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Are there any names that you just can't imagine on a baby?

212 replies

TheNameNerd · 22/08/2022 12:13

Each to their own but I just can't picture a baby Frank. It seems such a harsh sounding adult name for a baby especially a newborn yet there have obviously been a lot of baby Franks but somehow I have a mental block when picturing it.

Does anyone else feel this way about a name?

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TigerRag · 22/08/2022 19:54

Keith. A relatives grandson is called Keith and it sounds weird on a 3 year old!

BelgrademeetsDetroit · 22/08/2022 19:49

Paul. Absolutely not.

BeanieTeen · 22/08/2022 19:49

Colin.

fluffyducky21 · 22/08/2022 19:47

Shirley
Sandra
Agatha
Colin
Derek
Herbert

crabbyoldbat · 22/08/2022 18:28

Reginald

Mrsjayy · 22/08/2022 17:24

Im of an age where every other boy at school was Kevin I know loads.

Killergigglebunnies · 22/08/2022 16:39

My dh’s name is Kevin. I can’t imagine him as a baby and mil calling him it. At least his middle name is sensible.

drinkallthecoffee · 22/08/2022 16:32

Sharon! It's my mums name, and my colleagues name, and my hairdressers name... So many of them but imagine a little Sharon now?!

pinklavenders · 22/08/2022 16:19

My ds name has been mentioned so I hope I'm ahead of the curve Grin

DFOD · 22/08/2022 16:17

Hottytotty · 22/08/2022 16:07

Quite a few of the names mentioned here, particularly some of the girls’ ones, are already back in certain circles. I know babies or young toddlers called all of these:
Margo (though the one I know is Margot)
Daphne
Maude
Audrey
George
Robert
These things definitely go in cycles, though I’d suggest George and Robert are pretty claasic.

Yes these girls names are v fashionable around my neck of the woods

Hottytotty · 22/08/2022 16:07

Quite a few of the names mentioned here, particularly some of the girls’ ones, are already back in certain circles. I know babies or young toddlers called all of these:
Margo (though the one I know is Margot)
Daphne
Maude
Audrey
George
Robert
These things definitely go in cycles, though I’d suggest George and Robert are pretty claasic.

jewishmum · 22/08/2022 16:06

Hermione

pogostickplastique · 22/08/2022 16:05

TheNameNerd · 22/08/2022 12:26

I actually know a baby Frank and it suits him perfectly! I think once it’s a real baby and not a theoretical one, any name works

I met a newborn Frank once and he was the tiniest doll-like baby you could imagine. Frank just seemed so wrong on him. It didn't help that his twin had a very soft sounding name.

I'm trying to imagine what name I couldn't picture on a baby girl now. Ermintrude?

Sharon
Tracey
Michelle
Deborah
Karen

TrashyPanda · 22/08/2022 16:04

Mrsjayy · 22/08/2022 12:56

I had a great Aunty Pearl her Sister my Gran was Margaret 😂

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Pearl is a traditional nickname for Margaret, as Margaret means Pearl.

DreadingWinter · 22/08/2022 15:59

Kevin, Nigel, Stephen, Brian, Richard, Darren, Trevor, Keith, Walter, Francis, Roger, Ian and Robert.

Sharon, Tracy, Karen, Christine, Linda, Pauline, Doreen, Maureen, Eileen, Gertrude, Pamela, Brenda, Freda and Carolyn.

DFOD · 22/08/2022 15:59

Marcipex · 22/08/2022 15:10

Roger
Dolores

I love Delores !!

Mammyloveswine · 22/08/2022 15:53

Malcolm... I just can't picture it on a baby...

Also...Trevor... Colin...Kenneth.. Keith

Girls..

Linda...Maude.. Sharon..Tracey...

roarfeckingroarr · 22/08/2022 15:41

Colin

Unicorn717 · 22/08/2022 15:35

I knew a baby Ian but could never have imagined calling my child Ian because it's an automatic 50 year old man nameGrin
I think any older name sounds kind of strange but they would usually have been named after an older family member rather than actually just loving the name.

ThorsBedazzler · 22/08/2022 15:28

I've loads.

Denise.
Martin
Howard
Pamela
Wayne
Helen
Brenda
Kenneth
Audrey

SpaceJamtart · 22/08/2022 15:22

I looked after a toddler Richard the other day, felt weird looking at this little boy in a onsie and wellies and calling him Richard.
His family don't shorten it either, it felt really unnatural saying "Do you need a wee Richard?", as if I was asking it of a bank manager.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 22/08/2022 15:22

Nigel.

Derbee · 22/08/2022 15:19

TheDogsMother · 22/08/2022 14:21

Oh dear. Both my first and middle names have appeared on here Grin

My baby’s first and middle name are BOTH on someone’s list here! Haha

Imissmoominmama · 22/08/2022 15:17

Dwayne

Christine

Derbee · 22/08/2022 15:17

Barbara