Names you just don’t understand the hype for?

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(Thread isn’t meant to offend anyone - MN hates my Dd and Ds names anyway!)

For me it would have to be Cordelia and Juniper.

Snobby fuckers. It's become a hate thread rather than your 'intended' one.

Ivy to me sounds harsh and 'jaggy'. Also Ivy Tilsley.

I don’t like the ones with a harsh G - Margot, Greta, Gretal and so on.

@CookPassBabtridge - why snobby?!

Noah. I just can't stand it

Jackson
Harrison
Carter
Parker
Dexter
Mason
Ethan
Reece/Rhys

Marnie
Marlowe
Everly
Chloe
Isla
Olivia
Delilah

Hyphenated names
Old man names especially in cutesy form like Reggie, Albie etc

Boys names for girls. I like girls names with a masculine shortening like George fit Georgia, Frankie fir Francesca. But not girls called James.

Otillie
Arabella
Stanley
Theo

They're hated on mn but I have a fondness for Jayden, Kaiden etc etc. They is a softness with the 'd' that I like.

As a pp said, where are you encountering this ‘hype’ about Cordelia and Jupiter?

I work in a school and only know one Cordelia (not at this school) so what's the hype?

I really don’t understand the purpose or benefit of this thread ... other than affending people.

Arlo
Atticus
Jaxon (the x really offends me for some reason)

Lena
Lola
Holly

I was absolutely convinced I'd see my kids names on here! Not so far...

However I can't understand why all the hate for Margot!! Love this so much I'm sad I never used it.

I really liked the name Hayden for years, but didn't realise before MN that it was considered chavy. I have since met 3 young Jayden's, but only one teenage Hayden.

Isla, Lily & Evie is very popular around here for girls, but generally I'm only not meeting multiple of the most popular names like Olivia's, Amelia.

For boys very classic names here like William, Edward, Harry but again not many multiples of the same name. I'm sure once DS goes to school there will be some overlap. I'm yet to meet another boy with his name, but we will see.

For me I only really dislike nicknames as full names. I don't mind the nicknames themselves, but being Bobbie or Freddie on your birth certificate seems a bit casual. But then maybe I'm uptight ?

Elodie - I don't dislike it, it's quite pretty, but why have so many people picked it recently?

Isn't it great that we're not all the same.

Personally I find this quite a bitchy thread - 'What names don't you get the hype of?' = let's slag off some names we've heard. If you have to add the proviso of 'not trying to offend' then you really should just have a word with yourself.

There you go there's my two cents.

Sorry cross posted with you @Jojo0286 - agreed. I'm not sure what it achieves apart from ill feeling

I think by now we all know what Baby Names on MN is all about. If you’re going to get offended then why would you open the thread? You know what it’s going to contain-lists of names strangers don’t like. My daughter’s name has been mentioned, I couldn’t give a shit. This forum isn’t for people who are offended by people’s opinions, even if they are bitchy at times.

I don't understand the popularity of really popular names. Which obviously makes me strange because they're popular for a reason, right?

Olivia, Oliver and Oscar are the main ones I don't get.

I'm also not a fan of a fair few Old Testament names such as - Isiah, Noah etc. But fine with others like Joshua, Reuben for example.

Ottilie and Ezra

I always think Leo is a name that people use when they can’t think of any other name (I know several lovely Leo’s with lovely parents, I don’t think it’s a bad name at all).

If it’s names I just don’t like, I can’t bear Arietty, Cressida, things like that.

And I say this as the mother of two children with very marmite names - my 8 week old’s name is often met with a polite ‘oh’.

Obviously not a popular opinion but I love Olivia, Isabella, Florence and Emily, I genuinely can't see how these names would be seen as offensive and totally get why they are popular. To me they sound pretty, intelligent, inoffensive names that will stand the test of time and suit any profession 🤷🏻‍♀️

All the X names:
Dexter
Xavier
Lexie
Jaxon
And girls’ names that just seem to be feminised boys’ names:
Thomasina
Briany
Alana
Nigella

Emily
Jessica
Olivia

Never really gone for George. It just kind of makes me think of flubbery and flaccid. No particular reason.