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Do you like/dislike particular letters?

33 replies

yellowflowers · 20/06/2012 15:34

I know it's weird. But I'm not a huge fan of Ks. Hence liking Catherine but not Katherine. And I love V names - Victor, Vinnie, Sylvie, Viv. Anyone else particularly like or dislike certain letters?

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Littlecherublegs · 21/06/2012 12:21

I'd don't really like 'F' and for various reasons we are avoiding names beginning with L, S, B, H, A, E, I, O, U or Y!
Least it helps with the narrowing down of names!! Smile

MagdalenaAlec · 21/06/2012 14:04

Not keen on K, F, J and N. On the other hand I usually like names beginning with A, G, V and Z (Zoe and Zélie), but DH's surname makes Z names impossible (even though the initials Z.Z. would be very "Zorro" like for a boy!)

sammyleh · 21/06/2012 15:06

I hate K names, especially when they should be a C. My DP wants to spell the name we've chosen with a K. I've said it would make her sound common. Its a pet hate, like normal, traditionally spelt names with K's and Y's all over them where they should be. I once met a girl called Lauren who spelt her name Loryn - I asked her why, she said it was different. Fair point, but not my cuppa tea!

bigbluebump · 21/06/2012 15:52

I love the letter Q.

I'm less keen on the letter J, but don't really 'hate' any letter.

CuppaTeaJanice · 21/06/2012 15:59

I don't particularly like names starting with K either. Names beginning with Ja aren't that great either.

I'm not a big fan of e in the middle of a name either - if it can be removed without changing the sound, that's better.

I also prefer 5 letter names on the whole.

The letters I do like in the middle of names are the ones that are interesting shapes - i and j with dots, y, f, g etc with tails.

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Lannie33 · 22/06/2012 04:01

i hate G and B
I like K or C sound, i think i'm alone!!! :) Depends on the name which letter i like more e.g. I like Catherine, Clara, Cara but prefer Kayla and Kaiya to alternate letter beginning. I like soft names with A, O, M, L or V in them too. Eg Emily, Maya, Livia, Isabelle.

SiioCal · 22/06/2012 14:57

Really dislike k names . Especially ones that are supposed to start with c . Like kristopher Angry

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