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Ugliest baby names according to Twitter...thoughts?

42 replies

BeckyBrandonNeeBloomwood · 07/03/2012 14:31

Disclaimer This is not my list - I have just copied and pasted from Babble.com the internet, and I am genuinely surprised at some of the entries!
I agree some of them, IMO are ugly but there are plenty of names that I would class as 'Normal' (whatever that means) but IMO about 90% are names I would never use for my DC, however some have made me chuckle, and most I've never heard of - not sure if it's a piss take...Sausagea for example Confused

Still not sure if La-a is real though... Hmm Blue Ivy on there too.

The article states:

Oodles of Twitter users shared what they thought was the ugliest name in the Twitter Trending topic #uglybabynames. So what made the list? Check out 50 of them right here:

Alan

Arthur

Barry

Bertha

Betty

Beverly

Billy

Blue ivy

Bruce

Chauncey

Cheryl

Clarence

Dolores

Dorcas

Dreshawn

Edna

Edward

Elmer

Gene

Gertrude

Gretel

Gunther

Gus

Gwen

Helga

Howard

Jomiesha

La-a (Ladasha)?the dash isn?t silent.

Luther

Marty

Mort

Myrtle

Nevaeh

Nigel

Percy

Phillip

Phyllis

Quanisha

Ronald

Rosie

Sally

Sausagea

Shaquetta

Shaneekwa

Stuart

Sue

Tyquasia

Uvula

Virgina

Ya?Tonya

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smother · 07/03/2012 15:11

Rosie? Ugly? Hmm

VickityBoo · 07/03/2012 15:13

Aaw I love Phyllis. What in earth is Sausagea though? Is that real?

AnnaFender · 07/03/2012 15:41

I am surprised by some of the names, Rosie, Edward and Arthur especially don't seem ugly to me!

And then I like, but appreciate not everyone would; Gwen and Phillip.

A lot of the names here I don't think are 'ugly' names, but maybe names with associations people don't like so they have categorised names they don't like as 'ugly' for the purpose of this Twitter thing, iyswim.

Oooh, Howard is growing on me...

bronze · 07/03/2012 15:43

Not Lahyphena then?

Don't agree with lots

Abcinthia · 07/03/2012 15:49

Lahyphena sounds like a monster from a Greek myth Grin

I'm surprised by some of the names on the list. And something like Sausagea cannot be real.

Psammead · 07/03/2012 15:58

Most of them are perfectly nice. A very few are dreadful. The rest are ok.

YNK · 07/03/2012 16:09

Uvula??? Thats the dangley bit at the back of your throat FFS

EdithWeston · 07/03/2012 16:13

I don't think it's terribly naice to slate name choices (then again, I don't do twitter, so perhaps I'm just an old fogey).

But there is perhaps a line beyond which it is just terrible to go, and Sausagea is probably beneath it.

misslinnet · 07/03/2012 16:36

Most of those names are perfectly ordinary. Apart from the ones that look made up (like Sausagea Hmm)

Arthur & Edward were on our shortlist of names for DS.

lou4791 · 07/03/2012 16:42

Oh dear. I knew I shouldn't have looked at this thread. Two of my DC names are on it.

festivalwidow · 07/03/2012 16:44

I think if you took all the Rosies, Edwards, Sallys, Philips, Stuarts and Billys out of the equation you would have to rename a lot of children and adults! (I work with all of those names)
Does Ya?Tonya really come with a question mark? Saying this because I think Tonya's quite a nice name... I don't believe Sausagea!

TartyMcFarty · 07/03/2012 16:54

My DD's name (not Sausagea, I hasten to add) and my current frontrunner for a boy are both on there - I love them, and I think the reception of names changes with association anyway. My friends would just think of my cute, chatty little DD when presented with that name. Anyone else can kiss my ass!

NotnOtter · 07/03/2012 17:05

My sons middle name is there - it's a beautiful name IMO (obviously) Clarence really rocks too and does not belong!

ButterPecanMuffin · 08/03/2012 09:46

Nevaeh deserves its place on there.

lolajane2009 · 09/03/2012 21:49

my sons name is there... they can sod off imo. the world is full of idiots and this just proves it.

Chunkamatic · 09/03/2012 23:37

DS1's name is on there so it cant be correct - I have impeccable taste!

yousankmybattleship · 09/03/2012 23:39

I agree they are all pretty hideous. What with the sausage one though? Is anyone really called that?

Devora · 09/03/2012 23:41

I LOVE Arthur, Dorcas, Rosie and Sally - they're great names!

Loving La-a too Grin

HugeFurryWishingStool · 09/03/2012 23:45

My son's lovely name is there. So they aren't all hideous, anyway, who made Twits the arbiters of good taste?

swooosh · 09/03/2012 23:49

My names on there, the one in the first reply Sad

MadameChinLegs · 09/03/2012 23:53

I love Gus

CherryBlossom27 · 09/03/2012 23:57

Eek! Poor DH name is on there! It's not a cool name and its too 'old' for him but because we don't know anyone with that name his age he's gotten away with it and made it his own!

DaenerysTargaryen · 10/03/2012 00:01

loving Chauncey!

just so I can use that name you understand.

poorbuthappy · 10/03/2012 00:03

Well the dog and dt1 got on the list.
If I had a life I'd worry about outing myself!! Grin

saintlyjimjams · 10/03/2012 00:03

I like a lot of names on that list. Presumably a lot of the people making suggestions were America. So god knows what their own kids were called. Grin