Just for fun: names that are off-limits

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love Jemima but I just couldn’t do it.

Same here!

What's wrong with Jemima?

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Anonymous wrote:Damien

+1. Yes! Devil boy!

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Anything with an apostrophe like D'Juan.

Any name that isn't intuitively pronounced, or has a challenging or invented spelling like Patrisha or Makaylah

Tricky names like Joan prounced "Joann" or Lara (is it "Lair-ruh" or "Lore-ruh") or non standard pronunciations; I've known ANNdree-uhs, ONNdree-uhs, onnDRAY-uh, and even an anDREEEEE-uh.

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Anonymous wrote:Donald, Ivanka, Eric, melania

But Donald Glover tho. So talented and sexy!

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23:42 I'm obsessed w names.

I'd never use Alexia (the partial or complete inability to read) or anything with a negative connotation like Nemesis (yep, met one, can confirm, this is a young person's legal name) or Tequila or Brandy.

No nicknames as names! This includes Jack, Maddie, Charlie, Lexie, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love Jemima but I just couldn’t do it.

Same here!

What's wrong with Jemima?

It's all syrup! Aunt Jemima? Not so in the UK.

[Anonymous]

Aaron or Tom. Two horrid boys who made my life miserable in grade school. But if the baby ever wants pet snakes, I have two great names for them.

[Anonymous]

I'd never give my children rhyming or versions of the one same name.

Examples from real life include; twins Joey and Zoey, and sisters born eight years apart, Melissa and Melinda.

Grew up with sisters Lisa and Elizabeth (lisa is Italian for Elizabeth).

And I'd never go the all same first letter name pattern for multiple children. I knew a family - let's call them the Harrisons; mom Hazel, dad Harvey and children were Helen, Heather and Heidi. Awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love Jemima but I just couldn’t do it.

Same here!

What's wrong with Jemima?

It's all syrup! Aunt Jemima? Not so in the UK.

Also, there’s a tendency to pronounce it Je-My-Ma which I really dislike. The syrup association also has racist roots which makes me even more hesitant to use it for an American child.

I love the Je-Me-Ma pronounciation and all the great nickname possibilities. Maybe for my children’s generation it’ll be okay, but I couldn’t get past the negatives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd never give my children rhyming or versions of the one same name.

Examples from real life include; twins Joey and Zoey, and sisters born eight years apart, Melissa and Melinda.

Grew up with sisters Lisa and Elizabeth (lisa is Italian for Elizabeth).

And I'd never go the all same first letter name pattern for multiple children. I knew a family - let's call them the Harrisons; mom Hazel, dad Harvey and children were Helen, Heather and Heidi. Awful.

I was an adult expecting my own child when I realized my grandma named her first two kids Michelle and Michael. I asked her about it and she told me that Mike was the only name she’s ever liked, and my mom came first so she went with the nearest girl name.

TBF, she didn’t have the best sounding board. Her mother, my great-grandma, named my twin aunts Sharon and Karen. *shudder*

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Bear
Buzz
Herbert
Hercules
Herman
Myron
Norman
Socrates
Ulysses
Barbara
Bertha
Gay (multiple women in my mom's generation with this name)
Nookie (yes I know of a kid named Nookie)
Rhea/Rhoda/Rhonda
Scarlett
Sukey
Disney/superhero/GoT character names

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Athol
Nimrod
Splendora
Any normal name spelled creatively

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Damien

+1. Yes! Devil boy!

Omg..this may "out" her but I have a friend who named her son this. She and her husband are ENORMOUS horror flick fans.

Has another child w an 80s horror movie maniac name.

Thing is her boys are SO AWESOME and sweet. Kinda funny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd never give my children rhyming or versions of the one same name.

Examples from real life include; twins Joey and Zoey, and sisters born eight years apart, Melissa and Melinda.

Grew up with sisters Lisa and Elizabeth (lisa is Italian for Elizabeth).

And I'd never go the all same first letter name pattern for multiple children. I knew a family - let's call them the Harrisons; mom Hazel, dad Harvey and children were Helen, Heather and Heidi. Awful.

I was an adult expecting my own child when I realized my grandma named her first two kids Michelle and Michael. I asked her about it and she told me that Mike was the only name she’s ever liked, and my mom came first so she went with the nearest girl name.

TBF, she didn’t have the best sounding board. Her mother, my great-grandma, named my twin aunts Sharon and Karen. *shudder*

I have a friend who is the youngest of 6. A, B, C, D, E & F are the kids name. Started as accident and they continued the trend. Kinda cool, I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd never give my children rhyming or versions of the one same name.

Examples from real life include; twins Joey and Zoey, and sisters born eight years apart, Melissa and Melinda.

Grew up with sisters Lisa and Elizabeth (lisa is Italian for Elizabeth).

And I'd never go the all same first letter name pattern for multiple children. I knew a family - let's call them the Harrisons; mom Hazel, dad Harvey and children were Helen, Heather and Heidi. Awful.

I was an adult expecting my own child when I realized my grandma named her first two kids Michelle and Michael. I asked her about it and she told me that Mike was the only name she’s ever liked, and my mom came first so she went with the nearest girl name.

TBF, she didn’t have the best sounding board. Her mother, my great-grandma, named my twin aunts Sharon and Karen. *shudder*

I have a friend who is the youngest of 6. A, B, C, D, E & F are the kids name. Started as accident and they continued the trend. Kinda cool, I think.

Clarifying. Their names begin with a-f.