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Which is the one name you dislike the most?

723 replies

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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trampoline123 · 19/11/2023 15:02

Liam - every Liam I know is a trouble maker

MrsDrudge · 19/11/2023 15:03

Oliver and Olivia.
Makes me think of greasy olive oil

Fartughtyred · 19/11/2023 18:30

Imogen sounds like a medicine for dodgy guts

Phoebe- should be pronounced 'Phobe. The spelling looks all wrong and clumsy to me

Lydia - Just yuk.

Bellabluea · 19/11/2023 19:24

Another dislike for Alfie/Archie. Just really awful and not cute. Same with Teddy.
Esme is a recent one I dislike along with Erin, I don’t like how they look.
I really despise Margaret and can’t imagine anyone calling a beautiful baby after every other old lady I know! That said, I do like Maggie and Margot.
it’s all irrational and subjective. All of my children are on here somewhere. I have a dd with a super popular name which was only top 100 when she was born. I still love it but can totally see why it’s become meh.

TheAverageJoanne · 19/11/2023 19:40

@RobertaFirmino I know a young guy about 23 who's called Keavy because his mum liked B*witched. I work with an Irish woman who's named the correct spelling of the name. I thought Caiomhe was a girls name only.

lavenderjump · 19/11/2023 21:19

Alfie/Albie/Archie
Arthur/Albert- all sooo popular at the moment I can't stand them!

Lily
Myla
Callie
Macey
Lyla/layla/lyra
Rae/may/rose/grace- predictable filler middle names!

FayCarew · 20/11/2023 08:46

Hedjwitch · 19/11/2023 10:00

AwwwI love the name Guy!

Know of a new baby Dulcie which I thought was an unpleasant sounding name.

@Hedjwitch
love the name Guy! Me too.
Know of a new baby Dulcie which I thought was an unpleasant sounding name. It's horrible. It's dull, see Wink

Meredith for a girl. Like Merry Death.

marshmallowfinder · 21/11/2023 08:18

FayCarew · 20/11/2023 08:46

@Hedjwitch
love the name Guy! Me too.
Know of a new baby Dulcie which I thought was an unpleasant sounding name. It's horrible. It's dull, see Wink

Meredith for a girl. Like Merry Death.

Meredith pronounced in Wales is Muh RED ith with a slight roll on the 'r'.

Summer8summer8 · 21/11/2023 11:51

Barbara

FayCarew · 21/11/2023 14:21

@marshmallowfinder , it's pronounced Merr-ED-ith, with the th said like in the, them, that. It's nice as a boy's name said that way.

It's as a girl's name MERR-uh-dith it's horrible.

It's ok as a surname.

FH27 · 22/11/2023 20:30

Abigail, not sure why just never liked it.

FH27 · 22/11/2023 20:44

Really dislike Morag, it has the word rag in it and it came from the name of sea monster...

ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 23/11/2023 13:11

Derek. Reminds me of a dalek.

MyAnacondaMight · 23/11/2023 20:34

Brayden, Hayden, Jayden, Okayden.

Alohapotato · 30/11/2023 17:26

Cash.. so vulgar

ComtesseDeSpair · 01/12/2023 00:57

Alohapotato · 30/11/2023 17:26

Cash.. so vulgar

Man, he’s a legend tho’! Happily childfree but would totally call my boy Cash if I had one. JR at home, obvs.

Alohapotato · 01/12/2023 08:56

ComtesseDeSpair · 01/12/2023 00:57

Man, he’s a legend tho’! Happily childfree but would totally call my boy Cash if I had one. JR at home, obvs.

Edited

I don't like it, I always think of cash register, cash only...
I also don't like:
Tyler
Kyle
Cooper
Camden
Chelsea
India
Africa
Lily ( too popular now)
Luna ..

fr4zzledmum · 02/12/2023 08:57

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.

I know a Chase...

QueenOfMOHO · 02/12/2023 09:35

Any that sound like diseases; Amelia, Lydia, Candida. Otis sounds like an ear infection.
Also Dexter, for no other reason than to me it's a breed of cattle.

ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 02/12/2023 12:01

Alohapotato · 01/12/2023 08:56

I don't like it, I always think of cash register, cash only...
I also don't like:
Tyler
Kyle
Cooper
Camden
Chelsea
India
Africa
Lily ( too popular now)
Luna ..

I was at university with a Lily and she was the only one around it seemed so unusual then.

schnubbins · 02/12/2023 12:26

Lily is mine .Cannot stand it and never could .

Westfacing · 02/12/2023 12:39

Paris for a girl.

Today I heard Cairo for a little lad - he was very cute, but misbehaving!

DollyDoofer · 07/12/2023 02:54

Bethany. That name make me feel sick for some reason 🤮

Arthur. When I was a child, many years ago, Arthur was a very popular name for my friends grandfathers

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