Which names do you IRRATIONALLY dislike?

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This is not certainly not meant to be a "bitchy names thread". The emphasis is on the word IRRATIONAL. i.e. there are some names that are perfectly innocuous, lots of other people like them, I've known some lovely people with those names (so no obvious bad associations) BUT for some reason I've always disliked them. Would be interested in hearing anyone else's bugbear names!

ANNA - just too symmetrical, and (to my ears) smug and boring

LUCINDA - I like Lucy, but for some reason the "inda" really turns me off this name

Anything with "BELLE"on the end.Annabelle, Isabelle etc Pretty on paper, but I just don't like the sound for some reason

BEATRICE again irrational, but the combination of sounds just doesn't do it for me, it does the opposite of "trip off the tongue"

This is not meant to be in any way offensive. My 3 children have really "Marmite" names, and I don't mind at all that some people don't like them.
I just think everyone finds that certain sounds "jar" with them. Do others find this?

On a different note, the Baby Names topic is brilliant and I have been a long time lurker!

Tyler, Jayden, Harrison, Kelsie (will be naughty kids who are sassy in a bad way), Kai, Mia (those two are not even words imo), Teagan (where the ACTUAL FUCK did that name come from anyway?) all enrage me.

Lorna - no idea why. Love Laura though

Ilov3 no not an E.

teaandalemon I take it you aren't a westwing fan then! Those names will always have a special place in my heart.

Amelia -ugh
So bloody prissy !

Wow, what a response! Thanks for all your replies. So interesting that what "sings"for one person "grates" for another.

Btw Whoever said Chloe - yes, that's another on my list. Very stuck-in-the-throat sound. I know a lovely one though.

Yes also to Toby - just too cutesy. And definitely a dog's name. Also loads around at the moment.

I can't stand Ellen, even though I like Helen and Ella.

I cannot bear Noah and Seth.

Oh, and I dislike a lot of old lady/old man names.

Noah.

I don't like Laura because I always type it Larua and have to correct it. See? Larua.

Going back to what the OP asked - names you dislike irrationally, as opposed to names you don't like for a specific reason (threads doing that get pretty horrible, pretty quickly). I would say;

Imogen
Grace
Alice
Olivia
Oliver
Pippa
Petra
Arron/Aaron (unless pronounced Air-On)
Louis

No reasons, they are all popular names & I can't say why I don't like any of them - but just don't.

Oh yes and OP I also never liked 'Beatrice', especially with a Northern or Brummie accent because that makes it sound like the word 'dreary', but when I lived in a Spanish-speaking country where it was fairly common, I got to like it because they pronounced it 'Bay-ah-TREES' which was much nicer. Dunno if that's the 'proper' pronunciation or not because don't know the origin.

Daisy ( unless you are a cow)

Alexander and all derivatives.

Maud

Michaela

Hayley

jade, paige and Chelsea. think its the ay sound in first two

Tracy
Sophie
Annie

Katie (more bearable with the Y spelling though for some reason!, Lucy, Emily, Sophie/Sophia and Leah. No idea why - they just grate on me!

Boys names - none for an irrational reason!
Hahaha - already people have posted my DC's names and my own ;)

Beatrice
Rosie
Alice
Florence
Kay
Oliver
Luke
Dwayne
Ian
Neil
Scott

Keely
Hayley
Lucinda
Morag (so harsh sounding and apparently I was very nearly called this!!)
Darcy/Darcey

and a couple of abbreviated names like Fran (Frances/Francesca)and Fliss/Flick (Felicity)

I really hate Jack.

Also Astrid.

And Barry.

Arlo
Alfie
Matilda
Amy

There are lots more probably but these always grate. Although I know lots of nice children with those names!

Emily Emma

All the boy names that end in "ie". Charlie, Freddie, Alfie... Blurgh.

Demelza - just makes me think of eczema.

Chloe and Lucy

Molly and George

I really don't like Jessica even though I know a few lovely ones and it's the style of name I usually like.

Also Melissa (anything ending -Issa)

Boys, I don't like Tim/Timothy and Simon. No idea why.

DD1s name has been mentioned several times!

Isabella doesn't do it for me.