Marmite names which MNetters don't like..!!

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It seems this topic board has loads of MN's 'marmite' names. Loads of threads along the lines off, 'DC would of been' or 'Names you Love.'.

...so I was just wondering, which names don't you like and why?

Ha ha! Before I knew I was having a girl I was thinking of naming DS2 George nn. Bertie like George VI (even though his BC name was actually Albert!) as I love George (prefer Bertie) but also wanted a name with a nn. Think there would've been a few confused looks when I announced little George nn. Bertie!

I second Montisi...Bertie is a lovely name!

I hate all the names like flowers, people pretending to name their children after their grans, Daisy, Maisy, Poppy, Lily. Couple that with the middle name May and it just makes me think of deep south trailer trash. Awful.

I post my likes and dislikes of names FWIW on baby name threads, but don't expect them to be typical let alone universal (nor indeed heeded by OP). They're just my preferences. Oh, and I would post anything I associate strongly with that name (or vaiant pronunciations/spellings) in case OP hadn't realised (or might be irritated by a need for frequent correction).

It would be dull if everyone had the same taste!

I dislike all the faddy biblical names like Joshua, Elijah, Noah etc..

And all the Millie, Rosie, Ellie names.

I never asked for names people hated just disliked, small difference imo
I agree it would be dull if everyone had the same taste. I'm sure plenty of people won't like my name or DD or in fact any names on our list.

I was asking as it would appear there are plenty of names which are very nice but on Mumnets they get slammed for what every reason, marmite names. In fact i started this thread in order to find a name that isn't hugely popular with the MN masses..as I like name other people don't.

I'm really not keen on the name Daisy (great aunt who smelled of pee, so always think of that first) and the fact it's a bit faddy imo. However I really like the Rose and Iris, go figure.

Anything that was popular in early 20th century-Ivy, Hilda, Winifred, Ethel, Sidney,Wilfred, Ernest, Reggie etc. Anything with made up spelling.

I dislike the following names (i.e.not children with these names, nor their parents) :

,* boys' names ending in."ie" e.g. Archie, too weak and childish

• boy's names such as Milo or Arlo - too faddy
• Marcus - Mark is far better
• Harrison - pretentious and sounds chavvy
• flowery girl's names except Iris
• Caitlin pronounced Kate Lyn.
• Elisha used for girls. Elisha is an Old Testament prophet.
• Paris used for girls. There was a world before internet sex tapes.
• Delilah.

Connor and Callum are two names I just cantstand made worse by the fact many think that ds is called it (he is Conrad)..

Not keen on Eleanor never have been and Ellie falls under that nor Olivia

Nor keen on the "ayden" ending names (or Ayden itself) but funnily enough the one I know is Brayden and he is a little darling so it isnt due to bad associations.

I dont care for names like Chardonnay Apple or Parsley

I know a few children called Robert so not sure that is out of fashion, and a recent David.

I have two pet peeves when it comes to names. First, is nicknames as given names e.g. just Bertie rather than Albert Second, is names that the poor child is going to have to spend their whole life spelling or correcting people on because their parents wanted to be original.

Although I shouldn't really cast aspersions on others as I committed the crime of top ten name and I have a common surname b

Robert and David are classic names and lovely!

Classics are names that are never 'out', they may not be popular, but you will get some in every generation. If they are not classic you can age the person.
I know a lot of Roberts and some Davids who are young. Catherine, Emma, Elizabeth, James, Edward etc are classic. Elsie, Ivy etc will be under 5 yrs or over 80yrs (on the whole). Tracy, Karen etc will be 1970s, and Nigel, Linda, Brenda, Malcolm etc earlier.

I think classic names are well known names that are timeless - used throughout the years/centuries but are, by definition, never super popular.

Just like fashion really - a classic cashmere jumper is a timeless piece of clothing that has never been super trendy but is always there.

Classic names imo include James, Robert, Quentin, Peter, Elizabeth, Alice, Catherine.

I also have to say how you can get Bertie as a nn from George I'll never know... But could be me I suppose! Classic is banded about far too often on this website. I agree with Alice, Charlotte, William, James as classics, but Finn, Jude, Harry? I am 32 and there were none in either of the large schools I went to... Same with Oliver... It's a name that has come back rather than a classic IMO. I agree too, Archie is not weak at all!

I cannot STAND poncy, try-hard names like Hugo, Mungo etc or pretentious names of the Atticus/Persephone/Lysander ilk

As I've said before I don't like any name ending in o unless the family is of Italian extraction or similar. Just seems pretentious on a British person. Also dislike the name Harry for no reason. Dislike David but not Dave.

Harry is a classic, Finn, Jude and Oliver are not. I can't hear Archie without mentally going 'Archibald'.

I don't know a single Harry in his 30's or 40's... Only ones younger than 21 or older than 65.... Bit like Oliver... IMO classics need to cover all generations.

Apologies for being a pedant, but Harry isn't actually a classic - it's a pet version/nickname for Henry.

I agree that Oliver is no way a classic. Yes it's an old name but so are all the other 'current' names. I would say that George is a current name too. There were no Georges in my school in the 80s. David and Robert aren't classics either as they are out of fashion now and have been for the past 15 years.

The only real classics are James, Alexander and Edward. Elizabeth, Anna & Katherine for the girls.

Agree that Harry is not a classic.

Are you all English??