‘Wet’ names?!

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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.

Anything ‘ee’ For boys?

What about Henry - that’s a very strong name, not at all wet

@CaptainCucumber because, as has been stated on the thread by a number of posters already, it is entirely subjective.

You and I might view Henry as a strong name, but that doesn’t invalidate someone else’s opinion that it’s the opposite.

There is no measurement of strength in a name other than people’s opinions when they hear it.

Freddie and Zachary are also not wet names, whereas Rufus and Samuel definitley are

Dinosaur - true, but there usually is a general consensus, I.e Candida being posh, Lexie-Maii being ‘chavvy’

To say that popular names e.g Jack, Amelia, Henry are wet when they clearly aren’t is odd

In fact, horrid Henry is the opposite of wet, whilst Perfect Peter is wetness personified

Don’t rake it so seriously, one of mines names has been mentioned (Samuel) and he is strapping & manly and wouldn’t take offence. Wet names to me are:

Rupert, Timothy, Malcolm, Colin, Toby, Jasper, Julian, Peregrine etc All lispy & drippy.

@CaptainCucumber I think Amelia is a wet name. You don’t.

Neither of us is wrong, just like if I said red was a lovely colour and you disagreed.

It’s a matter of taste and opinion and there’s no right or wrong answer.

Lawrence - nobody has menetion it yet.
Joseph isn't wet - Joe is a stong name.

Daisy and Poppy are wet, same as Gracie.
Dislike Hugo, Josh, Jamie,type names

If last night's rogering from the unwet Tim results in dc I will name him/ her the wettest name I can think of to commemorate this thread.

Girl- Maybe Amelie
Boy- Timothy Jr... Or Roger!

I think Julian, Robin and Crispin are the ultimate 'wet' boys names.

I find them very strong sounding especially the 'n' at the end.

Soft or wet names are Noah, Alfie, Archie, Poppy, they sound so soft and wet!

Ottilie, Elodie, Amelia
Laurence, Elijah, Isiah

When someone is described as ‘wet’ I’ve always taken it to mean like a ‘mummy’s boy’ type personality (you all know the type)

Names I associate with being ‘wet’ are

Martin
Malcolm
James
Daniel
Toby
Timothy
Julian
Justin
Ross

Joseph isn't wet - Joe is a stong name

What makes Joe strong I find it super soft and wet. John is strong! Jonathan even stronger.

It just shows how subjective this all is !!

Jamie-Lea

Finley, Hugo, Louis, Elliot, Theo, Teddy, Sebastian, Mia, Millie, Imogen, Annabelle, Eloise

Milo, Luca, Ellie, Ella, Luke

I think that Vowel-heavy names and the letter L tend to make names seem 'wet'

Otis. Strangely, I don't find Oliver or Olivia wet sounding.

Amelia, Lily, Esme, Darcey, Lola, Tilly, Elodie, Verity, Felicity, Clemency

Rowan, Monty, Simon, Ollie, Rufus, Tobias, Colin, Norman, Trevor, Piers

It's funny how different everyone's associations of names are. I would never think of Elijah, Rufus or Noah as wet. To me they sound strong.

I tend to think flowery, romantic names as wet so: Lawrence, Gabriel, Raphael, Theodore, Reuben, although I do still like them, especially Reuben. For girls I think names like Petal, Blossom, Autumn. Although again they are very pretty.

Have told my Lucy that apparently her name is "wet"... she replied "yeah Lucy Burns was a wet lettuce right enough" in a sarcastic tone whilst making this face

But then people have been saying it's a dogs name for 16 years so I don't think she's much fussed about other people's opinions on her name

Neil
Ian
Alan
Robin
Tim
Colin

I really like Lucy. Neil, Ian and Alan are not wet sounding names - they are middle aged or older men's names.

Oh to me they definitely are. There are plenty of 'older generation' names which aren't wet.

Also Quentin

Do like Lucy tho!

I think it's strange that people are v much at odds on some of these when it's just the sound of the name rather than people you know or even a personality imagine. It's literally the sound. So I don't get Jack, Daniel as wet at all..

Anyone else waiting to see if there DC's names will be spared? Lol. Lucy is not a dog's name. Some people.