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

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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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ofwarren · 16/05/2020 21:18

Yes! Boris is ruined now I think. I never particularly liked it anyway but when I hear it I straight away think of Johnson.

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ofwarren · 16/05/2020 21:17

Yeah, Adolf is the main one I think.
It looks like it was a common name in Germany at the time. My husband has a great uncle Adolph in his family tree.

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villamariavintrapp · 16/05/2020 21:17

Boris

Sweetpea84 · 16/05/2020 21:16

Hitler