What name(s) do you irrationally hate?

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I'll start.

Denise.

I don't know any Denises... I'm sure they're lovely. But the name just rubs me up the wrong way.

NOTE: No Karen bashing please! Because it's been hijacked as a name and it's not fair on Karens.

Matthew
It's the thew sound. When I was a toddler I remember my mum saying "phew!" about my baby sister's nappies. There was a Matthew in my road at the time and I made the connection

Most Matthews are called, "Matt', any way. Matthew is a good, solid name in my opinion, I know plenty.

Amelia and Emilia. How can a name containing mealy be remotely attractive? Amealy mealy mealy mealy uh Emealy mealy mealy mealy uh.

First names that are surnames.
Hudson
Jackson
Ryder
Harrison

“ Chunkymenrock

Amelia and Emilia. How can a name containing mealy be remotely attractive? Amealy mealy mealy mealy uh Emealy mealy mealy mealy uh.”

😂😂😂

This is SO true! Love it. Abigail is in a similar vein to my ears. It just sounds really unattractive, like some kind of medical condition.

It's funny, this thread is about names people irrationally hate, and full of lots of normal names, but I've noticed on similar threads if you mention Matthew someone will leap to It's defence. Maybe the same person each time, but the point of the thread is that it's irrational, so no need to defend the names. My name and my kids' names have all been mentioned, but that's fine. People are allowed to not like them!

@Vursayles, funnily enough, Amelia is actually a medical condition.....

[quote Frazzledd]@Vursayles, funnily enough, Amelia is actually a medical condition.....[/quote]
It’s kind of amazing that it’s become so popular really.

It’s also got far too many syllables. It’s annoying to say.

@Frazzledd I didn’t know that! Just adds fuel to my hate fire haha. I’m amazed at how it’s become so popular.

One that I dont’t actually hate but is in a similar vein is Candida. I mean I’m sure it’s a classical name that the vagina-loving yeast was unfortunately named after, but who would actually use it for a child now? Posh people yes, but surely there is a line. May as tell call your kid Vagisil. Or Canestan 😂

@CalicoKate

It's funny, this thread is about names people irrationally hate, and full of lots of normal names, but I've noticed on similar threads if you mention Matthew someone will leap to It's defence. Maybe the same person each time, but the point of the thread is that it's irrational, so no need to defend the names. My name and my kids' names have all been mentioned, but that's fine. People are allowed to not like them!

Amen to that, some people are fantastically thin skinned. Just because your ickle preshus is named Cressida-Jezzlyn or whatever doesn't mean that others are obliged to like the name. Learn to separate the name from the person.

Craig, Carl, Kian, Kai, Kyan - yuk.

Rupert

Paul
Lee
Jason
Simon
Nigel
Colin
Pete
Brian
Gary
Dave
Callum
Aidan

Paula
Lisa
Natalie
Sharon
Sarah
Samantha
Michelle
Tracey
Lesley
Lynn
Fleur
Grace
Rose
Elizabeth
Catherine
Caroline
Meghan
Lauren
Joanne/Joanna

Oh and Karen too..

Sarah (sooooo many in the 80s!)

Jayden / Jaiden
Kayden / Kaiden etc

Hyphenated first names like Lexi-May

Tyler

Reilly

Diminutives as first names - Jaime / Charlie / Freddie / Katie

Archie, have known 2 and they were both the most horrible bullies, sneaky with it too. One physically beat up another boy in a classroom and the school said ‘Archie was on a journey’. The other boy left that day and never came back (poor thing was completely traumatised). Name makes me shudder. I think this qualifies as irrational as obviously there must be a million lovely Archies.

@Pepper54

Archie, have known 2 and they were both the most horrible bullies, sneaky with it too. One physically beat up another boy in a classroom and the school said ‘Archie was on a journey’. The other boy left that day and never came back (poor thing was completely traumatised). Name makes me shudder. I think this qualifies as irrational as obviously there must be a million lovely Archies.

Archie was on a journey? Where to, prison?

Yvonne

Jeremy
Clive
Tristan
Dermot
Declan
Charlotte
Nevaeh

Deidre
Daphne
Anything hyphenated such as Sarah-Jane.

Ooh yes, Yvonne. I hate that name.

Joshua ( never taught a well behaved or nice one in twenty years)
Nigel
Barry
Double first names ( Sarah-Jane etc)
Laura and Lauren

Henrietta, Georgia, Tabitha, Otillie, which I never knew existed till I came on MN, such a strange sounding name and will be probably get called Tilly for short, which is even worse!
Rupert, Charlie, Jonty, Hugo , Simon, Archie, Bertie...

‘Housemaids’ names’. Milly, Tilly, Molly, Polly, Evie, Daisy, Maisie. etc.

Anything ending in -May or MAE.

Kaden, Kason, Preston, Jaxon- however this is not irrational. These are AWFUL non-names.

William. When people say Willy- am I feel embarrassed. I have to say Will - yum. Even if they call themselves Willy- am.