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What name do you really dislike?

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squaredspots · 30/08/2024 15:37

I don't like the name Dustin, I just think of dustbin.
What name do you really dislike?

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rosydreams · 30/08/2024 15:44

middle names rose and mae just been over used otherwise they are nice

wendle is kinda a odd one so is Stanley .I know the name chastity is a cultural i respect that but i find it a bit odd to name a girl

HerewegoagainSS · 30/08/2024 15:46

Anything with ‘ie’ attached to a perfectly normal name to make it a juvenile diminutive.

Anything with Mae attached to it

Olivia, Amelie

Blueberry40 · 30/08/2024 15:48

Sebastian
Moira
Ruth
Paige
Peyton
Chad
Maud
Graham

Tiredeveryday · 30/08/2024 15:50

Randy
Chantelle
john
shane
sharon
Margaret
Ellen

Hotlepot · 30/08/2024 15:53

Ottilie
Verity

Fortesque · 30/08/2024 15:55

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ThisOchreLemur · 30/08/2024 15:55

Astrid

Monkeytapper · 30/08/2024 15:56

Sebastian

Frowningprovidence · 30/08/2024 15:56

Cain as I think of the first murderer

otherwise i'm pretty mellow about names.

HighlandCow78 · 30/08/2024 15:57

Sarah. The most plain and boring of all names.

notanarchaeologist · 30/08/2024 15:58

Blueberry40 · 30/08/2024 15:48

Sebastian
Moira
Ruth
Paige
Peyton
Chad
Maud
Graham

Agreed on Moira, makes me think of moist.

TulipCat · 30/08/2024 15:58

Jayden
Kai
Kayleigh

Plus silly posh names like Araminta, Atticus, Peregrine and Olympia.

PurpleChrayn · 30/08/2024 15:59

Names ending in -b like Caleb and Jacob. So lumpen and ugly.

Names ending in -m. Liam. Callum. Tatum. Nauseating.

TulipCat · 30/08/2024 16:00

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It's funny how we associate names with people we know - I too know three Carols and they are all awful!

TheHeadOfTheHouse · 30/08/2024 16:00

There’s loads of names I dislike but the ones that come to mind are…

Penelope (it’s reminds me of that movie years ago about the girl who had a pig nose)

Molly (it reminds me of a mop)

anything that’s keep done to death like May/Mae for middle names and that’s the same with Rose.

Any name that’s popular for dogs like Marley, Bailey, Bonnie, Charlie, Ben, Sam, Buddy, Bella etc

RosesAndHellebores · 30/08/2024 16:01

I dislike many names but feel it's inappropriate to mention which ones because it's rude and potentially hurtful.

MaybeItWasMe · 30/08/2024 16:02

Any of the Jayden, Kayden type names.
Anything hyphenated particularly with Rose or May.

LonelyBones · 30/08/2024 16:02

Arlo
Ottilie
Sia
Sienna
Ava

Arlo, fucking Arlo.

SophiaJ8 · 30/08/2024 16:03

Esme - no explanation, just really irrationally hate it

Ottilie and Ophelia

And Jayden, Brayden, Cayden, Logan, etc

Ohdearyme72 · 30/08/2024 16:04

Alfie, Ottie, Lottie, Mathilda, Oscar, Ollie, Rose, Rosie, Gracie. Basically anthing twattie.

summerbreze · 30/08/2024 16:05

Genevieve. Awful!!

Imogensmith · 30/08/2024 16:06

Bodhi

redtrain123 · 30/08/2024 16:06

Sylvia - school bully had this name

StormingNorman · 30/08/2024 16:06

Surnames as names. An awful American invention.

Imogensmith · 30/08/2024 16:06

Neveah