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?

@Happymum12345

I would really love to know the names of the all the posters children on here saying what names they hate. I can just imagine ...

Erm, the names mentioned on this thread

Consonants! I definitely think anyone wanting to buck the trend needs to go for stronger consonants.

Habbakkuk will have its day.

It's interesting that of all the things posted on here, a thread about disliked names is the thing that upsets people enough to make them want to leave.

Yes, it's quite mad. It confirms my theory that a minority of Mumsnet users simply aren't used to dealing with any form of disagreement in their lives, because they live in some kind of bland echo-chamber of 'You go, hun!!!'

Which is odd in itself, because of Mn teaches you anything (apart from the fact that there is some genuinely good advice on here, and the Children's Health forum once saved my sanity on holiday with a toddler a long way from an open GP), it's that people judge one another on everything from baby names to home decor to whether they use the past participle properly.

I chose quite marmite names for my DC (or so I thought!), I'm amazed they haven't all come up on this thread yet 😅.
I don't care if people don't like my names, it's all just in jest and pretty light hearted.

I feel the same as @TankGirl97
I purposely chose names outside the top 100 so there hopefully weren’t multiples with the same name at school so I know they won’t be everyone’s cup of tea.

I'm in NI and there are some Irish names which just don't sound right coming from the lips of predominantly English speakers - this includes me and the vast majority of people who live here. For example Grainne makes me think of groin, Aine sounds like onion and Nuala makes me think of noodle! Then there's Maeve, or Meabh, which I love, but then I think of Mavis!

One of my DC name on here and the other not. Really, it's not something I'd ever judge a child on and thankfully we all like different things. A lot of the names on here are pretty popular so clearly lots of people like them, there is nothing wrong with saying that you don't.

It's also about the type of society you live in and what seems to "fit" within your area. Some names are liked by different classes and I think also, some of that is simply to do with the age of the parents. I had mine early/mid 30s as that's just the way it worked for me. I'm from a very poor working class background but was more financially progressed by that age. I wasn't as up on popular culture by then and the internet was in it's infancy so I didn't go for anything probably popular with younger folk.

If I'd had mine in my teens or early twenties, I know my taste was very different and would have been very much influenced by what was popular or current. Now in my 50s it's different again so may have made different choices and maybe gone for something more classic.

Nothing is right or wrong, just personal preference.

DC went to a very mixed primary. Half from rough council estate and half from New Build "executive" estate.

He sat at a table with a mix of names such as Kaycee and Arabella, Piers and Teejay. His name somewhere in the middle of that range.

Kids are just kids though and we had a mix of cultures through our door (most of whose names weren't to my taste)

I'm in NI and there are some Irish names which just don't sound right coming from the lips of predominantly English speakers - this includes me and the vast majority of people who live here. For example Grainne makes me think of groin, Aine sounds like onion and Nuala makes me think of noodle!

But, unless you're actually significantly mispronouncing it, Gráinne sounds the same whether or not you're addressing her in Irish or English, and Aine doesn't sound remotely like 'onion' unless there's some quirk of regional pronunciation I'm unaware of. Do you just mean the 'ny' sound, which is the same in Tanya or Sonya?

My DS's names not on but my two dogs names are which I love.

My DH would be good at this thread as every name I chose if we were a girl he would pick fault with. Luckily we had a boy and both loved the name.

My DD’s name has been mentioned, begins with I and ends gen. Am I annoyed, upset, think people are being mean girls, goodness no.

We all dislike certain names (Jaxon, Kaycee, the *aydens etc).
It’s hardly a snobbish thing either, look at the number of George, Louis and Harrison haters.

I love a lot of these names! It is funny. 🤣 I love that ds has a marmite name!

John
Emily
Sam

No idea why, I think they're too boring?

And have always disliked Angus and Oscar.

Lexi.

I have a thing about double barrelled surnames, I think they are ridiculous and do not get why you would do that to your child (although I know many do!). I wonder what is going to happen when all these double-barrellers start marrying one another? Are we going to get into quadrupling in a few years?!!

(Like others, I hope my friends don’t recognise me )

My DCs’ names come up in these threads a lot. They also come up on “Timeless and Classic” name threads quite a lot. Each to their own.

Full house here! My 3 children’s first names all listed and DD and DS2 middle names (Rose and George) which are both grandparents names.
I absolutely love their names and would choose the same again.

I cannot stand drippy wet names that are always considered “proper” and hate most “full name for birth certificate” names ..
William
Edward
Charles
Archibald
Samuel

Alfred and Arthur are awful

I can’t stand modern names; Ezra, Logan, Myla, Layla, Lyla, Arlo etc

Don’t like unisex names; Frankie, Taylor etc

Don’t like try hard names such as Ophelia, Arabella, Sebastian, Theodore

Rory & Simon I have always hated they sound so wet and drippy.

Almost forgot the dreaded chav names;
Kai, Kyle, Jayden/Brandon/Kaiden, Lexi, Lacey, Gracie
🤮🤮🤮

I should give a reason for Lexi. I think 'sexi lexi' said with a strong 'back of mouth' lisp in a northern accent.
Ergh.
I do know an absolutely beautiful, wonderful Lexi.

Hannah and Martha. They make me imagine fat, stupid, puddingy girls with round fat faces.

And yes, George too. Round, fat and puddingy.

Chloe. The very sound of it makes me shudder for some reason. It makes me think of someone getting something soft and sticky stuck on the roof of their mouth.

I think the where and why I heard a parent or sibling calling it out affects my opinion, and I tend to dislike the names that seem to be be very popular on here. Nothing like seeing a very naughty Vincent in M&S Food, or hearing Oscar or Elsie screeched in Lidl to put you off a name. was going to say Asda but I don't shop there

@BananaShackles
Just following the brief. Irrational it said....

@Kokeshi123, I get the 'Cl' thing too - Chloe, Clare, Clemmie.clumsy, clown, clot

Claudine, Cleo, Clarissa, Clyde and Clive don't seem to have it to the same extent

Consonants.
J names always tend to be popular.

Currently girls seem to have names that are vowel-heavy with only a few consonants, and usually the same ones - L, V, N, M and maybe a T or R, so they seem samey.

Starting with L - Lily, Lila, Lola, Luna, Lyra, Lilia, Liliana
Starting with M - May, Mae, Maia, Maya...
V - Eve, Evie, Ivy, Eva, Ava, Evelyn, Violet, Vivienne, Genevieve....
El- Eleanor, Ellie, Eloise, Elena, Helena, Eliza, Elise, Elizabeth...
A names - Amelie, Amelia, Aurelia, Aurora,

TH names are currently very popular. Theo and Thea etc

R names - so many boy's names starting with R. I can picture a school class with Roman (x 3), Rupert, Reuben x 4 (but one will be Rueben and one will be Ruben), Rory, Rowan, Rohan, Ruan, Rufus...

Boys' names ending in -son or -den

Unusual spellings.

Girls' names ending in -elle

A lot of boys' names beginning with J.

Names that make me wonder if people have any awareness of how snobby they sound (usually from classical mythology): Araminta, Persephone.

Tori

Nigel

Malcolm

Tracey

Cherry, Coco etc - just give your kid a proper name!

Surnames as first names.

Anything made up.

My name is on here, as is DS's middle name. Very, very surprised his first name isn't!

Henry - I always picture an angry chef with a handlebar moustache.

Arthur