Any names you don’t like ( either through association or just because)

nana8, you made me laugh. My Dad's name was Cecil and he hated it. He could never understand why his parents had chosen a name best suited to the aristocracy rather than a grubby kneed, snotty lad from a working class background. In later years his MIL didn't help by pronouncing it Seesill. My dislike with names are those that can be used for both sexes.

This thread could upset some people if any of their family's names are mentioned.

As a teacher that’s a loaded question ... I will refrain from further comment as I wouldn’t wish to offend anyone.

I've just read a few names that people dislike. One's my lovely brother's name. Another is the name I chose for my son.

There are names I'm not fond of because they are associated with people I've disliked/hurt me. Not posting them though.

Why don’t we turn it around and say what our favourite male names are.
I like George, mainly because it was my wonderful Dad’s name.
David always sounds strong and trustworthy.
Love Patrick and Declan, there must be some Irish blood in me somewhere.

I said male cos we’ve already done girls names recently on another thread with ‘what name would you have chosen for yourself’

How tactful you are Laura. My Dad was John and I always associate it with being strong and reliable.

Letitia, a fab name but it sounds like someone sneezing

EV ?

One of my cat's is Bertie and I love this shortened version of Herbert which given the full name gets their leg pulled i.e a right Herbert.

Sara1954

For some reason, I’ve always disliked Rebecca and Abigail, no idea why

I think they are both lovely elegant names - would quite like to re-name myself as either!

'Darcy', it reminds me of a large Lady who was once a midday dinner supervisor at my Daughters school, who was not a very nice person with the children, so in return they named her 'Arsey Darcy' and it's stuck in my mind ever since!

Not mentioning any names , however this was the name of a boy in Primary school who mocked me by shouting out" who's a bonny baby bouncer then ?" in the school playground ( I was a bit overweight and possibly did look like the baby on the advert of it's time who was suspended in the door jamb by an elastic bungee type swing ).
This was also the name of a fierce Alsatian dog that took a chunk out of my ankle.

Jennifer. Never met one person named Jennifer that wasn't rude and unpleasant. Not one.

The names that I most dislike are my own! I dont know what my mother was thinking of, my father was in the army during WW2 and didn’t have any say in it.

Chewbacca

Jennifer. Never met one person named Jennifer that wasn't rude and unpleasant. Not one.

A good friend of mine in junior school was called Jennifer. She was very kind and gave me the book ‘Black Beauty’. I lost contact with her when we left but still remember her and her kindness.

In general I prefer names that can be easily pronounced and spelt. It can be easy to offend someone if you get their name wrong.

I do not like perfectly good names misspelt- ie Rebekkah instead of Rebecca.

Interesting how many selections are school related. I have two which I would never declare here but, to my shame, they were poverty related. I didn't know this, of course, as a child but always associated these names with 'yuck'. They still don't do it for me but it comes attached to a pile of personal discomfort.

Charleygirl5

I do not like perfectly good names misspelt- ie Rebekkah instead of Rebecca.

Rebekkah is the original Hebrew spelling.

I wouldn’t mind if people on this thread didn’t like names that I do like or my family’s names. They have that right. It seems a shame to shelve a potentially interesting discussion because someone might not like it.

Names go by fashions like anything else. Also they have strong social connotations. There are names that are never going to be used by the upper social echelons. Now I daren’t mention what they are, but I expect you can guess.

My father very much disliked the name Charlotte. To him it belonged to stuffy Victorian aunts. He couldn’t see it as a name for children or young people. I think we tend to dislike the names of our parents’ generation, but if we go further back the names become acceptable, even fashionable again.

This made me think of an article I read where a young mother wanted her daughters name registered as ‘ Clamydia’ when the Registrar refused saying exactly what it meant the Mother apparently said “ oh , can I have it spelt with a K then, like the Kardashians?’ ??

When my grandfather started work in the 1910s in a very lowly position, he was told very firmly that he couldn't be called by his first name Ken/Kenny, as it was far too 'posh' and a name designated for only senior managers and Directors.
Instead, he was to use his middle name, Edward!

Riverwalk
I don’t know why it is, I’ve never met anyone unpleasant with either name, I just really dislike them.

But I agree with grandma, why would anyone take offence because someone they don’t know, dislikes their name, it’s only someone’s opinion.

I must admit I was taken aback when I disclosed on Gransnet that my newest grandson shared his name with the PM’s new baby and someone immediately posted a particularly bad photo of old man Steptoe. Not offended though. My gorgeous DGS6 is obviously more Wilfred Owen than Brambell.

My mother announced that she really hated the name Robert, when I told her we were considering it for our DS. Obviously there was a story behind this, but I know she was relieved when we chose something else.