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Names you dislike/don't get?

286 replies

Ghostwriter90 · 12/03/2019 16:35

There are some names like Connie and Matilda.... Popular ones that I hate and just don't get.
Any names that are popular you just don't get?!

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Hamsternauts · 13/03/2019 14:58

It's not the hew bit, it's the ph bit! I don't say ma-phew
Nor do I Confused I said they rhyme, not that they are the same sound!

123Flopsy · 13/03/2019 14:56

When I say Matthew it definitely rhymes with phew or ewe.

FiddleFaddleDingDong · 13/03/2019 14:40

It's not the hew bit, it's the ph bit! I don't say ma-phew.

Hamsternauts · 13/03/2019 14:37

@FiddleFaddleDingDong
How do you pronounce the "hew" in Matthew and Phew? I'm in the South East and would pronounce them both the same as "Yew" or "Ewe"

123Flopsy · 13/03/2019 14:17

Spencer, Hugo, Joleon, Tarquin, Clarissa, Xanthe.... I find them so OTT and the associations so unpleasant that I assume they must have been meant ironically

Do you honestly think that parents would name their kids as a joke or ironically?!Shock

Could it not be that they simply like the name Clarissa or Xanthe?!

FiddleFaddleDingDong · 13/03/2019 13:28

Matthew. Ending rhymes with "Phew!'

Only in some voices! Grin

NorthernRunner · 13/03/2019 13:28

There are lots of inoffensive names that I dislike, but I think it’s because I work in childcare (and have done for 12yrs) so I’ve heard them a lot;

Maisie
Millie
Ellie/Elle/Ella
Mia/Mya
Lily
Lyla/Lila
Cara/Clara/Carla
Emily
Georgina
Kayleigh/kayley
Lyndsay
Kirsty
Jodie

I love the old fashioned names Edith, Pearl, Florence, Iris, Olive.

I’m not a fan of Countries as Names or Surnames as first names. I also don’t like the use of typically male names for girls, James, Noah, and so on...

TreesoftheField · 13/03/2019 13:28

Made it to page 6 before one of my kid's was mentioned!!

EssentialHummus · 13/03/2019 13:24

Anything overtly posh - Spencer, Hugo, Joleon, Tarquin, Clarissa, Xanthe.... I find them so OTT and the associations so unpleasant that I assume they must have been meant ironically, which is not a naming practice I endorse!

Hamsternauts · 13/03/2019 13:20

Matthew. Ending rhymes with "Phew!'

HareandTortoise · 13/03/2019 13:16

Oliver and Olivia. I just find them really ugly!

I think its the O combined with the 'l' and 'v' that does it as I quite like Oscar, which to me is a lot softer. I know they're really popular, and have a number of friends with adorable little ones with these names, I think its just how my brain's wired!

FiddleFaddleDingDong · 13/03/2019 13:09

Old fashioned names such as Elsie, Edith etc. Charlotte, poppy, neveah,

For all the criticisms that might be levelled at Nevaeh I never thought 'old fashioned' would be one!

squirrelnutkins1 · 13/03/2019 13:09

When I say obsession I mean locally, seems to be hundreds of them!

squirrelnutkins1 · 13/03/2019 13:08

I can't bare the obsession with

Ava
Evie
Ada's

Etc... esp Ava, I don't know why, as one that I know is lovely, but I just can't bare it!

Still waiting to be lucky enough to be a mum but my girls name hasn't been mentioned so far 👍🏻
Boys name has tho 😳

😂

TeacupDrama · 13/03/2019 13:08

I don't like surnames as first names,
nicknames as first names,
I don't like girls called boy's names ( the reverse doesn't happen no -one calls boys Rachel), it's like girls are rubbish so I'll give her a boys name, or girls names ending in "son"
don't like unique spellings I don't mean if you are Irish using Gaelic spelling or using Spanish version if you are Spanish but spelling David as Daveed or Davyd, nor Chelsea as Chelsee or ShellC
not keen on names like River, Bear, Cloud, Oak Apple, Blue, Princess, Junior etc

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Ghostwriter90 · 13/03/2019 13:07

Remember taste is up to the individual. Also perception is different for everyone. There are names I Iove which others will hate

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Sophiathefortyfirst · 13/03/2019 13:07

Otto and Otis. Awful names used by wannabe middle class parents

fantasmasgoria1 · 13/03/2019 13:07

Old fashioned names such as Elsie, Edith etc. Charlotte, poppy, neveah, molly, evie, imogen, isobel, Gemma, Lisa, kimberley, Amy, stacy, Paula, jayden, kayden, malcolm, Colin, Harold etc.

planespotting · 13/03/2019 12:53

Thanks OP!
Oh I think my son has a washy name then 😩😩😩

ketchupormayo · 13/03/2019 12:44

I can't stand the name Hannah. Hate boys names like Kai, Caleb, Kian.

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Ghostwriter90 · 13/03/2019 12:33

'wet names' means drippy, wishy washy, unremarkable and forgettable, also perceived as weak

I find Amelia wet, Isla too, faye and fluer also wet.
Hope that helps!

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TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 13/03/2019 12:22

"Eg Genevieve nn Ivy, just call your child Ivy ffs"

Ugh this. See it all the time on here!

I don't get the current trend for old lady names.

planespotting · 13/03/2019 12:17

I don’t like Millie, Molly or Maisie, especially when they’re not a shortening of anything. I just find them very ‘wet’ sounding.
What does "wet" mean here please? English second language

pineapplebryanbrown · 13/03/2019 12:13

I loathe the name Margaret and anything that sounds even remotely like it ie Megan.

planespotting · 13/03/2019 12:11

Desperately searching for my son's name in this threadGrin
Not here so far

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