Names you hate that everyone else loves

stahlop

What are some names that many people on this board love that you just don't like?

Here are mine:
Julia - I don't know why but I find this name ugly.

Hazel - too old lady.

Lucy - I've always thought it looked weird and then I had a student with this name and saying it outloud just sounds silly me.

Sally - sounds silly outloud.

I know I have more but now I can't think of them.

stahlop

Joy2611 said:

Reid - I seriously don't get it.  I picture a long, green, stick thin plant next to a bog.

Pierce - so violent!  Piercing skin, piercing ears... oh my.

Ramona - I just think it's an ugly name. 



(I know there's a set of brothers on here named Reid and Pierce.  I'm so sorry that I came down hard on those two.  I'm not trying to be terrible!)

I don't like Ramona either, but that might be because my mom has a friend named Ramona so I see it as a middle-aged Hispanic woman's name.

jburdet1

Felix

Genevieve: pretty sight wise but sounds awful in real life. I feel the same with Sebastian.

Anwen: DH's crazy cousin just named her baby girl this. I gave her the serious side eye but then check in here and see that it's very much liked and Welsh...fail on my part. It sounds like Aaron with a speech impediment to me.

Ramona here, too.

Manderlin923

So many.

Violet, Nora, Abby, Liam, Lucas, Levi, Avery, Harper, Ramona as well, Harriet (seriously saw lots of love here for that recently)

mrsvoy

Freya and Isla are two names I will never understand.

Jennifer2008

Olive, Josephine, Freya, Hadley, Piper, Gisele, Charles, Wesley, Jackson. I'm really sorry if you love those. But this thread goes to show names are so subjective.

==N==

Eleanor, Nora, Louisa, anything with -belle (Isabelle is ok though), Levi.

firsttimeauntie

George and Mary - way too old sounding for me

Isabella and Sophia - IDK feel to princess-y too me

June, August, May - hate month names with a passion (I'm sure August didn't start as a month name but it's what I associate it with)

ginger1228

Lydia
Greta
Hazel
Genevieve
Gwendolyn
Genevieve
Vivian
Vivienne
August
Juniper


There are so many more. I'll have to think on it and post again!

macchiatto

Julia is a top favorite of mine.

My own list:

Atticus -- While I love the Mockingbird reference, it's just such an odd-sounding name. Like naming your kid Basementus or something.

August/Augusta/August

Audrey--Rhymes with tawdry. Natural nn sounds like "odd." Reminds me of laundry, too. Just don't get the appeal other than the lovely Hepburn association.

Scarlett--Really melodramatic sounding IMO, natural nn is "Scar" ...

Pierce--awful for sure. Piercing scream, needles piercing skin ...

Ramona

Penelope

Daphne

Hunter

Tanner

Tucker

Margaret

Freya

Otis

Greta

Juniper

Olive

Harriet

Harry

Then all the trendy names, boy names on girls, and other categories that don't get a lot of love on this board either. 

I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting.

ETA: Hazel and Finn/Finley, etc. for sure. Also Seamus. Most of the Greek and Roman mythology names. And some of the Irish names; I just think some of the spellings are really confusing if you live in the US, especially in parts of the country where most people will be unfamiliar with those names and constantly butcher them.

lauralew

As far as names that are suggested/well liked on this board...

Declan
Carys and Callum (when I was pregnant with my twins these two names were suggested in EVERY single post over and over)
Daphne
Atticus

ETA: Rhys

parenthood4

Simon

Felix

Scarlet - it doesn't really make sense, but it sounds slutty to me

Things like Genevieve, seraphina, Penelope, Persephone, and ultra fancy names like that I don't like. I think they're pretty in theory but ridiculous in real life.

macchiatto

lauralew said:

As far as names that are suggested/well liked on this board... Declan Carys and Callum (when I was pregnant with my twins these two names were suggested in EVERY single post over and over) Daphne Atticus

I like Carys but really hate Callum. It always makes me think of Gollum.

Oh and Tate and Tatum ... I find those the oddest names. Like product names for food made out of potatoes. 

Love4Science

Persephone, Gwendolyn, and other fancy girl names. You don't grow in to those until you're like 80! Imagine a doctor or secretary named Persephone.

Jerzee17

Penelope
Hazel
Piper
Gretchen
Olive- I really don't get why people like it
Freya
Juniper
Harriet
Audrey
Sophia
Henry
Asher-the most horrible sounding boy name to me
Drake
Samuel
Thomas
Edward
George
Gregory
Oliver
Frederick

ashiscute

Jocelyn, Olive, George, and Asher

I do not get the appeal of any of these names.  

magsugar13

Hazel

Gertrude

Matilda

Nora/Cora

Rhys

Penelope

Asher

Oliver

Felix

Daphne

Maverick

Wyatt

All versions of Finn

evaazalea

George

Oliver

Harry

Linus

Simon

Harriet

Greta

Gretchen

Claire

So, guess I am not huge on old people names, there are some I like and some that have grown on me though. 

parenthood4

Love4Science said:

Persephone, Gwendolyn, and other fancy girl names. You don't grow in to those until you're like 80! Imagine a doctor or secretary named Persephone.

Completely agree! And I know you need names that work as an adult, but I can't imagine looking at my new little baby and thinking, "Yes, Persephone! Little baby Persephone!"

genromeo

-Margot. 

-Lucian. All I hear is the LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH. Sounds like a toilet flush to me. 

-Anything similar to Ella, Ellie, Elodie, Eleanor, Elle ... too many of them where I live

-Greyson.  Where did this name even come from?

macchiatto

We had a play date with a 3y/o Persephone the other day. (Her older sis is Daphne.) It's a big name. Definitely NMS. She mostly gets called Sephie. My son kept getting confused and calling her Stephie.

chapstix7

Excluding boy names on girls, and made up spellings: Tabitha, Harper, Astrid, Arden, Harry, William and Jason.

oliversbear

Xander
Isla
Hazel
Elodie
Kolby/Kolbe

I don't mind, but they are so overused:
Olivia
Emma
Ella/Elle
Bella/Belle
Lily
Reid

dogperson11

Willow. Our neighbors dog was named Willow and I can't get past it. It's becoming so popular!
Isla
Elodie
Astri
Hazel
Genevieve
Gwendolyn
Carys
August
Greta
Theodore
Felix

MoFree

Cora
Violet
Savannah
Freya
Olive
Henry
Reid
Grant
Archer
Parker
Landon

BC&LM

-Asher
-Grayson
-Harper
-Ruby
-Carys
-Most, if not all, last names as first names

I'm sure there are more, but that's what I have for now.

stahlop

How did I forget Asher? It's my aunts married name so I just don't see the appeal as a first name. It's the equivalent to naming your son Jones or Smith to me.

ProfessorMcGonagall

Astrid, Penelope, Harper, Hadley, Vivian, Piper Grayson, Pierce, Linus, Simon, Oliver, Owen, Rhys

virgin4lyfe

Things like Persephone and Phaedra... do you know the stories behind those names? Do you? Because knowing those stories, I could never never name my kids those.
(That's the general you, none of you in specific.)
Also Hazel and the names I still associate with "grandma" types. I know they're making a comeback. Just not with me.

Ladymouse

Penelope, Seraphina, August/Augustus/Augusta, Daphne, Greek/Roman mythology names, Isla, Ruby, Scarlet, -belle names...

BethPSU

I really dislike Oscar, which is suggested on here I lot. I also feel really annoyed by classic names that have common nicknames and the parents insist on calling them by the FN. I don't know why it bothers me, but all the William, Thomas, Michael, Nicholas, etc., that don't go by Will, Tom, Mike, or Nick seem like they are trying to be pretentious. I don't mind the names in general though. For girls: Annabel, Alexandra, Ellie

babydreams13

Liam and Seamus.  Not for me!  Isla I don't get.  

macchiatto

LolaDair said:

Olive. I cannot understand how anyone can think this is a pretty name for a sweet girl. 

Alternatives: Pickle. Onion. 

YES!!!!

Spin313

Really sick of Nathan and Charlotte. I don't "hate" them, I'm just over hearing them so much.

I greatly dislike August, Levi, Scarlett, and Freya.

thegoodpotato

Girls Wren (so much hate) Parker, Paisley, Harper. Anything that is also the name of a state.  Siobhan. Wth is with that name?  Delilah. Dahlia.  Sophie. I never understood the Sophie trend.

Boys: Declan. All I picture is some Brit with bad teeth and an awful low-class accent. Most of the -ayden names. 

I'm sure I have more.

sundaesprinkles

Henry

Greta

Vivian (bad association)

Caroline

Persephone (just a ridiculous name IMO, and the myth is sad)

Liam

Oscar

Tate/Tatum

Sloane

Hunter

Annabelle

Adaline/Adalyn

Astrid (ass turd)

Analiese (or however it's spelled)

Cora

Freya 

Violet (just hear violent)

Hadley

Katrina (will always be the hurricane for me)

Kendra

Kendall

Olive

And IMO unless you live in Ireland or you are like super Irish do your kid a favor and don't give them them a traditionally spelled Irish name.

@CabbageCabbage I love all the names on your first list! Lol

WashingtonQueen

Ladymouse said:

Penelope, Seraphina, August/Augustus/Augusta, Daphne, Greek/Roman mythology names, Isla, Ruby, Scarlet, -belle names...

Your tastes and mine are almost completely opposite.

capulet

Gosh, I love so many names on this thread, but I guess that's the point!

I am not really into names like Isla, Mila, Ayla, Lilah, Layla, anything with a lot of A and I sounds and soft consonants.  They're like mushy cereal - I need texture in my names.

Cricket Bug

Joy2611 said:

Reid - I seriously don't get it.  I picture a long, green, stick thin plant next to a bog.

Pierce - so violent!  Piercing skin, piercing ears... oh my.

Ramona - I just think it's an ugly name. 



(I know there's a set of brothers on here named Reid and Pierce.  I'm so sorry that I came down hard on those two.  I'm not trying to be terrible!)

This! Exactly this.

LadyXaverian

Declan and Aurora. I like them on paper but not when I say them out loud.

I feel bad saying that, though, because DD's name came up a lot it here, which is a bummer. 

sundaesprinkles

CabbageCabbage said:

 

@CabbageCabbage I love all the names on your first list! Lol

Maybe we don't agree on Logan but I'm sure we can agree yours is adorable!

Aw thanks!