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!

Noah. Sounds like a moan of pain.

Alfie - so twee.

Dorothy, Ethel, Mabel... I know they're coming back into fashion but they still sound very old lady-ish to me.

Amelie. It sounds like your'e mis pronouncing Emily
Amelia again too popular.

Morag - and i was nearly called that as well!

sometimes the names i hate are because of the spelling - Rebekka for instance.

Alfie, Archie, Albert, Walter, Bertie, Jay, Jayden (any spelling of it)

gosh, lots of others, but overheard at work today were kids called Rachel and Ross - so mummy was a Friends fan then? I don't dislike the names, but not together like that - sorry!

Ingrid. I hate it. It sounds like an ingrown toenail.

Felix, Oscar, Jasper, Toby (all sound like cat/dog names to me)

Old lady names Ethel, Mabel, etc - OK for 2 year old and 80 year old but rubbish anywhere in between.

Also not keen on Kirsty as have met several vile ones!

Tobias
Kai
Isaiah
Carl/Karl
Florence
Sue
Tamsin
Ptolemy

Eleanor / elinor which is strange because it's beautiful. I just don't like it

Lydia. I think it's ghastly. No particular reason, just sounds ugly to me

Fleur.

Just sounds like someone vomiting, to me.

Faye
Belinda
Megan
Sophie
Eleanor
Gaynor
Beverly
Mandy
Lisa

Layton
Clayton
Wayne

All totally irrational

Balonz

Stella - yak!
Ian - whiney.
Keith - reminds me of soggy grey cardigans.
Lucy- arch enemy all through school. Such a simpering smug child lol!

Charlotte
Amelia
Eve (but I like Eva and Ava)
Freya
Lexi
Tilly
Poppy
Scarlett
Ruby
Megan
Chloe
Lola
Phoebe
Lucy
Mia
Imogen
Amy (especially when spelled Aimee or Amie)
Lacey
Esme
Darcey
Bella
Paige
Tia

Logan
Mason
Finley
Lewis
Harvey
Toby
Rufus
Rex
Felix
Elliot
Milo

Jayden, anything with Rose stuck on to it - Nick, Chloe errrgh, Stephanie, don't like Lauren either, loath Alice.

Amanda. Tarryn. Barbara. Karen. Dina. They just grate. Blegh.
Marcus. Lawrence and Larry. Vincent. Total shudder even just typing that last one! And yes, Jayden - wtf. Do like Haydn though.

Rachel. I don't know why. To me it doesn't sound like a name for a girl/woman, more like the name of a cleaning or food product.

Stella. Nothing to do with lager connotations, I just don't like the way it sounds or the way my mouth has to move to say it.

Mia. Just because I knew one who caused me a lot of problems.

Dean. Because when I say it I think of 'bean'. This began in childhood before I could get my 'D' and 'B' the right way around.

Neil. I think it sound puny and vulnerable. Again, nonsensical, it means 'warrior' in some languages.

Robert. Because it sounds like ribbet/rabbit or the noise a fart makes And I remember seeing a sales assistant with a badge that said 'Pleased to help you and then 'Rob' . And I found it funny.

No offence to anybody who has or loves these names. I am well aware of how my mind works and how wrong it can be!

Lily - it feels like my tongue gets stuck trying to get the L sounds out.

And YY to Olive "sounding round"!

Stella. No idea why, just seems harsh.

Barbara, Deniece, Tracey, Jean. All perfectly inoffensive but I really don't like them.

There are fewer boys names which have the same effect. Terry. Keith. Reggie. Reuben. Caleb. That last one is probably one of my least favourite names ever, of either sex.

I think 'Ian' is whiney too. snoring. And when It's spelt 'Iain' it annoys me.

Duane/Dwayne makes me think of drains.
Lee. It makes me think something should be on the end, probably a 'k'.