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You have to name a child a name you hated growing up , what would you call the child?

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glovestrains · 23/04/2023 23:23

the reserve of the other one

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DorisParchment · 23/04/2023 23:24

Ethel, Enid or Doris.

Stuckinacircle · 23/04/2023 23:24

Linda.
Sorry to all the Linda's BTW!

raspberriesblueberries · 23/04/2023 23:25

Susannah
I hated it growing up. I really like it now. No idea when or why that changed!

EllaPaella · 23/04/2023 23:27

Tracey

Daisybuttercup12345 · 23/04/2023 23:28

Agatha or Percy

Barton10 · 23/04/2023 23:29

Lucy

RavenclawLuna · 23/04/2023 23:29

Boy it would be Ian
Girl it would be Kathleen

MusicInAWord · 23/04/2023 23:29

Donna

ComeTheFuckOnBridgett · 23/04/2023 23:30

Barry and Britney

DramaAlpaca · 23/04/2023 23:34

Stuckinacircle · 23/04/2023 23:24

Linda.
Sorry to all the Linda's BTW!

Same!

I was bullied by a Linda. I've never liked it since.

BebbanburgIsMine · 23/04/2023 23:34

Fiona

TheSaturdayAfternoonnessOfIt · 23/04/2023 23:36

Girl - Gemma
Boy - Warren

GrazingSheep · 23/04/2023 23:40

Tina.
Desmond.

ComeTheFuckOnBridgett · 23/04/2023 23:41

TheSaturdayAfternoonnessOfIt · 23/04/2023 23:36

Girl - Gemma
Boy - Warren

Oooh, hated warren too. Such a wet name 🤣

CuteCillian · 23/04/2023 23:42

Paula and Dwayne.

TheSaturdayAfternoonnessOfIt · 23/04/2023 23:44

ComeTheFuckOnBridgett · 23/04/2023 23:41

Oooh, hated warren too. Such a wet name 🤣

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Opposite for me - the Warren in my childhood was a well 'ard bully! 😁

atthebottomofthehill · 23/04/2023 23:44

Julia
Gareth

Mamamia32 · 23/04/2023 23:45

Lauren (Known two horrible Laurens in my life)

RobertsRadio · 23/04/2023 23:46

Mavis
Nigel

DelurkingAJ · 23/04/2023 23:46

Hannah. I cordially loathed ‘the Hannah’s’ at school (mutual dislike, I fear). I have since managed to accept that many Hannahs are perfectly nice.

ColdAsAWitchsTit · 23/04/2023 23:47

Emma. It's objectively a nice enough name but I've never met an Emma who isn't a complete PITA. Sorry to all the Emmas.

kwetu · 23/04/2023 23:48

Tina or Sharron

bicky · 23/04/2023 23:49

Karen made my life awful for about 2 years
Richard horrible kid who wiped poo on my mums outside toilet walls

Beamur · 23/04/2023 23:49

Sonia. I had a perfectly nice friend called this but have always disliked how it sounds.
Jason. Horrible boy at school! Also Jace as a nn.

Bloodsweatntears · 23/04/2023 23:51

Rhea or Marcelle