AIBU to ask owyou would never name a child and why

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I would never name a child Mia = missing in action. Or Cameron, what if she marries a guy named Cameron and then she is called Cameron Cameron?
Or Claudia because it means “one who is lame“ in Latin.

I just heard of a boy called Maxim but surely that’s a lads mag

I have an Alfred shortened to Alfie so I’m only going to refer to him as the long name from now on. And in my defence when he was born there were none around at all. As I looked it up! Now you can’t walk down the street without tripping over one.

@Jeanclaudejackety Brilliant! You've managed to get both my children's names on that list and fair dibbs, they are pretty common names for children of a certain age (although dd is in yr1 so just outside your grouping) That said, they're both the only one in their year with those names so no biggie. Parents pick from a much longer list now so even the most popular names aren't as common as they used to be.
My own name has been mentioned a couple of times. Good. I hate it! So plain, overused and dull. Not even a real name. Just a noise.
I get twitchy about names that are too 'try hard'. People who pick ridiculously ugly and strange names just because they won't meet another one? Yeah... there's a reason for that...
I have irrational dislike of the names Chloe and Nicola too.

DS is on here a few times. Oh well!

I don't think I can think of any name I really dislike - maybe it's different if you work with children.

Dick
Fanny

God there's loads I wouldn't use!
Surnames for first names
Flowers
Hyphenated
Jewelry
Brands (eg Mercedes, Tiffany)
Names that sound to old for a baby these days imo (David, Barry, John, Sally, Mary etc)
Also probably anything ending in -son or -den (Jenson, Kayden are the two I most dislike)
And definitely no names that show up in children's programmes! (main character wise I mean. There'll be no Thomas's or Sam's in my house!)

I just like easy names, mostly common ones like Olivia or Lewis (not my kids names though just examples) there's loads already mentioned by PPs that I dislike also but if I carry on I'll be here all day!

MsMustDoBetter your post made me laugh. I live in Spain. A friend of mine is called Estefanía (known as Fanny) and her husband is Guillermo (Spanish for William, and he's known as Willie).
I kid you not.
When we first got to know each other I told her about wily and fanny and she was shocked and laughed a lot.

My own name is mentioned at least 4 times on here for being boring

A lot of people have mentioned hyphenated first names (and I agree). I do wonder why it suddenly became so popular - it seemed just to appear in the last 4-5 years and seems pretty much exclusive to girls, as far as I know. Particularly with -May, -Mae, -Grace and -Rose.

I am not keen on

Top 10 names
Old man and lady names
Junior/senior

Harper
Jude
Seren
80s names e.g. Stephen Ian
Tommy

A lot of names. I have a very strong reaction to certain names and some even make me feel ill. I think it may be related to my autism.

George. It's such an unattractive 'dumpy' name.
Tabitha. Beloved on MN but I've never understood why. The Tab sound is awful.
Jude. It makes me feel as though I have something stuck in my teeth. I hate it.
Elliott. It makes me feel ill. I hate the film E.T and I'm not sure if that's why I hate it but I've never liked any name with an 'Ell' sound at the beginning.
Astrid. It makes me think of astringent. Horrible.
Steven. The Stee sound is so ugly, especially when followed by the v.I have a very strong visceral reaction to this name. It makes me shudder.
Frank. Ugly, harsh. Just awful, I can't imagine looking at a lovely new born and calling him Frank. It also makes me shudder.
McKenzie. Ugly and harsh. It makes my teeth feel funny too.
Lee. It's just plain ugly.
Paul. It has a pleasing shape but I hate saying it out loud.
Fraser. If sets my teeth on edge. It's a name that 'catches' and 'jars' when I say it.
Fergus. Incredibly ugly.
Malachi. I think of Children of the Corn and it has an unpleasant sound.
Finn. It's so ubiquitous that I can't bear it. I like ma t common names but it's so overused IRL and in books as a 'cool ' name that it made me loathe it.
Maggie. It sounds like maggot. Margaret is little better.
Jean. It makes me feel a little ill.

I really hate the name Teddy. For a boy or girl.

My other hate is hyphenated names where you would never say both together. Something like Sarah-Jane is fine but Martin-Benjamin is just ridiculous. My nephew has a name like that, thankfully SIL has given up trying to get everyone to call him by his full name

How could I forget Teddy? I met my first Teddy recently and even though he was three it still seemed ridiculously twee.

Mercedes is a Spanish name - merced means mercy so it's "Mercies". Many Spanish women are named after Mary-of-the-something, this would be Maria de las Mercedes de something-or-other.
Maxim is short for Maximilian. Remember Max de Winter in Rebecca?

Interesting that a lot of the objections to girls' names are that they "sound ugly"; should girls always have "pretty" names?

Personally I don't like 'harsh, ugly' names on men either, BloodyBridget. Of course what I consider to be harsh and what someone else does will be very different.

Both mine and my DH names are on here and my DD. Surprised neither of my DS are. Older one quite normal but very popular and youngest DS I fear is chavy but DH loved it and I was knackered after the labour so gave in!

There's a little boy in our toddler group called Chilli 🌶

I have named him Ichabod

Now THAT is a cool name!

I have to add I do like my youngest sons name and he really suits it. He's the only one in the whole school with that name. (Not sure if that's good or bad 🤷🏼‍♀️).

Cash, London, Paris, Mercedes, Stormy, Candy, Tyler, Parker, Harrison, Lennon, Kayleigh, Kylie.

That's enough to be going on with.

Bloodybridget, Maxim isn't necessarily short for Maximillian. It's a pretty common Slavic name in its own right.

Love how subjective this thread is . To summarise a new parent must avoid any name that is:
Too common and overused
Too odd or unusual
Too trying to be upper middle class
Too chavvy
Hyphenated
Old person names
The name of anyone who was a git when they were at school

My name has been mentioned several times and I'm at the strong reactions!

Neither DD or DS have been mentioned though

Any name that is basically a surname but has been turned into a Christian name, usually by Americans.
All the names ending in -den (Jayden, Kayden etc)
All the names where letters have been changed to make it more modern - Jaxon, Kloey, Luci,
And because I'm a teacher I couldn't name my child Jack, Ashton, Morgan, Harry, Chloe, Ella, Matt, Omar, Felicity and a whole list of others. Too many stressful memories!

Grace - they are always obnoxious.
Victoria - never met a nice one and Vicky/Vicki is an awful nickname.
Amelia, Isabelle/a, Ella/ie all totally over done.
Laura, Jane, Claire and the like.. just really boring.

I couldn't name a child a name which I associate with a horrible or horribly tragic character in a very memorable book. Jude and Milo are both names I would have considered if not for the literary characters which have been vivid in my mind since 15 years before I had my first child.

I liked Chloe but it sounds too much like the German popular slang for toilet - same problem with Axel and armpit in German...

When I was 5 my best friend's sister was called Chloe. I always thought it sounded like it should have been an instrument - Clip Clop like a horse - I've never really understood why this random thought process from age 5 has stuck - I mean all the other thoughts I would have had is Clip Clop Chloe?

Tyler - I think someone is referring to a man doing a job or someone is being rude by not calling someone by their name but by their trade i.e. maid.

Ruth - as kid I always wondered why you would name someone after your roof (probs my pronunciation).

Any names ending with Bell/Bella as all the ones I've known have been ugly on the inside.