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.

My name still hasn’t been mentioned!

Mine neither. 😄

Balonz

Braden, Xaden, Jaden, Kaden, et. al.
Braedyn, Zaydin, "magically" spelled versions of the same shit names. These kids are going to be trouble.
Charisse, Caresse, Destiny, Charisma, Angeleeeeeeeeena, Charleeeeze, etc - kids named after movie starts that are going to look more like dinosaurs.

Both my girls are hyphenated. One with rose and one with Mae. Both after family members

I’m a child of the 80s. So my name is hyphenated. With Jayne.

Every Louise I have ever known was an utter bitch. Also liked Hazel but a dreadful bully of the same name at school put paid to that one when I had my daughter

@wheeltrims - My grandmother was a Louise and fitted your description perfectly. Unfortunately, she was such a bloody dragon, every granddaughter was given Louise as a middle name. I loathe it.

I'm not keen on the trend of old man names, Archie, Frank, Arthur etc I just think they are horrible. I mean imagine being a kid and your name is Frank? It doesn't even sound nice and is horrible to say!

Clive
Keith
Piers
Miles
Nigel
Brian
Franchesca, Olivia, anything "A"- y at the end
Pauline
June

Brandon. Every single one I've met has been a little shit. I also know a Brandon-Lee, which is terrible and doesn't have very good connotations, given the actor died quite horribly.

There's a woman I know with an angelic-looking child called Diesel. Bloody awful.

Jemma. Someone who absolutely tried her hardest to destroy my life.

Harper. Ugly and overused.

Khaleesi.

Urge...Diesel and Levi. I can only imagine the parents! (Yes, I'm judgmental).

Also loathe anything Jamie bloody Oliver named his kids! Such wet-sounding names.

Has Samantha been mentioned yet?

@bustergonad: Levi is a Jewish name and has been around way before the jeans manufacturer!

Nice thread!

I had a nightmare that I had a DS called Charlie. I was asking myself why the hell did I call him such a silly name? I really dislike all those 'classic names with a cutesy twist". Alfie is even worse and there will be thousands of them in every school soon!

Horton thank you for enlightening me, all the parents of Levi's I've come across I expect are not aware of this fact either! 🤣

Jayden, hayden, kayden etc
Tyler
Riley
Lennox
Coby
Surnames as first names

My name has been mentioned a couple of times towards the end of the thread. I've never really liked it either though. My parents didn't have a name for a girl ready when I was born, so it wasnt really thought out.

None of my dc names have been mentioned though, so that's pretty good.

Both my DDs names have been mentioned - DD1 said once, apparently it sounds ugly and DD2 a few times as overused! I’m not offended - I like them

A few of mine would be:

Caroline
Cara (a bitch in school)
Chloe (her hanger on)
Keira
Jade
Ethel
Eliza
Thomas
Fergus
Lilith

No real reason for a lot of them, just don’t like them!

My best friend has a name that’s been mentioned a few times as never having met a nice one and she hates it as well - she’s also absolutely lovely

I've always thought Evelyn was an unbelievably ugly name. My mind was blown when it became really popular. I still haven't got my head around it.

Gilbert
Penelope
Margaret
Martha
Fanny
Dorcas

Oh and Tanya

i met a teacher who said he had taught a smart lee

Never taught a smart Lee ! ( ruined own post )

Timmytoo but would that be pronounced Tanya or Tarrrrrrnyarr?