Names You Would Never Use

Posted too soon. But I hate names like Arabella, Seraphina, Isabella etc

Taste in names is a subjective thing and I'm happy to acknowledge that my views are unlikely to be shared by most people.

Personally I don't like frilly, overly feminine girls names. I don't have a daughter but if I did I would want them to have a strong name and not something that made them seem diminutive and ditzy.

I've never liked Kirsty just due to the sound. Every Kirsty I have met have been lovely.

Tbh I thought it was going to be a thread about the names of genocidal dictators and serial killers but Keith is awful.

@unmemorableusername I agree with 95% of your list but had to stick up a little for Ayla as an incorrectly spelled name.

My friends DD is half Turkish and this is her name. It's Turkish and means 'halo round the moon' ('ay' meaning moon in Turkish)

Names of brands that are too try hard, Usually heard being screamed in B&M

Chanel
Hugo
Armani
Louis
Tiffany

I tend to dislike names liked on Mumsnet.

They feel like ugly old people's names to me.

Murial
Martha
Ethel
Mavis
Hettie
Esther
Millie

Freddie
Bertie
Amos
Lloyd
Neil
Arnold

Also these uber trendy trying to hard names.

Wren
Romi
Ophelia
Orlaith
Beau
Dakota
Brooklyn
Sloane
Odette
Cove

Luca
Atlas
Neo
Rafe
Bryce
Cole

Names associated with evil people.

There will be no more Axels.
Myra
Margaret

So
George Oliver Theodore+ Arthur Archie Alfred+

Silly names
Dick
Fanny
Pussy

Any names that show the parents can't spell.
Artur
Bayley
Jeorge
Ayla

Cutie girl names
Millie
Maisie
Elsie
Billie

Obvious copying Of celebrities
Margot
Monroe
Timothee

Naughty boy names
Kai
Jaxon
Zac
Tyler
Vinnie
Karson

Porny girls names
Charlee
Deja
Ixci
Dusty

Hyphens
Ellie-Mae
Poppy-Rose

(All names were actual given names in 2023)

Surnames as firstnames:
Parker
Jackson
Harrison
Baxter
Bailey
Fletcher
Anything hypenated with Mae. Just awful.
Anything spelt incorrectly.
Anyone using an Irish name with an Irish spelling when they have no Irish roots and live in Milton Keynes.

Any name my SM has used for an animal;
Oli
Amber
Brady
Brody
Cody
Mac
Rosie
Sheila
Keith

And these generally
Alfie
Ronnie
Jayden/Jaidyn/Kaydn etc (I used to like Hadyn but this trend has put paid to that!)
Kai/Kairo
Daisy and Maisy
Becky and Katie (too many in my year at school!)
Rosalind - because of an utter cow I knew

It's not a nick name, it's a shortening. And there's not a lot you can do about it, people will always shorten names, unless you tell them very firmly not to, in which case you probably WILL get a nick name!

Christian or Frederik. I like both names however I grew up in Denmark the last 20 kings have been Christian or Frederick and the pronunciation in English is SO different. I could never use it

Girls name Olivia and Jessica. I find them both really harsh unpleasant sounds.

And mine 😂

Bad boy names: Kevin, Jordan, Nigel, Keith, Jeremy, Bear

Bad girl names: Deborah, Denise, Wendy, Lauren, Jessica, Mary

Anything double barrelled, or spelt differently e.g. no Mae or Louie

Gunner & Jagger- seems violent
Sophie- I love Sophia but Sophie is a bit dull
Season names
Robert, Roberta- I really dislike and I don’t know why
Jacob/Jake/Jack- overused and dull
Dustin- like dustbin
Farley- sounds like Farty
Nevaeh- absolutely hate, just seems tacky(sorry!)
Miley- tacky again
Bodhi- reminds me of body odour🤢
Crispin- reminds me of crisps
Everleigh- not a fan of Leigh names
Luna- dog name
Harrison- don’t like
Mason- tacky
Vincent- don’t like
Ronnie- reminds me of a snotty child
Maya/Maia- pronunciation difficulties, same with Kaia/Kaya
Cormac- tarmac?
Betsy- dog name
Lucy- very overused
Florian and Fabian- not a fan
Florentina- not a fan

Disclaimer: these are my personal dislikes and I don't think any less of people who use them.

Albert - just don't like the "alb" sound

Wayne - sounds like whine, and the first Wayne I ever knew was very whiney

Trudy- I knew one who was very smug and spoilt, and it's a rare enough name that I can't shake the association

Anything ending with -belle when -bel world do, or with -ie when it's usually -y, e.g. Hollie.

Boys' names becoming girls' names, especially Rory because there's a Rory in my extended family and it just feels weird

Callum with two Ls and Connor with two Ns. Not the original spelling. If you wouldn't write Robbert or Allice, you're on the way to understanding why it just looks a bit strange to me.

Jade - totally unfair but I just happen to have known several annoying ones.

Overused names like Alfie, Archie, Oliver, Harry, Theo... you may as well be called Boy 1, Boy 2 etc

Same for Sophie, Amelia, Olivia, Isabella etc they are just sooo boring from overused

Violet - too close to violent
Pearl/Ruby/any gemstone name - feels ‘cheap’
Olive - drab colour, nasty tasting fruit

Max - went to school with a boy who was nicknamed ‘waxy maxy’
Sam & George - both bring to mind greedy little boys (totally unreasonable I know)
All the ‘son’ names but especially Jaxon

Roger