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3 favourite and 3 least favourite names boy and girl

29 replies

babydisney · 09/08/2020 01:03

I'm bored and thought I'd see if there is a trend in the most loved and most hated baby names

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babydisney · 13/08/2020 02:44

For anyone upset about the posting of favourite and least favourite names, I just thought it would be a good indicator if they didn't want to post for opinions

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Iknewyouwerewaitingforme · 12/08/2020 16:00

Love Boys:
Rex
Cameron
Louis

Love Girls
Alice
Violet
Ida

Don't like boys- anything overused/play it safe/ dull like Oliver or cutsey old man names like Vinnie/Reggie/Alfie

Dont like Girls- either beyond overused so you know 100s like Kate or stuffy, bit pretentious like Olivia, Imogen, Harriet

DanniArthur · 12/08/2020 13:03

My favourites change regularly at the moment I love;

Arthur
Fredrick
Sebastian

Genevieve
Rosalie
Matilda

Dont like;

Shae
Hugh
Rex

Lacey
Ottilie
Ophelia

Kokeshi123 · 12/08/2020 12:56

Love:
Cora
Lois
Rosalind

Hate:
Chloe (cloying)
Nicola (there is nothing attractive about this name. Nothing)
Molly (vomit)

babyguffingtonstrikesagain · 12/08/2020 09:30

Favourites:
Jemima, Rosalie, Coral
Solomon, Gideon, Jude

Least:
Jessica, Nina, Eleanor
Ethan, Dylan, Callum

DipSwimSwoosh · 12/08/2020 07:46

Boys best
William, Louis, Thomas
Boys worst
Max, Riley, Harvey

Girls best
Anna, Megan, Olivia
Girls worst
Molly, Felicity, Tabitha

Rachel247 · 11/08/2020 16:43

Favourite boys’: Magnus, Quentin, Matthias
Least favourite boys’: Alfie, Archie, Tyler

Favourite girls’: Constance, Florence, Maria
Least favourite girls’: Ellie-Mae, Lacey-May, Poppy

KeeefBurtain · 11/08/2020 16:35

I love:

Amelia, Nancy, Elspeth
Stanley, Albert, Leonard

I dont particularly like:

Grace, Lola, Mabel
Timothy, James, Edmund

Crankley · 11/08/2020 15:19

Some of my favourite names:

Boy:
Marcus
Max
Cosmo
Harald (Scandinavian)

Girls:
Alexandria
Roma
Marissa

I don't like:

Boys:

A lot of names beginning with J or K
Unique spellings - see below.

Girls:

Any name such as Rose or May/ae or Ra/ae or derivatives have been done to death.
I hate female babies being given male names.
This sounds stupid but any name with more vowels than consonants are invariably too twee and I'm not big on twee.

I hate 'yoonique' spellings - all they do is make the parents look illiterate.

Orphlids · 11/08/2020 12:13

Favourite boys’: Magnus, John, Uther
Least favourite boys’: Alfie, Tyler, Jacob

Favourite girls’: Mimi, Ingrid, Loveday
Least favourite girls’: Ellie-Mae, Emily, Amelia

sweetnosugar · 11/08/2020 11:24

I’m not keen on names with odd spellings. For example I know a sweet little boy but his name is Maxx, one ‘x’ would have been fine imo! Otherwise names such as Tyler, Chanel etc are just not to my personal taste.

Favourite Boys
Theo
Edward
.. not my usual taste but adore Teddy also! Ted for a older man.

Favourite Girls
Marnie
Thea
Maeve

whattodo2019 · 10/08/2020 23:00

Favourite boys and girls names

Douglass
Monty
Ptolemy
Ianthe /Xanthe
Mirabelle
Harriet

Least favourite boys and girls names
Jayden/Hayden etc
Tyler
Or old names like Brian/ Nigel etc
Stacey/Tracey
Kyra - in any spelling form
Lacey
Or any double barrelled first name Lacey Mae etc

Lavenderblues · 10/08/2020 22:00

Girls Best
Clementine
Johanna
Sienna

Girls Worst:
Gertrude
Naomi
Sheila

Boys Best
Raphael
Quentin
Thomas

Boys Worst:
Archibald
Wilfred
Graham

Changedname81 · 10/08/2020 21:52

favourite boys

Seth
Max
Gus

least favourite boys

Toby
Rufus
Kyle

favourite girls

Phoebe
Lucy
Lola

least favourite girls

Harriet
Felicity
Angelica

Singalonggong · 10/08/2020 21:39

Favourite Boys:
Luke
Sebastian
Broderick

Girls:
Isobel
Elspeth
Melanie

Least favourite Boys:
Seth
Tristan
Jayden

Least favourite girls:
Tatum
Ottilie
Teagan

Dyra · 10/08/2020 21:00

Favourite - Boys
Theo
Sebastian
Max

Least Favourite - Boys
Bodhi
Wilfred
Teddy

Favourite - Girls
Alice
Charlotte
Erin

Least Favourite - Girls
Ottilie
Nora
Nevaeh

HeyAsdaIAintGonBeYourBitch · 10/08/2020 19:34

With the disclaimer that it's all personal taste and I'd never think badly of anyone for using names I dislike or having a name I dislike, and I'm sure I could grow to love any name if I liked a person with that name yada yada...

Girls:

Favourites:
Emma
Catherine
Margot

Least:
Fleur
Marnie
Stella

Boys:

Favourites:
Rory
Fergus
Oisín

Least:
Drew
Blake
Clayton

CelestialSpanking · 10/08/2020 17:57

Worst boys names
Jayden/Kayden/Brayden
Mason
Anything spelt in a way to make a name more original*

Worst girls names
Caitlin
Amelia
Anything spelt in a way to make a name more original*

Best girl names
Isla
Carys
Isobel

Best boy names
George
Charlie
Euan

*”original spelling of names” doesn’t mean like how it might be spelled in a different country- Sophia/Sofia for example. More like Charlie/Charleigh.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 10/08/2020 17:05

It's not nice to post names you don't like.

Oh don't be such a snowflake. We're all big girls I think we can take it if someone doesn't hAve the same opinions as us. We are allowed to not like names. There's no law against it , yet

Viviennemary · 10/08/2020 16:43

Favourite
Isobel
Mary
Iris

Least favourite

Imogen
Persephone
Lexi

Boys
Favourite

Joshua
Joseph
Michael

Least

Toby
Archie
Cooper

Poppydaisies · 10/08/2020 16:37

It's not so nice to post names you dislike, so here are my favourites:

Fave Girls
Clara
Flora
Elena

Fave Boys
Reuben
Quentin
Marcus

Grufallisfriends · 10/08/2020 16:35

Favourite Boys Names:

  1. Quentin
  2. Alexander
  3. Dominic

Favourite Girls Names:

  1. Alice
  2. Helena
  3. Constance

Least Favourite Boys:

  1. Alfie
  2. Archie
  3. Albie

Least Favourite Girls:

  1. Poppy
  2. Evie
  3. Ellie
AllHellBreaksLoose · 10/08/2020 16:31

Fave:

Max
Austin
Jude

Iris
Thea
Imogen

Least fave:

Alfie
Lucas
Levi

Esme
Aurora
Tahlia

GoshHashana · 10/08/2020 16:01

Girls Worst:

Luna
Tatum
Mia

Girls Best:

Solace
Esther
Naomi

Boys Worst:

Callum
Caleb
Jacob

Boys Best:

Solomon
Raphael
Isaac

CathyWuthering · 10/08/2020 15:06

Favourite Boys Names:

  1. Euan
  2. Heath
  3. Logan

Favourite Girls Names:

  1. Margot
  2. Iona
  3. Constance

Least Favourite Boys:

  1. Alfie/Archie/Charlie (similar)
  2. Huxley/Harley
  3. George

Least Favourite Girls:

  1. Layla/Laila etc.
  2. Bridie
  3. Aurora
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