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Which is the one name you dislike the most?

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Wombat100 · 02/01/2023 00:08

Just out of interest really - is there a specific boy or girl name you just can’t stand?

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JaneAustensHeroine · 02/01/2023 00:11

Riley
Anything hyphen May or Mae

ThatshallotBaby · 02/01/2023 00:11

Megan. Don’t know why. It’s a perfectly nice name. Bethany the same.

Unicorn717 · 02/01/2023 00:12

Double barred names piss me off. Not sure why.

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Wombat100 · 02/01/2023 00:12

May/mae I definitely used to like but seem to be a bit chavvy now 😵‍💫

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ThatshallotBaby · 02/01/2023 00:12

Love a hyphen though Grin
Molly-May is so sweet

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/01/2023 00:13

Agree with double or hyphenated. Double points for -May or -Rae.

I cannot STAND Bodhi unless you are Buddhist.

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/01/2023 00:14

ThatshallotBaby · 02/01/2023 00:12

Love a hyphen though Grin
Molly-May is so sweet

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IveHadEnoughNowFfs · 02/01/2023 00:15

Another vote for Bethany.

ThatshallotBaby · 02/01/2023 00:15

I just really like them Grin, can’t help it

ThatshallotBaby · 02/01/2023 00:15

Love Rae

Clarabe1 · 02/01/2023 00:16

If it ends with Mae I will hate it.

Unicorn717 · 02/01/2023 00:16

Unicorn717 · 02/01/2023 00:12

Double barred names piss me off. Not sure why.

Turns out I can't spell! Double-barrelled.

KatieMorag5 · 02/01/2023 00:16

Tyler, Riley or anything like Madison 🙈

Bosk · 02/01/2023 00:16

Oh god, all modern baby names make my toes curl. All the Mias and Tias and Kadens and Jadens.

But I'm an old fart and think that all boys should be named after apostles and all girls called Clare.

OneStepOneStumble · 02/01/2023 00:17

Jayden/cayden/brayden

Just can't stand them

GoldenCagedBird · 02/01/2023 00:18

Ophelia

I hate deeming things ‘pretentious’ but it is. It makes me cringe every time it is discussed on here

a horrible namesake for a DD and a telltale sign that they haven’t read hamlet

NewYearNora · 02/01/2023 00:18

Kayden Kai, Cruz for boys

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Wombat100 · 02/01/2023 00:19

I think I mainly can’t stand names which are either made up or would suit a Labrador rather than a human.

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NewYearNora · 02/01/2023 00:19

Bailey

giggly · 02/01/2023 00:20

Daniel, Joseph and Martin, dislike them all

Luana1 · 02/01/2023 00:20

I can't stand the name Esme I don't know why though!

2chocolateoranges · 02/01/2023 00:21

Hayden, Caiden, Jayden etc

and Chloe for a girl.

all over used where I live.

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Wombat100 · 02/01/2023 00:22

Bosk · 02/01/2023 00:16

Oh god, all modern baby names make my toes curl. All the Mias and Tias and Kadens and Jadens.

But I'm an old fart and think that all boys should be named after apostles and all girls called Clare.

Lol. I’m now wondering if someone will now name their baby Apostles. Maybe “Apostles-Mae”. Has a ring to it I reckon…

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flamingmoe · 02/01/2023 00:22

Avril

it sounds like a medicine and is too close to anvil, it’s so sharp and spiky somehow

Noimaginationforaun · 02/01/2023 00:22

Junior - either by itself or coupled with another name.

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