (though the second one was Millie for short)

Adolphus - i’ve loved this name ever since listening to the audiobook of Adolphus Tips by Morpurgo, but it’s just too close to Adolf!

Rebecca - horrible girl at school

Belindabauer · 25/10/2018 16:21

Lucy- my lovely grandma had a sil called Lucy and she wasn't very nice to my grandma.
Harvey- reminds me of an awful boy at school.

LookingThroughTheLookingGlass · 24/10/2018 22:48

Adam is definitely a cheater

DammitOedipus · 24/10/2018 22:34

Victoria/Vicky/Tory is standoffish.
Carly is mean.
Adam is a cheater.
Donald is a misogynistic, racist, homophobic scumbag.

MawkishTwaddle · 24/10/2018 21:44

Chantal/Shantell - every one I've ever met has been a fucking shocker.

RavenWings · 24/10/2018 21:35

Matilda. All brats ime.

TitsalinaBumSquash · 24/10/2018 17:34

I had to rule out Sam because of our surname, it would have been ridiculous.

itssquidstella · 24/10/2018 17:07

Lewis. He was the fat kid in primary school.

VioletFlamingo · 24/10/2018 16:52

Chloe - there were sooo many when I was at school and all were annoying (not saying every chloe out there is...!)

Claire - same as above

Amelia - I love the name but couldn't bring myself to use it as every girl I've ever taught with the name (around 6 different Amelias) has struggled or had a terrible life event. I know it is just a very weird coincidence but it sticks in my mind.

Sapphire, Saffy, Rocky - the names I gave to my dolls when I was a child thinking they were the most perfect names.

BlackWitchInChildWringing · 24/10/2018 15:30

There are a few on here that make me think ohhh, do we know the same people?! as I'm laughing and nodding in recognition at the descriptions.Halloween Grin

And a few I haven't posted because as a group they'd be ver identifying.Halloween Wink

My name isn't on. Yet! Halloween Blush

Bouncingbelle · 24/10/2018 15:07

Imogen.

A beautiful name but an ex once sang "IMO-gen all the people......" And now that's all I think again when I hear it!

bumblebee39 · 24/10/2018 11:13

Anything too Irish. I have Irish heritage and love the names but English people often have no idea how to pronounce them due to the spellings.

Anything hard to spell or say equally. No one ever says my name right or spells it right and it used to piss me off when I was young.

bumblebee39 · 24/10/2018 11:11

Another one for Craig.

He was also snotty, like one of those kids who never learns to wipe their nose on anything but a sleeve... Permanently dripping...

Jasper. Love the name but never met a nice one.

Oscar. Equally love the name but never met a nice one.

Paul. Never met one who was nice, had any hair, or wasn't mean and bald,

Bradley. Everyone I've met has been a bit slow on the uptake/ not the sharpest tool in the box.

James or derivatives, never met a nice one and dated more than one bad one 😂

CatkinToadflax · 24/10/2018 08:19

Richard. Bullied me relentlessly at university.

Thetimehascometo · 24/10/2018 07:59

@CheeseTheDay I never knew that! DH and I have liked the name Amelie since before kids were even on the cards. We fell pregnant but DH's sister had her little girl a few months before us and called her Amelia, so we figured, much to my disappointment, that Amelie was out. Secretly (i know it's horrible) but your post has made it a little better. Plus the fact we found another name that we love 😊

Picknickers · 24/10/2018 00:47

Lucy. Never met a nice one.
Sidney/Sydney sounds HORRIBLE to me.
Caroline and Clara. Really neurotic weird women I've worked with.
I cringe every time I see one of those names on mn!

Paradyning · 23/10/2018 22:15

Theodore. An absolute bastard.

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