“Geez, that poor kid is never going to get anywhere in life saddled with a name like Condoleezza.” 
I would never name a boy “Hollingsworth.”
Kaden/Caden?
Is that really a name? That is one that I have never heard before.
Girls given boys names. There are so few boy names that haven’t been co-opted! There are plenty girl names, leave the boys alone!
In my kids’ elementary school there are GIRLS named
George
Hunter
Ryan
Fisher
Noah
The one that I have been disliking lately is Avery for a girl. I don’t hate it on a boy (don’t really like it either though) but on a girl it just seems especially unattractive to me. I think what bothers me the most about it though is that it is insanely popular, at least around here. If I only knew of one, I might think it wasn’t the prettiest name but at least it was mildly interesting, but in my neighbourhood alone there are no less than 6 little girls under the age of about 4 named Avery. I have the same issue with the last-name-as-first-name thing, especially any Mc- type ones. Bad AND too common to be interesting.
Yes yes! Like* blood clot*! I don’t care for Sofie either because it makes me think of an old overstuffed couch.
Is that where that comes from? I had never seen or heard of it before. Beats Puritan slogan names like If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned though.
Granted, the state was named after the person in these cases…
They’re naming kids after office supplies now?
Yes. My husband’s granddaughter named her son Kaiden, two years ago.
Names/words that bug me are the ones with the hard G sound in the middle – maggot, trigger, blogger, Goggins (as in Walton Goggins) – they sound harsh, almost combative.
But I like L words – L’s are peaceful.
I hate virtue names. Prudence is my least favorite, but Hope, Faith, and Charity are up there.
I wonder if someone, somewhere has ever named their kid Purity or Virginity? :: shudder ::
I used to joke with a gay friend of mine that we’d get married (me for a visa, him to keep fooling his parents) and have a kid just so we could name her “Brings Daddy Coffee.”
“Landry”
I know of at least two. One was a student. One was male, another female. Both were named after Tom Landry because their fathers absolutely worshiped Tom Landry.
Yeah, I know. He was a great coach. But he’s still a coach. Of a bunch of guys that play a game for a living.
I love video gaming, but I can’t see naming my children after anyone in the industry, or, worse yet, any characters. Imagine, little Clouds, Tifas, Dukes, Gordons, or Master Chiefs running around.
Yeah, “Prudence” is, like…ew. That name should be abolished.
I doubt someone would name their kid “Virginity,” though “Chastity” is still out there last I heard. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone somewhere was named “Purity,” that’s not too unthinkable.
Not unless you wanted him to grow up to be a butler.
Eh, it works out well once in a while.
Agreed, but it’s particularly bad when this is done with girls. “Mc” means “son of.” When I hear about a girl named Mcwhatever I think the parents couldn’t be bothered to google the name they wanted for their child to find out what it means.
Names-that-rhyme-with-Aiden are, as a group, the most popular set of boy’s names in the US. The category includes Aiden, Hayden, Brayden, Jayden, Caiden, Rayden, Zayden, plus a bunch of others, plus spelling variations on all of the above. A good list, plus a link to a discussion of the subject, is here. It’s part of a larger trend of names-that-end-in-N, especially for boys, but for girls as well.
Palo Verde, is it possible that the little girl was named Noa, with no H? Noa is a Biblical girl’s name, totally unrelated to Noah, that is actually the number one baby girl name in Israel at the moment. I know of a few American (Jewish) Noas as well.
Agnes - we really need to retire this name before some poor little girl has to carry it for the rest of her life. :dubious:
Ethel, Bertha, Mildred, Edna, Horace, Stanley. All these sound ugly to me.
Wasn’t Avery the name of Murphy Brown’s baby?
I hate apostrophes in names. Don’t people have any idea what an apostrophe is for?
I know someone named Rawhide. The unusual thing is that he’s in his 70s.
Every time I hear a name like that anymore, I think of Terry Pratchett’s take on that:
Dear lord, the proliferation of Aiden and his comrades Jaden, Kayden, and Raiden (!!!) makes me want to punch some parents. Thanks for the link, GilaB.
That name is so suburban, it’s not even funny. I think I will be seeing it plastered on the back of minivans for years to come. Maybe I’ll get used to it… nah.
The ubiquitous K in girls’ names is annoying. Kayleigh, Kadence… enough already. (Says the dad of two kids with K names.)
As others have noted, I think it’s cool if a name comes from a family tradition. But last name first names need to die.
Hmm? I thought that had been happening for years. Ashley, for instance, was originally a male name.
The names that I hate? Plain, boring names like Rachel and Heather. Nothing against folks who have those names, or even their parents, they’re just not names I’d give my own kids.
Like others have said, I hate alternative spellings. Even ones that are fairly mild, like Ashlee, or Kristina. The crazier ones, like Mykynzie? Even more awful.
Also, I’ve never met a Brittany I’ve liked.
I hate L heavy names like Lachlan, Lyle, Lilla and Lyla.
My all time least favourite name is Bethany, followed by Tiffany.