What do *you* consider to be "horrible" names?

[HappyWifeandMum]

I was reading another thread here, where many people referred to a particular name as being "horrible". So it got me to thinking... What constitutes a "horrible" name, and how does that perception change from region to region?

Please... This is NOT to offend ANYONE... I just truly want to get a feel for what you think are truly awful names. Opinions vary greatly across the globe, and I would love to be able to compare them.

Here's the deal... I would be very grateful if each poster would post (as nicely as possible) the names they dislike the very most, and why, without taking merciless jabs. Also, if you are comfortable with it, would you please list the continent or country you are from as well. I am hoping this will be fun and informative!

Here goes... My uncontested, most disliked name of all time is "Nevaeh". Why? Because I think it is beyond senseless to reverse the spelling of a common word and call it a name. (North America)

Dwayne. Wayne. Saying those names is like chewing sticky toffee.

I guess you mean Freddie is a distruptive brat because his parents chose to put Freddie on his birth certificate instead of Frederick who I assume is a little angel????

How ridiculous are you???

There might be a correlation between a parents' choice of name and their parenting approach. In other words parents who prefer to name their children Freddie/Charlie/Alfie as opposed to Frederick/Charles/Alfred might have a different parenting style than those who prefer to give their child a more formal name.

Colin because it sounds like colon . Yuk too bowelly . Unfortunately it's my dh 's name - it really put me off him initially - have still never learned to love the name only the man !

Soraya - sounds too much like psoriasis - again yuk yuk yuk !

Benedict - sounds like a slimy wet handshake to me

Toby - but just because I was bullied by one at school!

Daisy - is a pets name. It might be cute for a little girl (or better, a little dog) but who wants to be 45 and called Daisy??

Names I dislike include

William - hate the Willi sound
Alfie/Archie - too cutesy and faddy
Zak/Zach/Zac - sounds harsh and incomplete
Fin/Finn - again sounds incomplete and too 'trendy'
Place names - Brookly, Florence, Paris, Madison

Don't like old-man/old-lady names like Archie, Stanley, Edith, Maisie.

Loathe Noah. I find it unspeakably worthy and earnest.

Names that sound 'wet' to me e.g. Nigel and Brian.

Benjamin ? a bit flopsy and foppish. I think it's just the J sound that I object to though as I quite like Ben and love Benedict.

Don't like Oscar ? good name for a dog but not a person IMO.

I'm in the UK.

Ragwort I was named after a perfume, it's not even a first name it's a last name and it's spelled wrong! I am in the process of changing it. :D

I don't like the name Ashley, out of the possibly hundreds I've met, I have only met one who was a nice person. I also hate the name Graeme.

Hooray one of mine made it- though my benedict is not in the least bit wet or slimy.
I hate made up names and names with unecessary french accents or german umlauts put in to make them look interesting

Every single one of my families names has been mentioned on this thread [proud]

I'm struggling to see the point of this thread....

Ok, so we all have different tastes. Thats good isn't it? Wouldn't it be boring if we all chose the same 'mumsnet approved' names?

And who cares if someone prefers to use the French version of a name and someone else the English or German or whatever version? Again, that makes life more interesting imo.

Laynee.
Stanlee
Courtnee

Both just wrong in my opinion. (I know someone who has actually used those and spelt them that way)

morag , hilda , freda
but i love gladys and augusta no accounting for taste

Don't like Freda or Frieda but for some reason love Frida ...

I think all this all proves is that someone, somewhere really hates your name, your DH's name and your DC's names. But I am the exception. Everyone must love my name since it hasn't been mentioned yet

Ashley always reminds me of Ashtray..

But why should we EXPECT everyone to love our names, our clothes, our wall colours etc. Of course they shouldn't! We thankfully all have different tastes.

I'm surprised how defensive people get on this thread, having to defend their child's name. There will always be some who dislike it. Accept it. And how boring would it be if we did all have the same tastes .

Amelia - it is also the medical term for a birth defect with missing limb(s). Why use a name which also means this?

libellulle, mine either! Which I'm surprised about, because personally I really dislike it.

Libelulle The same must go for me as I haven't been able to find mines yet. I think mines is just too unusual, everyone's forgotten how hideous it is! :P

my daughter's name is on here... I adore it. actually the name forum is always the most heated/opinionated one on mumsnet...I find it hysterical how angry people can get...
so here goes... lets see how many people I make mad.

(have lived in england,america and italy) the names I hate are:

sharon, sheila, ethel, henrietta, crystal, imogen, cynthia, cinzia, pearl, mildred, agnes, ada, brooke, carol, gertrude, patience, roberta, princess, patrizia, paula

nigel, stanley, ronald, fabio, keith, donald, jeramiah, bernardo, bernard, dwayne,...

oh and if you want to get gong on made up names...there is no where better than in the ghettos of the south east of america, where I came across actual people named...

Sheniqua, Trishell, LaTrice, Lebron, LeShawn, Terell, Tyrese, Mo-Nique

mamaesi, still no mention of mine . On yours, I mostly concur, although I rather like Imogen and Pearl. I secretly quite like Mo-Nique too ...

I secretly quite like LeShawn. Lol.