Common baby names you dislike

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike the name Mary. I have two friends that named their baby girls this.

I also hate the name Mary but its because it reminds me of catholic school-I went to an all girls catholic school for middle school and HATED it!!!

My friend just named her baby Mary Elizabeth

Mary as a first name just lends itself to calling the child by both their first and middle names at all times which is another thing I can't stand. For whatever reason it just doesn't stand alone. Two word names sound very pretentious and/or southern to me and my friends that have named their children this way are New Englanders.

I also hate the name Alice.

Hee hee. I LOVe the name Mary Alice.

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Anonymous wrote:Trying too hard names - Hugo, Gunnar, Zane
anything starting Mc-
and I've always hated names like Hope, Joy, Chastity, Faith, Charity, etc... Grace is okay.

Gunnar is not trying too hard if one is just passing on a Scandinavian family name....

Dear Gunnar fan,

I'm sorry but the name is terrible! If the named is being passed down through generations it means that one of your distant relatives tried too hard and now their descendants are perpetuating it.

Harh, whatever. While I have no Gunnars in my family, I have to chuckle at the image of any of my Scandinavian ancestors or relatives trying too hard. Axel, Lars, Per, Thor - folks aren't trying hard. It just is what it is.

I'm obsessed with the sort of names that you mentioned pp. But since I have no Scandanavian ancestry, I would in fact be trying too hard. We'll see if I ever end up with a boy, but I think those names are so bad-ass. (Never heard of Per though--how is that pronounced?)

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Anonymous wrote:I knew a Mabel - except she was Hispanic and her name pronounced with that accent was gorgeous.

As for alternate spellings of Natalie - I have a friend whose mother is from Luxembourg and her name is Nathalie with an H. While you see it as an alternate spelling, to her it is the "normal" spelling. Americanized spellings are NOT the only way to spell many names.

And I stand corrected - someone did finally bring up my child's name. Eh, whatever - I didn't name her to make anyone else happy. I probably don't like your kid's name either, but it isn't like I am going to dislike someone for what they decide to name their child. Unless, of course, you think naming them Adolf Hitler yourlastname is cool

Oh relax. You seem like your panties are in a mighty big twist despite your "whatever" comments. Of course there are Americanized spellings (as the norm) here in America.

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I'm obsessed with the sort of names that you mentioned pp. But since I have no Scandanavian ancestry, I would in fact be trying too hard. We'll see if I ever end up with a boy, but I think those names are so bad-ass. (Never heard of Per though--how is that pronounced?)

Per="pear"

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Anonymous wrote:T (Never heard of Per though--how is that pronounced?)

It's a little gentler--almost like: pear

but i don't know what it means...

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ooops. didn't see there was already a Per response...

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Per is a version of Peter.

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I just love when people try to use names/words from other languages/cultures (that have nothing to do with them) and mess it up.

Or when they name their children after infamous characters.
I'm left to wonder if they know about it and didn't care.

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike the name Mary. I have two friends that named their baby girls this.

I also hate the name Alice.

Hee hee. I LOVe the name Mary Alice.

A little late here, but my cousin is expecting a baby girl in January, to be named Mary Alice. (My grandmother was Alice Marie, say it with a French Canadian accent for full effect.) It seems like an old lady name to me, but hey, someday hopefully she will be an old lady.

I really liked Ciara when we were expecting our first - we have an Irish last name and frequent contact with second cousins in Cork and Kilkenny - but it would've been mispronounced and I didn't like "Keira." Adore the Irish girls' names - Aoife, Siobhan, Eilis, Niamh are lovely - and we used one for a MN, but I think as a general rule if you live anywhere but Ireland, it's just plain mean to name your kids something that will always have to be spelled/pronounced.

But it's your kid, and it's a free country, so do what you want. We have four kids and I don't know you and couldn't care less what you think of their names.

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Anonymous wrote:Or when they name their children after infamous characters.
I'm left to wonder if they know about it and didn't care.

Similar idea - I didn't see this mentioned before - but doesn't every parent do the rhyme test?

Example from the Simpsons - Hmmm, Bart - Art, Bart, Cart, Dart, E-art - sounds great!

So, having said that, the one name I really truly absolutely can't stand is BRODY. Rhymes with grody. I am a child of the early 80s, sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:Trying too hard names - Hugo, Gunnar, Zane
anything starting Mc-
and I've always hated names like Hope, Joy, Chastity, Faith, Charity, etc... Grace is okay.

Gunnar is not trying too hard if one is just passing on a Scandinavian family name....

Dear Gunnar fan,

I'm sorry but the name is terrible! If the named is being passed down through generations it means that one of your distant relatives tried too hard and now their descendants are perpetuating it.

Harh, whatever. While I have no Gunnars in my family, I have to chuckle at the image of any of my Scandinavian ancestors or relatives trying too hard. Axel, Lars, Per, Thor - folks aren't trying hard. It just is what it is.

I knew a Thor in high school and it totally fit him. . .as would Adonis, Apollo. . .you get the idea-blonde, tan and built! Yum.

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Man oh man am I dragging up this old thread. But hey, I googled "why do people name their kid braden" and got here somehow, and I'm also a Northern VA resident, so it's fate, I guess

I also hate the -aden names for either gender, as you might have gathered. I've always hated the names Bertha, Ursula, Beryl, and any of the McK- names.

For the record, my name is Audrey, and I am of German descent, which appears in my middle name, Lore (short for Hannelore, oma's name). I was really surprised to see both names on here only once since they're kinda old lady names. Also, if I have a daughter, I want to name her Moira Ardith (surprised I didn't see those either), and a son will be Kieran Brett (I love the name Kieran because it's got the same roots as the name Cernunnos...good to hear he'll be a good drinking buddy, too!). I'm stuck on Moira because of the Greek Moirae, and I've just always loved the name (fortunately my husband does, too).

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Your names are yucky, but they will be unique. Think about it. Mooyyy rahh. Sounds like she'll resemble a cow. Arr Dith. Sounds like, ah, duh. Maybe she'll be a bit dense too.

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Viola for a first or middle name.

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Anonymous wrote:Man oh man am I dragging up this old thread. But hey, I googled "why do people name their kid braden" and got here somehow, and I'm also a Northern VA resident, so it's fate, I guess

I also hate the -aden names for either gender, as you might have gathered. I've always hated the names Bertha, Ursula, Beryl, and any of the McK- names.

For the record, my name is Audrey, and I am of German descent, which appears in my middle name, Lore (short for Hannelore, oma's name). I was really surprised to see both names on here only once since they're kinda old lady names. Also, if I have a daughter, I want to name her Moira Ardith (surprised I didn't see those either), and a son will be Kieran Brett (I love the name Kieran because it's got the same roots as the name Cernunnos...good to hear he'll be a good drinking buddy, too!). I'm stuck on Moira because of the Greek Moirae, and I've just always loved the name (fortunately my husband does, too).

Okay Audrey Lore "hater of the *aden* names",

Lore? Really I'm German, also. My Oma was named Willehmina. Your parents Americanized Hannelore to Lore, yet you are bitching about "aden" names. Pot meet Kettle.....

Kieran is just as bad if not worse as Braden, Jaden, Aiden, Taden, Caden, ect. It's a true Irish name that lots of Irish people use, but a German person complaining about other perfectly good names picking such an oddball name. Wow.

And Moira Ardith? Wha? You hate McK names, I'm assuming McKenna would be one of those? McKenna sounds 1000xs more normal than Moira Ardith.

Now, I find that your taste in names is *your* taste in names, not mine. So why rip on OTHER people's taste in names? Just because YOU want to name your children oddball names that you find perfectly beautiful doesn't mean that everyone else thinks those names are lovely, just like you don't find the "ADEN" names lovely while some other people obviously do.

Why are we so judgmental of what others name their children, give it a rest people. And FYI, it isn't the kids that are making fun of their peers' names on the playground, it's the parents (us!) who are the shit-talkers. See: the entire Internet.