[Opinions] Nanes you won't use/Dislike
I'm interested in people's name lists
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I like the name Nathaniel but would never use due to an ex. Other ex’s names I would consider, just that particular one lol.
It’s more efficient to describe categories of names I wouldn’t use: names *close* family or friends used, spellings that are too unique (as someone with an uncommon spelling of my name), names with an awful meaning/connotation/association, last names, nicknames, masculine names on girls, country/city names, names that are plain made up, profession names, and royal title names. Some names that fall into the category, I might like but for one reason or another just wouldn’t use.
I would avoid super popular names but with the right circumstances I would use.
Names off the top of my head I just don’t like: Gretchen, Bertha, Edith, Ethel, Cordelia, Penelope, Gary, Craig, Chad
It’s more efficient to describe categories of names I wouldn’t use: names *close* family or friends used, spellings that are too unique (as someone with an uncommon spelling of my name), names with an awful meaning/connotation/association, last names, nicknames, masculine names on girls, country/city names, names that are plain made up, profession names, and royal title names. Some names that fall into the category, I might like but for one reason or another just wouldn’t use.
I would avoid super popular names but with the right circumstances I would use.
Names off the top of my head I just don’t like: Gretchen, Bertha, Edith, Ethel, Cordelia, Penelope, Gary, Craig, Chad
Even if I like a name, if its too popular I'm not likely to use it. Here are some common/popular ones that I like but would not use, as a quick example: Alice, Bethany, Georgia, Amelia, Chloe, Zoe, Hayden, Mason, Lucas, Miles, Jared, Max, Maximilian, etc.
Names I actually don't like, with popularity not playing a role in my refusal to use them:
Brooklyn
Jazzlyn
Maisie
Gabrielle
Ethel
Cookie
Fallon
Wrenley
Ainsley
Remy
Sade
Averill
Bellamy
Corbin
Donald
Alfred
Doctor
Pope
Friend
Friendless
Bart
Bert
etc..
Names I actually don't like, with popularity not playing a role in my refusal to use them:
Brooklyn
Jazzlyn
Maisie
Gabrielle
Ethel
Cookie
Fallon
Wrenley
Ainsley
Remy
Sade
Averill
Bellamy
Corbin
Donald
Alfred
Doctor
Pope
Friend
Friendless
Bart
Bert
etc..
for boys: Kai, Michael (not Mikha'el), Sean, Tom, Peter, Paul, Rudolf, Alfred, Otto, Adolf, any name that's too nazi associated for me.
For girls: Maia, Gaia, Iris, and Lucy.
For girls: Maia, Gaia, Iris, and Lucy.
Addison. Madison. Most names ending in -son (except Alison, Samson, Nelson, and Grayson). Donald (Trump). -ayden names (except for Brayden). Bastardized names. Mackenzie. Boy names on girls. Girl names on boys. Rebel. Haven. Harbor. Jream. Banks. Gertrude. Jackson and all its variants. Ryder. -ton names. Most -ley names (except Paisley). Most -leigh names. Jared. China and Chyna. Ashley.
This message was edited 8/3/2022, 1:12 AM
There are so many more names in general that I wouldn't use than names I would. I mean, I'm not going to use a name from a culture I know nothing about and can't pronounce or spell or something so very unfamiliar. I generally don't like creative spellings and the "made-up" names either. Looking at the names in my country's (United States) top 150 lists, I wouldn't use:
Maverick
Jaxon / Jaxson
Axel
Declan
Ryder
Kingston
Legend
George
Zion
Luis
Archer
Enzo
Thiago
Theo
Ayden
Calvin
Braxton
Atlas
Eleanor
Nora
Madison
Nova
Isla
Addison
Ivy
Everly
Kinsley
Brooklyn
Alice
Genesis
Nevaeh
Cora
Piper
Everleigh
Samantha
Iris
Ayla
Eloise
Hadley
Parker
Arya
Eden
Remi
Reagan
Juniper
Sloane
Reese
I don't hate all of them, but I wouldn't use them for various different reasons.
Maverick
Jaxon / Jaxson
Axel
Declan
Ryder
Kingston
Legend
George
Zion
Luis
Archer
Enzo
Thiago
Theo
Ayden
Calvin
Braxton
Atlas
Eleanor
Nora
Madison
Nova
Isla
Addison
Ivy
Everly
Kinsley
Brooklyn
Alice
Genesis
Nevaeh
Cora
Piper
Everleigh
Samantha
Iris
Ayla
Eloise
Hadley
Parker
Arya
Eden
Remi
Reagan
Juniper
Sloane
Reese
I don't hate all of them, but I wouldn't use them for various different reasons.
Names that I really don’t like
Girls:
Abigail
Ainsley
Alia (or any variant)
Annabelle
Annamae (did not age well)
Beth
Bethany
Blake(ly)
Delaney
Denise
Eleanor
Erin
Genesis
Georgina (but not Georgia)
Gertrude
Irene
Jayden (and all of its variants)
Karen (duh)
Kinsley
Lavinia
Leigh
Marigold
Nancy
Nora
Ophelia
Paisley
Palmer
Penelope/Penny
Pippa
Priscilla
Rosalind
Sloane
Sophronia
Tatum
Temperance
Valeria
Boys:
Albert
Ambrose
Angel
Archibald
Boris
Bellamy
Calvin
Charles
Cy
Donald
Earl
Glenn
Guy
Harrison
Holden
Jayden and variants
Kai
Legend
Leslie
Girls:
Abigail
Ainsley
Alia (or any variant)
Annabelle
Annamae (did not age well)
Beth
Bethany
Blake(ly)
Delaney
Denise
Eleanor
Erin
Genesis
Georgina (but not Georgia)
Gertrude
Irene
Jayden (and all of its variants)
Karen (duh)
Kinsley
Lavinia
Leigh
Marigold
Nancy
Nora
Ophelia
Paisley
Palmer
Penelope/Penny
Pippa
Priscilla
Rosalind
Sloane
Sophronia
Tatum
Temperance
Valeria
Boys:
Albert
Ambrose
Angel
Archibald
Boris
Bellamy
Calvin
Charles
Cy
Donald
Earl
Glenn
Guy
Harrison
Holden
Jayden and variants
Kai
Legend
Leslie
This message was edited 8/3/2022, 7:31 AM
Nina
Tina
Mildred
Oona
Sloane
Pippa
Winifred
Noa
Tina
Mildred
Oona
Sloane
Pippa
Winifred
Noa
Names I Dislike:
Girls:
Abigail/ Abby/ Abbie
Annabelle
Annabeth
Ashley
Caitlin (or any alternate spellings of it)
Candace/ Candice/ Candy
Chasity/ Chastity
Fancy
Fanny
Fran/ Frances/ Francis/ Frankie/ Franny
Georgia/ Georgie/ Georgette/ Georgina
Gertrude
Gladys
Gretchen
Karen
Marley
Muriel
Nevaeh
Phyllis
Stevie
Any names ending in “-leigh”
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Boys:
Dwayne
Dwight
Earl
Ethan
Finn
Finnegan
Floyd
Gary
George/ Georgie
Fran/ Francis/ Frank/ Frankie
Hector
Herman
Jupiter
Larry
Lloyd
Marley
Ned
Oscar
Regis
Sidney/ Sydney
Wayne
Girls:
Abigail/ Abby/ Abbie
Annabelle
Annabeth
Ashley
Caitlin (or any alternate spellings of it)
Candace/ Candice/ Candy
Chasity/ Chastity
Fancy
Fanny
Fran/ Frances/ Francis/ Frankie/ Franny
Georgia/ Georgie/ Georgette/ Georgina
Gertrude
Gladys
Gretchen
Karen
Marley
Muriel
Nevaeh
Phyllis
Stevie
Any names ending in “-leigh”
~
Boys:
Dwayne
Dwight
Earl
Ethan
Finn
Finnegan
Floyd
Gary
George/ Georgie
Fran/ Francis/ Frank/ Frankie
Hector
Herman
Jupiter
Larry
Lloyd
Marley
Ned
Oscar
Regis
Sidney/ Sydney
Wayne
This message was edited 8/2/2022, 12:13 PM
Personally, I don’t usually like to share the names I don’t like. As, my opinions can definitely change over time. Some of the names on my PNL are names that I used to despise (but absolutely love now). However, like everyone, I also have things I don’t like.
Firstly, I don’t like using an every day word as a name. I’ve once met someone named Laundry before. As someone literally named “Wheel Barrow,” take it from me…please. Unless the word has a huge significance to you/means something special, just don’t. Secondly, I don’t like when people use a religious title as a name. Thirdly, I’m not a fan of using variants of place names (I.e., Irelyn/Irelynn/Irelynne. If you’re going to name someone after Ireland, why not fully embrace it? I’m not talking about Erin, by the way.)
Other names I don’t like:
Abcde
Boomquifa
Grogda
Quetzal
Archibald
Elwood
Norbert
Gordon
Bellamy
Walter
Atlee
Eustace
Abner
Fisher
Ulysses
Phyllis
Davin
Dexter
Dixie
Thatcher
Andromeda
Ophelia
Colby
Percival (I’m kind of on the fence about this one. I think Percy is kind of cute, actually! Val could be another cute nickname. I don’t know. If you can, help me like this name?)
Firstly, I don’t like using an every day word as a name. I’ve once met someone named Laundry before. As someone literally named “Wheel Barrow,” take it from me…please. Unless the word has a huge significance to you/means something special, just don’t. Secondly, I don’t like when people use a religious title as a name. Thirdly, I’m not a fan of using variants of place names (I.e., Irelyn/Irelynn/Irelynne. If you’re going to name someone after Ireland, why not fully embrace it? I’m not talking about Erin, by the way.)
Other names I don’t like:
Abcde
Boomquifa
Grogda
Quetzal
Archibald
Elwood
Norbert
Gordon
Bellamy
Walter
Atlee
Eustace
Abner
Fisher
Ulysses
Phyllis
Davin
Dexter
Dixie
Thatcher
Andromeda
Ophelia
Colby
Percival (I’m kind of on the fence about this one. I think Percy is kind of cute, actually! Val could be another cute nickname. I don’t know. If you can, help me like this name?)
This message was edited 8/2/2022, 12:28 PM