‘Wet’ names?!

[Cbeebiesrehab]

I have seen multiple threads today where people have called names ‘wet’-both boys and girls names. What is a ‘wet’ name?! I’m a bit puzzled by this concept.

Ah ok, get it. Can think of boys but not really girls...the GoT reference helped!lol

Omg. Lucy has been mentioned 3 times. My DD is Lucy. A less 'wet' child I have yet to meet. She is rather closer to 'spirited'

I don't think Lucy sounds 'wet' at all

Timothy is the wettest name. I agree about Robin and would add Philip.

Toby

Susan

To me, the ultimate wet name is Toby. But it's subjective...
Also, Jonty. Bleeeeuuugh

@WhatAmISupposedToBeDoing my Lucy is also as far away from being wet as you could possibly get as is DD1 whose name has also been mentioned

Walter (unless German)

Louis
Finn
Edmund

Ooh, Robin as a wet name? I associate it with actual robins, who are really feisty and territorial. What are other people associating it with to see it as wet?

Jeremy
Timothy
Urquhart
Hector

I interestingly also cannot think of wet girls names

Alice. I know people love it but I find it incredibly wet.

Sorry to mention Lucy. I too have a dd whose name is listed here, and I think she may one day be in charge of the world. Or at least the NHS.

I think as a child a knew a Lucy who was so repressed and over parented she came across as thwarted , so lacking in life force.

Julian.
Percy, Toby, Timothy, Rupert, Reuben
They just sound a bit drippy. Percy reminds me of Lord Percy in Blackadder who was a very wet character.

For girls:
Cecily.
Lucinda, Felicity, Ottilie, Arabella. Names that are frilly but at the same time a bit wispy and nothingy (for my taste).

Lucy
Milly/Molly
Janice
Tracy
Timothy
Roger
Arlo

Whiney, boring, flimsy names.

I’ll list some:
Alfie
Archie
Charlie
Samuel
Joshua
Lucy
Jessica
Daisy
Lily
Felicity
Violet
Ellie

Holly, Molly, Polly

Guilty - I did describe Felicity as wet in another thread.
Everyone has an instinctive reaction to a name and it's just a name I would associate with someone without a lot of gumption or vim.
My DD's name was actually mentioned up thread, but her namesake was a Norse warrior goddess so I disagree!

This is a funny thread! I think of wet names as kind of drippy, even 'thin' to look at, like Alec,Cecil, Nigel. I don't think Edmund or Daniel are wet (mentioned above). Seems like names with the letter i are what I think of. Cecily for a girl ties in!

One of my boys has been mentioned many times on here so I am probably unqualified to comment! I find the name Lily very wet and weak. Just the word unrelated to the name annoys me actually. I can't think of any other names that annoy me as much!

Peter, Timothy, Percy

Sarah, Jane

My sons name has been mentioned on here. In my opinion it's not "wet" at all. It takes a strong man to carry a feminine name and vice versa.

I've also never heard of a wet name, I think it's more people associating those names with people they deem "wet".

Why is Martyn wet?