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What name do you really dislike?

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squaredspots · 30/08/2024 15:37

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

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elm26 · 30/08/2024 21:22

Livinginacatdictatorship · 30/08/2024 18:06

Ellie, Millie, Teddy and Jackie. Any other spellings of those names.
As pp has said Ellie and millie end up as elleh and milleh. Teddy is far too twee but really popular and I have never once met a nice Jackie so it's really coloured the name for me.

Nobody has ever called me "Elleh" as my name is Ellie (Ell-ee) I'm confused by your statement 😂

cleanasawhistle · 30/08/2024 21:21

Judith
Ruth
Janice
James
Maximus
Pandora

TheCultureHusks · 30/08/2024 21:21

Francis and Patrick. Just all wrong!

StrawberryWasp · 30/08/2024 21:20

AllTheDucks · 30/08/2024 20:54

It is! In a novel I read when I was younger I'm sure a character said "Emma is a fat girl's name" - awful, but I can't get it out of my head.

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I always think of Jane Austen's novel Emma.

She was beautiful, bright and accomplished (but a little too arrogant).

To me Emma is an elegant name but also soft.

Seems one person's elegant is another's boring.

I think Emma will make a big comeback along with Jane and Anne. (A Brontë inspired revival!)

Simple elegance as a palate cleanser from all the cute frilliness.

boysmuminherts · 30/08/2024 21:19

Wow some lovely names here which noone has ever said IRL they hate - mine and my children's.
However I really dislike the name Dylan. Ugh.

nc3008 · 30/08/2024 21:19

beryldaperil · 30/08/2024 19:55

Emily - slimy
Anna - boring and lacking any inspiration
Paul- boring
Emma - slimy
Jack - boring
Lucy - slimy

All very WASPy names to ensure the reader knows the likely heritage of the owner.

Well - I am a white Protestant woman Confused

Should I have called my kids Muhammed and Aisha?

elm26 · 30/08/2024 21:19

Horrible thread and really distasteful and hurtful to a lot of people.

My little girl is Tilly, I'm an Ellen nicknames Ellie. I've been mentioned in particular as a "nothing name" or all the Ellen's she's met have been "batshit crazy"

Just not nice.

CookieMonster28 · 30/08/2024 21:14

IneedsomeSleeppleasenow · 30/08/2024 21:12

I really didn't want to see my name on here.. but I've learnt that I'm both boring and slimy

Literally - I'm fine with people saying they don't like my name, but no need for them to go in and be bitchy! Some comments are unnecessary

Gardennotebook · 30/08/2024 21:14

Barry.

Gardennotebook · 30/08/2024 21:14

@IneedsomeSleeppleasenow I think Emma is lovely.

jonesybonesy · 30/08/2024 21:13

Romi/Romy I have no idea why it's so popular on Mumsnet

notanarchaeologist · 30/08/2024 21:13

IneedsomeSleeppleasenow · 30/08/2024 21:12

I really didn't want to see my name on here.. but I've learnt that I'm both boring and slimy

Some random on the internet using those adjectives to describe their opinion of a name does not make you those things. It's just someone opinion!!

Gardennotebook · 30/08/2024 21:13

Terry. Derek. Tommo.

IneedsomeSleeppleasenow · 30/08/2024 21:12

I really didn't want to see my name on here.. but I've learnt that I'm both boring and slimy

notanarchaeologist · 30/08/2024 21:12

Strokethefurrywall · 30/08/2024 18:09

Mingus (makes me think minge)
Mungo (makes me think mung beans)
Fergus (makes me think fungus)
Clive (sounds smarmy to me)
Maude (makes me think maudlin)
Mildred (makes me think mildew)
Ethel (didn't like Ethel Hallow in The Worst Witch)
Ottilie (makes me think otter)
Ptolemy (twat)
Clementine (makes me think phlegm)

There are plenty of names that are perfectly lovely but I just wouldn't use them, doesn't mean I hate them though. The ones above though... I just can't get past what I think of when I hear them.

You know I never liked Ethel (grandma's name) but I discovered yesterday the first ever female ruler of Britain in her own right was called Æthelflæd, which would later become Ethel. So it's been around since like 900AD or something. Still wouldn't use it for a child but it made me have a whole new level of respect for the name!!

StormingNorman · 30/08/2024 21:08

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 30/08/2024 18:49

It makes them sound like law firms.

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Haha 😛

These are my children Taylor Parker & Sutton 😂

I’d never thought about that before!

notanarchaeologist · 30/08/2024 21:06

Deadringer · 30/08/2024 18:33

I was doing some admin for a creche recantly came across the name Dusty. Don't know if its a boy or a girl but why, just why?

Music fans maybe? Someone I met recently has a Dolly and Dusty, they're expecting a 3rd and considering Doris or Elton. I suggested David to match their D trend. Each to their own!!!

RoyKentwhistle · 30/08/2024 21:04

Ruby

17caterpillars1mouse · 30/08/2024 21:03

I can't stand Seth, I don't know why I just hate it. It irritates me.

Also really not a fan of Sienna

AllTheDucks · 30/08/2024 20:54

marshmallowfinder · 30/08/2024 20:30

Emma. The most boring name ever!

It is! In a novel I read when I was younger I'm sure a character said "Emma is a fat girl's name" - awful, but I can't get it out of my head.

Mb57 · 30/08/2024 20:35

Kayden and Jayden every one I’ve taught has been a little shit

WomanOfSteel · 30/08/2024 20:33

Georgyporky · 30/08/2024 18:38

After Dusty Springfield perhaps?
She was a gay icon.

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Or Dusty Bin.
He was a bin.

BluebirdBoogie · 30/08/2024 20:30

Sebastian
Lucas
Adrian
Elliot
Justin
Rupert
Jeremy
Quentin

marshmallowfinder · 30/08/2024 20:30

Emma. The most boring name ever!

tsmainsqueeze · 30/08/2024 20:30

Grace /Gracie urghh

Ottilie
Amelie
Jayden ,Brayden etc
Destiny
Oscar
Joshua
Noah
Amelia
Alesia
Luna
Arlo

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