# First names you hate. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820 "2005-06-11T00:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/81 "2005-06-11T22:01:43Z")
Here’s a hilarious website analyzing the horrible new trends in baby names: “Baby’s Named a Bad, Bad Thing.” [http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/](http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/82 "2005-06-11T22:09:05Z")
> [@belladonna](#): > > The pronounciation/spelling thing goes both ways. I named my son Atticus. Not very common, but still a relatively straightforward name. I got a telephone call shortly afterward from the hospital and the girl wanted to survey me on my experience having “A-TISH-iss”. It took me a good two or three seconds before I realized what she was saying. How surprising. Is there anyone in the USA who has not read _To Kill a Mockingbird_, or at least seen the movie? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/83 "2005-06-11T23:01:06Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Why would someone name their son Jody? That’s a girls name. There were two male Jodys at my junior high. My friend Danielle’s brother is named Jody. But I don’t know why they have those names… There was a guy named Erin at my junior high, too… blerk. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/84 "2005-06-11T23:28:14Z")
Well, here’s another data point to add to the “Are all Elizabeth’s Opinionated, Bossy, and Insensitive?” debate: My name is Elizabeth, and unfortunately, those adjectives do apply to me. I hope I don’t “bulldoze” people, but I have been told that I have all the subtlety of a Mack truck. ☹ So there ya go. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/85 "2005-06-11T23:46:38Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Here’s a hilarious website analyzing the horrible new trends in baby names: “Baby’s Named a Bad, Bad Thing.” > > [http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/](http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/) GREAT LINK!!! Tears in eyes, ROFL, sides aching!Y’know, I used to joke that people should be required to undergo psychological testing before they’re allowed to breed. Now, I’m convinced of it! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/86 "2005-06-12T00:48:16Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > What I find particularly irritating is when parents of 3 or more kids give tham all the same first initial, which is why I get a good laugh out of Jiminy Glick’s sons’ names–Morgan, Mason, Matthew and Modine. Like **continuity error** I work in data entry and always, always it’s with the dad’s initial. The mother has something different. That has increaased my annoyance with the whole thing. I used to skeeve at bad names but now I laugh. We need people with bad names so that those of us with names of power and presence can sound even better in comparison. Unless the kids family. I successfully sabotaged Savanah by commenting “Oh yeah, that’s the porn star that committed suicide.” ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/87 "2005-06-12T01:53:57Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > GREAT LINK!!! Tears in eyes, ROFL, sides aching!Y’know, I used to joke that people should be required to undergo psychological testing before they’re allowed to breed. Now, I’m convinced of it! Glad you enjoyed. That is one of my top two or three websites that I can always count on to crack me up. It never gets old, either! ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/88 "2005-06-12T02:00:33Z")
I’ve probably told the story of my black Mormon coworker. When his wife was pregnant with her first child, he had a dream. His wife heard him say in his sleep: “Destiny, you leave your little brother alone!” And sure enough, she had a girl, and they named it appropriately. However, it wasn’t until recently that I learned that they spelled it “Destini”. A stripper name if there ever was one. And a few months back, they had another child. A baby boy. Whom they named “Dakota”. Cripes. ---
**Author:** ![Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pride_of_the_Peaches)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/89 "2005-06-12T02:23:55Z")
Haha, “Britonnee” . . . Anyway, my idiot cousin just had a couple of little girls. The first was named Preston and the second was named Mallory. We’ve already discussed the horrors of “Preston,” and “Mallory” always makes me think of ducks. Although it’s a good 20 years too late, I still want a moratorium on: Michael David John (or Jonathan) Daniel Joshua Ryan They’re not terrible names but dang, I swear that list probably covers 90% of the guys on campus. I also hate “Shane.” Augh, there was a horrible idiot boy in my high school whose name was “Shan” but with a line over the “a.” Did she pull it from a dictionary or what? ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/90 "2005-06-12T02:31:22Z")
> [@](#): > > “Mallory” always makes me think of ducks. Me too – they’re the first thing that comes to mind whenever I hear that name. > [@](#): > > Augh, there was a horrible idiot boy in my high school whose name was “Shan” but with a line over the “a.” Did she pull it from a dictionary or what? Ha! If by some unlikely conjunction of the stars I ever have kids, I’ll give them names written in the IPA! Ok, maybe not, but I’ll be sorely tempted to. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/91 "2005-06-12T02:34:24Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Cecil - far too precious, far too twee. Oh god, not with the twee crap again… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/92 "2005-06-12T02:41:24Z")
It’s one too twee for fine sex. And seven ate nine. (ducks) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/93 "2005-06-12T02:53:40Z")
Peyton. For a girl. Reminds me of the Rich Chick from Facts of Life. It’s just so smug. I think it is the new Tiffany, which replaced Heather/Amber. Oh, and I cannot stand:Lauren. could you parents try a little less harder to pick out a name for your daughter. Lauren and even Loren, which is a very nice boys name. Yes, a boys name. Like Beverly, Shirley and Evelyn use to be. The made up name combinations that the African American Community is so good at dishing out can some times be very pretty or something very evil. And why, she asks in her best Anthropoligical voice, is the AF-AM community so fond of the ‘La’ , "Lon’ and ‘Le’ prefixes, amongst others. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/94 "2005-06-12T02:58:10Z")
I love my cousins and their little ones but god, has it ever been the cavalcade of Early-Twenty-first-Century Names ™. Grayson, Harrison, Hayden, and Brielle. Too many last names, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Studs\_Murphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@Studs\_Murphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studs_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/95 "2005-06-12T03:02:07Z")
I knew a couple who thought that calling their daughter Molly-May was clever but after I met a guy who had called his son Tremendous, I sort of gave up even thinking about the most stupid names. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/96 "2005-06-12T03:04:25Z")
Has anyone known a Rhonda (or Ronda) who wasn’t a total bitch? I haven’t. ---
**Author:** ![Studs\_Murphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@Studs\_Murphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studs_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/97 "2005-06-12T03:04:45Z")
It would be remiss of me to omit Randy Bender. Search the Net or just visit this article: [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/08/10/all\_hail\_randy\_bender/](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/08/10/all_hail_randy_bender/) ---
**Author:** ![Studs\_Murphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@Studs\_Murphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studs_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/98 "2005-06-12T03:06:21Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Has anyone known a Rhonda (or Ronda) who wasn’t a total bitch? I haven’t. Ever asked, “Help me, Ronda”? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/99 "2005-06-12T03:10:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Has anyone known a Rhonda (or Ronda) who wasn’t a total bitch? I haven’t. There are two Rhondas at my company, and both of them are as nice as can be. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/100 "2005-06-12T03:12:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Tremendous This one could work, if the last name were something like Richards or Wang or Li-Hung or something… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820.md?page=6)