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?

I don't like 'full versions' of alot of names, eg Benjamin (I like just Ben), Maximillian, Archibald etc. Especially if the BC name is never used!

I don't like old man names apart from Albert. I also think some names are boring; Edward and James. I also dislike Sebastian and very long names. Just personal taste though. I would always say 'that's nice' when introduced to a baby with those above names. Theres no excuse to be rude to someone's face!

I once sat in a restaurant next to a very blahhhhdeeeee couple with foghorn voices (so I wasn't earwigging). They were discussing their 3 kids - Tiger, Peregrine and I must have blocked out the last one. I almost fell off my chair laughing. The fact that the waiters flies were down and his red shirt was dangling out didn't help the situation.

I wonder if anyone has ever been named 'Marmite'?

So far my name, DP's name and DD's names have been listed at hated ones on this thread. Just need DS's to appear to get the full house.

" I can't think of any name I detest quite as much as that one. In fact, I'd even go so far as to say that if someone tells me they have a child called that I instantly write them off. "

Really ?

See, I also dislike many names, in fact I really only love a handful of names, but I hope that I'd never 'write someone off' based purely on their name. In fact, I think it is lovely that we have different tastes - makes life much more interesting. I'd hate it if everyone else used 'my' favourite names .

Haha my name has been mentioned twice already

Can I add to my list

Guy
Quentin
Barnaby
Tarquin

Not that I give a damn what anyone else calls their baby

effingwots, you've just mentioned my ds's name (and it is not Tarquin which I hate too!) and, with my dd's name being higher up the thread, both kids' names are now officially 'hated' on mumsnet .

But, as others have said, should we even care if others hate our choices as chances are we'll hate their choices - thankfully so as name diversity makes life more interesting!

Isn't Prince Harry Henry on his BC?

My children's names are all on here...oops.

I'll probably piss of half of Mumsnet but I'll post the names I dislike,and can't understand the appeal of anyway...

Ruby
Pearl
Margaret/Maggie
Ethel
Clementine(It's beyond me why this is so popular on MN)
Polly
Ellie
Ava
Ivy
Iris
Beryl
Jean
Minnie
Tabitha
Lola
Lexie
Abby
Prudence
Betty
Ursula
Luna
Tegan
Demi anything
Agnes
Agnetha
Nelly
Evie
Queenie
Tallulah.Awful doesn't begin to cover it.

Stephen(Horrid sound)
Frank/Frankie(The sound of this name literally makes me shudder)
Archie
Alfie
Finn.Any variation of Finn. I hate 'Finn' names.
Stanley
George
Arthur
Wayne
Sidney
Dylan
Freddy/Fred/Frederick
Elliott(Horrid sound again,and very wet)
Ernest
Malachi(Hate the way it sounds again,and it makes me think of The Children of The Corn)
Digby/Diggory.
Barney/Barnaby
Larry
Ralph unless pronounced as Rafe.
Oakley
Woody
Harvey
Bernard
Cedric
Walter
Paul
Hector
Amos
Moses
Monty

I do like some names, I promise.

Olivia! All thanks to the world's most despicanle co-worker. I know it's popular but every time I hear it I think "bitch".

Also anything that was intended to sound sophisticated but actually says "my parents are in desperate need of an education. Like "Sophisticated" - currently being taught by my extremely good at keeping a straight face mother.

... And of course Olivia was in fact despicable, stupid iPad!

LaFille - perhaps you should just list the names you do like

Is 'Richard' a marmite name? I can't decide whether i love it or not.

I forgot Beatrice and Scarlett.

I do like Richard though.

I don't really hate them but names i would never ever entertain myself are Tegan, Kaitlyn, Megan and Madison for boys Kayden, Jayden, Brodie, Taylor etc also Edie, Noah Connie.

My baby names have come up a lot on this thread, not all just some

Richard is a lovely name; agree that some of those 70s names need a come back, lots of names that you never hear any more (including mine ).

What about straightforward names like Susan, Jane, Mary, Sally, Susannah, Sarah, Melanie, Katherine (do doubt that one is due for a comeback) - haven't heard of those for ages. Or for boys - David, John, Peter? Or are they all considered too dull - in fact they would be quite original these days !

Am I right in thinking that Kaitlyn is supposed to be pronounced 'cashleen' ?

Neither of my DC's names have come up, even though a couple of friends told me they hated DS's name before he was born - they asked me what names I was thinking of then v rudely gave me their opinion!

They both went on to give their own DC names I didn't like but being the nice person I am I passed no comment, just smiled inwardly.

Sarge I have a Bertie (but we went with the full Albert on bc) too and he is mostly called Bert now poor lad! Sometimes I hear myself saying it in public and think people nearby must by thinking to themselves "fucking hell, there's a little baby called Bert"

I too loathe Madison. I wonder why? It seems innocuous. I don't like American ish names such as Brooke either and know a couple of little ones so it appears to be getting more popular.

Dragon, yep, Prince Harry has Henry on his birth cert.
Never ever heard him been referred to as Henry though.
From Birth.

I have a list as long as my arm of names that make my teeth itch, some may be quite popular amongst MNers.
But just posting them all feels really mean. If I upset someone (Like if I'd have said I don't like Oliver , which I like actually, and upset Everlong whose GS's name has such meaning).

I think that sometimes names just fit. I would never have called a child Arthur, but I know a delightful boy whose name just fits.

Everyone seems to hate Mason - I love it

Everlong! , you are not helping!!!

(I agree. Sorry to Kayden's Mummies around the world!)