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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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Blueybanditbingochilli · 30/08/2024 20:29

Fedup92 · 30/08/2024 20:28

This is a mean spirited thread.

Yes, you’d better read it 1 more time just to make sure. Then refresh for new comments. Then you’ll definitely stop reading.

spaceshooter · 30/08/2024 20:28

I've always hated my name, it's only come up on here once but my middle name is Rose which I quite like but I was born in '77 so perhaps before the word and his wife chose it as a middle name as well!

I couldn't get upset about someone online hating my name, it's funny and actually quite interesting how tenuous connections colour our opinions so fervently!

Fedup92 · 30/08/2024 20:28

This is a mean spirited thread.

RuthW · 30/08/2024 20:27

Ellie
Jessica
Emily
Olivia

Alfie
Freddie
Albie
Archie
Frankie etc

Blondiney · 30/08/2024 20:27

BreatheAndFocus · 30/08/2024 20:16

She’s the goddess of fertility and war! She rides a boar! I don’t see the name as weak 😀

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Great!

marshmallowfinder · 30/08/2024 20:27

spaceshooter · 30/08/2024 20:22

How do you pronounce Nevaeh anyway?

It rhymes with surveyor. Nuh VEY uh.

marshmallowfinder · 30/08/2024 20:26

Amelia is truly awful due to the mealy noise it makes. Also, amelia is a medical term meaning absence of limbs.😱

Margot (maggot)
Lyra (lycra)
Violet (violent)
Aurora (wor wor wah)
Lachlan (bringing up phlegm noise)
Thomas (not sure why!)

My name's come up on here a few times, and my son's. No big deal. Im not bothered in the slightest. You can't please all of the people all of the time!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 30/08/2024 20:24

blackrabbitwhiterabbit · 30/08/2024 17:15

That's two of my children's names right there. Nice thread.

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Why are being so touchy. Fair enough I don’t get to decide what you or anyone else gets touchy about. However you’re carrying on like it’s a personal attack.

spaceshooter · 30/08/2024 20:22

How do you pronounce Nevaeh anyway?

Viviennemary · 30/08/2024 20:20

Toby. It's awful. It's gone out of favour now I think.

Biggirlnow · 30/08/2024 20:20

Jamie and Maeve
Caleb and Moira
Amelia and Gus

BoleynMemories13 · 30/08/2024 20:18

MissMoan · 30/08/2024 19:01

Names that sound differently from how they are spelled, such as Hermione or
Nimah.

And for some reason, Roger, Jermaine, Beryl, and Aaron

The irony being that you've spelt Niamh wrong! 😂

spaceshooter · 30/08/2024 20:18

Mine and my mothers names are in here, highly amusing!!

TellerTuesday · 30/08/2024 20:16

Kai and Zak

Work in an environment that lots of kids visit (not a school) and have yet to meet one that isn't a little twat.

Rosie and Poppy for girls, hate them both and the kids that are called them are always whiny.

BreatheAndFocus · 30/08/2024 20:16

Blondiney · 30/08/2024 20:05

Freya, so weak and feeble.

She’s the goddess of fertility and war! She rides a boar! I don’t see the name as weak 😀

CrumpetPeanutButterBanana · 30/08/2024 20:16

@NavyDeer

We're all married to Paul, Dave, James, Matthew and Simons Grin

BoleynMemories13 · 30/08/2024 20:14

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?

I'm sure I saw that Joe Wicks' new baby is called Dusty, and I'm pretty sure it's a boy. Terrible!

It's bad enough when z list celebrities pick these stupid names, but it seems even more ridiculous when Joe-public think they can get away with giving their poor child such a silly name.

Talking of celebrities, how wonderfully refreshing to hear that Justin Bieber has bucked the trend by calling his newborn son Jack!

Comedycook · 30/08/2024 20:14

Blondiney · 30/08/2024 20:05

Freya, so weak and feeble.

Totally agree!

CrumpetPeanutButterBanana · 30/08/2024 20:12

PetulantPenguin · 30/08/2024 19:51

I'm finding this quite interesting and I've seen some of my children's names mentioned, and mine and am not upset

Me too and I'm not upset either! It's funny. What one person loves, another hates. And most people have associations good or bad for different reasons. I just find it really interesting.

Blondiney · 30/08/2024 20:05

Freya, so weak and feeble.

PetulantPenguin · 30/08/2024 20:01

Yay I have name bingo, all of my children's names have been mentioned and mine too and I'm sure my husbands must have been. It has to 🤣 Giving myself a prize for a full house 💯

beryldaperil · 30/08/2024 20:00

JimberlyMcJimbleFace · 30/08/2024 16:32

Jimberly

You win! 🏆

Sofabookhotchoc · 30/08/2024 19:58

Trevor and Grenville

cocoromo · 30/08/2024 19:56

Imogensmith · 30/08/2024 16:06

Neveah

I came to say this - there are many terrible names in the world, but this one makes me cringe 😬

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.

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