Names you just don’t understand the hype for?

I love this thread because when people talk about names they like it’s always the same few that come up but there’s a lot of variation today!

Names that I’m not keen on are names like Beau for a girl. I don’t like it for a boy either but it’s a boy’s name. I actually know of a little girl called Beaux and that just upsets me beyond belief.
Similarly the name Aubrey, I do actually like it but it’s a male name and I just don’t think people realise.
Then there’s names such as Rufus and Otis etc, we were at the beach a while ago and there was a big group including children and dogs and you had no idea which were being called.
I’ve never particularly liked the name Oliver, Olivia is fine though but like PPs have said, I don’t know why it’s so so special that everyone is using those names now!

Noah is nice but as Lavenderblues posted it does sound like a long No.

I don't get the hype for Theodore. Theo I get, but not Theodore.
Long names like Raphael, Sebastian, Gabriel, Dominic.
Long frilly names for girls - Amelia, Aurora, , Anastasia, Liliana etc.
Names that are nice if you only know one or two of them but are so popular that they become a bit dull. Olivia, Matilda, Isla, Isabel(le) and Freya etc.
Names that are nice is their native language but not in English. e.g. Amelie, Elodie, Genevieve, Welsh or Irish names.
The short samey names for girls Eva, Ellie, Maia, Lily and the names like them.
Names that make me think of Corrie - Ivy, Audrey, Elsie, Ida, Violet.
Surnames as first names especially occupation ones.
Unisex names like Riley.
Old testament names that aren't always in fashion like Levi, Micah, Elijah...
Darcey/Darcie

Well mine and my 5 children's names haven't been mentioned yet

Noah sounds like a long whiny No. I don't like the sound at all.

Alissa and it’s variations. Dd had 4 Alissas in her year all pronounced slightly differently, drove me nuts.
Ds1’s name has been mentioned several times .
We all have different tastes and that’s a good thing.

I don't get the love for Aria, at all. But it is becoming quite popular here.

Florence and Finley

There are quite a few here I really like! (Juniper - although probably wouldn't use in case it was shortened to June..., Everly, River for a girl...)

I really dislike Jackson/Jaxon, Jayden/Jaden. I'm not sure why because I don't have any negative associations, I just don't like how they sound at all.

Felix, Amelia, Oscar, Oliver/Olivia... are all perfectly fine but I don't get why there are so many of them.

Harriet/Hattie
Hannah
Molly/ie
Grace
Dylan
Sonny (just awful)

Darcey
Sienna
Mia
Phoebe
Isla
Olivia
Mila
Aria
Ivy

Theo
Arlo
Toby
Stanley
Teddy
Elliot
Louis

I really don’t like Olivia, I just don’t understand why it’s so popular. And both my neighbours have a DD called Olivia. Our girls name is on here, but so far our boys name isn’t.

Only one of my DCs names popped up once so I'm happy lol.
I hate names that are spelled in a "youneek" way. Does my head in. Also any names which are hyphenated, especially when people write them in their Facebook like "mummy loves you so much Amelia-Jane".

Right now I'm tired and not pregnant needing to find a name so I can't think of one that I can't stand in particular. Each to their own I guess, just bloody spell it normally whatever it is

These are some names of children of my friends I inwardly roll my eyes at:

Autumn (bleurgh)

Rocky (yup, seriously, at first I thought it was a typo)

Fox (what the fuck?)

And the they day at a local event, was a most obnoxious girl named Morrigan. Total limelight chaser! Put me off the name.

I thought of some more!
Lila/lyla
Marnie
Aubrey (dislike so much that I can’t even say it aloud)
Daphne
Jack
Names with the word God/Jesus/Mohammad in them in any spelling
Maisie
Skylar
Skye
Devon
Eden
Holly
Joseph
Mary
Bailey
Tuesday
Alba (but I love Albie)
Bianca
Ruth (or even worse: Ruthie)
Benjamin or Ben
Savannah
Rosalie
Princess 🙄

(Should have been a comma between Bertie and Wilfred)

The popularity of Amelia is one that baffles me.

Yeah, it sounds pretty, if a bit bland. But it’s also the medical term for a missing limb.

Every kid round here seems to be called Albert/Albie/Bertie Wilfred or Stanley, it's getting ridiculous!

Jaxon/Harrison
Archie
Charlie
Mason
Jayden/Kayden
Isla
Oh yes to Margot! This name. It's saturating the market!
And Freya. Stop it already with Freya!
And those names that smell like mothballs and Dot Cotton's net curtains: Myrtle, Maude, Bertha, Jean, Hattie, Doris the Finkasaurus.
Place names: Paris, Roma, London, Dallas, Sloane, Mackenzie, Sierra.
Throw Sienna in there while we're at it.
Names with a Y where there should be I: Caitlyn, Makayla, Camryn.

I've also met THREE little girls called Sydney which I find really odd.

Oh I like Sydney for a girl! Not really the kind of name I’d usually like but I do!

Don’t really know of any names that are “hyped” but Jack and Olivia, why do people keep going for these, when they’re so common popular

Oh god, Arabella! Bork

Also anything double barreled. Absolutely ridiculous. If you like both names then use one for a middle name. Oh and Mae, just shut up

I can't bear Ivy, Violet or OLIVER. if I hear one more Oliver I'll crack up. When my kids are in school I can guarentee every boy in their class with be called Oliver eughhh

Wow feeling like I should consider a name change for myself now its been mentioned so many times haha!

Anything double barrelled or with mae.

I’m also shocked at the continuing popularity of Amelia/Olivia/Lily I know a new one this week.

Jaxon or names like it are just horrid.

Aurora. Looks nice enough written down, sounds fucking terrible in most people’s accents.