‘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.

Not me anyway CaseFace, I've never met anyone with the names I suggested as wet. It's the look and sound of them. I wouldn't think of Peter as wet at all though, so it's obviously perception. I think some people are thinking 'boring' names, but it's not the same thing imo.

Julian.

Timothy.

Adrian
Julian

Make me shudder.

It's definitely the i ! Even the word drippy looks drippy!

Definitely Adrian and Julian.

Also Toby, Milo, Felix, Lucy, Poppy, Phoebe.

I have just been rogered senseless by a Timothy.

Walter
Emily

Justin

Ben / Benji / Benjamin
Jamie
Toby
Thomas

@TubeTop awesome answer!

Quite a bit of the time people say ‘wet’ they just mean posh - hence Julian, Rupert, Jonty etc.

Shauna
Abby
Lauren
Mary
Hannah

Ryan
Jack
John
Patrick
Michael

Lucy, Emily, Sophie, Milly, Molly, Ellie etc are all wet names to me. There's nothing special about them and they're just kind of.. there.

For boys it'd be names like Timothy, Martin, Robin, Rupert, Percy. And the new -ie names like Archie, Ollie and so on.

Howard
Edwin
Christian

Agree with Lily, Poppy, Daisy etc.

tubetop

Agree with @ravenwings. For me any girls name that ends in an EE sound y-ie-ey etc Katie, Debbie, Tiffany, Jenny. I myself have a very wet dull name

Good question, op. I was wondering the same and still don't really understand what makes a name 'wet', there are so many different names on this thread .

What's a 'dry' name then ?

Tilly, Millie, Lily and Daisy.
Make me shudder

I agree with Timothy. Also Percy...and I'm going to get lynched for this...Teddy.
Girls sorry Lucy mums but that's my top one. Also Penelope and Wendy. More to do with women I've met though to be fair.

Noah
Sebastian
Rupert

Funny how perceptions are different. I associate Lucy with really feisty, confident and strong girls I know, so don’t see it as wet at all.

Both my children’s names have been mentioned as “wet” names. Both of them are very dry indeed.

To dh a wet or weak name as he calls them seem to be any name that can if over pronounced end in " errr , eww eee/y" So Christopherrr Alsitaerrr Matheww Lucy(lucee) Maiseyy I don't recall him using the phrase for girls names as much as boys names.. I told him he was being stupid and meant it

The only adult Jamies are very wet and also an adult female Jayme. It does colour the name unfortunately.

Oops should be the only adult Jamies I know...

For me, sometimes it is association with a person or character, eg 'Walter the softie'

Other times I can't explain why but can only imagine the name belonging to someone a bit insipid

Boys:
Jasper
Walter
Thomas (but not Tom)
Timothy (but not Tim)
Gavin

Girls:
Rosemary (but not Rose/Rosie)
Dinah
Gillian (but not Jill or Gilly)
Susan (but not Sue, Suzy or Susannah)