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!

Amanda - "a man dad". Also never known a nice one which doesn't help,

Persephone - pretentious, too long and I just say 'Percy phone' in my head.

Wilf - like saying wolf when you have a lisp

Chris - just so dull!

My name has been mentioned a few times on here, I thought it was boring when I was growing up (I wanted to be called samantha) but have got over it,

I have always hated Amanda. And then I met an Amanda who proved how right I was..

It DOES sound like 'A man Dad' and just sounds boring and weak and 'fluffy'.

I hate 'Manda' as well. I like Miranda though weird .

I don't like Andrew. It's just a funny name that doesn't sound like a name at all to me.

Girls names with a "ie" at the end,

Sophie - awful, Sophia - fine

Jayden/layden/Hayden/ kaiden

I also hate 'Rebecca'. It sounds smelly.

Emily
Stephen

Names with the 'th' sound in them,me.g., Seth, Ethan, Heather, etc.

Oh yes, Abigail too.

I think my own name is truly horrible. I can't imagine what possessed my parents.

Although my grandmother sulked because they wouldn't call me Barbara (Babs!) after her. I am thankful for that. No offence to any Babs out there, but I'm very glad it's not my name. My other grandmother was a Betty and I wouldn't have wanted to be one of them either, but at least there are possibilities with Elizabeth.

I'm surprised DS2's name hasn't been mentioned on here yet. It's usually a dead cert for names MN hates.

Oh, I don't like my name, either!

Reuben , Ethan, Noah. No clue why I don't like them .

I dislike posh names. So all the Toby, Ptolemy, Arabella sort of things.

Most irrational though is a loathing of Matthew, Philip, Nicholas and Benjamin as wet.

All my dc have made an appearance so far on this thread.

My name is on here - not surprised in a way as have always disliked it (sorry mum!) and assume a lot of people do despite its recent popularity

I'm with the posters who irrationally dislike harsh surnamy type names for girls and boys - Hunter, Blake, McKenzie for example. I recently met a little 'Hunter' and I couldn't associate this tiny baby lying in a pram with such a hard sounding name somehow..

But I love Alice!!

Funny how names have such an effect on people! No wonder some of us found it so stressful naming our children..

I hate the name William.

I always feel that I should like it and have no idea why I don't, but I really do hate it.

And another one who doesn't like Lucy or Charlotte.

Wow, have just popped in to find this thread still going!

As pp said, so interesting to hear the strong negative effects some names have on people - for no particularly good reason! And, yes, it does make name-choosing really hard(combined with the fact that you have to choose a name when still in a post-natal fog! Always seems unfair, that. But another thread for another day!)

Interesting that only a few seem to share my hatred of "smug, too symmetrical" Anna but lots of people dislike Annabel. And I am still amazed at the reaction to Alice and Charlotte! I also love many of the boys names people perceive as being "wet"!
Well, if we all liked the same names, there would be 10 x "boy's/girl's name" in each class, so it's great that we don't!

Hate Rebecca and, even more so, Becky. It's such an ugly sounding word.

Had to laugh at Rebecca sounding 'smelly' up thread.
I've never liked George - sounds very stodgy. My three dc names have been mentioned. Several times .

Well none of my girls first or middle names have appeared on here, however my surname has appeared numerous times. I think it makes an awesome first name :/

Hayley/Kayleigh etc
Rebecca
Holly
Tiegan
Mia, Ava, Eva, Amelie, Amelia
Daisy and other flowery names always sound like they belong to a dairy cow...
Ophelia (I can't hear it without putting 'necro' in front of it)

Timothy,
Robert
Richard
Billy
Louis/Lewis
Tyler
Ricky
Max, Ben, Rex etc and similar sound like they belong on dogs not children

Yeah I look like a right miserable cow now ha ha!

Margot to me, it just DOES! I don't know why. Maybe the 'ecc' sound and my brain's translated it to 'ick', I honestly haven't a clue (sorry to any Rebeccas who smell lovely, I know It's irrational hence only ever saying it on this thread)!

I just don't like girls names which end with a.

Can't really say why.

Mark - not completely irrational but goes back to my teens. Friend is called Mark... nickname skid (boys are just gross)!

I like to think it isn't irrational, but...

Names that end in "son" on a girl and historically have the meaning of "son of..." Like Madison and Addison. It just doesn't make sense to give your daughter a name that means "son of..." and indicates a lack of research.

Similarly, names ending in "ton" which mostly means "town". So things like Ashton.

And Harlow - parents should be made to go to Harlow before naming their child Harlow.

And Felix and Oscar are cat names to me.

I bloody love Alice. That is all.

Amy.
Michael
Lily
Have no idea why just really grate on me.