"Wet" names?

[LotusClover]

Quite often I see people on here describing names as "wet". Sorry if I'm being stupid, but what is that supposed to mean?

Similar to a few previous posters I think of a few -ie ending names as "wet". Millie, Tillie, Lacie and things like that.

@Orphlids of course it is a lighthearted thread...nobody actually thinks that anyone called Tim or Millie (or whatever) is actually 'wet' by virtue of the name their parents bestowed upon them. However, 'some' people on here seem to be professionally and perpetually offended at very many things, and without any sense of humour at all it seems! It must be exhausting actually!

My name is on this list MANY times...I'm not at ALL offended! Or wet 😂😂 I agree actually that it sounds wet, as do many 'ie' and 'y' ending names, as they are soft sounding 🤷‍♀️

Hard as nails me 💪😂

My best friend at school was Donna...I think that's a 'dead 'ard name that 😉'

😂

Walter (the softy from The Beano)

Cuthbert (the swot from the Bash Street Kids)

It seems my views were formed from reading comics as a kid.

I agree, it's subjective. It likely depends on your own experiences of the name. If you've known a well-built rugby player called Colin, I imagine you're less likely to think of it as a 'wet' name, than if your only experience of it is that kid from The Secret Garden.

That said, I agree with PP who said it doesn't matter.

Archibald/Archie
Timothy/Tim
Sebastian
David
Graham
Seth
Arthur

All sound very 'wet'!

Rupert
Julian
Francis
Hugo

Felicity
Meredith
Megan
Sophie

Nigel, Clive, Tim/Timothy and lots of the made up names.

My best friend at school was Donna...I think that's a 'dead 'ard name

It is...our school bully was a Donna!

The ultimate hard name to me is Marie

Adrian is the wettest name for a man

@MsTSwift oh that's funny...'my' Donna was 'Donna Marie' so it must be true! Donna Marie is the ULTIMATE 'hardcore' girls name 😂👍💪

River

Lesley
I've know a couple of men with this name, both nice, but still think it is a wet name.

Never met a Marie that wouldn’t be perfectly happy to beat me up. My school was quite ahem character building 😁

Timothy

A coworker of mine has a DB called 'Tim' who she talks about constantly. Calls him "the boy". He is in his 30s but the way she talks about him make him sound about 8.

A bee stung him and then another time he scraped his knee.

The name is just so blah

Sorry - that ended up being a rant 🤷🏼‍♀️

Surely nobody under 45 is called Timothy, now!

Simon, Peter, Toby

Bring to mind little scrawny pale looking boys.

At the risk of sounding mean, I find a lot of the names being labelled ‘wet’ are actually quite intellectual and maybe misunderstood. Wilfred, like the poet Wilfred Owen is not ‘wet’! I suppose the millions of Jacks have a ‘strong’ name then?

I don’t get the ‘wet’ thing and would be far more concerned with blandness. Harry, Jack, William, Olivia, Mia... snooze!

Arthur is another example - SO many literary Arthurs!

Timothy. That is possibly the worst. Probably as it sounds like timid. And actually that what I think wet means, someone weak and timid.

Anyone else scrolling through realising they really love "wet" names. I think lots mentioned are absolutely gorgeous

Names are “of their time” aren’t they? There are an army of Amys, Laurens, Hannahs, Chloes, Lilys, Jacks, Harrys who are around 30-35 out there.

@mamablondie2

Intellectual and misunderstood 😂😂 that's how I imagine a 'wet' personality describing themselves!