AIBU to ask owyou would never name a child and why

[Flyingfish2019]

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 had my daughter young but I had so many names on my list that make me cringe now.
Briana
Madison
Blaize
Pash ( a character in a book I was reading)
Cassandra
Cassiopeia
Casper and Felix (Both Cat foods I think)

And many worse
Also had Lysander but not from Shakespeare, but from Jilly Cooper.

I've never understood the love for the name Olivia, I just don't like it.
Madison and Mason. So chavy. As is anything with Mai. Ella-Mai etc etc. Yes I'm a judgmental cow.

When I used to work with children I heard all kinds of names one of the most "out there" names I can't post it's too outing I asked if it was a nickname when I heard it and was seriously told nope that's his name.
Worst names are the hyphen names I know everyone has mentioned Rae and May but the other hyphen name I've found really common has Lee in it just no it sounds so chavvy. So glad my name isn't on this list although I absolutely hate it there's so many different spellings of it and everyone always spells it wrong and tries to come up with different shorter names some of which I can't stand!
the unusual or "out there" names I've come across are:
Talulah-May
Ramoana (parent's actually called her moan for short)
Emmanuella

Absolultey hate the names Claire and Gemma. Claire was a spiteful school bully and Gemma was her bitchy minion I've never met anyone nice with those names. Had a mix of Emma's some very nice others really nasty and bitchy. Hate the name Ashley/Ashlee worked with one who was a grade A bitch and everytime I hear the name I think of that bitch who made my work life hell for 2 years

It means something totally different in Thai - but the girl's name Pooshit.

NewDOOFUSfor19 just as many people find actually putting a diminutive on the birth certificate ridiculous - especially when it's a very informal and cutesy one like Billy. Why not just call him William, and use the cute nickname you like when he's a toddler leaving him the choice to be William or Will or Billy or Bill when he gets older.

@RandomObject it's like Tea-g'n (very short second syllable)

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll - just read your comment on page 9 of this thread. I am a Bianca, and very pale-skinned, so I agree with you: it works!
Now going to read the rest of the thread to see if it comes up elsewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if it did: I was born at a time where by the end of primary school I was well used to "Rickaaaaaay" being shouted across the playground #bluddyeastenders
Also on the lookout for my son's name. It barely made the top 1000 in the UK last year, but is fairly common in the country my husband is from, so hasn't appeared yet!

Have seen my best friend's name once and my sister's name at least twice on this thread. Wish people could meet them so that at last they could say they have met nice people with these names

@Skyejuly - never seen it spelt or pronounced that way. My friend's daughter is Annalise, for example.

On another note, people have been quite critical here of old-fashioned names, but I note that the names of my parents (born 1959/1960) haven't come up yet - whereas at least one of my grandmothers' names has.

I like the name Bianca but it does make me think Rickaaaay!

@ShaggyRug - I don't know...I've taught teenage boys for years and can think of many for whom that might be a badge of honour!

@FayFortune I like it now. Luckily the Eastenders moments have passed :p

Hayley - the two I knew were both selfish airheads.
Vanessa - drama queen.
Joanne - school bully.
Jackson always gives an image to me of a cat behaviourist with tattoos and a beard.
Teresa - knew several , all unpleasant.

Well it's a full house for me-
DH and DS's (both in their 20's) too classic/boring/overused although they weren't 20 years ago
DD always appears on "a name I want but didn't dare"
Both dog and cat also appear
Just me that's escaped then
Do I win?
Oh-and my surname also on here!!

Pingu

Nothing too new and on trend. I grew up with a lot of Tracy's, Debbie's, Craig's, Kevin's and Karen's. (not in the UK). All of those sound completely lame now. So no Finn, Kayden, Jackson, Riley, Havannah or Harper type names. People who choose these names think they are cool and a little but different when they are in fact faddy, massively used and therefore not in the slightest unique and will sound cringe in 20-30 years time.

I strongly dislike these names
Girls -
Ophelia
Patricia
Kadence

Boys -
Cornelius
Lucien
Russell

I couldn't name a child something which they'd have to live up to or which could invite sarcastic comments, saying they're nothing like their name! Such as Melody, Willow, Grace, Joy,

Grace, Aurora, Lacey, Elsie, Lexie = Hideous

Alfie, Albie, Archie, Paul, Luke = Awful

Also the feminist in me detests cutesy sweetie names for girls. Daisy, Poppy, Honey etc. Can not abide. Hopefully these babies will one day be forthright 50 somethings yet lumbered with these cringey toddler names.

I don't think of Poppy or Daisy as cutesy anymore. I think I have met so many children called Poppy and Daisy, and most of them very strong willed that the names are now no more cutesy than say Amy or Katie.

Honey is still a cutesy name though.

Oh God, "Poppy." I absolutely cannot stand this name. It has such an incredibly stupid sound.

Like another poster, I hate the sounds of Nicola and Chloe as well. Nicola sounds ugly and clumsy, reminds me of "knickers" "nick" and "nickel" and has an even more horrible-sounding nickname "Nickie"--there is just nothing nice about this name. Chloe makes me think of some sweet sickly medicine that gets stuck to the roof of your mouth.

For some reason I really dislike the name Hannah. It's just an inoffensive nothing sort of name.
As a Hannah, I whole heartedly agree with this!

Names I don't like/would never use:
Circe, got it from the Odyssey but GOT made me hate it.
Gavin, all the ones I know are lovely but not a name I could give to a child.
Anastatia, Fifty Shades of Grey ruined it for me.
Anything May, Rose or Rae
Tegan, ruined for me by Dragon Age Origins and Isolde. See also, Isolde.
Tanya, Bianca, Jordan, Chardonnay, Chantelle, just chavvy to me.
Morrigan, love the name but wouldn't lumber a child with it.

Also love Sascha for a boy and Cassandra for a girl!

Rebecca - hard sounding - don't like Becky either
Amelia
Emily
Edith
Elsie
Violet
Ruby
Pearl
Saffron

and most of the previously posted names, mostly of the Evie, Ella, Ava, Eva variety!

but love -
Lucy
Imogen
Charlotte
Sarah