Irrational name dislikes

[Flappingflamingo]

I'm not pregnant, have 3 children and not having any more, but I love baby names. My best friend is having a baby soon and so have spent a lot of time recently talking and thinking about names. I've come to realise that there are some names that I really really can't stand and for absolutely no apparent reason at all.
I would like to apologise to anyone and everyone, I really don't mean to offend anyone but I just can't help it or have any reason for it, but here are some of mine to start with - you notice a theme!! 😂 😂
Poppy
Ruby
Scarlet
Rowan
Anyone have any?

Seth - horrible sounding
Freya - whiney
Fleur - wet blanket
Nora
Alfie
Kit - try hard
Taylor

Kit just makes me think of smelly gym kit.

Or kitkats.

It just isnt manly.

Oh dear. My name is mentioned numerous times as is DH, DD and DS2. DS1 has sort of escaped his name isnt mentioned specifically however he has a Welsh name and we are not Welsh. Ooops sorry mumsnet

Oh god my name, DD1 and DH have all been mentioned. The cat has escaped judgement! As has DD2, she’s been mentioned but in a “this name is OK” way...

I am now feeling paranoid that a previous classmate once fantasised about smashing my face in to concrete 😨😨😨

I hate boring names like Elizabeth, Laura, Clare, Hannah, Katherine, Emma, Robert, David, Matthew, Thomas, Simon. It just feels like a waste to use such a dull/common name. I went to school with a million of them, yawn.

@Montsti @Wolfgirrl

MUMSNET IS SO MEAN

There are names I don't like for a reason, but if you want IRrational - I don't much like Jack, Michael or Peter, just as a collection of sounds. And I don't like the "alb" syllable in Albert/Albie, but also in the Sikh name Balbinder or Balbir. So it's all about the sounds for me, not the meanings or associations.

My name was mentioned multiple times, but I actually kind of agree. I don't like it at all, although I'm used to it. My middle name too, disagree with that as I love my middle name.

DD's name mentioned lots of times and again I see what people mean, though I personally think it's beautiful it isn't a very exciting choice. It was just the perfect cross-over name between our family's languages - reproducing with forriners really narrows down your options if you want both sets of grandparents to be able to pronounce it properly!

Personally I have a really irrational negative reaction to Eve or Evie - for some reason they sound 'itchy' to me. Can't explain why.

@KitMarlowesCodpieceOfthigh, well, for the rest of my life I will think of Tamburlaine as being by Smelly Gym Kit Spy Man.

Freya 🤢

Evie. It's just SO common. I know someone who called her kid Evie Rose and it's just so so common I kind of just forget her name all together

My husbands name and my sons name have both been mentioned. Also the first part of my name. I don't understand the strong dislike for hyphenated names. I have one. The second part is NOT Mae/ Mai, Rai/ Rae or Similar. I think it's more unique having a hyphenated first name, less likely to meet someone with the same name as you. And no middle name that hardly ever gets used anyway.

Was there a diktat I missed that every girl child had to be named a variant of Eve? At one stage one third of the girls in dds class were called Eve or a variant of it (Evie, Eva) etc. Extremely confusing perfectly nice name but madly overused! Any new parents one to avoid it’s now the ultimate wallpaper name.

Hazandduck those names you listed aren’t the dull names for this generation. They would sound delightfully original and retro now. Their current equivalents are Eve, Amelia, Olivia, Oliver Finn etc.

Sebastian- sebaceous/oily
William - willy
Archibald - arch

Poppy - poppet, poopy
Madeleine- Mad
Mildred- Mildew

I also dislike overused common names like

Clare
Eva, Evie
Sophie

Oliver
Finley
Jack

Aurora. Makes me feel like my mouth is full of gravel when I try to say it. It’s also just so precious.

George is puddingy!

Florianna - too long and too much going on
Aurora
Danielle
Phillipa
I'd probably avoid Callum if I had a boy
David, Garry, Barry, Noel

@Pippilangstrumpfie

I also dislike overused common names like

Clare
Eva, Evie
Sophie

Oliver
Finley
Jack

Clare/Claire is a super common 70s/80s name but I think it’s incredibly rare for babies born today isn’t it? Whereas all the other names on your list are current.

I hate boring names like Elizabeth, Laura, Clare, Hannah, Katherine, Emma, Robert, David, Matthew, Thomas, Simon.

One of these is my middle name! And I kept it for DD's middle name as well, for the sake of family tradition. I dont think these names are boring as in 'overused', it is more that they are totally devoid of character - just very plain & what I call a 'job' name, the sort of name chosen for the sake of the baby's future CV rather than because it 'suits' them iyswim.

Although I quite like Tommy for a boy.

Yes, Clare is indeed a super common 70s name, just like Eve or Sophie are fashionable now. I know so many adult Clares and Steves...!

Jayden/Kayden/Tyler/Mason/Kai/Ronnie/Alfie then at the other end of perceived classiness, Arlo/Laslo.

Have to confess I have a Jack and, true to preconceptions, he can be a bit of a handful. Perhaps I cursed him from birth with his name.

However, all of these are better than my husband's middle name, Keith. He's had a lifetime of abuse from our friends. My father in law picked it as he wanted it to start with a K like his name. Okay...

Alfie, Archie, Teddie, Freddie, etc

Poppy, Evie, Ellie, Millie, etc

I find them so cutesy and twee.

Well, it took until page 9 but we got a full house here. The dog’s name was the last to be mentioned, the colossal suck-up that he is.

Can’t say I particularly like being called ‘puddingy’, but hey ho... 🤷‍♀️

@Spudlet

Lol dont worry about it, my name NEVER comes up on these threads as its one of those 'wholesome' and 'strong' names, I really don't like it, it is so dull and granny. I would love to be an Evie/Poppy/Rosie.

I think a lot of people on MN give their kids names that are 'classic' and meet the 'accountant test', forgetting that the child will probably just want a name that sounds attractive and is appropriately contemporary among their peers.

Anyway, names being a gateway to a better CV is a thing of the past really, so even then there is no guarantees

@JMG1234

Jayden/Kayden/Tyler/Mason/Kai/Ronnie/Alfie then at the other end of perceived classiness, Arlo/Laslo.

Have to confess I have a Jack and, true to preconceptions, he can be a bit of a handful. Perhaps I cursed him from birth with his name.

However, all of these are better than my husband's middle name, Keith. He's had a lifetime of abuse from our friends. My father in law picked it as he wanted it to start with a K like his name. Okay...

I hadn't really thought about it before, but I have an irrational dislike of any name that starts with a K. I don't know what it is, I think it's that the letter is so harsh looking. I can't think of a single name that I would use that started with K. I don't mind the 'cuh' sound, and generally like names beginning with C. It's the softer shape I think. I once met a girl named Ceit (pronounced Kate) and I thought it was much prettier to look at. DH vetoed anything that wasn't obvious to pronounce, which meant that Caoife got the same treatment. Catherine and Charlotte were both on my girls list. Kathryn just reads so harshly. It's too... pointy.