# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/121 "2005-06-12T15:37:39Z")
> [@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. I have tried desperately to sell my husband on this name for our future son - and Scout for a girl:D. Actually, I want an Atticus BADLY - I think it’s good, strong name. He swears that no one aside from celebrities name their children Atticus (Deirdre Hall from Days of Our Lives has an Atticus). As long as you’re not a celebrity, I can show this to him. (You’re not, are you?) E. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/122 "2005-06-12T16:31:23Z")
I wouldn’t say I _hate_ particular names, but I think people do tend to form impressions of people they haven’t met, based on their having certain somewhat unusual names. There’s a new worker at our office whose name is Shirley. That’s one of those names you expect to belong to an older woman, but in this case, she’s probably not yet 25. I actually am not all that crazy about my own name James. Any name that ends in ‘S’…just seems too grave and formal. I usually go by Jim. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/123 "2005-06-12T16:40:42Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Remember “Family Affair”? The twins were Buffy (girl) & Jody (boy), and their older sister was “Sissy.” > > I suspect they were orphans because they killed their parents for giving them such crappy names. It’s weird about ‘Jody’ for a guy. There’s no reason it shouldn’t work; it hasn’t got any inherently ‘pretty’ sounds like so many female names do. But it’s mostly a woman’s name anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/124 "2005-06-12T16:44:05Z")
[QUOTE=cazzle] > [@Ultraviolet](#): > > I have an irrational hatred for names that end in “een” or “ene”, they just sound so trashy to me. I suppose it’s a connection with some girls I knew in high school. Arlene, Darlene, Marlene, etc). And don’t forget “Floreen”, which sounds the same as the most reactive of all chemical elements. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/125 "2005-06-12T19:57:55Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > I hate the nickname “Maddie” which a lot of people will shorten “Madeline” into - because I hated the character in **Moonlighting**. I will actually tell people I will not answer to that name. I don’t like “Red” but will answer to it. I also will not answer to the nickname people assume. It sounds like a cheerleader, which I most definitely am not. When I worked in customer service, I would introduce myself to each customer, and at least half of them would turn around and say, “Hi [nickname]!” Pissed me off to no end. Unspeakably rude. Not my name and never has been. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/126 "2005-06-12T19:59:20Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > Filler middle names. Most every girl I’ve met has either ‘Rose’ or ‘Marie’ as a middle name, so their parents wouldn’t have to put any thought into coming up with a middle name that means something. Ain’t that the truth. Everyone’s middle name where I come from was either Lynn or Marie. Guess what my name is? Right! Lynn Marie. Could I **be** any more generic? I don’t **hate** my name, I just think it’s thorougly unexciting. It can be annoying too because for some reason, I have trouble saying “Lynn” sometimes, like my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. When someone asks my name, they never understand what I say. I always have to repeat it. Sorry, just had to complain about my own name! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/127 "2005-06-12T21:47:51Z")
I hear ya, **Cyros** --I give people the frozen bitch look when they immediately shorten my name to Ellie. They never do it more than once. I know a woman who not only named each kid so that their names all started with the same letter–she mis-spelled the names to do so. Kolin, anyone? :wally ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/128 "2005-06-12T21:52:16Z")
Taylor Morgan Jordan Dakota Sienna Maverick Kobe Tiffany Jasmine Riley ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/129 "2005-06-12T22:53:52Z")
Bianca Ophelia Rodney Shirley Thomasina ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/130 "2005-06-13T01:23:21Z")
bad boy’s names I have seen: Trenton (it’s an ugly city in New Jersey, nitwit!) Diezel and Denim (a starlet’s stupidity) Wade (pretentious and ugly) bad girl’s names: Brooklyn (to anyone who’s ever lived there this sounds absurd) Teagan (huh?) Deja (No. And Deja vu doesn’t work either) Oh while Caitlyn, Kaitlyn, Katelan, Catlyn’s not a bad name, it’s time to put it to bed. I know four of them under six. Enough! I also hate the name Barbara. I’ve known three of them who were very nasty. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/131 "2005-06-13T03:17:54Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > I don’t like “double S” names–Melissa, Jessica, Marissa, Larissa. No rational reason, I just don’t like them. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: _I_ have a double s name. I’ve never met a Jeremy I didn’t violently dislike. I am, however, friends with a Jer **a** my. The a must counteract the Jeremy curse somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/132 "2005-06-13T03:39:38Z")
> [@Sophistry and Illusion](#): > > [http://slate.msn.com/id/2116449/sidebar/2116453/](http://slate.msn.com/id/2116449/sidebar/2116453/) Wow, my name is on the whitest girl name list. (Top 5 even!) > [@eleanorigby](#): > > Avalon is more than the name of a car! Perhaps the parents were thinking of the other reference (not sure but think it’s a mythical world in a legend). Not sure? It’s from the King Arthur legend! (Which, btw is not why I chose Arthur as a name for my son. It was my Grandfather’s name and just happened to have a bonus of being a story I liked.) ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/133 "2005-06-13T03:50:33Z")
Thank you! I kept saying in my head…it’s Arthur and the Round Table. And then I would say, no, that’s Camelot…argh. I don’t like having senior moments when I’m not yet 43! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/134 "2005-06-13T04:04:13Z")
I can add little to the horrifying shitstorm of cutesy-bootsy, adorable-horrible names previously mentioned. But I’ll try. K-names get me when they sound too coined and American. Kristina, Kirsten or Krystyna are all legitimate ethnic spellings of Christine. But the alabaster purity of that classic name fades to the patina of a cheap plastic toy when it’s spelled Kristine, Krystine or some such. Needless to say, whenever I read about a Kristopher, Korey or Kraig, I kringe. I also don’t care for Carens, Cates or Cays. I’m not real big on the tawny, brawny boys’ names that started coming in in the '60s and '70s: Todd, Brant, Scott, etc., or the faux-gentry '80s names that can apply to both boys and girls, eg: Hunter, Taylor, Tyler, Ryan. I have never gotten a truly good vibe from a Diane or Diana. I can’t help associating the name with diatribes, diabetes, and diarrhea. O-names leave a weird taste in my mouth. Owen, Oliver, Olivia, Otis, etc. seem old, owlish and ornery to me. However, I once knew a man with the first name of O’Neil. I thought it had dash. John or Jonathan (not Johnathan, Jonathon etc.) are real names. Jon is a nickname. Don’t _name_ your kid Jon. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/135 "2005-06-13T04:52:07Z")
I work with a man who has seven children. Yes, 7. His wife learned that he and his siblings all share the first and middle initials of K.L. All seven of their children now share this trait. The trend started with a reasonable name, Kerry Lynn. This was followed by some seriously screwed up names: Kade Logan Kathleen Lace Keva Laureen Konnor Logan Kristoffer I can’t remember them all, but you get the idea. It’s horrible! The kids are cute, but puhleez! ---
**Author:** ![Pensandfeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Pensandfeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pensandfeathers)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/136 "2005-06-13T07:19:25Z")
Three votes for my name. I should inform my mother. I can’t help but think that maybe people internally shudder when they read my name off my tag at work…probably not, but still. Taylor isn’t that bad! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/137 "2005-06-13T11:41:25Z")
There was an article in the paper Saturday about local troops being deployed to Iraq, and featured a family with a two kids and an expectant mom with the dad being sent overseas. They focused on the young son, whose name was… **Dujour**. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/138 "2005-06-13T11:53:58Z")
I’ve never met a Jeremy I didn’t violently dislike. [/QUOTE] Hey! ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/139 "2005-06-13T11:55:25Z")
> [@Sophistry and Illusion](#): > > I’ve never met a Jeremy I didn’t violently dislike. Hey! [/QUOTE] Sorry; that was supposed to be quoting **elfbabe**. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820/140 "2005-06-13T12:41:07Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > O-names leave a weird taste in my mouth. Owen, Oliver, Olivia, Otis, etc. seem old, owlish and ornery to me. I can understand that - and I’ve got an O-name. I find I have to enunciate it carefully otherwise it gets misheard (or just not heard). It’s also spelt an unusual (but genyoo-ine) way. My sister is a correctly-spelt, correctly-pronounced Ciara. Until about 3 years ago, this didn’t cause too many problems. Now, with the ‘singer’ of that name (and of mangled pronunciation) along with Ms Knightley, she has endless trouble. :rolleyes: I have a general hatred of misspelt and mispronounced Irish names. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/307820.md?page=8)