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Best and least liked names please

38 replies

Betty94 · 05/11/2020 10:11

Hello,
Please help this is our name list so far

Luther
Jack
Finn
Louis
Oliver
Noah
Ryan

Please feel free to add any you think may be similar or feel we may like - why is it so hard to name a baby

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pilates · 07/11/2020 17:16

Best Jack
Worst Ryan

Planterpots · 07/11/2020 17:11

Love: Luther, Louis, Finn
Overused: Jack Oliver Noah
Don’t like: Ryan, although only because it seems dated to me but may actually be fresh among his peers!

YoniAndGuy · 07/11/2020 13:43

Really good - Finn, Louis

Boring - Jack, Oliver, Noah.

Not nice at all - Luther, Ryan

Peachypips78 · 06/11/2020 12:52

Best Louis or Jack
Worst Luther

MercyBodle · 06/11/2020 12:50

No middle ground names here for me - I love some and dislike others.

Love: Jack, Finn, Louis, Oliver.

Dislike: Luther, Noah, Ryan.

Leo
Rufus
Felix
Linus
William

Ladderofyears · 06/11/2020 11:58

Luther - I think this is hard because of the TV programme. I know a very cool, very bright 19 year old Luther so, until the TV programme, I would have loved this name association.
Jack - nice
Finn - like this
Louis - nice if pronounced loo-ee not loo-is
Oliver - I like it but it's super popular
Noah - not keen
Ryan - really really dislike

TheDaydreamBelievers · 05/11/2020 18:35

Most Liked - Noah and Finn
Least Liked - Luther and Ryan

Both really, really highly used - Jack, Oliver

foxtiger · 05/11/2020 18:33

Ranked in order:

Finn
Oliver
Ryan
Louis
Jack
Luther
Noah

but that's just my personal preference! I don't think any of these names is awful.

Some other names that seem similar in style to one of more of these:

Kyle
Ethan
Jude
Ellis
Logan
Bradley
Joel
Scott
Max

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 05/11/2020 18:23

I like Jack best of your choices - it's fairly classic and there aren't quite as many babies named this now (as compared to 15/20 years ago, although I admit I like Jack best as a nn for John).
Oliver is also nice but is just too popular for me.

Noah, Louis and Finn are all okay but Noah is a bit trendy now, and I personally prefer the sound Ezra or Asa over Noah, and of Lewis and Flynn over Louis/Finn.

I like Ryan and Luther the least - Ryan feels quite dated and Luther is a slightly harsh sounding surname to me. Perhaps Ethan, Evan, Logan, or Rowan instead of Ryan; or Leo/Leon or Luke/Lucas instead of Luther?

winterchills · 05/11/2020 18:22

Luther is awful. The rest are all ok

Viviennemary · 05/11/2020 18:19

Like Jack and Louis. Not keen on Luther or Finn or Noah.

MikeUniformMike · 05/11/2020 18:15

The naughty children names were dated. Similarly, the celtic names tend to be a couple of decades behind the trend, often inspired by a celebrity around the time of the birth.

Two of the naughty boys names in my childhood were Terry and Jason.

MikeUniformMike · 05/11/2020 18:11

I hate names being described as 'naughty boy names'. It's almost always the ones with Irish or Scottish roots.
Or Welsh. It's if there is no or only a vague connection.

Growing up in a welsh-speaking community, the naughty children names were english names.

user1493494961 · 05/11/2020 16:23

Dislike Luther and Ryan, the rest are nice, if a bit popular, would probably choose Louis or Finn.

IndecentFeminist · 05/11/2020 16:01

Not a fan of any tbh. Finn probably only one I would consider

MumChats · 05/11/2020 16:00

This is my ranking:
Jack
Louis
Oliver
Noah
Finn (Finlay/Finley on BC)
Ryan

Luther - by far my least favourite, can't work out why it's popular but suspect becuase of the tv series?

DramaAlpaca · 05/11/2020 15:52

I hate names being described as 'naughty boy names'. It's almost always the ones with Irish or Scottish roots.

Anyway, I like all OP's list with the exception of Luther and Noah.

My favourite is Finn I ran out of children and had to use it on the dog

Namechange8471 · 05/11/2020 15:39

Jack is my favourite

Noah - too biblical
Luther - reminds me of Luther Van Dross
Oliver - dated
Louis - dated
Ryan - very dated
Finn - belongs in the bin

CatteStreet · 05/11/2020 15:38

Louis and Noah are the only ones I like.

They're all rather popular (apart from Ryan, which is rather 80s/90s-sounding to me, and Luther, which I somehow feel I should like but don't).

notalwaysalondoner · 05/11/2020 15:36

I like Louis.
Jack, Oliver and Noah are all fine.
Finn is ok.
Luther and Ryan are not nice, Luther sounds like a serial killer to me for some reason...

MikeUniformMike · 05/11/2020 13:16

You'll find that snobbery occurs in real life too.

MikeUniformMike · 05/11/2020 13:15

That's ok, Zolaanna, always happy to help.

Zolaanna · 05/11/2020 13:14

MN never fails in its snobbery.
Sorry guys but Olivia and Oliver can be t**ts too

Zolaanna · 05/11/2020 13:12

MikeUniformMike thanks for having to explain this to me....couldn't have worked that out for myself

Well I'm a teacher and I can clarify there is no such thing as 'naughty names'

PinkJellycat · 05/11/2020 13:03

I love Jack and Oliver.

I'd suggest Joseph, Jonathan or Nicholas.

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