Names you dislike?

[Anonymous]

+1 to Dusty

[Anonymous]

There should be a rule on this thread: you can share names you dislike provided that you share what you named your own children...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh boy names on girls are the worst.

I always think of Simon and Oliver as wussy boy names too. Owen doesn’t seem wussy to me, but Spencer, Liam, and Elliott do. Someone suggested Oliver to me for DS#2 and I had to work to keep a neutral, non-cringe face.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jesse
Caleb
Cody
Missy
Angel
Anything with a Kreative spelling. Or when people use a traditional spelling and insist that everyone pronounces it wrong.

Interestingly I agree with most of your list except for Caleb which doesn’t fit in. It’s a biblical name but the others are trendy. I used to hate it and think it was trendy also. I realize it’s biblical and somewhat unusual but still masculine. I have girls but would totally choose it for a boy.

Ok, I’ll give you Caleb and admit to that one being because of a negative association with a Caleb from junior high school.

haha I was PP and just saw this! We've all got random negative associations...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boys names for girls. Noah and the like

What do you think of names that used to be boys' names but are now officially girls: Lynn, Ashley, Leslie, Courtney?

I totally get it because I don't like girl Michaels or James.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh boy names on girls are the worst.

I always think of Simon and Oliver as wussy boy names too. Owen doesn’t seem wussy to me, but Spencer, Liam, and Elliott do. Someone suggested Oliver to me for DS#2 and I had to work to keep a neutral, non-cringe face.

+1

I hate the term "wuss" because it indicates that boys and men should not have emotions because that is feminine and females are weaker and inferior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh boy names on girls are the worst.

I always think of Simon and Oliver as wussy boy names too. Owen doesn’t seem wussy to me, but Spencer, Liam, and Elliott do. Someone suggested Oliver to me for DS#2 and I had to work to keep a neutral, non-cringe face.

+1

I hate the term "wuss" because it indicates that boys and men should not have emotions because that is feminine and females are weaker and inferior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My name is on here, too.

I was watching Call the Midwife tonight and one of the babies was named Agnes. That may be my least favorite name, followed by Enid.

My mom ( and I ) agree with you. Agnes is her name and she has hated ever since she was two.

[Anonymous]

Ziggy. It’s such an ugly name and I’ve heard it given twice in the last month. Not a nickname either - two little boys will have to go through like with Ziggy on their diplomas!

[Anonymous]

Hadley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amy
Any name that starts with "Ed"
Richard and any variation thereof
Courtney
Many of the gender-neutral names like Morgan, Kennedy, Addison, Avery, Riley, Emerson, Charlie, etc. Not all, but most.

I don't consider Charlie gender neutral. It maybe a nn for Charlotte but, most girls aren't named Charles.

[Anonymous]

Kyree Lloyd

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My name and my husband's name are in the first post in this thread. Ha! We're obviously not friends with OP!

I’m 40 so half the women I know are Jennifer or Jessica! My guess is the op knew Jennifer’s and Jessica’s in high school and hated them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh boy names on girls are the worst.

I always think of Simon and Oliver as wussy boy names too. Owen doesn’t seem wussy to me, but Spencer, Liam, and Elliott do. Someone suggested Oliver to me for DS#2 and I had to work to keep a neutral, non-cringe face.

Like Stacey, Leslie, Carol, ...?

There’s basically no men under the age of 80 with those names. Very uncommon now and not making a comeback for men anytime soon.

Leslie Odom Jr. would disagree with you! Plus we know a male Courtney and he is about 48

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My name is on here, too.

I was watching Call the Midwife tonight and one of the babies was named Agnes. That may be my least favorite name, followed by Enid.

I like the French pronunciation--AHN-yes.

It's ahn-YES. The French put the stress on the last syllable of every word.