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?!

Anything hyphenated.
And all the cutie ones, like Macey, Lacey, Darcey, Poppy, Mollie etc...
I have two DDs in primary, I hardly ever meet anyone with strong names.
Loads of Lexi, Teegan, Ollie, Teddy, Harley, Kasey, Jayden..

I always think, (and hope) that my children will have a good job, it's hard to imagine a solicitor or a doctor called Teddy or Lexi, sorry.

My name has appeared as both a like and a loathe on this thread

Names I love but shouldn't

Summer
Shannon
Jade
Maxine
Michaela
Julie
Louise

None of my children's names are here yet 👀🙈

Nor mine, chocolatelog

One of mine called Harriet, which I absolutely adore

Nevaeh is just horrific.... it's heaven backwards, oh right that makes it better then!

Willow, Harlow etc - make me want to vomit

Jayden - I've known lots & every one has been a little twat

Millie, Maisie, Daisy etc

In fact there isn't a lot of names around at the minute that I can say I like at all... think I was possibly born into the wrong era

Everyone thinks their chosen kids names are amazing and/or unique.

Then you read yet another of these threads where your choisen names are shat all over. 🙄

Never think the name(s) you have carefully chosen are cooler/classical/ more considered than anyone else's as someone will be there to denounce it as 'chavvy', too popular/cutesy/old gimmer/ridiculous etc..

I don’t like Millie, Molly or Maisie, especially when they’re not a shortening of anything. I just find them very ‘wet’ sounding.

I’m not a fan of some of the very old fashioned boys names that are popular now either. Things like Reggie, Arthur, Archie etc

Neveah because why call your kid heaven backwards?
And Dulcie, because I can’t say it without thinking about Dulce du leche or however you spell it.

I really dislike names like Bailey so chavvy

I love boring 90s names (Leanne, Laura, Sarah etc) purely because most of them can’t be shortened naturally, and I don’t particularly like a lot of nicknames. Similarly people giving names while fully intending to call their child something completely different.

Eg Genevieve nn Ivy, just call your child Ivy ffs.

I also hate the try hard names, the threads on here that are like “looking for a sibling name that fits with siblings Tarquin, Allegra and Clementine Eugenia” make me laugh. What ever happened to James and Mary etc

Skylar. l just don't get it. lt sounds like a made up name.

My kid has a unique name and surname thanks to his European father. Its solid but commented on as being “cool”. It makes him stand out in a good way.

I’m a very big fan of children having names that reflect their heritage. My brother and I were given first names that work in both cultures and two middle names - one for each grandmother/grandfather and therefore one for each culture.

It made me feel closer to the side I didn’t see much, and I’d give my children names that also work in both cultures.

My eldest has what is traditionally a last name as his first name. It's the surname version of DH's name which probably makes it even worse. But I like it so don't really care. Although a teacher remarked that his full name sounds like a solicitors firm.

I can't stand the name Harrison. I don't know why. I just assume people wanted to their kid to have Harry as a nickname but didn't realise it was a nickname for Henry.

I also don't like names ending in son for girls. Or what I would class as 'nick names' or abbreviated names as the full name. So Freddie, Teddy, Bobby, Ollie etc.

I do think parents worry too much about giving their kids a unique name. The irony is we gave our youngest a more traditional name which was quite common when I was a child. He's definitely the only one with that name in his class at school.

@lilabet2 Ruth is literally the opposite of ruthless 🤣

I’m not a fan of surnames as names - Cooper, Mason, Grayson, Jackson. Jackson in particular - why would you call your child “Jack’s son” (unless their dad was Jack I guess...).

Also dislike the trend of taking Irish surnames and using them as first names when you have zero connection to Ireland - have seen Murphy, Kennedy, Brady and Quinn crop up a lot.

Colin

Stacy!

I love the names Florence and Constance! Florence was a contender for my DD's name but I was worried it would end up as popular as Amelia or Grace so it became middle name. I still love it though. Another thing to blame David Cameron for 😂 (he has a Florence)

Names can't stand -
Logan
Tyler
Craig
Evie (yet love Eve and Eva)
Teddy - agree with PP it is weird
Maisie
Alfie - sounds like a dog

Names people think are unusual but aren't-
Sienna (every baby seems to be called it at present)
Jessica
Louis - there are FOUR in DD's class

Names I feel weird about-
May
Rose
I love these but they are so overused in middle names.

Names for whey-faced Victorians eg. Florence, Harriet, Wilfred, Rupert.

Teddy. I just think it's crazy on a teenager. It's fine as a nick name for a baby though.

I’m a Ruth and often tell people it’s short for Ruthless

Hate Ruth. Why would you call a child Ruth? What were my parents thinking l?

I also hate Jessica, Abigail, lily and Eleanor.

My dd is Florence which I see a lot of you hate!

RuthW I was Wendy for the first 2 days of my life. How did my mum get from Wendy to Ruth? I’m bloody glad she did though

Ruth is the ugliest name. I'm so embarrassed when ppl find out my middle name.
I blame hormones

Glad it's not just me who has a dislike of Teddy 🤷🏻‍♀️