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You have to name a child a name you hated growing up , what would you call the child?

110 replies

glovestrains · 23/04/2023 23:23

the reserve of the other one

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SingLikeADuck · 24/04/2023 07:05

Thomas. Still hate it now, absolutely awful beige, wet name that every other boy in school was named.

Katie - privileged private-schooled bully.

SidekickSylvia · 24/04/2023 07:01

Gordon

I just don't like the way it sounds.

SunshineLollipopsAndRainbows · 24/04/2023 06:41

Caitlyn ( still hate it !)
Wayne
I actually know a lovely Caitlyn & a lovely Wayne!

curlywhirled · 24/04/2023 06:38

Julie, Sharon or Tracey.

ohyouknowwhatshername · 24/04/2023 06:37

Bridgette
Spencer

SnotSnotSnottySnot · 24/04/2023 06:34

George. Just can't stand it!

Kathleen. Horrible sounds.

Fucket · 24/04/2023 06:32

Ryan, Jessica

romdowa · 24/04/2023 06:31

Emma , Kate, Christina
Ben, Nathan, Andrew
No bad experiences with people with these names. I just can't stand them 🤣

KitKatLove · 24/04/2023 06:30

Cora

Robert

CastleTower · 24/04/2023 06:28

I was really baffled to meet a (young) Florence when I was a teenager - I thought it was an old lady name. Now I quite like it, and of course it's very normal!

I also remember thinking that Alice was a bit of a silly name, as I only knew it from Alice in Wonderland. I'd be perfectly happy to use it now.

Myfuckingredtrousers · 24/04/2023 03:57

Keith
murtle

Snugglemonkey · 24/04/2023 03:01

Catherine and Antonia. Two hateful little cows. Their names were so ugly to me

SixPurpleChairs · 24/04/2023 01:46

Carolyn

SixPurpleChairs · 24/04/2023 01:46

Francis

Sugarfree23 · 24/04/2023 01:35

Morag.

salamithumbs · 24/04/2023 01:29

FluffMagnet · 24/04/2023 01:18

Emma and Ryan. I can remember being so baffled in the Friends episode when Monica tells Rachel her dream baby name is Emma.

Me too actually! But not even because I hated the name Emma, just because it seemed so nothingy and unremarkable, I couldn't believe a) Monica loved it so much and b) Rachel wouldn't have thought of it herself when it was so common!

FluffMagnet · 24/04/2023 01:18

Emma and Ryan. I can remember being so baffled in the Friends episode when Monica tells Rachel her dream baby name is Emma.

RandomSunday · 24/04/2023 01:17

Boy -Harry
Girl - Leonie

Ellie43 · 24/04/2023 01:12

Shiela & Sean

salamithumbs · 24/04/2023 00:31

Edith- as a child I read a book with an Edith in it, presumed it was pronounced Eh-dith and hated it because I thought it sounded too 'boyish', like Edward or something. Even worse when her nickname was Edie (or Eddie as I thought). Now I know how to say it it's not so bad after all!

KittyAlfred · 24/04/2023 00:30

Hilary or Valerie. They both sound too much like celery

EconomyClassRockstar · 24/04/2023 00:30

ColdAsAWitchsTit · 23/04/2023 23:47

Emma. It's objectively a nice enough name but I've never met an Emma who isn't a complete PITA. Sorry to all the Emmas.

That's so funny as I've never met an Emma I didn't like! I love Emma's.

quietnightmare · 24/04/2023 00:24

Guertrude

AliceMcK · 24/04/2023 00:17

I can honestly say that I never thought of hating another child’s name growing up. Any names I didn’t or don’t like are associated with children or people I was exposed to growing up and the association with their name.

ilovewispas · 24/04/2023 00:16

Ray and Marie