For me, it’s any of the vocation names: Cooper, Hunter, Palmer, Tucker, Harper, Parker, Fletcher, and Sawyer always rub me the wrong way.
In girls, I immediately dislike anyone named Skyler / Skylar.
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So you don’t like arts, crafts, or learning?
To be fair, I would say that a vast majority of parents using those names do not know the vocational origins (aside from Hunter). They just like the sounds of them, and are following current trends.
I say this because our daughter’s husband named their dog “Cooper” and ask about his barrel making prowess. Son-in-law, who is very bright educated widely-travelled etc, did not understand the reference.
Wayne.
For some reason I associate that name with being an ignorant juvenile delinquent.
Surname-as-First-Name gives me more of an impression about the parents being a bit precious. That sometimes may translate to upbringing issues but not necessarily. So I don’t hold it against the kid.
Butch. Or Stinky.
Well Karen of course. Did I read not a single child in Canada (?) was named Karen last year?
Any spelling referring to that region of France which speaks Breton. Also not that fond of Bubba.
No joke, Butch was my mom’s pet nickname for my father and Stinky was my dad’s pet nickname for my mother.
I never met a Tad or Chad I’d want to play poker with and I never met a Bertha I’d want to date.
Plant names also feel a little too “precious” to me.
Dustin or Justin. Everyone that I knew as a kid was a jerk.
How do you feel about geometric shapes?
:flees:
Chad.
Brandon.
Gomer.
Jason. Because except for 2, all Jasons I’ve met have been royal jerks.
Caitlin, Kaitlyn or other cutesy spelled variations. Basically, any mashup name. Also, very alternate spellings of a normal name (Jacksyn). However, to be fair to people with names like that, my negative impression has more to do with their parents.
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They’re all right, but usually they’re either too acute or needlessly obtuse.
Ah, so that’s your angle.
I’ll bet your Dad was a square.
A friend of mine in high school dated a girl whose actual name was “Bunny”. And she looked just like someone a Hollywood producer/perv would cast as a character with that name. I really felt sorry for her.
Gavin or Brett. The names of two bullying, rough, disruptive little brats from grade school. Totally unfair to all perfectly nice people with those names of course. But burnt into my brain nonetheless.