Worst Names Suggested By Friends/Family

ricekez · October 2013

I'm interested to know the worst names your family & friends have suggested to you all.

Here are mine:
1) Roland. Not only do I really dislike this name, but apparently it comes from a Steven King book. If I were going to name my kid based on a book, it wouldn't be Steven King.

2) Charles. This is my great-grandfather's name, and no one liked him. I will only name my child for family members that are warmly remembered.

I hope you all have some good ones!

hlm184 · October 2013

Well, Roland was a character in King's main series, but that is hardly the origin of that name.

My kids at school all want me to name the kid after them. Heck to the no!

Emilyroche3 · October 2013

My husband! Has bad tastes in names.

Lars is his top pick for a boy.
And all other names are only
names from his side of the family. Michael, Patrick, Thomas. And nothing else!

And he only likes 80's 90's girls names, Jennifer, Tiffany, Brittany and so on.

Lord help me.

ricekez · October 2013

hlm184 said:
Well, Roland was a character in King's main series, but that is hardly the origin of that name.

My kids at school all want me to name the kid after them. Heck to the no!

Yes, I know the name dates back before Steven King was writing books. It's just where this family member got his inspiration for the name.

sdo_082989 · October 2013

DH wants Woodrow for a boy and my H is like @Emilyroche3 H for girl names....Brittany, Tiffany, Ashley...

NicoleAnne416 · October 2013

Yep heads up don't get offended peeps! No suggestions really. Hubby is suggesting ok names, today he mentioned Quentin and I love it, but it's my bff's third boys name and we talk way too much so it would be confusing for me so I had to veto =( So far we haven't shared our own list so it hasn't come up yet with family.

ricekez · October 2013

Jessieann1020 said:
I love this I just hope nobody has a LO with one of these names and gets their feelings hurt.

My BIL called me to suggest Sandrine, pronounced San-dreen. Um, no.

Oh, I hope not, too. We all know that we have different styles. I just found it funny to have a family member really push for a name and ask "why didn't you like my suggestion?" To which I answer, because I'm the momma and DH is the dad, so we get to name the kid. Period.

vanvoorhis-101 · October 2013

My DH likes Killian for a boys name. I refuse to name my child the same name as an alcoholic beverage. Our children were planned, not some drunken mistake. I am sure at least a few people might think otherwise with that kind of name.

Israfel · October 2013

My mother wants an Italian name and suggested Fabiola and Lorenza! Ugh!

SeattleMomma · October 2013

The father of my youngest EX WIFE suggested Dream. I told her to keep your comments to herself and that she played no role. Gosh, I hate that woman!!

mamahann · October 2013

My Mom suggested Ashdon for a boy because my name is Ashley and DH is Brandon. NO WAY! Our 2 year old niece said she wants her cousin to be named Rambow Violet

Wurrkingurrl · October 2013

None of the names themselves that my MIL suggested were bad... some I actually quite like, but cousin's of mine have names their children them, and I want something that isn't already used as well.... My MIL doesn't understand that!!! She said well more then one cousin can have the same name.... Yes, they can, but it's not what I want! And if she liked those names so much, she should have named HER kids them!

Twirple · October 2013

The bad names we have had suggested have all been girls names. Someone suggested we name her after my Grandmother. I loved my grandmother, but not even she went by her name, Ermgard.

When I was pregnant with DS, we were team green like now. A friend of ours wanted us to name our son after him, Nicholas. I said, "What if we have a girl?" His response? "Nicola" Uh, no.

BiggerinRealLife · October 2013

Jessieann1020 said:
I love this I just hope nobody has a LO with one of these names and gets their feelings hurt.

My BIL called me to suggest Sandrine, pronounced San-dreen. Um, no.

Does he watch Friends?

katiedidthat · October 2013

My FIL has been insistent on Beauregard since they found out we were pregnant the first time. My MIL suggested Arthur or that we name a girl Camille after her (I don't even like the woman). My parents don't suggest anything because they know we don't care, lol.

ZebNMichelle · October 2013

Zeb's mom wants
Mehetabel

Of its a girl I want a M name but I can't even pronounce this one.

BiggerinRealLife · October 2013

No one's really suggested any names to us. My sister sent me a bunch of weird ones, but only after I asked her if she could think of any girl names that come from literature. Brought it on myself, really.

But my friend....he had two boys before her latest girl an are asked the boys what they wanted to name their little sister. They wanted Vanessa Fish Tacos. Their favorite babysitter, and their favorite food.

LilMama7182 · October 2013

Stepmother-in-law has kept a list of her favorite baby name ideas saved in her phone and reads it off at every holiday (even though no one in the family has ever been pregnant until now). Her absolute favorite is "Sterling". Not gonna happen.

Emilyroche3 · October 2013

LOL I love Vanessa Fish Taco. My 3 year old twins want to name the baby Bean Boy. No idea where that came from.

myschlove · October 2013

My mil wanted me to name my DS Landon... Which is a great name... But our last name is Landman...
Landon Landman...

No

myschlove · October 2013

Oh, she also likes the name Michaela for a girl… It isn't that bad but it's because she loves Dr. Quinn!

mrsB68 · October 2013

These are great- in an entertainment only way. AprilMay9 I'm holding out with you!! And I'm glad, I'm not looking forward to turning down horrible name suggestions!

joyfullyfound · October 2013

My mom and I don't have the same taste in names. I like a mixture of classic or granola names, and she likes much newer age ones, particularly if they're unisex.... I don't dislike her suggestions, they're nice, I just would't use them.

I remember she suggested Samara a lot. DH really liked it, but I hate the NN Sam on a girl.

michaelad3 · October 2013

@myschlove, personally, I think Michaela is a great name

not that I'm biased or anything lol

sdo_082989 · October 2013

Oh my grandmother suggested Haley...pronounced like Halle. The name isn't bad but it's definitely not one we would use. She would not let the spelling go though, she also keeps pushing Logan for a boy but a cousin in my dads side has a son named Logan. Her logic is...it's not on her side so it doesn't matter. :-/

mrscrcalli · October 2013

My sister suggested Tate I just think its to close to Taint for comfort

mskitty1985 · October 2013

Uuugh my mom likes mikael pronounced mi-kayle for a girl because my dh name is michael... Not gunna happen

sdo_082989 · October 2013

mrscrcalli said:
My sister suggested Tate I just think its to close to Taint for comfort

Tate is ridiculously popular here.

naelindy · October 2013

myschlove said:
My mil wanted me to name my DS Landon... Which is a great name... But our last name is Landman...
Landon Landman...

No

Hahaha, similar story here... My nephew was almost named that - our last name is Lindemann.

ButtonGirl82 · October 2013

My DH wants to name our child after his grandfather who died 20 years ago, Donald. I hate it! Not gonna happen.

lilmama412 · October 2013

Luckily, no one has suggested names to us yet, but I have a brother who is 14 years younger than me. When my mom was pregnant my parents were dead set on naming him Baxter. I used to seriously cry about it, because I was so embarrassed for my younger brother to have a dogs name. All the rest of my siblings have really traditional names: Elizabeth, Allison and Jonathan...and Baxter would have sounded awful with that. Luckily they changed their mind at the last minute to Ryan.

My mom also suggested Oliver to me last pregnancy, which I think is a cute name, but more of a dog name as well.

alittlelibrary · October 2013

My SO really likes Korma, but as much as I love Northern Indian food - I'm not sure I want to think about curried chicken when I look at my little one.

Nxy · October 2013

vanvoorhis-101 said:

My DH likes Killian for a boys name. I refuse to name my child the same name as an alcoholic beverage. Our children were planned, not some drunken mistake. I am sure at least a few people might think otherwise with that kind of name.

I have a cousin who named her child this. Then everyone was like "after the beer??" and yes, yes it was. I personally don't like it but, I also have DH trying to convince me Jamison is a great name (after the whisky!)

myschlove · October 2013

Oh I agree, it's just that she'd be named after Dr Quinn

CJP10 · October 2013

I have a strange last name - Pankau. We've had many suggestions that are awful! My mom suggested Peter Pankau -ack

and my dad suggested Henry Pankau - Hank for short so he could call him Hanky Panky! Eek! I can't wait for all the suggestions from my high school students (I'm a teacher) after I tell them!

Eija3014 · October 2013

Nxy said:

vanvoorhis-101 said:

My DH likes Killian for a boys name. I refuse to name my child the same name as an alcoholic beverage. Our children were planned, not some drunken mistake. I am sure at least a few people might think otherwise with that kind of name.

I have a cousin who named her child this. Then everyone was like "after the beer??" and yes, yes it was. I personally don't like it but, I also have DH trying to convince me Jamison is a great name (after the whisky!)

I love the name "Jameson" but I just had to get over it because the stupid people who made the whiskey stole my baby name

Nxy · October 2013

I like the idea of the name but when my DH drinks that's about all he drinks so it's all I think of lol!

Heeb918 · October 2013

Twirple said:

The bad names we have had suggested have all been girls names. Someone suggested we name her after my Grandmother. I loved my grandmother, but not even she went by her name, Ermgard.

When I was pregnant with DS, we were team green like now. A friend of ours wanted us to name our son after him, Nicholas. I said, "What if we have a girl?" His response? "Nicola" Uh, no.

But wait, you could have your very own live Ermahgerd!

erinlynn20 · October 2013

I have everyone beat. My mil wanted me to name my 3 year old and this one after their daddy. Enoch (e-nick) Hubert. She also suggested Hubert Enoch.

She never even called him by his given name ( he has always been Bert). It has to be one of the most hateful names you can give a child. We used to tease him about it all the time when we were kids and now she wants me to torture my own children. Thanks but no thanks crazy!

pannk · October 2013

Mrs+Hebert said:

Twirple said:

The bad names we have had suggested have all been girls names. Someone suggested we name her after my Grandmother. I loved my grandmother, but not even she went by her name, Ermgard.

When I was pregnant with DS, we were team green like now. A friend of ours wanted us to name our son after him, Nicholas. I said, "What if we have a girl?" His response? "Nicola" Uh, no.

But wait, you could have your very own live Ermahgerd!

This is exactly what I thought!!!

Kelseyl34 · October 2013

I have already told my mom our names and yet she suggests a new name everyday! I'm like hello we are done! And my dad doesn't even get to have an opinion because he wanted to name me Laurel Lawrence.

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