Baby names you hate?

[Arugula Latte]

Caveat: Anyone who is expecting a child, DON'T READ THIS THREAD. Your favorite name is likely to appear, and, hey, to quote Rick Nelson, you can't please everyone, so, you've got to please yourself, and boy, does that hold true with baby names.

Also, I apologize in advance to anyone whose own name appears on this list.

Anyway, I've got to go with Brittany and Tiffany at the top of my list of hated names.

[blm]

1. Those were the same two I was going to post.

Heheh.

[Dookus]

2. I think

Methuseleh would be a rotten name for a baby. ;)


But as for popular names, I'm sick of the Caitlyn, Katelyn, etc. variants.

[JVS]

3. Dylan and Kaitlyn. They are supposedly Irish, but in my experience Yuppie

[Melsky]

4. Fun Thread

I have to go with Dakota and Taylor as my least liked names.

[JVS]

5. Oooohhhh, good choices.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Yeah, Dakota popped into my head, too

It's pretentious, and always given to some white kid. Cody seems to go hand-in-hand with it, for some reason.

[Ellen Forradalom]

46. I happen to know that there's a hapless child out there named

Dakota Funke.

[7th_Sephiroth]

77. lets see

rodd, todd dylan lance vance and hubert

[ogminlo]

Hyphens and Inventions

Any pop-celebrity knock-off name (minus two points for hyphenations), or any wild made-up name. I also can't fathom respelling a common name based on loose phonetic rules instead of common spellings. Parents, please remember: your kids will one day have to put this name on a resume and college applications. "Unique" does them no favors.

[newyawker99]

64. Hi ogminlo!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[spotbird]

6. Brandon, Justin, Dylan, Jasmine, Brandy

The problem is that your kid is in kindergarten before you know you've picked an overuded name.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

7. Anything that is not a first name

Taylor. Madison. Schuyler (that's a MIDDLE name, fergodsake).

State and City names - hate' em. Montana is particularly odious.

[Arugula Latte]

10. How about Bailey, Riley, McKenzie

Yeah, I'm not too fond of the last names as first names trend.

[berry]

44. There were quite a few girls named "China" and "India" (and

even one "Burma" that I can remember reading about) during the 19th century, in England especially I think. I wonder if anyone has thought of compiling comments of how they felt about their names--if such comments exist. (And there's an American writer named Jamaica, come to think of it) I don't especially mind these names, but I wonder if the possessors met with grief over them. AND, of course, there's the colonial overtone in most cases.

I wonder why more people don't use names from grandparents and other family-traditional names. Faddish names can go sour. My sister hates her name--"Bonnie", and swears that almost everyone with that name is about the same age, so it also dates one....

I can't think of any specific names (besides those already mentioned, like Brandy) that I hate--but I cringe when I hear any of the names that sound as if Hollywood or the music industry thought them up, and are too, too cute. I also think parents shouldn't give kids nicknames as their legal names. For example, "Libby" is fine, but there's the option of dignity in the full name "Elizabeth" should the grown-up child wish to use it.

[Ellen Forradalom]

47. Brooklyn and Romeo

Posh Spice & Beckham's kids. If they were from southwest suburban Chicago, they could have named them Bolingbrook and Romeoville.

[JohnKleeb]

75. Schuyler UIBP I know we live near

Isnt that the name of the kid killed in Alexandria.

[brainshrub]

9. Shaquiffa

Seriously...pronounced: Shah - qui - fah

I asked the Mom who named her daughter 'Shaquiffa' as to it's meaning and she said: "I don't know...I just made it up & I think it sounds pretty."

The lesson: Some parents enjoy being cruel to their kids.

:eyes:

[hlthe2b]

22. On that score, NOSMO KING (no smoking) and

my own personal "favorite," Fomica Dinette. My sister really did precide at the birth of the woman who, convinced she'd receive a sign as to the appropriate name for her son, looked up from the ER and received her "sign" leading to NOSMO KING.

[booksenkatz]

11. Here ya go

Connor, Dane, and McAnything.

But my all-time #1 is Dakota, as has been mentioned above by others.

[Maple]

12. From the Economist

Maverick, Scout, Colt and Dakota are all car models. They are also the sons of Scott McNealy, head of Sun Microsystems

http://www.economist.com/diversions/quiz/mark.cfm?date=31%2DOCT%2D03&single=true

Two words....Eeee uck!

[Arugula Latte]

17. I was in that guy's house one time a long time ago

(Long story. Friend of a friend of a friend.) I drove up and thought "Oh, this is a nice cluster of three houses." Then I realized they were all connected. Jesus. What excess. It figures he'd saddle his kids with names like that.

I met a well-connected Repub last week (another sorta friend of a friend) and one kid is "Colt."

[Ellen Forradalom]

48. This is Colt, and his brothers Smith and Wesson

and his sisters Remington, Ruger, and Glock.

[JVS]

13. When the spelling differs from rational pronunciation

Ghoti pronounced as fish, to borrow from Shaw.

[Cheswick2.0]

14. any names that are western states, cities or mountain ranges

I am sorry but it is just dumb. Are there people out in Montana naming their kids Catskill or Adirondack? Are the announcing "these are our twins Rhode Island and New Jersey"? So why are people here naming their kids Dakota, Sierra or Houston?

[JVS]

15. My friend Long Island is from Wyoming!

[Cheswick2.0]

18. yeah and my friend Altoona is from Montana

LOL

[phaseolus]

31. I have a vewwy gweat fwiend in Wome named Biggus Dickus.

n/t

[JVS]

74. Does he have a wife?

[DieboldMustDie]

32. Is Altoona any relation to ...

Charley Tuna? ;)

[sasquatch]

16. Any names that sound like you're losing at "Scrable"

Espically ones that were created out of other relatives initials.:argh: These people piss me off.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. Austin,Alyssa,Breanna or Breenna, Griffin, Emily, Emma...

Side note.. the first four are in my son's kindergarten class. The second used to be my favorites until they were overused by everyone.

[hlthe2b]

20. Anything made popular by a soap opera (Brittany, Tiffany,

Katelyn, etc., etc) and any child name from a famous celeb (especially Kathy Lee Gifford!)

[Don_G]

21. From Experience Don't Call Your Children "Donald"

It took me three years and a few fights before I claimed the right to be called "Don" among my four peers in the same neighborhood.

Character building...but I still have sinus problems from the broken nose "Donnie" gave me.

[Arugula Latte]

23. Go with "G Don"

Your hip-hop name...

[roguevalley]

26. old fashioned names for boys like Beverly or Shirley

and biblical names that are out there: Zeb, Jed, Omer.

I actually know some hippies that named their kids Fire in the
Belly of the Lord, Hallelujah Amen, Temple Boy, Maranantha Jubilee,
Valient For Truth and one other. I can't remember. These are real,
actual names of very nice kids. Their last name is Lee.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

37. Yeah...those are GIRLS names...People are so weird...

nt

[curse10]

24. Madison, Cheyenne, Cody, Dylan...

all those yuppie names

[ProudGerman]

41. sorry to threadjack

But, dude, you fucking rock!!!!!!!!

Anybody with a HackSaw Jim Duggan pic in their sig rocks in my book. Thanks for reminding me of my much more innocent period known as early childhood.

[alwynsw]

25. I'm thinking Shitforbrains

[spooky3]

59. Wasn't that Steve Martin's dog's name in "The Jerk"?

[lpbk2713]

63. No .......... it was Shithead.

You're thinking of the pResident....... Easy mistake.

[Maddy McCall]

27. Dakota, Lakota, Cheyenne.

Indian names...and these aren't really even tribal names, but people give them to their kids to make them different, and to me these names show ignorance.

[EV1Ltimm]

62. what about sue?

[kyrasdad]

28. names

When I was in school, there was a family named Lear... For some unknown reason, they named their daughter Crystal Shanda... S ome parents should just be slapped...

Anyways... Boys... has to be Coty/Cody and girls, Brittney.

[Kahuna]

29. I have a new grandson due in Dec. I've been working...

on a list of baby names. My son likes, "Devon." I like "Marlon." We're still looking for the perfect name though.

[Kahuna]

30. My son's ex named her daughter...

Ocean Blue... Once she did that, my son decided she would forever remain is, "EX."

[sasquatch]

33. I have a friend that named her daughter ocean

and her name is Sky though. She a real great lady.:)

[rasputin1952]

34. Krinkle Kut, Hamper and...

Lutefisk come to mind.

George W. would be out too.

:evilgrin:

[kanrok]

35. "Douchebag" is pretty mean

dontcha think?

[oxymoron]

36. Cindy...

yep, Cindy.

[4323Lopez]

38. I know someone who named her kid Smurfette...

just kidding!

[moez]

39. On the other hand...

I think Chlamydia would make a nice name - it's easily the prettiest sounding venereal disease.

[populistmom]

40. I agree

I named my children all pretty classical names. There will never be a President Britney or a Secretary of State named Cody.
Besides, the Taylors and Caitlyns of todays will be the Berthas and Mabels of 50 years from now. Yes, mark my words, the trendy names of today become the old lady names of tomorrow.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

42. I don't like names that sound like kids from the 70s....

Cassandra, Cynthia, Marsha, Jan, Donna, Tina, Julie...Most of the girls with these names are now dancing at . Older names I do like: Hazel (my grandmother's name),Pauline or Paulina, Lillie, Elizabeth, Katie. I also like last names as names...(Ducks. I know you don't like them...) Sawyer, Griffin, Bradshaw, etc...but not weird stuff like Smith, Jones, etc...And please, for the love of God, people, stop naming your children Britney, Tiffany, Stephanie, McKenna, Madison, anything ending with -LYN or any variation, and states or US cities as names is horrible too...
Duckie

[marigold20]

43. Witknee and Alac Blu

Those are two names from the "Births" list in our local paper. A more recent atrocity: Jaco Jay. Also, any of the many Caitlin variations, Dakota, Cody, Conner.

Give me that old time religion: James, John, Mary, Martha, Daniel, etc. Yikes, I've become an old crank.

[corarose]

57. Can you imagine when the boy goes to school with the name Blu

Need I say more?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

45. I hate to see

girls with boys' names. So many names that used to be male names have become female names over the years: Shirley, Beverly, Leslie, Kim, Terry, even Vivian and Carol. This isn't a new trend. My church choir includes a middle-aged woman who has a very masculine first name. I thought I hadn't heard right when she first introduced herself.

But I still cringe when I hear of girls named Taylor, Tyler, Schuyler, Avery, Bailey, Shelby, Madison, or even, Lord help us, Jackson.

The poor guys aren't going to have any names left.

In the area of male names, I like some of the trendy ones that have a history, such as Jeremy, Justin, and Caleb, but I can't stand "Hunter" or "Harley."

By the way, while I was "church shopping" on my exploratory trip to Minneapolis, I happened to attend one that was holding a baptismal service. The son of one of the priests was being baptized "Coleman"--in Minnesota yet. I just about heaved when I heard that, and for that and several other reasons, crossed that church off my list.

[qwertyMike]

49. Saw a comedian once

and he swore his people got their names from the Pharmacy.
"Hi, Im Nyquil, meet ma sister Cloret and her friend Advil"

[rasputin1952]

50. Moe, Larry and Curley...

Cretin, Moron and Fop.

Shemp always kind of tricked me; and I really did know a kid called "Alpo".

:crazy:

[LuCifer]

51. I co-sponsor Brittany...

...whatever the spelling of it is!!!

Very over played. Com'on! Can't y'all dig up some names that ain't so burned out?!

Lu

[corarose]

52. Do not name a kid Debbie, Ella or Stella

Everyone asks Debbie if she has done Dallas.

Ella was my Mom's name and she hated it.

[Stone Cold]

53. Moon Unit...

....jk. That's a hilarious name and it's different and I like it. I dont' like the name George. Reminds me of that Shrub that looks like a monkey.

[grannylib]

54. Latrina. And yes, I know someone stuck with that....

What were her parents thinking????

[Endangered Specie]

56. "Goddamnit"

perfect name for a kid...
Come hear Goddamnit
What did you say Goddamnit?
Goddamnit I love you!
Goddamnit dont talk back to me
Congradulations Goddamnit
Goddamnit you are in big trouble now!
...

No names after inatimate objects
No names with religious overtone: "Chris, Christina, Rebecca (worse when spelled Rebekah, John, Luke etc...)

[FloridaJudy]

55. Jason, Jonah, Nicole and Ashley...

Mind you, these are names that my family members inflicted on their children. No excuses.

I've always favored simple Biblical names: Herod. Ahab. Job. Jezabel. Judas. Delilah. Cain...

[spooky3]

58. My mother taught a girl named "Dreama Little"

and another kid's mom named him "Guy" but pronounced it "Gooey" because she chose the name after reading it and though that was how it was pronounced.

I personally don't care for all the Heathers and many versions of Katherine/Katie/Cathryn/Katelyn I run into these days.

Parents, please don't give your kid a name that s/he will have to spell everytime s/he goes to a reception, buys a product, makes a phone call, etc., especially if your last name also must be spelled!

[Ellen Forradalom]

71. My father taught a young woman named April Showers.

That was in the 60s, though.

[Ellen Forradalom]

70. Something wrong with Jason?

Might be overused, but it comes straight out of Greek mythology.

[EV1Ltimm]

60. Hunter, Parker, Bullet, Chase, Harley, Dakota

and Tony

[grannylib]

61. Family in my town - Sandy, Candy, Randy and Brandy - no lie

Just plain cruel in my opinion!

[NicoleM]

65. Please, for the love of God,

STOP NAMING YOUR CHILDREN MADISON!

Also, lay off the McNames, America.

And anything that is or rhymes with Bailey or Aidan. In addition to the hugely popular Braden and Kaden, I have seen Daeden, Shayden and Zayden. It has got to stop.

[progressiverealist]

66. how about "Pikachu?"

There was actually a teen-ager in my town who named her son "Pikachu" a few years ago when Pokemon was ultra-popular.

[MissMillie]

67. Tiana

And any other made-up, ethnic sounding stuff.

I like old-fashioned names. I think they are even nicer next to all the new-fangled fad names that people are coming up with these days. There are so many people trying to be original that they all sound the same. John, Michael, Carol and Barbara are unusual these days.

[bif]

68. Shalumba

Always bugs me.

[Dogmudgeon]

69. I'm waiting for the Basque name fad

I've been learning Euskara off-and-on since the summer. I have a couple of friends who speak it, one who teaches it, and had a college girlfriend whose ancestry went back to Zuberoa (Soule) in France.

Here's a sampling of the kinds of names that just the little girls are given in Euskal Herria (Basque Country). I also picked from the most unfamiliar of the lot, but any of them blow Tiffany and Madison away.

Agurtzane ("Adoration")
Argiñe (Lucy)
Atsegiñe ("Consolation"; Consuelo)
Bakarne (Irene; "Peace")
Bihotz ("Heart"; Corazón, Cory)
Bitxilore (Margaret; Daisy; literally "Gem-Flower")
Ederne (Linda; Bella; "Beautiful")
Edurne ("Snow" -- a popular name for Basque girls)
Elurra ("Snowy" -- variant of Edurne)
Eguzkiñe ("Sunny"; Marisol)
Eskarne (Mercedes; Mercy; "Sympathy")
Fruitutsu ("Fruitful")
Garaitz (Victoria, Vicky; "Victory")
Gaxuxa (Grace; "Gracious")
Goikoana ("Heavenly"; "Within Heaven")
Goizargi (Dawn; "Daybreak")
Gotzone (Angela; "Angel" -- a very popular name)
Haize (Windy; "Wind")
Hegazti ("Bird")
Idoia ("Marsh"; name of singer of Mocedades hit song Eres Tú)
Igotz ("Ascension")
Itxaro (Hope)
Koldobike (Louise)
Lore (Flower; many combination names; possible source of common modern name Laura)
Maite ("Love"; Amy, Darlene, Darling, Amanda, Pet, Lovey)
(There are nearly 20 variants for Maite, including Mayte, Prince's first wife's name)
Nahikari ("Desire"; Desiree)
Oianko (Sylvia; "Woods")
Otsana ("She-Wolf")
Panpoxa (Linda, Bella, Grace; "Beautiful" or "Graceful")
Pozne (Joy, Felicia, Hillary; "Happiness")
Udaberri ("Springtime")
Urretxa (Hazel; "Hazel tree")
Zabal (Sharon (?); "Generous" or "Plain")
Zandua (Virginia; "Virgin")
Zuriñe (Jennifer, Blanche; "White")
Zuzene (Justine; "Just"; "Correct")

(Pronunciation guide: X="sh", Z="s", S=halfway between "s" and "sh", J="zh" (usually), Ñ="ny" like in Spanish, vowels like in Spanish or Italian.)

There's also a lot of Basque names that are more conventionally beautiful (to the American ear). The biggest list I have found is at http://www.buber.net/Basque/Euskara/emakume.html (women's names) and http://www.buber.net/Basque/Euskara/gizon.html (men's names).

--bkl
By the way, the Basque "Autonomous Community" (three provinces in Spain) is close to declaring independence. Check out www.berria.INFO for the latest news.

[Ellen Forradalom]

72. It would be a refreshing change

Plus, the names actually have meanings.

[FloridaJudy]

73. Jason, Noah, Ashley and Nicole

These are the names my niece actually gave to her kids. Aaarrghh!

Needless to say, she lives Northern California as has NO imagination whatsoever.

[elvisbear]

76. Names that rhyme with a female body part.

Gipple
Mulva
Bovary
Deloris

[wickerwoman]

78. Tryptich

I swear I was driving cross-county and looked at a missing children poster at a rest stop in Ohio and one of the kids was called Tryptich. And they wonder why she ran away?

Most of the trends I strongly oppose have already been discussed. I also hate the overserious names given to what seems like all my neighbors' kids. Christopher, Jonathan, Michael, Elizabeth, etc. Fifty years ago there were Bobbys, Chrises, Mikes, Bettys- what happened to nicknames? Is it part of the general trend of taking kids too seriously and teaching them to take themselves too seriously?