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What 3 Girls names wouldn't you choose?

109 replies

Taddda · 02/06/2020 09:23

I have 1&2 year old Dds and very rarely see their names suggested on here....Dd2s name has started to appear but only once I've spotted Dd1s...!
What names wouldn't you choose and why?

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dinosaurdee · 02/06/2020 12:38

Anything that looks obviously made up or trying too hard to be different or double-barrelled names such as Lexie-Jane or Milly-Mae.

wabbie · 02/06/2020 12:39

Freya don't like the sound of it
Lily I just don't like the flowers plus they remind me of period pads I used to use living abroad

Bubbletrouble43 · 02/06/2020 12:47

Lol my own name and all 3 of my DDs and 2 of their middle names have been mentioned here multiple times 🤣

SuperMedium · 02/06/2020 12:48

SporadicNamechange ah yes, thank you - pretend I wrote Robin Grin

Taddda · 02/06/2020 12:55

Is it Lily-Mae?

No it's not - not a fan of either.

In fairness, although both her names are on here, I was expecting them to be mentioned far more than they have been (after the first page!!) given their absence on suggestions!

I still love her name, I just hope she does too and not in a class full of the same!

Thankfully Dd2s name(s) haven't been mentioned once....but that could mean anything.....!?!

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/06/2020 13:13

Orla.
Ophelia.
Nancy

123Dancewithme · 02/06/2020 13:18

Lexi
Demi
Darcey

YahBasic · 02/06/2020 13:21

Anything top 20 really, especially anything in the vein of Millie/Lily/Ellie/Ella/Isabella/Eva/Evie/Sophie

They just blur into one. I also really really don’t like Charlotte. Have never met a nice one.

IckleBear · 02/06/2020 13:36

Ruby
Ella
Katie

OneMoreLight · 02/06/2020 13:37

Olivia
Erica
Gabby

JuneDays · 02/06/2020 13:37

I wouldn't choose:

  • Dolores : It means pain in Spanish. (And I know a few, and they are giant pains in the butt.)
  • Concepción : Conception, reference to the Virgin Mary .
  • Inmaculada : Immaculate. Another name that references the Virgin Mary.

There are names I am blanking on in Spanish where the names translatw to Anguish and another to suffering. Neither one would be my choice.

evilharpy · 02/06/2020 13:37

Nevaeh
Anything with a yooneek spelling
Anything beginning with G for no reason other than I just don't seem to like G names

LotusClover · 02/06/2020 13:42

Clementine, Margot and Penelope are my three current least favourites.

Nelly/Nellie is my all time least favourite.

I also dislike old names coming back into fashion, e.g. Dorothy, Edith. However I quite like names such as Eva, Ava, Amelia, despite their popularity.

Mum2b2020 · 02/06/2020 14:32

Double barrelled first names, but especially anything with Mae tagged onto the end. I can almost understand May but Mae is an ugly spelling imo.

ButDoUAvocado · 02/06/2020 15:40

Alice- hate the sound of it
Daisy- cow
Willa- why, why would you want your baby to have a name spelt so similar to willy?

Mucklowe · 02/06/2020 15:46

Poppy - sounds like popping pills
Grace - nice meaning but ugly sound
Mia - not even a proper name - just a weak sort of noise

Scruffyoak · 02/06/2020 15:50

Amelia- don't like it
Isla- isla white.../wight
Eva ...like a teen misspelling of Ever

ElectricTonight · 02/06/2020 15:54

Bethany
Rebecca (Becky)
Jade

AdaColeman · 02/06/2020 16:07

Anything with a "Uneeke" spelling, K-lee, Soofee, etc.
Anything hyphenated Keely-Sue, Elli-Maey, Billy-Joe for instance.
I'm not keen on names that are surnames, or on diminutives being given instead of a full name.

Most nature or plant names, cute when the child is little, but often don't work well for adults, though there are exceptions that have stood the test of time such as Daisy or Fleur.

Wolfgirrl · 02/06/2020 16:14

Ottilie - it is just so ugly and twee. Reminds me of slimy ponds and urine smells.

Posy - suitable only for 4 year old flower girls.

Names like Catherine/Elizabeth - so dull and vanilla

CouscousEvaporator · 02/06/2020 16:20

Seraphina. I actually know one and she’s lovely but I don’t like the noise it makes as it comes out, particularly when yelled in a sporting capacity.

Hyphenated names.

Eve/Evie/Eva, but only because I know about a million...

MrsCrosbyNRTB · 02/06/2020 16:20

Freya - Twee.
Olivia - Done to death and sounds wet
Florence - Fussy and too long.

Apologies to all who are named any of these / have used for their DDs. I’m sure plenty of people wouldn’t like my name or the ones I chose for my children either! Grin

Tomorrowsanewday · 02/06/2020 16:22

Winifred
Agnes
Ethel
Elsie
Sorry that’s 4. I associate these names with Grannies.

MrsR87 · 02/06/2020 16:23

I’m a teacher, so could come up with a list as long as a piece of string! I’m actually really struggling to settle on girls names I like! I won’t find out if I’m having a boy or a girl for another three weeks but we’ve been thinking about it.

The names I like are topping the polls for popular names at the moment, another member of the family already has named there child it or I think they are a little too out there! Ha ha

olivehater · 02/06/2020 16:25

Olivia
Grace
Ava