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Nice names - bad associations?

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RoyalFamilyFan · 08/01/2022 14:49

Are there any names that are objectively nice names, but you hate because you have bad personal associations with the name?

For example, I like the name Siobhan if I think just about the name, but the only Siobhan I have known well was at school and not a nice girl. She would pose as a perfect girl to the teachers and then bully all the most vulnerable kids. As a result, I have such bad associations with the name.

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TooMuchSugar22 · 08/01/2022 15:13

Yes.
I love Oliver. But all the olivers I've known have been not nice. Ie bullies etc
Same with Leo.

And of course that's a minority in the world but ime that's been the case.

However one name I loved so much for a boy also was one of those names that always had a reputation of a daredevil boy who was always getting Into mischief, But I did use it as a middle name, and ds is definitely a daredevil and looking for what he shouldn't be doing haha.

RoyalFamilyFan · 08/01/2022 15:34

Grin It is funny your DS actually ended up fitting your association with that name of being a daredevil.

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