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.

Agree with a pp, any name that was traditionally a surname.

Also, any Jayden, Kayden, Alfie, Kai I also work in a school

Anything I struggle to say with my accent; central belt Scottish, not particularly strong, but I can't pronounce "Carl/Karl" properly for the life of me.
Any initials that matched mine/DP's/each other. Fine when they're wee, but not so fine when they start getting post.

Well i knew ds's would be on here as it's a bit too popular now, wasn't so much 16 years ago. I've just spotted dd's name on page 4 what a bad mum I am...
Both dc on the list

Adolf

Imelda

when i was pregnant with one of mine i liked the name Simon till someone said simple simon put me right off the name

Fiona. Was bullied terribly by one when 10/11 years old. Shudder whenever I hear the name. Will never forget how horrid she was to me and hope for her sake we never ever meet again. Sharpens claws

I don't like 'K' names, I find them very harsh;
Kayleigh, Kate(ie), Kim etc

Oscar.. no reason, just don't like it. It seems to be EVERYWHERE lately

Amelia. I find the 'me' so whiney

Misspelt or anglicised Irish names, e.g. Shawn, Connor, Neeve, Keira 😩😩😩 even just typing them is making me shudder

Jayden, kayden, Morgan, Leighton, Logan, Chardonnay, mason etc... lots of those in my ds's class. Just not to my taste.

Look at Lauren Bush , her name is now Lauren Bush Lauren!

Quentin

Anything hyphenated. Take your pick from below www.britishbabynames.com/blog/hyphen-names-2011.html

Imogen. I don’t know why, I just hate it.
Any name spelt differently, recently came across a baby Avah. Why??

Keeley.
Kayleigh
Ashleigh

My 9 year old cousin has a boy in her class called River. Wtf?!

I dislike all the top 10 names, and a special mention to Jaxon. A truly hideous name, even Jackson would be better. I also dislike very old names like Mildred, Edith, Maureen, Janice, those sort of things. And any American style names.

If I did have a boy I would call him Sascha and a girl Franscesca. So I probably have terrible taste compared to most!

Alison. Never known one not to be a bitch. And that’s 50 years worth of them!

Gary,any old lady names.They are just awful.
My sons names been mentioned.I feel so privileged

Imogen. I don’t know why, I just hate it

Me too...it's a very ugly name imo.

Mia = missing in action
Or my name... Killed in action!

Francesca is a nice name, but you might find Sascha to be problematic for a boy. Others may know better!!

Surnames as a first name, but each to their own!

@Fatasfook I have a Grace, hope my accent is ok, I call her my little Graceling 😀

A name is what someone has been given, I try to be considerate of everyone's feelings about what they've been named and not say negative things about it as I will never know who I offend. My preference would be traditional names tho.

The only name I would absolutely rule out is my own name, because that would be weird. I'd consider anything else.

Ivy, Nora, Edith, Ada, Elsie. Plain and bordering on frumpy and ugly.

I wouldn't consider top 10 names, dd has 3 Olivia's in her class and on the other end of the scale wouldn't pick really obscure names, they come across as very self indulgent with little thought to a person having to live with it their whole life, same goes for unique spellings.

Also wouldn't consider old names such as Albert, Arthur, Percy, Ivy, etc, I think names should die out before being resurrected, it seems odd having an 8 month old and 80 year old with the same name

I met an adult woman called Pebbles. That was her real name. Wtf? I think her parents must have been influenced by The Flintstones.

Roger, Rochelle