Am aware of the irony of me saying 'a few less Noahs about' when it currently sits at no.4 on the top 100 UK baby boy names. My Noah was ahead of his time and it grew in popularity a fews year after. What can I say? I'm a trendsetter

Jayden. And names with May attached to them.

All the surnames as first names- Jackson etc.

Harley. Awful.

I have a Noah. It's my most favourite name in the whole wide world. Am I bothered it's come up on here a few times now? Nope. Am I fuck. Means there will be a few less Noahs about making mine all the more special

Hate Annabelle. Love Anna, and Belles alright but Annabell is hideous. Name for a doll only.

Hate Kayden/Jayden/Brayden. Dislike Morgan.

Dislike Holly. But this could be because everyone I've met has been a complete bitch.

My name has appeared 4 times! I’m not keen on it myself!

One of my son’s names has appeared once. So we’re not doing too badly.

Good to see I’m not alone in my irrational loathing of Margot.

It’s an interesting process of why some names are suddenly popular or not.
I don’t like the current trend for names like Stanley, Reggie, Ronnie etc they just seem like old gangster type names to me and I imagine a dodgy car sales man type with a cigarette???? Why ???? No idea maybe from books films etc.
my view will probably change as my DD starts school in September and has 2 Stanley’s in her reception class.

I also don’t get names like Maud (I know 2 little ones), Ethel and Morag being more popular. They are the classic ugly names used as such in worst witch etc. But again they are back in fashion. I just do not understand why?

Personal likes and dislikes or social associations I do understand. I may not like Lily-May myself but I do get why others do for example, I also think it’s lovely we have different tastes.
For me it’s the confusion of digging up old and really rather horrid names or ones with dodgy associations. Why? How does anyone see Ethel as a nice name ? It sounds like offal.

(Ethel is a family nome for me so had to think hard before making the decision not to put it as a middle name. I thus feel initialed to be honest before anyone gets insulted about me using this name as an example)

You're right about Cordelia. It doesn't sound right to me. I much prefer Cornelia.

Amelia
Jacob
Jude
Martha all soooo dismal

Lyra it sounds like liar

@CocoLoco87Actually laughed out loud.

I don't hate these but don't understand why they are so well liked either
Noah
Theo
Freya
Wren
Amelia

One of my childrens names has been mentioned the other hasn't... yet

Lucas is the name I'm not a fan of...purely because with a Geordie accent it sounds awful! I've also taught 4! DH loved it though!

My mama suggested Wayne when I was pregnant... no way!

I also cringe when a son is named after their father! Hate it! So unoriginal!

I hate nicknames as "full" names on birth certificates...ie Alfie not Alfred/Bertie not Albert etc...

Girls names I'm not fond of are Ruby, Lilly, Jane, Alice, Florence, Martha, Betty, June, Sunday, Winter, Aria/Arya

Jasper
Theo
Felix
Teddy
Maggie
Nancy

Barney - it’l always be a big purple dinosaur to me

Noah
Harry

Can’t stand them.

Isabella
Daisy
Imogen

Also can’t stand them.
So bloody many of them too

Aalvy - another one becoming pretty popular

........really?

Rocco - becoming increasingly popular around here I just don't get it as a baby name...

Aalvy - another one becoming pretty popular about me but I just don't get it reminds me of algae...

There aren't many names I hate or that I would even judge a person for. But I wouldn't name my child pretty much anything described as "Beautiful, classic, imagine a doctor with it" on MN. They are the ready salted of the name world 😴

Reuben. Dreadful name.

I love the baby name threads but I never comment if the list is something like:

Dorothy
Margot
Juliet
Margaret
Helena
Elizabeth
Florence
Juniper/Juno
Alice
Sarah

Names like these seem to be recommended on every thread though!

My three kids names were mentioned by page 2

I never understand why people come on these threads and declare them bitchy.

My DS is William- loads of people have mentioned they hate it. That’s fine, same as if they didn’t like how I’d decorated my kitchen or the colour of my car.

Big whoop- someone on the the Internet doesn’t like your child’s name. Most of these posts are just lists of names, not long tirades of how terrible their parents’ tastes are. If that upsets someone they really need to become a bit more resilient about other people’s irrevelant opinions.

Nevaeh
Daisy
Grace
Darcy
Poppy
Posie
Lily - mae
Aria-rose
Imogen
Annabelle
Kayden
Hayden
Jayden
Arlo
Oscar
Rupert
Hugo
Charlie
Marnie
Dolly
River
Forest
Willow
Arabella

by the way these names are FINE just not my personal choice. I was going to name my child Brent (back in 2008/ I was young). Thank God I had a girl!

Juniper? Like juniper arse?

Arlo sounds like someone from Essex/East end saying "Harlow". I don't care either way but if I met someone who was called Arlo I would need to ask whether it was Arlo or Harlow.
Someone I know also just had a baby called Arbella. Home Counties. To be it's Bella from Yorkshire "where's Our Bella?"

God awful Wren, Margo, Emma, Grace, Alice. Also all the 'mealy' names like Amelia. Sound so ugly!

Wow, I didn't even realise Arlo was a used name! I've only ever known it to be the name of a security camera system😯 never hear of the book- obviously completely out of touch 😳.
It seem DS very classic name is much more disliked on MN than Dd's names which in real life seems to be much more marmite in real life. I wonder how much regionality plays a role in it? In I'm in London and there are so many names around often made up and sometimes unintelligible I feel it's important to have a good sturdy "proper" name that people can recognise.