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Do you have any names you hate because of an association?

58 replies

Imcrc · 30/05/2021 07:13

I certainly do!
Cant stand the name Molly and Polly 🤮 my aunt had a cat named Molly that was horrible, it's used to wait on the stairs and scratch you ankles when you tried to pass it. And there was a girl who was mean to me at school called Pollyanna!
OH suggested Mollie when I were pregnant and I almost had a turn!
It's sad because they are quite cute names, I just hate the sound of them.

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HoldingTheDoor · 30/05/2021 12:44

Never met a nice Fiona.

It's the opposite for me. I haven't yet met a Fiona who wasn't lovely.

C0nstance · 30/05/2021 12:42

If it's a name like Jessica or Rebecca or Vanessa, I don't like those sharp names but I don't think I could never like a person with those names!

I don't think there's any name that is so linked with its bearer that I would hate it on somebody else too.

There are some literary names that I think oh good god really? when parents give their DC names from tragic characters in plays or myths.

Yennefer19 · 30/05/2021 12:40

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit I literally came on here to say exactly the same thing.

cushioncovers · 30/05/2021 12:38

Yes loads. All serial killers. People that have been vile to me. And my exh name.

IggyAce · 30/05/2021 10:34

My negative association names are Jessica, Natalie and Nicola I was bullied at school by girls with those names.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 30/05/2021 10:31

Never met a nice Fiona.

Happycat1212 · 30/05/2021 10:27

Yep it’s really weird how you can start to dislike a name due to the person. I know someone called felicity who I cannot stand so now I hate the name

Palmtreesandoceanbreeze · 30/05/2021 08:56

I wouldn't say I hate the names, but I have lots of names that I can't shake the negative association, to a point where I couldn't use them. Likewise, when I meet someone who is really nice, and they have a name i wouldn't have thought of, it makes me really attracted to the name and want to use it for any potential future children.