Which Name do you Hate Most?

[Tigertots]

I hate the name Jane; I'm not saying it's the ugliest name in the world, by a long way (that's probably Griselda), but because of associations. Firstly, it was the name of the most horrible bully at my secondary school; and now, also, there's the Inbetweeners movie, in which the gorgeous Jay gets paired up with a fat plain Jane who is not cute enough for him!

I have no problem with the use of K in the anglicisation of Irish names.

(I find the general antipathy to K very amusing).

I think Kevin works fine. I prefer Killian to Cillian, which I agree reads as though it should be pronounced Sillian (and I'm an Irish speaker).

One of the things that comes up on these threads is the "old person" name being liked/disliked.

Names I love like Iris and Mabel are old lady names to some, but I've never even heard of an old lady called either.

The only name I really can't stand is popular on MN at the moment - Mary.

I can hardly express how much I dislike that name. It is the name of every second woman in her 50s and 60s. It has completely ceased to function as a name in terms of being useful for referring to a person so people know whom you are talking about.

My muuuuuuum! I was doing well before then!

I don't see how you can possibly get Sillian from Cillian. If you're speaking in Irish its simply not possible, and in English is makes little sense either.

It makes perfect sense in English.

"cell" "Gloucester" "ceiling" all have soft "c"

All the names hated on this type of thread are just normal names where I live.

Jayden , Kyle ,Taylor etc.

But I always knew I didn't fit the MN demographic tbh.

Cilla, city, cigar, cinema, cinnamon, circle, circus, citrus, civil, citizen, Cillian

I know it wouldn't make that sound in Irish.

But I think there's a reason Killiney and Killarney are not Cilliney and Cillarney.

Care, can, could, cough...the hard C is far more common than the soft, so should be the go to.

The reason Killiney etc are K's is because they are anglicised, and the Brits preferred the K and couldn't pronounce their c's properly, as well as needing them shortened from Cill Iníon Leínín etc.

I think it's the combination of C and I that make people want to pronounce it as 'Sillian'. Yes 'C' is often a hard C' but Ci more often makes a soft C sound in the English language.

Couldn't give two shits about K and C.

I can see why English people could get confused. Can't really work myself up to caring if people want to use a k to be honest.

"But I think there's a reason Killiney and Killarney are not Cilliney and Cillarney"

err yeah, cause they're Cill Iníon Léinín and Cill Airne if they are "Irish names", Killiney and Killarney are anglicised names, so Kian etc are not "traditional Irish names " either, which is fine, nothing against Kian and Killian etc so long as they don't come with a speil about how they're "traditional Irish names because of the child's Irish heritage"

How kan you not kare pickles its konfusing alright

Care, can and cough aren't ci words.

My point is about why they were anglicised with ks instead of cs - why not Kork, Karrick-on-Shannon, Karlow?

Answer: because in English a ci could indicate a soft c - Silliney, Sillarney.

So in English, I think the name is better spelled Killian.

Killian is an accepted form of the name in Ireland and has been for years.

Kian not so much.

Boys names made into girls names....Dave to Davina, Donald to Donalda etc !!

Kare? Its karnAge!

Names ending in S makes them hard to say eg that's James's toy.

Least favourite name has to be Dwayne though. Don't want to offend anyone but why would you pick that?

I'm not a fan of the name Will because I see/hear the verb 'will' and the noun 'will'. Imagine saying "Will, will you write your will!"

It is also just one letter away from Willy!

I said names I don't like because..Well, I just don't care for them.

I'm shocked anyone would discriminate against someone for their name though! WTAF? Surely if you think a name is trashy it's the PARENTS who picked the name, not the child. Why on earth judge and decide the future of a small child based on their name? That's the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard!

To add to names I don't like, I don't like it when people give their children Asian names because the word means 'princess' or something in Chinese. My closest friend who is Filipino has many cousins with names like Princess, Prince, King and Queen because the context is misunderstood, and when they come to visit in Australia, their parents can't understand the strange looks. :(

Wasn't Bertie the name of the Queen's first husband..?

That's high up on the list of prestigious jobs!

Mia is the Danish and Swedish pet form of Maria, and is also commonly used as an independent given name. In other languages it is used as a nickname for Maria, and sometimes Amelia, among others. Mia is a possessive form in Italian and Spanish, and in some instances the name may be due to a misunderstanding of the Italian 'cara mia', "my dear", where 'mia' means "my".

I like the name Mia - I don't think it means "mine".

THere was a person upthread who hated the name Kathryn because it was the name of a schoolyard bully. I had a dreadful boss called Kathryn am wondering if it was the same person all grown up .

Still its the name I recoil from because of bad association. I would have to meet at least 5 lovely Kathryns to cancel her out and don't think that will happen.

Personally don't like weak sounding names with a "th" sound in them like Beth or Sophie as it makes me think of Soppy. ALso get abit tired of people always choosing the same 10 names (Eve/Oliver/Lily/Sophie/Grace/Isabel/la) etc. Don't hate these names but just think they are dull and overdone now. There are so many great names around why pick the same as everyone else?

That was me Kerala Surname beginning with R?