What name do you really dislike?

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

There aren't too many names that bother me, even if I don't care for them. I have always really hated Phoebe though. Only ever met one, and I'm not even sure I spoke to them during that event, but the name just sounds weird to me.

Dylan is a lovely name! No one irl has ever said they hate that to me about my lovely relative.
Your comment tickled me.

Matilda/Tilly
Timothy

Quinton, Quintin, maeve, any typical boy name used on a girl eg billy or Charlie.

Arlo just makes me think of the cute dinosaur from the film so no idea why that's so popular

Farquhar? 🤣🤣Oh god ive never heard that one before is it pronounced fucker or more like lord farquard from shrek

Hyphenated names, like Lily-Rose and Lily-Rae. It is so easy to get confused and say a rose instead of a rae etc. The names are pretty but the hyphen is an issue for me. It's even more confusing when paired with a double-barrelled surname.

Also Chardonnay, Red and Blue

@Hotlepot

I know a Thea, and i can indeed confirm that she's called 'Fea' by her Mum.

Freya 😵‍💫
I know it’s Nordic but it just sounds wrong

Depends what's on the birth certificate if it's Edward,.Archibald (not the best sounding name admittedly haha), William and Thomas. Then they can just switch from the babyish version to the grown up version as they age.

Amelia
Bodhi
Chastity
Leighla (but Laila is great!)
Enid
George
Judith
Fleur
Agnes
Abigail
Albie
Payton
Paisley
Winston
Janet
Mike
Jodie
Madison
Alison
Riley
Gal
Dolores
Paris
Prince

Honestly it wouldn't offend me if my kid's names were on this thread. Although they aren't so far. We all like and dislike different things and that's fine.

Effie
Maisie
Tilly
Alice

Ding ding ding all my family have now been named 😆 😂
I absolutely hate H names - sounds strange in my regional dialect.
Throwing the name James in just hate it also John and Rufus
Never met a nice Kirsty

Archibald /Archie

What annoys me is when names don't "go" together.
Like you've Tommy,Billy,John and then you've Brooklyn or Arlo.
Just ,why?.

Why do names need to go together? I think that's weird

I bet if the OP had started a ‘what names do you love?’ thread she’d have got the same names, just by different posters.

I heard of a new baby named Navy recently. Yes, really. 🙄

Why is Ottilie so hated?
My DC are late teens and I'm now menopausal so no chance of any more DC but I always thought if I ever had another girl Ottilie would have been on my short-list but it's obvious from this thread that it's not liked at all on MN.

Good idea, I started one 😁

What names do you like? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/5180426-what-names-do-you-like

Rebecca, Liam and Adam

Because it's ubiquitous amongst a certain type of try hard person

@ArnieandBob and most of them pronounce it incorrectly!!!

I think it might be seen as a bit pretentious, but also its pronunciation is butchered by most British people. It's a German name and is pronounced O-teal-ya, yet British people often pronounce it like Ot-till-ee or Ot-ter-lee, or drop the t entirely and it sounds like Od-der-lee.

How do you pronounce that? I always think it looks like 'Never' but surely not?

Oh come on it can be weird. In fact I had a friend that did it and its so uncomfortable jarring even though shes a nice person and I never comment on her kids name in person.

Names changed for example but essentially: Ellie-May, Elsa, Kate, Eldon, Bella... all have 'el' in except one, the one right in the middle too. I don't even think she is aware somehow (maybe she was of the E start thing but not the 'el' in every name bar one). I guess we know her favorite sound though.

Its not even a comment on the names its just a very strange break of pattern and breaks in patterns by their design make people uncomfortable (like 1 tile out of place or 1 blue sweet in a jar or pink sweets etc... it simply draws awkward attention).

They say it Nuh-vey-uh.

I personally don't find it pretty it reminds me of brands like Nivea and Aviva etc... sounds like it should be trying to sell you something.

Also surely the reverse of Heaven is Hell?