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Names you dislike/don't get?

286 replies

Ghostwriter90 · 12/03/2019 16:35

There are some names like Connie and Matilda.... Popular ones that I hate and just don't get.
Any names that are popular you just don't get?!

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missmouse101 · 14/03/2019 12:01

Amelia and similar, all ugly 'mealy mealy' sounding-yuk! Iris FGS too. It's part of the eye. Boring old Emma, James, etc. Chav names like Tanisha.

LeopardPrintKnickers · 14/03/2019 12:04

I knew my girls' names would be listed, and there they both were within the first 18 posts!

Good job we're not all the same...

Sophiathefortyfirst · 14/03/2019 12:20

I agree too on Iris being awful! It's another Emperors New Clothes type name that everyone seems to fawn over

Ccec · 14/03/2019 12:22

Both my son and baby to be names are mentioned a few times haha. Glad to see im not the only one to dislike Jayden, its my sons middle name through complete choice of his dad and years on i still can't grow to vaguely like it.
Not a name in particular but i really dont understand people who choose to only name their children with the same first letter, then they have 8 children and by the third it just looks like they are making names up to continue the theme of all being S or T etc. It's possible to like 2 names beginning with the same letter maybe but by the third child it does look made up and silly. Each to their own though!

Zippetydoodahzippetyay · 14/03/2019 12:28

Hunter, Parker, River

sharpstick · 14/03/2019 13:30

Delilah. She sounds like she wouldn’t be pleasant person, no idea why!

NorthernRunner · 14/03/2019 13:44

My mom wanted to call me Delilah but my dad said it was a cows name so I was Adele instead 😆

I really don’t like American sounding names, so things like Cody/Cady, Brielle, Bryce, Kayden/Jayden, Armani...

LittleCandle · 14/03/2019 14:51

My name is not that unusual, but not common either and hasn't been mentioned. Neither have my DDs' names.

I really dislike surnames for first names and the morons who think it is all right to call a child (for example) Tommy instead of Thomas or Alfie/Archie instead of the proper name. I don't like Morag, but that could be because of a Morag I knew at school and disliked.

Ghostwriter90 · 14/03/2019 15:04

Morag is a terrible name.

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Sophiathefortyfirst · 14/03/2019 15:09

Eww yes Morag is awful too! There was a woman called Morag on a forum I used to post on and she was vile; self righteous, rude, pompous. It made me hate the name even more!

Mumphineasandferbmadea · 14/03/2019 16:12

May be totally outing who knows but lots of people (including me) hated my sons name Raymond aka Ray. On the plus side you dont get many of in the playground.

BloomsButtons · 14/03/2019 16:32

Jake. I'm a teacher and yet to meet a nice, well behaved Jake.

Jayden/Cayden etc.

Soubriquet · 14/03/2019 16:39

Well I’ve seen my name (not that common), as well as my sons and my daughters name

Luxkily, I don’t care what other people think. I love my children’s names and wouldn’t change them.

I’m not 100% keen on mine but it’s mine so I will live with it

FishCanFly · 14/03/2019 17:03

Simon. Every Simon I met was an arse. Topped by next door neighbour who was beating his wife 😡

AndItStillSaidFourOfTwo · 14/03/2019 17:12

Evelyn. It's perfectly inoffensive, I am just utterly bemused by the sudden intense love for it.

Surname names, esp for girls.

'Nicknames' being set before the child is born, especially when they don't grow organically out of the actual name. I see it a lot on here. (But tbh I don't like short forms given as full names either, so people who do clearly can't win in my book).

Morag's not nice on its own, but I really like it in Katie Morag.

ParadiseLaundry · 14/03/2019 17:16

I also dislike Luke. It's like 'oh, he's not cool and he's not hot' it literally sounds luke warm, which is a pretty negative sounding describing word. Luke warm soup.

SleepWarrior · 14/03/2019 17:16

@Mumphineasandferbmadea I love Raymond/Ray!

BloggersNet · 14/03/2019 17:17

I hate your kids names.

Originofstars · 14/03/2019 17:22

Simon is a wet name. He’ll be married to a Lucy

NorthernRunner · 14/03/2019 17:49

For me Derrek is the worst, but that’s because it’s my uncles name and he is the biggest prick you will come across

GraceMarks · 14/03/2019 18:48

So many! Names that I dislike for no rational reason other than just not liking the sound of them: Martha, Lucas, Jake, Mary, Ursula, Nicholas.

Names that I dislike because I once knew horrible people with those names: Kirsty, Donna, Matthew, Sally, Kelly, Russell, Richard. Shame about some of them, because they're perfectly nice names in their own right.

foxtiger · 14/03/2019 20:47

I've always disliked Peter, just as a collection of sounds - I can't put my finger on any other reason why. The first one I ever knew was a perfectly normal, not particularly memorable boy at school, so I don't think it was anything to do with him. Since then I've known nice and nasty ones, but none that were spectactuarly evil or anything. I dislike Kelly as a collection of sounds too but quite like Kerry - what a difference a change of consonant makes!

Not one I would ever use anyway for cultural reasons, but I don't like the Sikh name Surinder because it makes me think of the word "syringe" and then, by extension, of earwax!

I've never met one in real life, but why on earth do some people think "Brie" is a suitable name for a person? It's cheese!

Jade and Nigel because nearly everyone I've known with those names has been horrible. It's possible I would change my mind about those if I knew nicer ones as it's definitely the association, rather than the names themselves.

And unlike some people here I really like Jane, Ruth and Matthew.

bibbitybobbityyhat · 14/03/2019 20:49

Nasty little thread. Surprised it's still up.

Enko · 14/03/2019 21:38

Unisex names.. I have one myself and I have spend years explaining that no it is NOT Mr.. I dont care what your computer says I know I am NOT Mr... Also here on MN every time a unisex name is suggested here there are people going " no dont do it I have a unisex name and I hate it" yet the poster always go " no no i want a strong name".. unisex doesnt = strong.

Connor and Callum I just have this intense dislike for both.

fiddlesticks86 · 14/03/2019 21:39

I agree bibbety.... according to this thread I'm a moron for the name I gave my DC. I don't feel the need to justify myself but it's a perfectly normal, popular name with a nice family link - far from moronic!