Names you dislike

[MummikinsOopNorth]

What names come to mind that you dislike?

If your/your DC's name comes up, don't be offended, not everyone can like it!

Tyler
Kai
McKenzie
Bailey
Taylor
Blake

this will end in tears!

Pointless, nasty thread.

Like Kimberlee, Stacey and Courtney for boys?

this is only going to cause upset

and the point of this thread is?

Leslie
Anthony
Gordon
Iris
Violet
Gertrude

But if everyone else likes them, that's fine with me!

MummikinsOopNorth

I quite like Blake.

if we all liked the same names, wouldn't life get rather confusing -
it's a good job we have different tastes - i enjoy a world where not quite all children are called thomas and emily (although both are lovely names, we wouldn't want to call everyone that now, would we?)

I wouldn't know where to start... and wouldn't see the point!

the majority of traditional British boys names (there may be 1 I don't mind but I cant think of any at the mo)... but I know that nobody that I have met so far likes my husbands idea for a boys name so its even stevens with the world....

Kimberlee
Stacey
Courtney
Marlie
Deanna (Dee-Anna)
Ramona
Scarlah
Elliah
Gaye
Nancy
Betty
Olga
Imahjyn
Cairo
Willamena

Made up names
Surnames as first names
Tradition names with 'imaginitive' spelling.
Names from around 1900 -Maud, Ethel, Sidney, Ronald etc

Joshua and Finley are irrational boy hatreds and Emily and Lucy are irrational girl ones.

Perfectly nice names, but make my teeth itch.

Apart from that, the categories nominated by pisces with the addition of hyphenated ones ending in May etc.

Same as pisces but to be honest I don't really dislike any name.

What other people chose to call their DC is up to them really, whilst sometimes you think I wouldn't call one of mine that, it's their choice at the end of the day.

However, sometimes you know and really dislike someone with that name and it puts you off it for life.

All too often this becomes a 'let's snigger at ordinary people and their common names'. Okay, I admit I don't like surnames used as names. Or (most) hyphenated names. But I also don't like fairy-dairy top of the Christmas tree names like Annabelle, Arabella, Elodie, Aurelie et al. And have to agree that Leslie (girl or boy), Gordon, Nigel, Raymond, Roy, Deirdre, Daphne (sort of 1940s/50s 'driving glove wearers' names) are not my cup of tea.

But then I happen to know two lovely Nigels. It's the person not the name.

I really dislike a very popular girls name. I know 3 girls with this name, one of them is my dd's best friend. But I just irrationally dislike it: Alice.

Bryan, even though i knew a lovely Brian.

Oh, Ethan, though its popular, its the boys Ethel.

What everyone else said.

Love Ramona though.

Is Alice that popular?

I've only met one little girl called Alice.

I don't like any name that could be used for either sex. I don't like ot be confused.

Actually I have a great long list of names I don't like, but haven't got time to post them.

Can I just check - when people talk about surnames being used as first names, do they just mean traditional surnames like Mckenzie? Lots of popular first names can also be used as surnames (Oliver, Thomas, George, Alexander, James etc.). I like all of these so I hope these aren't the names you all dislike

What is the point of this thread?

Its a thread where you can say the names you dislike ...