Names you HATE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Molly's a beautiful name with lots of good associations.

Molly Brown--unsinkable, Molly Ringwald--John Hughes' muse, Bloom or Malone--inspired works of fiction, Maguires or Pitchers--represent social change/compassion.

fantastic. doesn't mean it changes my strong dislike of the sound of the name.

dislike of names isn't rational, people. you can't reaspn away a visceral reaction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't care what the name is. I just wish people would stop using trashy to describe names. It's so sickeningly classist.

agree, x1000. It is so myopic.

[Anonymous]

Brad
Chad
Bradley
Hadley
Paris
Dale

...so waspy. Yuck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brad
Chad
Bradley
Hadley
Paris
Dale

...so waspy. Yuck

Not waspy AT ALL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand - do people seriously go through life under a veil of thinking that everyone loves your child's name (or your own name)? That reeks of an impressive level of narcissism.

Of course some people don't like some names. It's normal. It's ok. The place to express that is NOT to someone's face - but do you really expect people to stay mum on the internet?

+1

All my friends who've just recently birthed have given their kids the most god-awful, ill-fitting names (which I'm not posting here because they're on here). I would never say how stupid the names they picked sound. But I can say it here.

That's funny because I feel exactly the same way, except everyone I know seems to pick yet another insipid top 20 name. So tired of pretending that names like Emily, Avery, Noah and Liam are inspired choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Brad
Chad
Bradley
Hadley
Paris
Dale

...so waspy. Yuck


Not waspy AT ALL.

You're right, just annoyingly Anglo. Yawn.

[Anonymous]

Josh/Joshua. I have never met a Josh/Joshua that wasn't either incredibly entitled/selfish/passive-aggressive or completely dim.

[Anonymous]

Barbara (Barb as a nickname is even worse)

[Anonymous]

Jody as a boy's name is pretty lame.
And thank goodness people aren't really using the names Ronald or Donald anymore. These names scream old white men who smell of menthols.

[Anonymous]

The ones named Luther usually smell of menthols too. Oh yeah, and along with Ronald and Donald, Luther is a pretty crappy name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't feel bad - my kid's name is hated and spelled stupidly per dcum. Does it really matter what others think, though?

I know about ten boys named Jaden and it doesn't make me hate the name. (not saying this is your child's name). If one's name was spelled Jayden I would think t was a stupid spelling but would use it to describe him. Jayden with a "Y". We already have "Neighbor Jaden" "Across the Street Jaden" "Cousin Jaden" Some of these kids share common last names or last initials.

[Anonymous]

Jim, Sherman, Roger, Brady, Cody, Travis, Tripp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
That's funny because I feel exactly the same way, except everyone I know seems to pick yet another insipid top 20 name. So tired of pretending that names like Emily, Avery, Noah and Liam are inspired choices.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't feel bad - my kid's name is hated and spelled stupidly per dcum. Does it really matter what others think, though?

I know about ten boys named Jaden and it doesn't make me hate the name. (not saying this is your child's name). If one's name was spelled Jayden I would think t was a stupid spelling but would use it to describe him. Jayden with a "Y". We already have "Neighbor Jaden" "Across the Street Jaden" "Cousin Jaden" Some of these kids share common last names or last initials.

Haha, it isn't Jayden or any variation, but I understand. Much like my husband's name has 2 common spellings and no one seems to use the right one when sending us mail...ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brad
Chad
Bradley
Hadley
Paris
Dale

...so waspy. Yuck

funny - this is on my list if we have another child. We're missing the "p" in the acronym though, since we're agnostics. And the "as" is only a small portion of our actual heritage.