names you HATE

[3princesses4us]

Thanks to Minnesota's list and the person who despises last names as first names, all 3 of my children's names have been mentioned. Beat that!

 

[Momma Rabbit]

There's a whole slew of names that I strongly dislike. I detest all the Cr8tive spellings I'll only list one that grates to no end and thats Nevaeh. Heaven spelled backwards

 

[2bemarried]

well...you wouldn't like my family then. I have a niece named Dakota and a cousin named Cody

The name I have bad connotations with is: Melissa I know plenty of nice ladies named Melissa...but I have a very snobby *****y cousin named Melissa.

 

[cinmell]

I hate my own name, Cindy. I don't go by my middle b/c I don't like that either.

 

[CF'er]

Well, I have an unusual name and I do like it....now. Didn't growing up as I could NEVER find anything with my name on it.

The only "names" I would add to the list are any that have punctuation marks in them.

 

[barkley]

i saw some i absolutly detested when i had to handle birth certificates-but a few of the worst (all BOYS) were 'myprecious', 'his royal majesty', and 'fudge' (yes 'fudge' was the legal first name on the b.c.). all i could think was 'man these kids are gonna get killed when they enter public school'

 

[cheyita]

So far, both my name and my older daughter's name have been mentioned. I'm half-expecting other DD's name to show up too.

ETA: Also, the boy's name we had picked out for DD#1 has shown up, but not the one for DD#2. DH's name not on here yet either...

 

[paigevz]

I don't hate any names, but I react differently to different names..........just on paper of course, once I meet the person/child/baby, that's different..............I love all babies!

I am dismayed when I hear boys' names for girls. Both because I feel boys should have VERY boyish names and when girls use them they seem to lose some of their manliness to me, and because I don't have a girl and see soooo many beautiful traditionally feminine names out there.

I am also dismayed when I see spellings that are way off the mark.........not something as simple as Kari or Keri but more like Keieiyryye. Just because I know what that child will have to go through with misspellings and mispronunciations their entire life, and the way someone might think of their parents and by association, them, by seeing it before they meet them.

I like some "thing" names........places and nature names are fine. I dislike adjectives more.........I don't really like colors, shapes, sizes, or diminutives (Precious, Baby) for names. Though I have met some very nice kids with such names: Silver was a sweetheart, Magenta was fabulous and Maverick was really cooperative, surprisingly.

 

[pinkgalYall]

Only one name Hairy

 

[cinmell]

Some people have mentioned boys names being used for girls. I haven't come across that. What are some examples? I can't think of any except for Jaime.

 

[paigevz]

All boys' names you can think of have been and are being used for girls..............some of the more common I have seen are Darrell, Michael, James, Trent, Tristan, Taylor (it's now firmly in the girl camp I think), Spencer, Blake................

 

[rkrivas]

Some people have mentioned boys names being used for girls. I haven't come across that. What are some examples? I can't think of any except for Jaime.

I think there are a few names that used to be primarily for boys, like Dylan and Jordan that are now just as popular for girls.

A few generations ago, names like Lindsay and Ashley were masculine names that over the years have become mostly for girls.

 

[momof3disneyholics]

I hate really long, oddly spelled, ethnic names. Why do that to your child?

 

[cinmell]

All boys' names you can think of have been and are being used for girls..............some of the more common I have seen are Darrell, Michael, James, Trent, Tristan, Taylor (it's now firmly in the girl camp I think), Spencer, Blake................

I've never heard of these names being used for girls except for Taylor. But really, Darrell, James, Spencer, etc. for girls????

 

[3princesses4us]

2 of our 3 girls have last names because we love them and think they are very trendy. Who says girls have to have lovely feminine sounding names? I think girls today have the right to have as strong sounding a name as any boy- and I'm no feminist!

 

[my3kids]

Once I saw the OP title I was all excited because names are something I really like or really 'don't like.' But, only a few actually listed names. I will go ahead. My kid's have not shown up yet but they might. It will be okay. My MIL didn't like the names we picked either. So my list of ones I don't like:

Cody
Dakota
Tammy or Tammie
Jamie (for a girl)
Amber
Autumn
Anything spelled in a clever way
Cheyenne
Dustin
Kayla
Tristian
Troy


I'm sure I'll think of more people to offend in a minute. Will post back.

 

[cheyita]

The other thing is, names that we think are "different," "trendy," etc. probably will not seem that way to the next generation because so many of the kids have these unusual names. Sure, there is still huge popularity with names like Emily and Hannah, but there are just as many Madisons and Kaylas. I think the names we think of as nontraditional will not be viewed that way by our children as they grow up.

 

[cheyita]

Woo-hoo! My DD's name has now had two mentions on this thread!

(Thankfully I've had so many compliments on her name that this doesn't bother me in the least.)

 

[barkley]

i feel sorry for some women i know (and one little girl) wherein they were decidedly the last child planned on, and dad insisted his name "has to be carried on"-they are now stuck with "william" (has always gone by 'willie', "ron" (goes by 'roni') and 'jay' (went by 'jayna'). it was always embarassing to them when they started out a new year at school and the teacher would call them by their given names.

i'll also add that i'm not fond of 'joshua' only because i get tired of mom's correcting their son's with "josheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" (sounds so whiney).

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

Okay, I'll play. The name I hate the most is my own: Morgan.

I hate it. Hate it. But I've gotten used to it, so I've never changed it.

But parents, I IMPLORE you, think about the consquences of naming your child a certain name. When I was born Morgan was more of a boys name than a girls. My mom would sign me up for things and I'd show up and be assigned to the boys group because they'd just go by my name.

And I don't even know if the DIS would let me post the mean thing kids in HS called me.. lets just say take the "n" off my name and add an "sm".

My dd's name is Morgan. I hate it too. Her father named her, it's all his fault.