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What name(s) do you irrationally hate?

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Baggingarea · 27/09/2020 20:16

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.

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Shopkinsdoll · 27/09/2020 22:52

Sorry if it offends anyone
Duncan
Keith
Jaxon
Harrison
Tilly

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Bellabelles · 27/09/2020 22:52

Emma

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Zoflorabore · 27/09/2020 22:54

Was feeling rather smug about my dc’s names not being on here and then got to page 4 and there they both were ( a boy and a girl name )

Mine are-

Emily
Ruth
Nevaeh
Imogen
Siobhan
Ellen
Helen
Ellie
Ella
Mya
Tracy
Sharon
Lorna

Only Barry, Colin, Martin and Lucas for boys.

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Hmm12121 · 27/09/2020 22:55

Lucy 😖

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TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 27/09/2020 22:55

Olivia. Because I knew an utter bitch named that at school. Shame it's the most popular name now eh.

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Kpo58 · 27/09/2020 22:57

Pretty much any name starting Cla, like Claire, Clara and Clarisse.

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Zaphodsotherhead · 27/09/2020 22:58

Any names that are either Irish or Scots gaelic but spelled phonetically because the parents liked the sound but couldn't be bothered to look it up.

Neve, I'm looking at you.

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Savemyusername · 27/09/2020 22:58

Ruth
Fiona

Lots of the granny chic names
Ivy
Violet
Cora
Nora
Olive

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amieejust · 27/09/2020 23:00

Penny
Barry/Barrie
Louise
Christine
Trudi
Krystal
Leslie/Lesley
Beverley
Helen
Sebastian
Crispin

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FunTimes2020 · 27/09/2020 23:01

Gideon. What an awful name!

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WhatamessIgotinto · 27/09/2020 23:08

Claire
Becky
Ruth
Yvonne
Kayden and variations of.
Jayden - anything ending in 'den' actually
Riley - just dreadful
Alfie
Oscar
Anything with a hyphenated 'May/Mai'
Dylan
Tanya

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WhatamessIgotinto · 27/09/2020 23:12

Oh and Sienna is dreadful.

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LunaNorth · 27/09/2020 23:13

Chantal/Chantelle/Shantell/Chantel.

Every one I’ve ever met has been a cunt.

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Strokethefurrywall · 27/09/2020 23:15

Ptolemy
Rupert
Cuthbert
Artemis
Arabella
Pretentiously wank names

Clive
Nigel
Gordon
Barry
Derrick
Desmond
Makes me think of men from the mid-80s with a flat cap and allotment

Poppy
Daisy
All flower names
Mary
Charlotte (especially Lottie)
Lucy
Victoria
Sound so twee and meh.

Every single old man name.
Every single old lady name.

Anything hyphenated with -Mae/May.
Basically anything in the top 150 names I find so so boring and uninspired.

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MaddeningtheUnhelpful · 27/09/2020 23:16

Oliver. I just think it sounds very harsh, very awkward.
Barnaby. Sounds arrogant

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SchadenfreudePersonified · 27/09/2020 23:18

I agree about Denise


Also

Libby-Jade
Sharon
Maureen
Evie
Courtney
Ebony
Pauline
Rita

Brian
Keith
Barry
Tristram (urgh!)
Wilf (unless it's a JRT)
Colin
Crispin
George
Ronald (but I like Donald)

I would not call it irrational but others might, but I hate spelling a name not in the traditional way.

And definitely agree with this.
eg
Krystofer
Ebonee (doubly bad because Ebony is pretty wick)

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SchadenfreudePersonified · 27/09/2020 23:20

@TakemedowntoPotatoCity

Olivia. Because I knew an utter bitch named that at school. Shame it's the most popular name now eh.

We had a cat called Olivia.

Even by the standards of cats she was evil.
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deflationexasperation · 27/09/2020 23:21

Josh.

Ruby.
Doris.
Ethel

Emma.
Tom. Sky lar

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deflationexasperation · 27/09/2020 23:22

Olivia

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Riv12345 · 27/09/2020 23:22

I was just going to put a name I can't stand

Then I saw my name mentioned
And I felt uh

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Splashingintherain01 · 27/09/2020 23:23

@SionnachRua

Philippa
Harriet
Olivia
Josephine
Benedict
Hugo
Toby/ Tobias

Both my name and my sons is on there thanks Grin
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Splashingintherain01 · 27/09/2020 23:24

Paula, because the one I know is a massive cunt.

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motherofdxughters · 27/09/2020 23:25

Anything twee ending in an 'ee' sound.

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QueSera · 27/09/2020 23:25

Chad

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Gigglr · 27/09/2020 23:28

Florence. It's just not a nice name and Flo isn't exactly better. I don't think it will age well either.

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