Names you HATE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just saw the name Anniston for the first time.

That could well be a family name, though I can only see Jennifer Anniston when I read the name.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw the name Anniston for the first time.

Do you think 'Anniston' is a boy or a girl?

[Anonymous]

I really loathe the name Ellie for a girl. Cutesy. Overdone. Especially annoying when it's not a nickname. Stop the madness!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kayla
Callie
Caleigh
Kayleigh
Kaya
Calleigh
Kayleen
Carleigh
Carlie
Karlie
Karlie
Karliegh
Kaylee
Kylee
Kaylah
Caylah


is there any variation I forgot?

Katelin/Katelyn/Katelynne/Catlyn and Kiera/Keara and the like. Or do these fall in their own, separate categories?

[Anonymous]

Anything Irish, unless you are of Irish descent.

[Anonymous]

Candy, Brandy, and Brittany

[Anonymous]

Anything with an apostrophe in it: Shy'an, Da'Shawn, Des'ree, etc

[Anonymous]

Misty, Dawn, Brad, and Thad

[Anonymous]

Shawn. I like Sean, can't stand Shawn. It looks like it's frowning

[Anonymous]

Weird spellings of ordinary names in an attempt to be unique.
Pretensious "family" names.
Soap opera names.
Numbers, Fruits, and Symbols for names.

[Anonymous]

Tiffany
Mindy
Brie
Mandy
Stephanie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird spellings of ordinary names in an attempt to be unique.
Pretensious "family" names.
Soap opera names.
Numbers, Fruits, and Symbols for names.

How would you know? Do you genealogy stalk them? Brandish your findings in their face?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anything Irish, unless you are of Irish descent.

Yes one thousand times over. Maeve, Declan, Mairead, Declan, Aidan, Eamon. Cut it out wanna be Irish Americans!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything Irish, unless you are of Irish descent.

Yes one thousand times over. Maeve, Declan, Mairead, Declan, Aidan, Eamon. Cut it out wanna be Irish Americans!

I find this very weird too. As an Irish-American from both sides, our family is literally riddled (cousins on both sides) with all sorts of Irish names. So I am used to this in my own family, but then if I meet someone who has like 1% drop of Irish blood and they have names such as the above, I am kind of like, "Huh?" I mean, of course it's their choice, but I admit to finding it just a little weird. I guess I feel it would be equally weird if I named my kids names such as "Carlos," "Jose," and "Juanita." A totally different ethnicity than my own!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything Irish, unless you are of Irish descent.

Yes one thousand times over. Maeve, Declan, Mairead, Declan, Aidan, Eamon. Cut it out wanna be Irish Americans!

I find this very weird too. As an Irish-American from both sides, our family is literally riddled (cousins on both sides) with all sorts of Irish names. So I am used to this in my own family, but then if I meet someone who has like 1% drop of Irish blood and they have names such as the above, I am kind of like, "Huh?" I mean, of course it's their choice, but I admit to finding it just a little weird. I guess I feel it would be equally weird if I named my kids names such as "Carlos," "Jose," and "Juanita." A totally different ethnicity than my own!

PS I guess people just love us Irish so much they want to imitate us! "Imitation is the best form of flattery."