Ron. We’ve had threads about that name.
Skyler. Dunno why.
Also, any ‘clever’ spelling: Jazzmyn, Kwinten, Jaxson, Xzavier, etc.
mmm
I know a family that named their boy child Kiki. They are conventional white mid-westerners. Kiki?
Nevaeh, or Neveah (for those who can’t spell) or any other cutsie name that is a word spelled backwards.
There is just something about the name Samantha that grinds my gears. I hate it.
I also dislike:
Maxine
Jade
Charlie
Jayden
Kai
Joan
Fleur
Margaret
Brian
Gemma
Peter
and many, many more but I’m starting to feel annoyed so I’ll leave it there.
You’re not alone in that. Chicagoans similarly truncated my name, to the diminutive I hate. Annoying as hell. Southerners are a little better, but at work I go by my unshortenable surname just to avoid the issue.
I’m not terribly fond of the name Emily, which has been popular for a number of years and I draw the line at Emma. I remember when Rachel and Ross on *Friends *were going to have a baby and were discussing names. Ross proposed “Ruth”, to which Rachel responded something like “I’m sorry; are we having an 80 year old woman?”. Yet she found the name Emma acceptable(?):smack: Ross turned down one of her suggestions: Sandrine. He said it sounds like industrial cleaner; I think it’s quite nice.
Maude just isn’t a pretty sound, Bea Arthur or not. On the other hand Gloria is very pretty yet most people think of it as an old ladies name. Sharon is quite pretty; Sheryl, not so much. Ditto Katherine as opposed to Kathleen.
As I always say in these threads, apologies to anyone I may have offended. My own name IRL is quite bimboish and is even spelled with an “i” at the end, if that makes you feel any better :o
When my only child was born back in 1977, my then wife and I did not know the sex of the baby. We had decided on Wesley in it was a boy, Desiree if it was a girl. He was a he and being the first male for his generation, ended up named after my grandfather, Robert. Years later met a gal about my son’s age, her name was Desiree. I was so glad my kid did not end up with that name, it seemed so dated at that time.
Adolf
Ron, Ray, Drew, Dean
Heather, Wanda, Dawn, Rita, any of the made up names like McKinleigh
I love Keith because I think of Keith Richards.
Kiki Cuyler was a white midwesterner. “Kiki” was a nickname, but his given name would probably seem odd for a boy today too: Hazen Shirley.
I don’t actually hate any names, and as shown, it’s a Family Guy reference. Tell your son we’re cool…
My parents almost named me Deirdre. I don’t hate it, but I hate the nickname “Dee-Dee” so I’m glad they went another way.
Karen(s). They’re all douche-bags.
“She’s changing her name from Kitty to Karen
She’s trading her MG for a white Chrysler Le Baron”
It does seem that a lot of Karen’s turn out to be jerks but I think that’s simply because there are so many girls named Karen. Without the association, going strictly by the sound of it, I think it’s a pretty name.
The four names my parents had to choose from if they were to name me after either of my grandmothers were: Beatrice, Geneva, Geraldine, or Gertrude. Thank you mom & dad for giving me a brand new name.
I think Geneva is a beautiful name. The other three, not so much.
I keep hoping to run into a kid named Lleh.
mmm
Gladys.
It’s cringe worthy.