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A to Z names you would never call your child?

458 replies

ByAmusedMaker · 30/03/2025 18:21

I will start with A
Austin

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RhododendronFlowers · 08/04/2025 15:54

Jack. So dull and over used.

Needspaceforlego · 08/04/2025 15:09

Ivor - A little engine, duller than Thomas & Co

Bluelavenders · 08/04/2025 15:02

Harry - so overused and dull

RhododendronFlowers · 08/04/2025 14:58

Gail

EcruCardigan · 08/04/2025 14:34

Franklin - Frank with a twee ending.

Needspaceforlego · 08/04/2025 14:14

Edward - just seems very dated. And always ends up Ed or Eddie.

EcruCardigan · 08/04/2025 13:06

Delilah

MostlyGhostly · 08/04/2025 12:51

Chelsea

RhododendronFlowers · 08/04/2025 09:08

Bella

Shetlands · 08/04/2025 09:08

Ariadne

RhododendronFlowers · 08/04/2025 08:36

Zara

RhododendronFlowers · 08/04/2025 08:36

Yvonne

RhododendronFlowers · 08/04/2025 08:36

Needspaceforlego · 08/04/2025 07:50

I can't think of Y names
Zebeedee a bit springy

And I'll bomb out Alba,
It might work in out country but in Scotland it's Gaelic for Scotland. It's also a political party.
I wouldn't use Cymru or Erin either. I think it's a weird thing to do call your child after a Country but using a minority language to do it.

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Needspaceforlego · 08/04/2025 07:50

I can't think of Y names
Zebeedee a bit springy

And I'll bomb out Alba,
It might work in out country but in Scotland it's Gaelic for Scotland. It's also a political party.
I wouldn't use Cymru or Erin either. I think it's a weird thing to do call your child after a Country but using a minority language to do it.

RhododendronFlowers · 08/04/2025 07:34

Xanthe

RhododendronFlowers · 08/04/2025 07:34

Wren

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mathanxiety · 08/04/2025 04:14

Ultan

EcruCardigan · 07/04/2025 17:46

Tia

RhododendronFlowers · 07/04/2025 17:12

Sienna.

Needspaceforlego · 07/04/2025 16:50

Rupert - yellow trousers

Needspaceforlego · 07/04/2025 16:49

Queen, I came across someone who goes by a nickname and I asked where the nn came from her real name was Queen but she found it very pretentious so came up with a nn.

thinkingofausername · 07/04/2025 15:43

Patrick

Kangaroo1 · 07/04/2025 15:42

Ophelia

EcruCardigan · 07/04/2025 15:40

Noreen