# What relatively common name creates in you an unfair negative impression of some innocent kid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817 "2022-08-17T09:33:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/61 "2022-08-18T21:10:00Z")
Indeed he does. I like my martinis stirred, not shaken. I don’t like people who like them the other way around. I assumed the OP was seeking tongue-in-cheek answers, which I gave. No offense to Siobhan, it’s a lovely name—without the pretentious accent over the ‘a’. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/62 "2022-08-19T18:59:21Z")
_Stanley_. It always connotes cringing pusillanimous weakness to me. Or incurable social awkwardness. The only "Stanley"s I can think of who _don’t_ have that image - Laurel, Musial, Lee, and Kroenke - go by “Stan”. My grandmother saddled my poor father with that name; he hates it and legally ditched it as soon as he could. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/63 "2022-08-19T19:24:59Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Mine are usually the made-up names/screwy spellings like Caden/Jayden/Braden/Oaklyn/Neveah/Kynlee/Makaylah/McKinli/. > [@Lancia](#): > > I hate those “cutsey” and “unique” spellings of common names as well, however everyone I’ve ever known who has had those type of names were born into families (or, more often than not, single mothers) that were at the lowest end of the socio-economic scale as you can get without being actually homeless. Interesting. So far, my mom has three great-grandchildren, all from one grandchild (my niece). All three have interesting spellings, and she is on the low-end economically. In addition (I’m going to sound a bit racist here as an old white guy) - the fathers are two Black men and the names ‘feel’ Black to me. I have no idea if the fathers had input into the names and/or she was trying to name them to fit into the Black community. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/64 "2022-08-19T20:17:52Z")
Does Carlson know this? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/65 "2022-08-19T20:26:47Z")
john and bill and david …90 percent of the ones I know include relatives are a bag o dicks ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/66 "2022-08-20T02:57:54Z")
Years ago there was a book on what not to name your child. It featured amusing if sometimes idiosyncratic stereotypes, such as: “Kim is a three-year-old who bites.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/67 "2022-08-20T13:27:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “Kim is a three-year-old who bites.” In my daughter’s daycare was a three year old (maybe 4) named Joshua (last name redacted). He bit someone and his parents received a warning. My daughter was aghast! She knew biting was bad. When Joshua bit again, I was there when his dad was told not to return. Poor guy had no other options locally and was literally begging. Joshua is probably currently doing time upstate. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/68 "2022-08-20T13:41:08Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > Parents: You’ve named your daughter after a French cheese that many people say smells like ammonia…or in the worst case, cum. > > Why? Could be worse. Could have named her after the car. Portia ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/69 "2022-08-20T18:48:31Z")
I’m naming my next kid _Edsel_. But, at 65, I don’t plan on having many more. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/70 "2022-08-20T19:50:32Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Does Carlson know this? Tucker, softener of cloth? Ol’ Flannelmouth? Dan ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/71 "2022-08-20T22:47:09Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Oh Oh, people are getting offended… Y’know, I reckon Trigger would make a fine name for a boy. ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/72 "2022-08-20T23:40:58Z")
So many, many awful names, some that make me grit my teeth, some that make me shake my head as I wonder what the parents were thinking. But as for a name that gives me an unfair, prejudiced, reaction toward the actual _bearer_ of the name, it’s got to be Travis. I can’t remember any Travis I’ve met who wasn’t a jerk, a redneck, a bully or some combination. (Apologies to all the sensitive intellectual Travises who _must_ be out there.) ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/73 "2022-08-21T00:55:06Z")
Reasonably close to mine: Trey. Never known a nice/trustworthy one. Either as an actual name (1) or as a nickname for Tracy (2). Interestingly, the two male Tracy’s I know are both wonderful people. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/74 "2022-08-21T01:02:35Z")
Another vote for Wayne, plus Jason and Jayden or Jaiden. For female names, it’s mainly Kylie or all the ‘eens’ like Kayleen, Doreen, Raeleen etc etc. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/75 "2022-08-21T01:07:06Z")
Adolf I’ve only known of one and didn’t much like him. Kinda humorless, though he stole Charlie Chaplin’s mustache. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/76 "2022-08-21T01:46:55Z")
Debby. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/77 "2022-08-21T03:50:48Z")
Imperious. Although, to be fair, it’s not the kid’s fault his teenaged mother was a Diablo II fan, but that’s a name designed to make people hate the wearer. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/78 "2022-08-21T06:17:04Z")
Kevin. All Kevins say, _“You’re not my real dad”_ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/79 "2022-08-21T07:22:40Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > I hate those “cutsey” and “unique” spellings of common names as well, however everyone I’ve ever known who has had those type of names were born into families (or, more often than not, single mothers) that were at the lowest end of the socio-economic scale as you can get without being actually homeless. I always figured these people naming their kid Brayden or Britta or Jaymez were doing it as a way of asserting status and recognition: “my kid is so special they have a name that _absolutely nobody else has,_ and that makes me special too.” On one of the early seasons of _Big Brother_ there was a single mother who named her son “Justus” because it was “just us”. I always thought that was a sad and selfish name to burden a child with. Might as well name him “Nodad” or “Bro Kenhome”. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817/80 "2022-08-21T14:03:39Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Debby. Debbie from _Addams Family Values_: So I killed. So I maimed. So I destroyed one innocent life after another. Aren’t I a human being? Don’t I yearn, and ache, and shop? Don’t I deserve love … and jewelry? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-common-name-creates-in-you-an-unfair-negative-impression-of-some-innocent-kid/969817.md?page=3)