I’m surprised no one has mentioned Shithead and Latrina.
My least favorite names are when parents with a really common surname give their kids a really common first name. Like John Smith or Mary Jones.
I have an acquaintance named Bill Smith (no middle name); no one believes him when he checks into a hotel.
Anyone who names their daughter “Bush” has given them a perfect reason to commit justifiable parentalcide.
I’ve always hated the name “Maggie.” And I’m no great fan of “Madison” and “Dakota.” There’s just too many of them today.
Bruce and Beverly. No offense and all…but Geeez! Like nails on a chalkboard for me.
I was beaten to the punch! But I’ll post anyhow.
It’s not particular names I object to. It’s the increasingly-common practice of trying to make your child unique by giving it a misspelled version of an otherwise common name. Years ago, it started out by replacing “Ch” with “K” and “y” with “i” in girls’ names (Christy becomes Kristi, Tammy becomes Tami, etc.). Now, people are just going hog wild, replacing “y” with “eigh,” and otherwise butchering names which don’t deserve it. So now we are getting names like Ashleigh, Madeline, etc. Caitlyn is spelled so many different ways now that I don’t even know which is the original.
I just noticed that Slate lists what they take to be the 20 Whitest Girl names. Caitlyn appears **four times ** in the top 20, spelled four different ways:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2116449/sidebar/2116453/
PS–Is it considered bad form to reply to your own post?
The Mac names (MacKenzie, McKayla, etc.) are just blights on humanity.
Names that bring to mind WASPy country-clubbers who wear their sweaters tied around their necks and whose teeth are a little too white and straight. Colin is the best example I can think of right now.
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.
Don’t name your daughter after a continent! Your precious little Arabia will be dancing at the local titty-bar in about twenty years. The same goes for her friends Asia and Africa.
Pat. shudder
Bertha
Roberta
Bob
And there should be a moratorium on Mike just because it’s so damn common.
I too dislike a lot of the old people names that have become trendy to give to babies. Examples: Oscar, Ruth, Lilly, Emma, George etc. You can get a pass if it actually was your grandparent’s name though. Also, most word names like Destiny or Angel*.
Put me down as another who doesn’t like weird spellings for existing names (making up new names is fine with me though). I came across this on a blog:
Why do this?
A customer came in last week with a daughter named Avalon. The guy must have had good sex with a Toyota. The preponderance of “Ys” is most annoying. McKenzie (which I already despise) has become MyKynzy, Catherine is now Kathryne, etc. I expect a Dyck to come along at any time.
A few days ago while at a grocery store I saw a woman call out to what appeared to be a 3 year old girl. “Come here Harley.” My first thought was that poor little girl is going to pay hell for a name like that.
Why would someone name their son Jody? That’s a girls name.
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.
Ooh, now I can ask them “is that with an i or e” and if they say “e” I can say “Huh. Why did your parents give you a boy’s name?” On top of that, I can attempt to pronounce it the correct way and get all snotty when they tell me it’s Keer-sten. Heee! 
There’s a kid in Iraq named Dick Cheney (born in 1991) and the family intended to name their next kid George Bush.
My sister’s name is Elizabeth–'nough said. I know at least 6 Elizabeths-it’s a great name–but prepare to be bulldozed. Just my experience.
As to the the ones ending in -ee sounds being nicknames of more formal, adult names–au contraire.
That is what I’m talking about–the parents who name their kid Debbie–not Deborah, for example.
I also dislike Caitlin or Katelyn etc–and noone knows how to spell any version of it. People get really mad when you can’t spell their name correctly(ever notice that?). Jennifer is another one–especially Jennyfer. As for the -eigh–alot of parents also substitute a -y for the -i…so you get Krysten etc.
Mine IS Eleanor–and noone can spell it. I’m ok with that now, but as a teen–pissed me off no end.
Thank God I was never called Ellie or Nellie–Nell for a few years and Nora would have been cool…and Rigby and Roosevelt for awhile. I as also nicknamed Aquitaine in middle school.
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).
And please don’t name your daughter after a character trait or value: Chastity, Faith, Hope, Charity etc. They are always teased in school.
Cody, Dakota-what is next, Buffalo and Sage(brush)?
Ah well. My grandmothers’ name were used up first on my sister, so when I came along my parents just picked names that were pronounced similarly on both sides of the Atlantic. AND my middle name has been dissed too in this thread. I’m batting a thousand today. 
I recently met a Frenchman with Kristen as a first name, and I wondered about that. Thanks for clearing that up!
I know someone with a son named Christopher, but for some reason the entire family calls him Sissy. I can’t for the life of me figure that one out. If he were still little, I could see it mayyyyyybe as a pet name, but the kid is about 13 now…
I dislike names in Romance languages that have a final vowel of unexpected gender. For instance, Rocio and Rosario are girl’s names in Spanish; it turns out they come from masculine nouns whose meanings are somehow associated with femininity (dew and rosary, in these cases).
The opposite occurs in Italian, where Andrea and Nicola are boy’s names – don’t ask me why. And there are Germans with Maria as their middle name. WTF?
Dakota
Taylor
Bradley
Bambi
What do I win?
How did the name of a male deer become a bimbette name?
There’s a Guiding Light character named Harley . Perhaps that’s where she got it from?
I can’t stand tryndy names. Adding the y to make it look tryndy.
Lauryn
Kaylyn
McKynzie
Mykayla
(These are all actual names I’ve seen on my baby boards)
I think since we tend to lean towards more classic, but not overused, names (such as Miranda, Charlotte, Henry, or Thomas), we have a strong distaste for anything made up. And these poor kids! I actually pity their kindergarten teachers more than anything else.
E.
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. Also, I have to second (or third) Tammy, and add “Pam” as an awful sounding name.