What name do you really dislike?

squaredspots · 2024-08-30T14:37:01+00:00

I don't like the name Dustin, I just think of dustbin. What name do you really dislike?

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SlashBeef · 05/10/2024 12:21

russellpeel · 05/10/2024 10:49

Verity
Ruth

I really dislike Ruth!

Grabyourpassportandmyhand · 05/10/2024 10:49

Not going ro list out the more obvious ones like Chantelle, Susan and Lauren etc

But perfectly fine names that I personally don’t like include Shane, Jason, Ruby, Stella, Sally, Patricia, Ellen, Sheila, Antoinette, Annette, Caitlin, Oonagh, Ann Marie, Helena, Thomas, Oliver, Michelle….

I fail to understand the big deal made out of middle names ie whether they are too popular, whether they go together etc. Apart from family literally nobody knows my middle names.

russellpeel · 05/10/2024 10:49

Verity
Ruth

insidenumber9 · 05/10/2024 10:40

Ottilie. Just so awful and pretentious sounding. Sorry.

housethatbuiltme · 05/10/2024 10:38

AllAboutNiamh · 04/10/2024 23:18

I bet if the OP had started a ‘what names do you love?’ thread she’d have got the same names, just by different posters.

I heard of a new baby named Navy recently. Yes, really. 🙄

Navy is quite popular in some parts of America, especially country/south places. The singer who was shot at during the Harvest Festival mass shooting in Vegas has a daughter called Navy I think.

housethatbuiltme · 05/10/2024 10:36

DiscoBeat · 05/10/2024 09:44

How do you pronounce that? I always think it looks like 'Never' but surely not?

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They say it Nuh-vey-uh.

I personally don't find it pretty it reminds me of brands like Nivea and Aviva etc... sounds like it should be trying to sell you something.

Also surely the reverse of Heaven is Hell?

housethatbuiltme · 05/10/2024 10:31

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 04/10/2024 23:07

Why do names need to go together? I think that's weird

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Oh come on it can be weird. In fact I had a friend that did it and its so uncomfortable jarring even though shes a nice person and I never comment on her kids name in person.

Names changed for example but essentially: Ellie-May, Elsa, Kate, Eldon, Bella... all have 'el' in except one, the one right in the middle too. I don't even think she is aware somehow (maybe she was of the E start thing but not the 'el' in every name bar one). I guess we know her favorite sound though.

Its not even a comment on the names its just a very strange break of pattern and breaks in patterns by their design make people uncomfortable (like 1 tile out of place or 1 blue sweet in a jar or pink sweets etc... it simply draws awkward attention).

DiscoBeat · 05/10/2024 09:44

scootlandyard · 30/08/2024 16:11

I actually like a lot of the aforementioned names though! Sarah is lovely and I really like Nevaeh- I know people get hung up on it being a bit naff for the whole ‘it’sheavenspeltbackwards’ but I think it’s very soft and pretty-sounding.

I also can’t imagine a baby Ian (and similar generation names) but I think that’s just because we are so used to associating those names with 50-year-old men rather than the actual name.

How do you pronounce that? I always think it looks like 'Never' but surely not?

Dodo23 · 05/10/2024 09:35

ArnieandBob · 04/10/2024 23:40

Why is Ottilie so hated?
My DC are late teens and I'm now menopausal so no chance of any more DC but I always thought if I ever had another girl Ottilie would have been on my short-list but it's obvious from this thread that it's not liked at all on MN.

I think it might be seen as a bit pretentious, but also its pronunciation is butchered by most British people. It's a German name and is pronounced O-teal-ya, yet British people often pronounce it like Ot-till-ee or Ot-ter-lee, or drop the t entirely and it sounds like Od-der-lee.

MadonnaLouiseVeronicaCiccone · 05/10/2024 09:34

@ArnieandBob and most of them pronounce it incorrectly!!!

MadonnaLouiseVeronicaCiccone · 05/10/2024 09:33

ArnieandBob · 04/10/2024 23:40

Why is Ottilie so hated?
My DC are late teens and I'm now menopausal so no chance of any more DC but I always thought if I ever had another girl Ottilie would have been on my short-list but it's obvious from this thread that it's not liked at all on MN.

Because it's ubiquitous amongst a certain type of try hard person

user1497787065 · 05/10/2024 07:12

Rebecca, Liam and Adam

Aria999 · 05/10/2024 00:12

AllAboutNiamh · 04/10/2024 23:18

I bet if the OP had started a ‘what names do you love?’ thread she’d have got the same names, just by different posters.

I heard of a new baby named Navy recently. Yes, really. 🙄

Good idea, I started one 😁

What names do you like? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/5180426-what-names-do-you-like

ArnieandBob · 04/10/2024 23:40

Why is Ottilie so hated?
My DC are late teens and I'm now menopausal so no chance of any more DC but I always thought if I ever had another girl Ottilie would have been on my short-list but it's obvious from this thread that it's not liked at all on MN.

AllAboutNiamh · 04/10/2024 23:18

I bet if the OP had started a ‘what names do you love?’ thread she’d have got the same names, just by different posters.

I heard of a new baby named Navy recently. Yes, really. 🙄

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 04/10/2024 23:07

StarvingMarvin222 · 04/10/2024 21:58

What annoys me is when names don't "go" together.
Like you've Tommy,Billy,John and then you've Brooklyn or Arlo.
Just ,why?.

Why do names need to go together? I think that's weird

StarvingMarvin222 · 04/10/2024 21:58

What annoys me is when names don't "go" together.
Like you've Tommy,Billy,John and then you've Brooklyn or Arlo.
Just ,why?.

MerryMarys · 02/10/2024 22:52

Archibald /Archie

anotherusernameforme · 02/10/2024 21:58

Ding ding ding all my family have now been named 😆 😂
I absolutely hate H names - sounds strange in my regional dialect.
Throwing the name James in just hate it also John and Rufus
Never met a nice Kirsty

OolongTeaDrinker · 27/09/2024 23:03

Effie
Maisie
Tilly
Alice

Oceangreyscale · 27/09/2024 22:43

Amelia
Bodhi
Chastity
Leighla (but Laila is great!)
Enid
George
Judith
Fleur
Agnes
Abigail
Albie
Payton
Paisley
Winston
Janet
Mike
Jodie
Madison
Alison
Riley
Gal
Dolores
Paris
Prince

Honestly it wouldn't offend me if my kid's names were on this thread. Although they aren't so far. We all like and dislike different things and that's fine.

30percent · 26/09/2024 19:32

muddyford · 30/08/2024 18:09

Anything like Teddie, Archie, Billie, Tommie, where the parents think they are naming a baby rather than, hopefully, someone who will be lumbered with their baby name for 80+ years.

Depends what's on the birth certificate if it's Edward,.Archibald (not the best sounding name admittedly haha), William and Thomas. Then they can just switch from the babyish version to the grown up version as they age.

LeatherJacketWedding · 26/09/2024 16:52

Freya 😵‍💫
I know it’s Nordic but it just sounds wrong

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 26/09/2024 14:47

@Hotlepot

I know a Thea, and i can indeed confirm that she's called 'Fea' by her Mum.

s3tut0y3r · 26/09/2024 10:08

Hyphenated names, like Lily-Rose and Lily-Rae. It is so easy to get confused and say a rose instead of a rae etc. The names are pretty but the hyphen is an issue for me. It's even more confusing when paired with a double-barrelled surname.

Also Chardonnay, Red and Blue