Most hated baby names

[honeydiane1953]

I just finished a watching a movie made for tv about a lady named Quinn. She masterminds an elaborate scheme to get ransom from her own husband. This is a true story. I have a bad taste in my mouth re the name. It appears Quinn and Gwen may have gotten interchanged to some people as to spelling. lol

 

[mjkacmom]

Haha. I love the name Siobhan as well! My hubby said no to hard to spell Gaelic first names. So our solution was to make it their middle names! Both of our girls have traditional Irish names and spellings as their middle names. (Maighread and Aibhlinn!) Of course, he named our son Seamus..and I thought that kind of went against his rule, but oh well! (Our youngest has a boring name...Daniel.) Lol

I love Siobhan, as well - I think the pretty pronounciation makes up for the spelling.

 

[NotUrsula]

Haha. I love the name Siobhan as well! My hubby said no to hard to spell Gaelic first names. So our solution was to make it their middle names! Both of our girls have traditional Irish names and spellings as their middle names. (Maighread and Aibhlinn!) Of course, he named our son Seamus..and I thought that kind of went against his rule, but oh well! (Our youngest has a boring name...Daniel.) Lol

Tee-hee; he probably didn't think of Seamus as hard to spell; it's so common in Ireland that to an Irishman the spelling is a no-brainer even if the family is strictly English-speaking.

DD has a tricky trad name, but it isn't my fault; DH the romantic picked it. She has very traditional English-language middle names to compensate, but she has two of them, which just goes to show you that a girl's life can never be too complicated! (I've been spelling all three of my names all of my life. My first one is Anglicized, but Americans still have trouble, so I've just gotten resigned to it.)

A visiting teacher at DD's preschool recently asked DH what part of Scandinavia his family was from. She looked at DD's name combined with his German surname and somehow came to Viking conclusions, LOL!

 

[pilesoflaundry]

We had a hard time naming our second. It got to the point where we were 2 weeks away from the due date and I told dh that either he needed to come up with a decent suggestion or go with the name I wanted. He didn't come up with anything, so we went with my top choice. He picked the middle name.

Dh and I had trouble naming the kids, we are so different when it comes to names. I joked my whole second pregnancy she was going to go home as "baby girl last name." We decided a few months before she was born and filed her birth cert in the hospital but due to some hospital goof up, her discharge papers actually say "female last name" so the joke was on me at the end

If you are going to name your baby Quinn boy or girl please spell it that way. Kwinn, Kwynn or any other variation looks absolutley ridiculous and trashy.

I agree! I can't stand unique spellings. I think about how that poor kid is going to have to spell it out for everyone their entire life. I have a normal first name with a common spelling and people still screw it up. They always assume it's the other way or make up some odd spelling that is nothing like I told them over the phone. I image something like Kwynn would be even worse!

I like Quinn but didn't use it because it's too gender neutral for me. I don't like gender neutral names. Yet some people see it strictly as a male name or a female name.

I love Seamus and Siobhan but my dh would never go for something like that. It would have been funny because I'm of irish decent and dh is not and we have a very strong italian last name so it wouldn't have really fit together.

I don't like the 'den' or the "lie" names.Kylie, Kyler, Caden/Kaiden/8000spellings, (Aidan is my exception, I love that name).

Plenty of people don't like my dd's name but I haven't seen it show up here yet so that's good

 

[badblackpug]

All the Quinns I know spelled likethat are male but I know two Kwynn's that are female and spelled like that.

Quinn is a surname and sounds masculine to me. It may be Scotch/Irish in nature, but not as a given name. I think a PP had a point. It may be the trend to give girls masculine names now, but little girls don't, in general, like to be mistaken as boys.

My sister's name is Michalea. (Spelt different from the list). I, personally, love her name but that is probably because I love her. I also have always liked the name Aidan. I am happy to see none of my kids names are on that list! Whew. But honestly, I have received more than one comment about my son's name. (Seamus). People love it or hate it. I love it and my husband is from Ireland, so....all 4
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\kids have Irish names. Poor kid gets called SEE-MUS all the time though. (It is pronounced SHAY-MUS). I say that several times a month. Lol

Michaela is a lovely name. The problem is that it has been ruined by all the "Makayla" "McKayla" variations. Aidan is also lovely, but just so over used.

Yes I did name my dd Bronwyn. While it may be uncommon here go over to the UK or Australia and it is quite common. It is a traditional Welsh name, nothing made up at all.

I love Bronwyn. Different without being made up and easy to pronounce


Now I will share this again... my oldest daughter (14) has a very "unique" name. ie: made up. Now before everyone pounces I will explain again that she is adopted. She was an older adoption. Her adoption was finalized when she was 5, so changing her name was not an option. Her name has a "y" a "z" and an "h." I will not post her actual name because it is so unusual that a google search will send you right to her facebook page.

At 14 she is used to it, but it was very frustrating as a younger child to constantly have her name mispronounced. The rest of my kids have "legit" names using the common spellings. My youngest son has an uncommon, but legit, name, but it is spelled exactly as it is pronounced.

My advice to those that are choosing "different" names for their kids is to remember that this child has to live with this name. You may think it makes your kid unique or a stand-out, but that is not always a good thing. Whether intended, or not, the name also reflects on the kid. When a kid (or an adult) has a ridiculous name very few people who comment on that name stop to think that that person had no control over what they were named.

As others have said stop and think what that name will look like on a 40 year old professional man/woman.

...and as for the, "I can't imagine them being named anything else..." thing that is true not because you associate you child with that name, but because you associate that name with your child.

 

[dogluva]

Personally I think Quinn looks ridiculous, but I'm not a fan of any first name starting with a Q, all of then look ridiculous as first names to me.
As far as "trashy", I guess one man's trash is another one's treasure, and Kwinn doesn't even come close to my "trashy" radar.

ETA Aren't you the mom who named their child Bronwyn? I find it ironic that you feel compelled to mention the unique spelling of someone elses choice (and that they shouldn't do it), when you made that name choice for your own child. (Not that there is anything wrong with that name, its just very different).

It is a Welsh name. I love the name Bronwyn. I just think you should be somewhat welsh if it is your name.

 

[dogluva]

Haha. I love the name Siobhan as well! My hubby said no to hard to spell Gaelic first names. So our solution was to make it their middle names! Both of our girls have traditional Irish names and spellings as their middle names. (Maighread and Aibhlinn!) Of course, he named our son Seamus..and I thought that kind of went against his rule, but oh well! (Our youngest has a boring name...Daniel.) Lol

I love Daniel-it is my son's name and the only boy name that I actually picked (the other two are named after people). I love, love, love Daniel-I don't find it boring. He goes by Danny.

 

[pigletgirl]

My college roommate my freshman year was named Bronwyn. She was the neatest girl, who carried that name very well. Unforunately she died of an aneuryism last year. When I have children, that name will definitely make the list.

I think Quinn is also really neat for a girl. To me its like the name "Taylor".. It can totally go either way and you can make the middle name feminine like Quinn Marie.

 

[mombrontrent]

If we do use the name Quinn, it will be with the "traditional" spelling. Both my Dh and I have strong Irish/Scottish (mostly Ireland by way of being deported from Scotland ) roots and we lived for awhile in England and really love Gaelic names. My DH's first choice is actually Siobhan, but there's no way I could do that to a kid living in North America!

As an aside, I've never heard the name Bronwyn before, and I absolutely love it! We live in Canada and I looked up the popularity in Canada, and it actually spent a few years around #80 in the early 2000's, so obviously it isn't particularly uncommon here!

That makes sense then because we are Canadian and my Bronwyn was born in 2002.

 

[megs1313]

my DD's name made the list. I think it's strange considering it was in the top 5 popular names the year she was born. there are TONS of girls with the same name her age, so I imagine if we re-did this poll in 15 yeas when they are all grown, it will no longer be considered "hated" because so many people have it.

I think it's unkind to hate on baby names unless they are cruel....like the one kid named Adolf Hitler...that was hatable, IMO.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

My DD's name is CLOSE to the list...It's JADE. My DH named her and I named my DS(best way to keep it civil lol). It drives me batty when people think her name is, or call her Jaden. But in her class alone there is a Jayden, Caden and Hayden....No lie...And then there is just plain Jade.

DS's name is Landon. It is getting to be more common now, but I still love it.

 

[burnurcomputer]

This article is almost a year old, but it had me thinking.
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/most-hated-baby-names-is-your-kids-on-the-list-2480235.html

I agree with the "-dens"...(hayden, caden, aiden, brayden) - While they aren't bad, they are overdone.

Never was a fan of Naeveh, or Destiny, but to each is own.

My Aidan is 14, I doubt that I jumped on the popular name train, lol! I had to pronounce his name for everyone when I was expecting him in 97-98. They kept saying Adrian and had a confused name on thier faces. The only person I never had to explain it to was my Aunt Anne, who is Catholic. St. Aidan is well known to her family!

 

[badblackpug]

my DD's name made the list. I think it's strange considering it was in the top 5 popular names the year she was born. there are TONS of girls with the same name her age, so I imagine if we re-did this poll in 15 yeas when they are all grown, it will no longer be considered "hated" because so many people have it.

I think it's unkind to hate on baby names unless they are cruel....like the one kid named Adolf Hitler...that was hatable, IMO.

I think maybe the the reason the name may be hated is because it is so over-used, and then over used names spur creative spellings to make them unique.

I once worked with a Christie, a Kristie, and a Cristy.

In the case of Aidan, it's a nice name, but over popular so people are finding ways to make it "unique." Aiden, Ayden, Braden, Caden, Hayden, Jayden, Kayden,

Same with Michaela. Makayla, McKayla, Mykayla,

I don't think there is anything "mean" about hating certain names. Hating a name doesn't mean you hate the child. No one is making fun of the child's name to their face, they are simply discussing different names they like and dislike.

For some reason I cannot explain I can't stand the name "Zachary." It's an old name, not made up, but the sound of it just grates on my nerves. It doesn't mean I hate everyone named Zachary.

 

[wallawallakids]

I love Daniel-it is my son's name and the only boy name that I actually picked (the other two are named after people). I love, love, love Daniel-I don't find it boring. He goes by Danny.

Mine goes by Danny too!! He is named after a very dear friend. It also didn't hurt that "Danny Boy" is one of my all time favorite songs. I love the name as well. I meant it was "boring" compared to this list of names. I think it is a very good name for a child or adult. And it isn't nearly as common in his age group as I would have thought.

 

[TheSchragFamily]

Mine goes by Danny too!! He is named after a very dear friend. It also didn't hurt that "Danny Boy" is one of my all time favorite songs. I love the name as well. I meant it was "boring" compared to this list of names. I think it is a very good name for a child or adult. And it isn't nearly as common in his age group as I would have thought.

We were just talking about how Daniel is the #8 name for boy babies in the U.S., yet I have NEVER met a baby named Daniel! Or even a little kid. Not one I can think of in our elementary school (although I don't know every kid, but I do know a lot of them). How can it be #1 in some states when I literally don't know a single Daniel?!?!?!? Any thoughts?

 

[wallawallakids]

We were just talking about how Daniel is the #8 name for boy babies in the U.S., yet I have NEVER met a baby named Daniel! Or even a little kid. Not one I can think of in our elementary school (although I don't know every kid, but I do know a lot of them). How can it be #1 in some states when I literally don't know a single Daniel?!?!?!? Any thoughts?

It is strange. We have moved 3 times and we still haven't met another Daniel. 3 different states! And I have 4 kids in school. The really weird thing is that once we had a swim class for my older son and there was 4 kids named Seamus in it! Also one other kid had the exact same middle name as my Seamus (Patrick). That was really odd. And yet I have never met another child named Daniel. Strange.

 

[TheSchragFamily]

It is strange. We have moved 3 times and we still haven't met another Daniel. 3 different states! And I have 4 kids in school. The really weird thing is that once we had a swim class for my older son and there was 4 kids named Seamus in it! Also one other kid had the exact same middle name as my Seamus (Patrick). That was really odd. And yet I have never met another child named Daniel. Strange.

I'm glad it isn't just us! Thought I was losing it or something!

 

[badblackpug]

I think it depends where you live. Here we have about a 50/50 mix of trendy/classic.

The -aydens are very popular as well as the last name as a 1st name thing Landon, Hunter.

Then we also have the popular/classic Jacob, Caleb, Liam

Then we have just the plain classic, which are more unusual, but are usually family names, William, Daniel, Ryan.

I swear if I ever have another son I will name him "John." There are absolutely no Johns.

 

[Shelly888]

I love the name John. If my last name was more than 1 syllable I totally would have used it!

 

[pigletgirl]

I've had about half dozen friends who have had babies within the past year, and so now within our circle we have: Nicholas, Nathan & Aidan (twin boys), Bryson, Brayden, Brogan (female), and Catherine Cecilia (nicknamed CeCe).

Another one is due in July with a girl to be named Piper..