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"I've never met a nasty <insert name>...."

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notanumber · 06/04/2011 20:37

It's funny how your liking of a name is influenced by people you know. On any given name thread, someone will always pipe up, 'I was bullied by a Gemma/Mandy/Annabel at school so I hate that name now', but it's rarer that people say 'God, that's an objectively horrible name, but I know a fabulous Gertrude so I actually really like it now'.

I don't go in much for Irish names usually, but I make an exception for Siobhán. I've never met a nasty one. All the Siobháns I've ever come across have been really sunny and lovely.

However all (ok, most) of the Joshuas I've met are a different matter.

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collision · 06/04/2011 22:55

Ugh! I only know naughty Bens!!

Josh's are fab as are Liz, Jo, Max & Ella.

do not like vanessa or denise

cowboylover · 06/04/2011 23:45

I have only ever met horrid Charlottes and Rachaels!

That why I think our names list so far is of people neither of us know so can not prejudge but its only our experiences.

muminthemiddle · 06/04/2011 23:45

I've never met a nasty Jane or Peter.

Plonkerr · 06/04/2011 23:53

Emily
Sarah
Amy
Tom (although they tend to be cheeky)
William

All Charlottes and Rebeccas are unbearably bossy, all Josephs and Jamies are naughty and all Ellies are a pain in the arse. Fact. Well, almost.

Marrow · 06/04/2011 23:53

I know three Heidis and all lovely. I have known two Natashas and both very bitchy.

Have to disagree with Jade as I have ony known one but she is one of the nicest, sweetest people I know!

MackerelOfFact · 07/04/2011 10:01

All Helens I know are intelligent and lovely (and it's not my name BTW Grin).

Agree with Lauras and Laurens, and would add Lucys - I reckon half of my female friends have one of these names!

MackerelOfFact · 07/04/2011 10:06

Have also only ever met bloody lovely Matts.

loonyrationalist · 07/04/2011 11:16

Funny isn't it how easily our reactions to a name can be coloured by a particularly nice/nasty owner of said name.

On girls names the one name DH & I agreed on was one we didn't want - Sophie - influenced by rather horrid housemate we & our best friends shared a house with at uni. Friends felt the same about the name. Imagine their dismay when their niece was christened Sophie (no they never let on to the parents) In the 10 years since she has been born they have come to love the name again as most of its association is with their neice; whereas for DH & I it retains a certain horridness as we do not have the nice connotations.

Aren't humans weird Grin

AliSheedy · 07/04/2011 14:34

Lauras are lovely.

LucretiaInShadows · 07/04/2011 20:45

I've never met a nice Anna.

All Frances/Francescas are beautiful!

blueberrymoon · 07/04/2011 23:56

Erm, excuse me, but how come you are allowed this thread without being 'mean-spirited', but I am not allowed mine? :)

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notanumber · 08/04/2011 00:05

Because you are bad, blueberry, and you hate babies. And adults. And all other people.

Shame on you.

Chill. Some people are loons have a heightened sense of senstivity about sensitive things like names Wink

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newportstateofmind · 08/04/2011 00:06

I would have been very Hmm about the name Nancy, but then I taught an absolutely lovely one, so I love it now!

Never met a Ryan I liked though!

NotaMopsa · 08/04/2011 00:12

Joshua spans too great a field....

Jamie/Ryan/Jordan/Zacv all naughty

blueberrymoon · 08/04/2011 00:24

Haha Wink Maybe it's because some 'mean-spirited' people go about it in different not so obvious ways x

ValiumSoltera · 08/04/2011 12:31

I also had a flatmate sophie who would have put anybody off the name. She got sick around the sick in the bathroom and still didn't clean up. She never cleaned up. She was too posh I think?? I thought maybe she might clear up her own vomit. But no. I had to ask her politely if she would mind dreadfully cleaning the vomit up around the sink. It had dried and gone clear at this point, and she scowled at me as though I were being a right ol' nag.

belgo · 08/04/2011 12:33

I have never met a nasty Jenny. I know several, and they are all lovely.

Lonnie · 08/04/2011 13:15

Never met a nasty Phoebe or Isobel/Isabel/Isabelle

Never met an unplesant Conrad (guess with my ds is called laughs)

All the Andrews and Colins Ive me have been such lovely people.

All the Callums and Connors I meet I find eeeek..

All the Lucy's and Jessica's Ive met are spoilt little madams (both adults and kids)

LifeOfKate · 08/04/2011 13:27

How lovely to see my name come up a few times :o I don't believe it though, I have met a horrid Kate!! Not me BTW, I am lovely Wink :o

The only one I can think of is a name that I used to hate, but which is now a very good friend of mine, so now has good associations - Cecilia. Also, I knew a not very nice person called Alexa once, but a friend has since had a baby and called her Alexa, so I can begin to drop my bad associations and attach them to a very cute little girl :o

MamaLazarou · 08/04/2011 13:28

Natashas and Jessicas are always beautiful, glossy and glamorous.

Sineads are always sweet and a bit impish.

Alexanders are tough but dull.

saffy85 · 08/04/2011 16:18

Never met a truly nasty Becky/Rebecca however I wouldn't use this name as it makes me think of Charlotte on sex and the city and her vagina Grin

I've never met a nice Jade- they've all been horrible. As have all the Lisa's I've ever known.

Know loads of nice matts/Matthews, including my ex so can't use that name either unfortunately.

All the Tylers, Connors and Callums I've met have been quite cheeky and/or naughty. All the Kellys are gobby Grin

Popolly · 08/04/2011 16:24

Never met a nasty Jenny, but nor have I ever met a glamarous one!

All the Kellys I've met love to bitch.

PebblesAndWine · 08/04/2011 19:33

My entire family are on this list! Wink

Tillyscoutsmum · 08/04/2011 19:47

All the Jenny's I know are lovely (including myself Wink). I also know a couple of glamorous ones

I only know lovely Charlottes and Beckys

Tillyscoutsmum · 08/04/2011 19:48

Stuarts/Stewarts have also been lovely ime

Also agree with naughty Connors and Callums