Names you dislike

Old-timey names like Donna, Eustace, Eugene, etc.
And gigatroon names like Imogen and Emily have been soured.

I didn't see my IRL name in this thread yet so I got an ego boost from that.
 
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I hate when people with twins give their kids rhyming or alliterative names. Larry and Jerry. Daniel and Danielle. Alex and Albert. It seems like every parent of twins in America thinks it's the cleverest thing in the world, but it just makes it harder to tell them apart than it already is.
 
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Shart Attack said:
I hate when people with twins give their kids rhyming or alliterative names. Larry and Jerry. Daniel and Danielle. Alex and Albert. It seems like every parent of twins in America thinks it's the cleverest thing in the world, but it just makes it harder to tell them apart than it already is.
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To add to this, "themes" for any siblings, like all beginning with J, all nature names, all Greek mythology names, or whatever. These children are independent people who will likely grow up to have completely separate lives. They don't need this.
 
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Adrenochrome Dreams said:
To add to this, "themes" for any siblings, like all beginning with J, all nature names, all Greek mythology names, or whatever. These children are independent people who will likely grow up to have completely separate lives. They don't need this.
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Agreed. I knew a family with 9 siblings whose first names all started with the letter J. The worst were the guys named Jay and J.J. and the brother-sister pair of Jerry and Jerri. I gave up trying to keep them all straight at some point.
 
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Shart Attack said:
Agreed. I knew a family with 9 siblings whose first names all started with the letter J. The worst were the guys named Jay and J.J. and the brother-sister pair of Jerry and Jerri. I gave up trying to keep them all straight at some point.
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Don't even get me started; my sister-in-law and ex-girlfriend were from single-initial units. People who do that to their families should unironically be punched.

Like I tried to explain to my brother, who will hopefully come around in time: Save the cute naming scheme garbage for pets. Take your children more seriously than some gimmick.
 
I think Gretchin is a bit. Sure maybe it sounds okay in a German accent but for a feminine name it's very rough on the tongue.
 
Bubba is the most awful name ever.

With that said I actually propose something a little unorthodox: I wish people gave unique names to children. It's ridiculous that fictional characters get instantly recognizable names like say Gandalf, Marth, Tintin, Obelix, Geralt, Link, Vegeta or even Pooh, but a third of people have the name John. Like, as cringy as names like Apple or Trayvon might be to some, at least you remember that name; it means Them. I work with a Karma, and she's the only Karma I know; she was lucky. Meanwhile if someone got stuck with the name Robert, Steve, Alex, Sarah or Victor, it just seems like your parents weren't even trying.

TL;DR: I dislike names that everyone seems to have.
 
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Common Carp said:
I don't even hate the name but because of experiences with people with the name Ryan.
For some reason I have a bad track record with people with that name. I can not think of a single Ryan I've met where we got along well. 80% of them carried a lot of personality traits I couldn't stand in people and now I associate the name with those traits now.
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Someone on Reddit just said a couple days ago that they were in AA, and they had never attended an AA meeting that didn't have several men there named Ryan.

I remember in the 1980s, someone my parents knew had a son, and my dad said, "So, what did they name him - Justin, Ryan, or Kyle?"

At the same time, my mother worked for a home health agency, and yes, they guffawed about a lot of THOSE names, and someone said, "Imagine this place in 75 years - they'll all be named Justin, Ryan, Tiffany, or Amanda."

BTW, where I live, the really old-fashioned names are making a big comeback, especially for girls. We had a big sporting event that was all-ages friendly in my area this past weekend, and I saw oodles of girls with names like Olive, Mabel, Iris, Mildred, Gertrude, etc. listed as participants.

From The Uncanny Valley said:
Also Jared.
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I've always loved the name Jared, but Jared Kushner kinda ruined it for me.
 
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I hate, hate, HATE these new-wave, basic bitch, Instagram girl names with a passion. You know what I'm talking about. The rootless, made-up shit that sounds like watered bread.
 
Any old-school name but spelled poorly, like with extra X’s. Any Chinese name with only two characters, just go with the standard three dammit. Any ghetto nigger name. Ngubu and Mbepe. Taras and Oksana.
 
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