Which perfectly nice names do you really dislike for no reason you can put your finger on?

[notanumber]

I don't mean names that you think are:

'posh' (Fenella)
'chavvy' (Kayden)
'princessey' (Annabelle)
'hypheney' (Ellie-Mae)
'illiterate' (Mykal)
'ubiquitous' (Ruby)
'celeby' (Britney)
and so forth.

I mean names which for absolutely no reason you can put your finger on, you really really dislike. They don't come with associations or baggage, you just don't like it.

The test is, if you can say: "I don't like it because...(it reminds me of a horrible kid in primary school/it's really dated/ I know fifteen of them)" then it doesn't count. There has to be absolutely no justifiable (or unjustifiable) reason for your dislike of it.

For me: Hazel.

I just think it's really a horrid name.

Jessica
Jennifer
Rebecca
Lindsay
Eleanor
Rachel

Andrew
Archie

mrsravelstein
ValiumSoltera
5inthebed
Mudandmayhem

notanumber

ChessPiece
nevergoogle
surelynotnormal
SlightlyJaded

you are all on my little list

the rest of you - just watch it, OK?

don't worry, my ds is named too.
although is calum as hated as callum is or do we get away with it?

I don't think spellings affect anybody's loathing of a name as a name, nevergoogle

bad luck

Ruth and Beverley! Just cannot imagine giving a little newborn wither of those names! Esp Beverley.

Debra
Lee
Kevin
Derek
Tony

None of them names you really get now.

I am always surprised when i hear someone has named a child something i think of as a typical 80's name....Catherine, Simon, Stephen, Emma etc..

I loathe the names Nora, Noreen and Maureen, but like Laura and Lauren which have a similar sound.

drat.

he is a thug btw.

My name, both my children's names (well 1 spelt differently and the other is a long/short version of basically the same name) and my friends' children's names (including my goddaughter's) are all on this thread.

Ponders I disagree. I love Juliet and Vivien, but not Juliette and Vivian/Vivienne. I like Isobel more than Isabel. I like Elizabeth more than Elisabeth. Emer more than Eimear, I could go on but I'd bore you.

but if you only heard the name, you wouldn't know how it was spelt, Valium?

George, and I know loads of them too.

That's true! but I mean from the perspective of choosing it! Also, people might disbelieve me, but when I meet an Isabel/Isobel/Isabelle I can tell how it's spelt from looking at the mother . It's a nerdy skill I grant you and I can't put it on my cv, but trust me, I know.

ooops

agree with Martha know a couple lovely babies with lovely mums -- but the name just makes me gag and I really can't understand why ANYONE would choose it.

Blethyn
Bryn
Joyce
Alicia
Aleesha
Lance
Piers

Three people suggested Miriam to me when I was pregnant with DC2. One of them fairly insistently ("Oh it's lovely! And you could use Mim as a nickname!") In the end I explained that I would rather call a child Fuckface it really didn't appeal to me.

Honestly though, Miriam? Three people I tell you - not just one random lunatic. So I guess it must just be me

My name hasn't been mentioned yet but dh, all 3 of my children and even my dog has!

So, sod the lot of you, here are mine:

Firstly and mostly, Martha - just dreadful.
Abigail - it has to be the 'gail' part 'cos I like Abbie.
Lydia
Ellie
Rebecca - I just find this so difficult to say
Olive
Ann - borrrrring
Amelia

Luke
Callum
Anthony
Kian
Connor
Jonathan
Liam

All perfectly decent names that for some reason, make my teeth itch ...

George and Martha - how can people?

Freya.
Ryan
Daniel

Just no!

Erin - I can't stand it,not sure why!

None of my family has been mentioned yet! (hurray)

Lydia
Linda
Lisa
Louise

Sue
Susan
Suzie

Callum
Kian
Tiegan
Tegan
Tia

Reece
Ryan
Brian

Jayden
Jade (sounds like jeerrrd when said in a Northern accent)

Wayne