What are some “Hated names” that you actually think sound nice

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I’ll go first, I hate to say but I genuinely think nevaeh has such a pretty sound but the name itself tends to get alot of hate.

Sarah is a beautiful name.

I agree it's beautiful. But it's never not going to be associated with the devil / fallen angel. We contemplated Lucien as an alt but someone we knew used it just before us and it felt too unusual to use twice so closely

Does it not just just make you think of Eastenders and that ginger girl singing in shopping malls? 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's referring to the name for southern US confederate states in the slavery era and as such has racist connotations I believe .

My old boss had a daughter called Marguerite which I adored, and gets round the pizza connotations

Love Jasper.

Also love Sharon and Karen, and with a 'C' it's even more beautiful (Caren).
When I was pregnant with my first I was obsessed with Ariel for a boy (as in Ariel Sharon). Lots of amazing Biblical names for boys too. I love Solomon, David, Stephen and Elisha. I also love the Arabic for Jesus (Isa, I think?). Jordan is stunning too.

Karen/Karin is a lovely name imo.

Karen/Karin is nice. Caren is just wrong.

I really love Kevin and Kyle

Bernadette is good too.

Niamh is nothing like Nevaeh

@Luredbyapomegranate - well that's not entirely true is it?

They sound more similar than say Batman & Robin!

Yep, one's made up. But there's a similarity to the sound 🤷‍♀️

Neeve
Nur vay ya

Doris (from Greek; bountiful, I think) and Nora. I guess people get hooked on what they associate them with. You get stuff like oh, no, Corrie, Easstenders, Day etc. Often people can’t see/hear the name anymore.

I love Seth but it seems to get very polarised views on here. To be it just feels a very solid, unpretentious , dependable type of name to me.

If i had a girl her name would of been jorjanna and one of her middle names would of been solstice.

I don't like name like Neil and Colin. In school they are a few children with older names like quincy and horace. There not for me either.

I love Basil wanted it for a boy but dh was on. A hard no.

Also love Colin. Additionally all the Colins I've met have been lovely men so I have positive association's

Love Horatio. But that gets a lot of negativity here.

Love Lilith it was on our short list but got pushed off for other names. I like the story behind it too.

The Neveah in DDs dance class pronounces it ‘nuh-vuh’

I love Augustus nn Gus. Everyone I've suggested it to said no it's a fat / bullied kid's name. Still really like it.

Penelope. It’s bloody amazing name

I love Persephone and I like Mercedes.

Same with Tracy , I think that's actually a nice name and I love Georgia , Georgiana .

Augustus being a fatty ? are people thinking of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Wasn't Augustus Gloop quite tubby in the film .

What's the problem with Penelope. That's a pretty standard name isn't it?

My husband proposed Rebecca for our dd but I rejected it because I knew a horrible one at school. Also, Becky as a nn grates on my ears. It's her middle name though

I feel similarly about Rubella - like a lovely mash up of Ruby and Ella. Such a shame it's the name of a disease 😂