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Names that can't or shouldn't be used due to bad association

104 replies

ofwarren · 16/05/2020 21:15

Not really a TAAT but sort of.
The Maxine one made me think about other names that may be perfectly fine but now can't be used.
Names like Myra or Madeleine. Perfectly nice names but straight away, your mind goes to Hindley and McCann.
Which other ones are there and why do some names of truly dreadful people not have the same impact?

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35andThriving · 26/05/2020 18:28

Amelia is also a birth defect.

Grufallosfriends · 26/05/2020 16:22

William as I know one called Willy (at primary school Blush)

zeldapinwheel · 26/05/2020 14:20

Amelia. I live in Reading so the story of the baby murderer is pretty well known here.

LavenderLilacTree · 26/05/2020 14:13

Isis.

christmasbiscuits · 26/05/2020 14:07

Gary

CountessFrog · 25/05/2020 20:18

They are both dead, I’m surprised you don’t know that, it’s an important part of history, I agree.

Wheresthebiffer2 · 25/05/2020 20:16

Whos ian bradley? !!!!!!!! I find that quite offensive actually. You need to educate yourselves. This is important history of our country.

I am shocked that people don't know this. IAN BRADY and his girlfriend MYRA HINDLEY comitted horrendous crimes together.

He was/is (not sure if he's still alive) a serial child murderer, he hid the bodies, and never said where they were, denying the families closure.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 25/05/2020 20:10

@Jeeperscreepers69 not sure if it was a typo, autocorrect error or a brain error, but it should be Ian BRADY.

Jeeperscreepers69 · 25/05/2020 19:46

@aroundtheworldin80moves. Whos ian bradley?

Daffodil101 · 17/05/2020 22:35

Camilla

Dyra · 17/05/2020 22:32

Not so much a bad association, but Alexa is going to be unusable as a name for a very long time.

bluebluezoo · 17/05/2020 22:16

I absolutely love Jezebel.

Was on my list but meaning and history of names are important to me so I just couldn’t.

Love Jethro too but it always comes with the sound of banjo’s 😂

Lavenderblues · 17/05/2020 22:10

Willy or Fanny

Itsallthedramamick · 17/05/2020 22:09

I've used Madeleine. I think it's a beautiful name and McCann was a long time ago now. My daughters generation are unlikely to know of her

Sarcelle · 17/05/2020 22:01

Years ago people would have called their daughters Amelia after the aviator.

Sarcelle · 17/05/2020 22:00

Enoch
Candida

emmetgirl · 17/05/2020 21:52

Adolf
Myra
Donald

FrancisCrawford · 17/05/2020 21:51

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Cactusflower1 · 17/05/2020 19:24

Isis. There was a programme on radio 4 a few years ago about women and girls called Isis and how they felt about their name now.

AMCoffeePMWine · 17/05/2020 19:23

Elmo, and Grover

Jeeperscreepers69 · 17/05/2020 19:20

I went to school with a myra 😬😬 poor cow.
My name would be gaylord
Wtf would anyone call a baby that

SimonJT · 17/05/2020 19:13

@HeronLanyon I’m fairly certain we know the same ‘Boris’

daisypond · 17/05/2020 19:11

I’ve never heard of any negative associations with Karen either. My first thought with Karen is the little girl in Outnumbered.

Ohtherewearethen · 17/05/2020 19:05

I can't see Gary ever making a big comeback

GreenTulips · 17/05/2020 18:51

FrancisCrawford

Have you been living under a rock?

www.pinterest.com/novelcreations/karen-memes/

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