Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Not that ordinary a name, but the name of a Shakespeare hero. However, it’s the name of a bully who tried to molest me when I was 9
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Because I wouldn’t want any son of mine to be bullied for his name.
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
at least not these days, though I’ve known several Karens and they were all delightful people
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
No slight towards Minnie Driver, with her pretty eyes and muppet-mouth smile.
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Phillip
I’ve known a couple of Phillips who were assholes
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Phillip
Quentin
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Phillip
Quentin
Ralph
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Phillip
Quentin
Ralph
Sam
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Phillip
Quentin
Ralph
Sam
Taylor
No way I’d use a bog-standard surname that explicitly means a specific profession as a first name. Same with Cooper, Piper, etc.
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Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Phillip
Quentin
Ralph
Sam
Taylor
Ursula
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Phillip
Quentin
Ralph
Sam
Taylor
Ursula
Victor
I’ve personally known two men with that name, both of whom had overblown egos. The name has been spoiled for me.
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Phillip
Quentin
Ralph
Sam
Taylor
Ursula
Victor
Wayne
YMMV, of course, but it’s always sounded like a redneck name to me.
Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid
Angela
Burton
Chaz
Dave
Edgar
Francis
Gail
Harcourt
Ike
Junior
Karen
Leroy
Minnie
Nero
Oscar
Phillip
Quentin
Ralph
Sam
Taylor
Ursula
Victor
Wayne
Xavier
It’s a fine name, but too many people will pronounce it as EXavier instead of Zavier.