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Names you dislike/don't get?

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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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Ghostwriter90 · 13/03/2019 12:08

Reuben is terrible.

Victoria, Elizabeth, Eliza just sound stuffy

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AdelaideK · 13/03/2019 11:39

Elizabeth and Grace sound really harsh to me.

I also dislike Oliver, Reuben and Betsy for no good reason.

OwlDoll · 13/03/2019 11:29

Callum and Cameron aren't the same name. Both come from Gaelic but Callum means dove and Cameron means crooked nose.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 13/03/2019 11:05

Orla. Tara. Evelyn. Alexis. Lucas.

aliceandkids77 · 13/03/2019 09:56

My least favourite names are Anita, Athena, Fiona and Iona. I just don't get them !! I also don't like 'mum names' like Karen, Kathleen, Colleen but just my opinion. I prefer names that will suit a person all through life!

finallyfound · 13/03/2019 09:47

And Otto. Sorry it seems the name rage is now pouring out of me.

finallyfound · 13/03/2019 09:46

Also Rachel.

Sounds so spiky.

finallyfound · 13/03/2019 09:38

Tilly
Millie
Lily

I guess there could be a theme Grin

Wedgiecar58 · 13/03/2019 09:38

@Petitprince I've spent too long in courts (for work) hearing the names of the accused, and the same names crop up again and again, so I always avoid those!

Oh, do share!

Wedgiecar58 · 13/03/2019 09:33

My mam was Ethel. l don't know what possesses anybody to look at a baby and think "we'll call her Ethel!"

Oh, I think Ethel is so pretty.

Ian. It is just a noise.

Agree. Also hate Dean and Gary.

BirthdayKake · 13/03/2019 06:57

@Ribbonsonabox that is crazy you should say that as someone I don't like one bit and is a convicted rapist has a son called Teddy...

Happyandglorious · 13/03/2019 06:47

Evelyn -is awful, old, dull and grim
Every pronunciation, way of spelling it doesn't help.
It's an ugly old lady name. Dated and terrible
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cushioncuddle · 13/03/2019 06:31

Imogen and James just sound whiny and pretentious to me. I have no idea why they do though.

Mumphineasandferbmadea · 13/03/2019 06:30

I named one of my children a name I hate because it meant something to their dad. It's grown on me now and I couldn't see them as anything else but I'm still not a fan.

Funnily out of my three dcs names his hasn't come up once on this thread.

blueskiesovertheforest · 13/03/2019 06:28

I don't like nicknames as full names, surnames as first names, names with invented spellings or hyphens, long and ridiculously ornate names and excessive extra frills on the end of classic, beautiful names to make them more frufru. Also improper nouns (rebel, apple, river) as names where the namers don't come from a culture where that's traditional.

I always wonder WTF parents were thinking if they give their child names with well known sinister or tragic associations (flowers associated with death, rememberence of mass slaughter and funerals, incredibly well known classic literary characters who murdered their siblings...)

However I love some of the names some people on this thread hate, there's clearly no point worrying about what people with a totally different set of criteria think!

flumpybear · 13/03/2019 06:17

Boring names like
Jennifer
Jessica
Edward
Sarah

Ugly names
Edith
Ethel
Brian
Colin
Malcolm
Margot
Archie
Eric
Ruth

All chav names
All names with questionably spelling
All -Mae -Rae etc

Tubbykins · 13/03/2019 06:10

Agree with a number of pp.

Anything that's a nickname as a full name - Alfie, Archie, Teddy, Albie, Tommy, plus names like Poppy.
Hyphenated anything.
Surnames as names.

My DS has a boring, top ten name that is never misspelt or mispronounced, will be timeless and see him through his whole life. It suits him too.

Sophronia · 13/03/2019 05:04

Georgia
Phoebe
Eloise
Darcey
Mila
Amelia
Maddie
Poppy
Erin
Elodie
India
Clara
Piper
Jessica
Nancy
Ottilie

Dexter
Elliot
Finley
Jaxon
Louis
Logan
Milo
Oliver
Parker
Rowan
Roman
Stanley
Rufus
Rory
Toby
Theo

pineapplebryanbrown · 12/03/2019 23:41

I'm feeling the love for Jane, Catherine and Mary these days. I feel like I've been flower bombed by pretty floral names for too long. I'm even feeling Anne a bit.

MigThePig · 12/03/2019 23:41

I can't stand Alice, I just see the word "Lice" every time.

MaryBoBary · 12/03/2019 23:40

@piratehooker I could have written this list myself - my names on it! Just so dull and common. You end up in a class of children having Laura S, Laura H, Laura M etc.

Similarly boa names I hate include Daniel, James, Matthew.

Also hate the modern ones like Cayden and Chase.

And also stupidly names siblings. I know 2 brothers called Callum and Cameron. ITS BASICALLY THE SAME NAME!

Oartistic · 12/03/2019 23:21

@RuthW I think Ruth is a good name. As is Florence! I know one, and she's gorgeous.

TildaTurnip · 12/03/2019 23:04

I like almost all of chocolatelog’s list!

Over recent years, I’ve become less and less uptight about names and whether they’re ‘made up’ or not etc. However, old man style names I really dislike still!

RayaJambalaya · 12/03/2019 23:00

@howtotrainyourdragqueen
Mila is pronounced 'meela' and not 'myla' anyway. So whoever you know is pronouncing it right whether you like it or not

Also, I love your user name Grin

Sophiathefortyfirst · 12/03/2019 22:51

Also the name Samuel/Sam. So unimaginative and like they can't think what to name their son so they just use that name.