Names you dislike/don't get?

[Ghostwriter90]

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?!

I'll see your Ruth and raise you a Louise. Most boring name ever thanks mum

Ones that end in 'son' especially for a girl. Bizarre. Have an American relative who's just called their daughter Kensington. I. just. don't. get it.

Fleur
Aurora

Any kind of Jayden/Kayden/Shayden/Hayden etc (although just Aidan is fine)

Nevaeh

Brinlee/Kinsley/Aubree etc

Any name that should be a last name. Hate them.

Olivia

Ruth vs Louise.... tricky one!

Not a fan of Kirsty. It's just a horrible sound, nothing appealing about it.
Yeah I'm not a fan of Alfie, archie, albie either

Elsie, Effie, Emmy, Ellie etc

Very little actual name going on, just vague mutterings.

Wallpaper names like Olivia, Isabelle, Emma, just generic and forgettable.

Beatrix
Florence
Aurora
Madeline
Annie
Alice
Tegan

Joshua
Lucas
Peter
Thomas
Harry
George
Jackson

Wallpaper names like Olivia, Isabelle, Emma, just generic and forgettable.

Brilliant.

I'm not a fan of Arthur or olive. Find them very austere

Came here to say Matilda! Really don't see the appeal, personally.

Amusingly I also know a child called Tate and another called Lyle. Not siblings, fortunately!

All surnames as first names

Hyphenated first names (unless you're French)

Mad(d)ison, Darcie, Courtney, Chelsea/Chelsey, Paige, Jayden, Kayden, Ethan, Kyle, Con(n)or.

That's just for starters.

Boys
Arthur
Jayden.
Jenson.
Riley.
Callum.
Kayden
. Mason.
Harry.
Alfie.
Charlie

Girls.
Ella.
Nancy
Sadie
Constance.
Judith.
Shona.
Amelie.
Charlotte
Ophelia
Aurelia
Madison
Alison
Jasmine
Henrietta

Names that demonstrate what kind of parent you are, like Moss and Oak just so that everyone knows you’re a tree-hugger.
I am a fully paid up veggie tree-hugger btw, but my kids have names that I thought would suit them, not ones that complement my lifestyle.

OMG yes, this. I'm also a veggie hippy-ish parebt but my kids have "normal", top 100, names as their names are for them not me. I can change my name to Bluebell or Meadow or Sunshine if I want, no need to saddle a kid with a "different" name to signify my individuality.

Along similar lines I also dislike pretentious Shakespearean, Greek (when you're not of Greek ancestry) names that are there to show off how intelligent you are.

Basically I don't like names that signal you think you/your children are better than other people.

Emma, Emily, Laura, Gemma, Sarah, Claire, Leanne, Samantha, Catherine, Lauren, Ashley, Abigail, Jessica, Hannah, Stephanie

I definitely sense a 90s theme in my list! Abigail is the one that makes me shudder the most, but I can't put my finger on why.

piratehooker I have one of those names and agree it is boring AF.

Oh and Clare (My name). It's the most boringist (is that even a word) in the world

But still better than a hippy/pretentious name

Arthur - it's awful. It's an old man name that reeks of old man and nothing could make it fresh. NOTHING. Not even every second toddler.

@highestmountain, ha ha I know exactly what you mean!

I'm in Ireland and I don't mind the Irish names, I really like most of them but I hate the Irish names that signify that the parents have read the ancient legends, as gaelige, and name their whole family with the most obscure underused names they can find in a dusty old scroll!

Surnames for first names - Taylor, Mason, Harrison, Grayson, Jaxon etc

Double-barrelled names - Ava-Mai, Rosie-Rae etc

Nicknames on birth certificates - Theo not Theodore, Charlie not Charles.

Anything really that puts negative labels on a child - they should have a name that works if they become prime minister just as much as for them as a five-year-old.

I've spent too long in courts (for work) hearing the names of the accused, and the same names crop up again and again, so I always avoid those!

But I am one of those weirdos who likes the name Ruth (also, Jane, Mary, Richard, Billy, Susie) so my tastes are very conservative even though my lifestyle / path isn't at all really, so that is interesting that is not interesting to anybody except me

Love all the old lady names!
Have an irrational dislike of Kayleigh, Kay, Kayla.... but strangely love Kara

Always absolutely hated Michelle for no real reason despite loving Michael.

Dont get Teddy... it's really popular at the moment... I'd understand it if it were a nickname for Edward or Theodore etc but the ones I know are just called Teddy that's their actual name.... I dont know why but it just conjures up and image of a horrible lads lad... like a university campus rapist... like all those American style names like Kent and Brock and Buck.. I just immediately think sleazy dickhead drunk on larger...
I do apologise if you have a child called any of those names... it's just my personal opinion I'm sure there are many people who completely love those names.

Nevaeh ... hate hate hate it. Or angel, star, princess anything that sounds horrifically chavvy.

Oh I love the name Jane!! I think it's a really strong, cool name

Amelia and Jack are names I just don’t get. Both just meh, can’t see how they got so popular.

But then I pretty much dislike most of the top 10 boys and girls names from the last few years. I celebrate originality!