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nilly5
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names that make you cringe
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Besides Neaveh, the Aidan craze and Y trend...
....what are some of the other names that just make you say...eww
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Re: names that make you cringe
"Action" names, like Chase and Tripp.
Names like Precious/Preshus, Mircale/Myrakle, Special, Treasure (I've taught girls with all of these names)..
Traditional or classic name spelled in a "unique" way, like Jezzyka and Kennedi.
K names generally make me twitch, which suck because there are some good K names out there. The flood of cre8ively spelled or made up ones have ruined this letter for me. I try not to put my K disclaimer on appropriate posts, and I will always love Katherine and Kate, but yeah..most K names just aren't going to work for me anymore.
And I've actually seen so many butcherings of the name Aidan, that I'm slowly coming around to the original.
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Heaven, Serenity, Precious, etc...it makes it even worse when paired with a MN like Faith, Joy, Hope, Grace, etc. (I like these names, just not paired with other "motivational" names)
Aw, you're cutting out all of the fun!
Here are some of my least faves...
~ Braylin (I guess that's the Y craze again, though) for a girl (or Braylon for a boy, for that matter).
~ Most name from the Twilight craze--crazes in general annoy me when it comes to names, actually.
~ Trendy girl names like Peyton, Addison, Madison, McKenzie, Parker, Dylan... and anytime there's a question of boy or girl, I think it's a bad idea to use the name for a girl...
I'm just not about trends at all, when you get right down to it. I like classic, traditional names...
Ooh, lots of cringe-worthy names there. Clearly I didn't put enough thought into my first response, lol.
Although I'm guilty of liking one of your un-needed y's (Caitlyn).
Old lady names..Hazel,Mable etc
Girl names on boys, boy names on girls
the last name as first name craze...Cohen, Callahan etc..
All names where the "Y" is suppossed to make it more feminine
Most of the "son" names
Tops on my list at the moment are
Wyatt, Fiona, Chase, Cora/Nora
Liam
Oscar
Jasmine (and any of its unique spellings)
Zoe/Zoey
Xavier
Xander/Zander
Brynn
Most of the more recent masculine names that are making the switch over to girl names - think Dylan, Elliott and Ryan. I don't hate the names themselves - just the fact that they are being used on girls.
... just to name a few!
Logan David 03.27.08
Jacob Riley 05.18.09
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Common names that I can't stand/make me gag (not counting made-up or misspelled names):
Caleb, Gabe/Gabriel, Hailey, Katelyn, the "aiden/ayden" names, Cooper, Kip, Chip, Preston, Craig, Clay, Madison, Lester, Tanner, Ryder, DeShawn, La'____ names, Fletcher, Porter, Sloane, Piper, Destiny, Michaela, Kayla, Trinity,....
(Nothing personal...)
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living my baby you'll be.
- Robert Munsch
Ah, yes! That's a good one.
I saw on FB that a girl I went to high school with named her daughter this. I am not a fan at.all.
Logan David 03.27.08
Jacob Riley 05.18.09
{Member since 2007}
I teach a Trinidy. Seriously, if you're going to go with a name like this, at least spell it correctly. For real!!
Aww, I love the old lady name trend. (Although I consider Fiona, one of your top names, to be on this list).
Nora is one of my faves as well.
Ditto. I think Fiona and Cora are part of the "old lady" chic names, which I happen to love.
Totally agree about loving the old lady names! Classics are always amazing, in my opinion. To be honest, my little girl's name would've been Mabel Fiona if my husband didn't hate Mabel so much :P
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Fiona, Cora/Nora
are on the TOP of my CRINGE list! lol
Not on my like list..lol ick
Pretty much any name that starts with a K I think looks trendy and is usually a misspelling. Kylie, Kaylee, Kiera, Kyra, Katelyn
Anything with a 'y' in the middle-even if it's supposed to be there. Hate hate hate: Brooklyn, Landyn, Kadyn, Kadynce, Jadyn, Camdyn, Camrynn.
Nicknames as first names.
Names that sound like they're forever a toddler name
The names Brinley and Ryland.
I really, really hate "Kay" names: Kayla, Katelyn, Kaylee, Kaylan, Katie.
Names with useless apostrophies: M'nijah
Names with pointless capital letters: CharLeigh
And names with random letters just thrown in: Caeden (which I hate, but that's off limits)
ETA: I forgot my strong hatred of names that are places: Asia, Brooklyn, Jersey, Malasia
"For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me the petition which I asked of him." 1 Samuel 1:27
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5
I hate people that follow celebrity crazy names! After that one person (whoever she was) named her kid Apple we had a mother tour our daycare and she was naming her baby Pear. Worst part was she was keeping the sex a surprise until it was born, but still naming it Pear regardless!
I don't like "adult" names for babies either. The biggest ones that get me is Harry, Henry and Tod. *cringe* They're even ugly adult names...
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All of these!
Also, Peyton/Payton, Parker, Landon, Jasper, Carson, Blaine, Ryleigh (and just about any name the smashes one name with Leigh), Kelsie/Kelsey/Kelsee, and Gage.
ETA: Cooper, Hudson, the Mc/Mac names, Paxton, Semaj and any other name/word spelled backwards for a person's name.
Oooohhh, yesss. Big no-no. I have an infant named Genevieve. Her parents call her GiGi for short. We only call her GiGi at school so now when she hears the name Genevieve she doesn't respond. I don't blame her. I wouldn't look at my parents if they named me that either...
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My best friend is getting married in 2 years. Her & her FI have already decided on a boy name that they like....Braydon....ick....how she will spell it, I'm unsure. I've been trying to come up with some other more classic boy names that start with B that she may want to use.
Really? I personally (and I know a lot of this particular board is with me) love the name Genevieve! It's on our top 5 options for our first daughter.
Oh, but Braydon/Brayden/Braden is SO unique! No one else will have that name!
"For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me the petition which I asked of him." 1 Samuel 1:27
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5
Anything ending in a double e: Kylee, Kaylee, Brylee, Mollee, Everlee, etc.
Ditto most names ending in -leigh: Kyleigh, Kayleigh, Brileigh, Everleigh, etc.
Traditional names with youneek spellings.
Last names that aren't family names as first names.
"Buckaroo" names: Cody, Wyatt, Colt, Cheyenne, etc
But I do like "old lady" names--hence my daughter's nickname (Betsy).
**Edited b/c my original post came off sounding super snobby and terrible--sorry!
Payton
-leigh/-lee names like Ryleigh
Ryann
Ryland
Briley, Brinley, Brinkley, Berkley, etc.
Madison
Harper
Daxton, Paxon, Jaxon, and other x names
Ellie and Ella
Most boy -er names, like Parker, Cooper, Hunter, etc.
"Country" names like Wyatt, Colton, etc.
80's names, particularly KELSEY (least favorite name ever), Ashley, Amber, Jessica, Michelle, Jordan, Casey.
Effeminate boys names, like Grayson, Brayden, Aubrey...
Masculine girls names, like Mackenzie, Madison, Brekken...
Wyatt, Peyton/Payton - I just don't see the appeal of these names.
One of my critiques when it comes to name our children is that I have to be able to think of them as a 50 yr old with that name.
If we have a girl her name will be Evelyn Grace. I fell in love with the name only to find out weeks late that was my greatx3 grandmother's name so I took it as a sign.
I love older names or "adult" names.
Inez is my least favorite legitimate name. It literally does make me cringe.
Kinsley or any variation of this is my least favorite made up name.
Also, I can't stand any and all "footnote names". For example:
"JustMax"
"Wendi with an I"
"Morgan... for a girl"
"Isabella. It's okay because my mom liked it before it was popular."
Car names: Bentley, Lincoln, etc.
Addison/Adelyn (and all of their insane spellings)
The new wave of Grayson spin offs.
Any girl name made up by adding -lyn to the end of a perfectly normal name.
In addition to misspelled/made up names and those that randomly swap Ks in place of Cs and Ys in place of Is, and general "stripper" type names (Destiny and the like) the two that I specifically really, really dislike are Brody and Brock. They scream meathead jock to me. I just don't like the way they sound.
But if you named your kid those, don't feel too bad and take my opinion with a grain of salt because I named my daughter an old lady name (Eloise) and we call her Ellie (the horror!), my son has a dog's name (Max), my husband has a "old west, buckaroo" name (Wyatt) and I have an outdated 80s name (Michelle).
Different strokes for different folks! But I do like the variety on this board and seeing the different tastes and opinions.
I hate the trend of names ending in the "-en" sound.
Hayden, Landon, Holden, Easton, Weston, Aiden, Jayden, Ethan, Jordan, Logan, Brayden, Carson, Colton . . .
Exactly! Would you rather have your kid have a cutie name and grow up with it. I'd rather have an adult name that the child will grow into then name them something trendy and cute as a baby. I can't imagine half the names out there now on a resume when these kids get older!
There are plenty of names that I don't like or I think are overused or boring, but the worst ones I've personally come across are:
Cutler (all I think of is knives)
Tarson (?)
Unique (she wasn't "unique" enough as an individual?)