Worst Baby Names

arrippa

Jen4948 said:

Naming trends I hate: "Cutesy" or "creative" spellings of regular names. I don't even like certain fairly common alternative spellings, like "Allyson" for "Allison." I especially hate it when the letters k or y are used where they wouldn't be. Names from Game of Thrones or other sci-fi or fantasy novels series. Sometimes I like reading them, but when I meet a living human with one of those names, I think their parents are having trouble determining whether or not they are living in reality or the books. The "aiden" trend. I have a nephew named Zaiden. Blech. Last names used as first names: Travis, Hunter, Tanner, Taylor, etc.

I grew up with a girl named Melissa. In high school, she changed her name to Mylisa to be yoonique.

VulgarGirl

Fuck it, I'm naming my kid La-a just so it isn't an urban legend anymore.

Sorry kid, but mama needs to accomplish some shit.

thisismynickname2

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

flutteringinfl

thisismynickname said:

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

I feel that way about "Rach." My freshman year roommate called me "Rach," even though I don't go by that and never had. Maybe it was because I already disliked her for other reasons but I really hated hearing her calling that. I just thought, "Bitch, if I wanted you to call me that, I would have introduced myself as that. My real name is only two syllabus. Not that complicated."

themosthappy91

bethsmiles said:

falsara said:

I'm soooo late to this thread. 

I work at a University office I once saw the spelling Kryst'L for Crystal.  

I also have cousins who have named thier kids. Jaxyn, Camryn, Dexton, Dylan, Kinslee, and Khloe (This one may be right) ? 

My name is Caitlin.  I consistently have to spell it for people.  And the nurses at the hospital where I as born tried to tell me mom that she spelled it wrong. 

We haven't talked much about about baby names, just because that a good 7-10 years from now.  We do know that if we have a boy,  his middle name will either Roy, or Glen, depending on his first name.  These are the first and middle name of FI's late father. 

I want names that are classic but not super popular, just because I don't want to have to put a child through that. 

I like Charles, Phillip (Not going by Phil), Wesley and other kinds of classic names for boys. 

For girls I like, Julia, Cara, and a few other classic but not super popular names. 

There's a danger in doing this. My name is Elizabeth. And my mom hates that people call me by a nickname but I don't go by Elizabeth expect with my family. So just because you say,  not going by X nickname doesn't mean it will happen. IMO, if you really hate a nickname, don't name your kid a name where it's a possibility.

Exact same situation here!  My parents also named me Elizabeth planning to insist that I go by the full thing- our only difference is I take it you go by Beth, whereas I go by Liz.  They hate the nickname but by 4th or 5th grade they just could no longer overcome friends and classmates wanting to call me that.  I liked the nickname Liz back then and throughout most of school but now I wish I could go back to just being Elizabeth because I actually think that's a pretty name... alas, chances are if your kid's name can be made into a nickname it will happen, so don't choose a name you can't stand the nickname for!  

hellohkb

l9i said:

My teacher friend told me about a girl she had whose name was La-a.  When she read (Lah-a) the girl snapped back "It's (La-dash-a)".  So there's that. 

Welp we successfully made it to page 12 before this was mentioned.

Now I'm just waiting for Lemonjello.

emmaaa

The reverse of unwanted nicknames is when people ask me if my real name is Emily. Yep, I shortened the already short name, Emily, to Emma?

cupcait927

hellohkb said:

My teacher friend told me about a girl she had whose name was La-a.  When she read (Lah-a) the girl snapped back "It's (La-dash-a)".  So there's that. 

Welp we successfully made it to page 12 before this was mentioned. Now I'm just waiting for Lemonjello.

Don't forget his twin, orangejello.

theartistformerlyknownas

emmaaa said:

The reverse of unwanted nicknames is when people ask me if my real name is Emily. Yep, I shortened the already short name, Emily, to Emma?

LOL YES. People have asked me if Lori is short for Lauren or Laura. Um, it's the same number of syllables. 

flantastic

lolo883 said:

emmaaa said:

The reverse of unwanted nicknames is when people ask me if my real name is Emily. Yep, I shortened the already short name, Emily, to Emma?

LOL YES. People have asked me if Lori is short for Lauren or Laura. Um, it's the same number of syllables. 

Nicknames that don't actually save time do make me laugh.

lavenderfields13

My friend told me Abcde (pronounced Ab-si-dee) was a name that over like 300 people had. I thought it was another urban legend. There are a bunch of articles about the name but I can't find it on the SSA website.

thisismynickname2

flutteringinfl said:

thisismynickname said:

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

I feel that way about "Rach." My freshman year roommate called me "Rach," even though I don't go by that and never had. Maybe it was because I already disliked her for other reasons but I really hated hearing her calling that. I just thought, "Bitch, if I wanted you to call me that, I would have introduced myself as that. My real name is only two syllabus. Not that complicated."

Stuck in Box!

My name is Rachel too and I loathe "Rach." There's something too intimate about it. Only my family calls me by nicknames and if someone like a coworker calls me Rach, I'm thinking, who are you???

theartistformerlyknownas

lavenderfields13 said:

My friend told me Abcde (pronounced Ab-si-dee) was a name that over like 300 people had. I thought it was another urban legend. There are a bunch of articles about the name but I can't find it on the SSA website.

That one's real. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/society/people-named-abcde/

maeday2

thisismynickname said:

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

Yes, yes, yes. I accept Kate or Katie from family, but I have never introduced myself that way. 

I loathe being called Kathy. A professor in college took it upon herself to start calling me that. I politely corrected her multiple times and she still persisted. One day she called for "Kathy" to answer a question and I gave her total deer in headlights look. Nope. Not responding. Not my name. You don't get to name me. My momma did that already. 

She finally got it after that. 

hellohkb

cupcait927 said:

hellohkb said:

l9i said:

My teacher friend told me about a girl she had whose name was La-a.  When she read (Lah-a) the girl snapped back "It's (La-dash-a)".  So there's that. 

Welp we successfully made it to page 12 before this was mentioned.

Now I'm just waiting for Lemonjello.

Don't forget his twin, orangejello.
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Ah, yes. And his long lost cousin, Shitheed.

fwtx5815

There are a lot of names I don't like but Dawn is towards the top. I think it's because it's ugly to look at. The letters don't look nice next to each other. Also, when its spoken, it's impossible to tell if the person is saying Don or Dawn, and I don't like the name Don for a man either (obviously). It sounds like a grunt or something.

Sometimes when I'm reading an article and I read a sentence where the letters and spacing flow really nicely, I'll pause and re-read it to admire how nice it looks. I'm fully aware of how bizarre this probably is.

plainjane0415

dallasbetch said:

There are a lot of names I don't like but Dawn is towards the top. I think it's because it's ugly to look at. The letters don't look nice next to each other. Also, when its spoken, it's impossible to tell if the person is saying Don or Dawn, and I don't like the name Don for a man either (obviously). It sounds like a grunt or something. Sometimes when I'm reading an article and I read a sentence where the letters and spacing flow really nicely, I'll pause and re-read it to admire how nice it looks. I'm fully aware of how bizarre this probably is.

I feel the same @dallasbetch if something doesn't look good written, then it really bothers me.  I'm glad I'm not the only one!

WhatawagSBNy

flutteringinfl said:

thisismynickname said:

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

I feel that way about "Rach." My freshman year roommate called me "Rach," even though I don't go by that and never had. Maybe it was because I already disliked her for other reasons but I really hated hearing her calling that. I just thought, "Bitch, if I wanted you to call me that, I would have introduced myself as that. My real name is only two syllabus. Not that complicated."

************
Two syllabus or syllabi?

MissKittyDanger

Popular names make me dread when my fiance and I have kids. We already talked about names.

If it's a boy - Jack. It's a family name {ironically on both sides lol} but because of S.O.A everyone will have Jack, Jax, etc

Although if we have a 2nd boy, it's gonna prob be Ryder. I'm kinda partial to slightly diff names.

the "leigh" last parts - ex Ashleigh - if the parents are smart, they actually pronounce it diff than Ashley. I know a girl who pronounces it properly.

maeday2

WhatawagSBNy said:

thisismynickname said:

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

I feel that way about "Rach." My freshman year roommate called me "Rach," even though I don't go by that and never had. Maybe it was because I already disliked her for other reasons but I really hated hearing her calling that. I just thought, "Bitch, if I wanted you to call me that, I would have introduced myself as that. My real name is only two syllabus. Not that complicated."

************ Two syllabus or syllabi?

Neither. Syllables. 

WhatawagSBNy

maeday2 said:

WhatawagSBNy said:

flutteringinfl said:

thisismynickname said:

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

I feel that way about "Rach." My freshman year roommate called me "Rach," even though I don't go by that and never had. Maybe it was because I already disliked her for other reasons but I really hated hearing her calling that. I just thought, "Bitch, if I wanted you to call me that, I would have introduced myself as that. My real name is only two syllabus. Not that complicated."

************
Two syllabus or syllabi?

Neither. Syllables. 

************
Obviously.

bethsmiles

maeday2 said:

thisismynickname said:

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

Yes, yes, yes. I accept Kate or Katie from family, but I have never introduced myself that way. 

I loathe being called Kathy. A professor in college took it upon herself to start calling me that. I politely corrected her multiple times and she still persisted. One day she called for "Kathy" to answer a question and I gave her total deer in headlights look. Nope. Not responding. Not my name. You don't get to name me. My momma did that already. 

She finally got it after that. 

I think it's so disrespectful to purposefully call someone the wrong name or purposefully spell it wrong.

SO's sister is in nursing school and doing an internship. The nurse she was assigned to shadow was an absolute bitch to her all last semester. Then toward the end she was writing her name (Catie) on the schedule but spelled it with a K. When SO's sister said "Oh, it's actually with a C" she turned to her and said "Well now it's with a K." I was so mad for her. To me it just says that a person has no respect for you if they don't even try to get your name right.

lovesclimbing

I actually haven't run across as many oddball names as one would think considering I'm a reporter.

The other week, I did run across a Meikayla. I CAN'T pronounce her name like Mih-Kay-luh. When I see it, I pronounce it in as Mee-Kay-luh. (Who knows, maybe that's how she pronounces.)

I knew a boy once named Skyler. I always thought that was a girls name.

alpacalunch

mrsspence87 said:

Popular names make me dread when my fiance and I have kids. We already talked about names.

If it's a boy - Jack. It's a family name {ironically on both sides lol} but because of S.O.A everyone will have Jack, Jax, etc

Although if we have a 2nd boy, it's gonna prob be Ryder. I'm kinda partial to slightly diff names.

the "leigh" last parts - ex Ashleigh - if the parents are smart, they actually pronounce it diff than Ashley. I know a girl who pronounces it properly.

Perhaps I'm being a bit slow, but how is it pronounced then? I've always thought of 'leigh' as a homonym of 'lee' (and the 'ley' sound).

thespeshulestsnowflake

bethsmiles said:

maeday2 said:

thisismynickname said:

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

Yes, yes, yes. I accept Kate or Katie from family, but I have never introduced myself that way. 

I loathe being called Kathy. A professor in college took it upon herself to start calling me that. I politely corrected her multiple times and she still persisted. One day she called for "Kathy" to answer a question and I gave her total deer in headlights look. Nope. Not responding. Not my name. You don't get to name me. My momma did that already. 

She finally got it after that. 

I think it's so disrespectful to purposefully call someone the wrong name or purposefully spell it wrong.

SO's sister is in nursing school and doing an internship. The nurse she was assigned to shadow was an absolute bitch to her all last semester. Then toward the end she was writing her name (Catie) on the schedule but spelled it with a K. When SO's sister said "Oh, it's actually with a C" she turned to her and said "Well now it's with a K." I was so mad for her. To me it just says that a person has no respect for you if they don't even try to get your name right.

I agree. At the same time, I get annoyed as fuck when people pronounce my full name as "Alexandria." It is Alexandra. There is no "i" in it, so don't pronounce it that way. Especially when it is directcly in front of them.

WhatawagSBNy

alpacalunch said:

mrsspence87 said:

Popular names make me dread when my fiance and I have kids. We already talked about names.

If it's a boy - Jack. It's a family name {ironically on both sides lol} but because of S.O.A everyone will have Jack, Jax, etc

Although if we have a 2nd boy, it's gonna prob be Ryder. I'm kinda partial to slightly diff names.

the "leigh" last parts - ex Ashleigh - if the parents are smart, they actually pronounce it diff than Ashley. I know a girl who pronounces it properly.

Perhaps I'm being a bit slow, but how is it pronounced then? I've always thought of 'leigh' as a homonym of 'lee' (and the 'ley' sound).

**************
It is properly pronounced like lee. And there are characters and authors in English Literature named Ashleigh going back at least 4 centuries.

luckya23

flantastic said:

jenna8984 said:

@lolo883 To be fair if I heard your name, my first instinct would probably be Laurie.

I'm Laura. The number of times that people have said, "Laurie?" or written that down when I tell them is absurd. I have never met or heard of anyone, of any generation, actually named "Laurie" so I don't know why it happens. Laura seems much more common to me. If people say, "Lauren," that I can understand. "Lori" I know, at least.

My FMIL's name is Laurie!

flutteringinfl

WhatawagSBNy said:

WhatawagSBNy said:

thisismynickname said:

Oh yeah, on the nickname topic.

My BIL is Andrew. He hates Andrew. My sister has been with him for about 10 years now, 11 maybe. My family has called him Andy for years, but my sister calls him Drew, and he introduced himself to my now-husband as Drew. 

After a couple years of puzzlement we asked my sister why, and she said he got sick of the name Andy. So now, people who have known him a long time call him Andy and people who have met him in the last few years call him Drew. Now I feel bad, but I can't shake the name Andy. 

And my friend Katherine refuses to go by anything but Katherine. Kate is like nails on a chalkboard to her. 

I feel that way about "Rach." My freshman year roommate called me "Rach," even though I don't go by that and never had. Maybe it was because I already disliked her for other reasons but I really hated hearing her calling that. I just thought, "Bitch, if I wanted you to call me that, I would have introduced myself as that. My real name is only two syllabus. Not that complicated."

************ Two syllabus or syllabi?

Neither. Syllables. 

************ Obviously.

I've got teaching on the brain, it seems.

arrippa

lovesclimbing said:

I actually haven't run across as many oddball names as one would think considering I'm a reporter. The other week, I did run across a Meikayla. I CAN'T pronounce her name like Mih-Kay-luh. When I see it, I pronounce it in as Mee-Kay-luh. (Who knows, maybe that's how she pronounces.) I knew a boy once named Skyler. I always thought that was a girls name.

I know a few Skylers and they are boys.

Inkdancer

So I know this hasn't been mentioned for like a million years, but I do actually go by my middle name. 

When she was young, my mom promised her granddad that she'd name her daughter after his beloved little sister, who passed at age 7 (on his 21st birthday). Her name was Katie. 

But she also really wanted to name me something else, and Katie didn't make a good middle name. So it's my first name. She spent years calling me by both names, until I insisted that my name was NOT Katie and to please stop calling me that. 

I still really, really hate it when people call me Katie after they find out it's my first name. I also hate it when I'm filling out government forms, and the person asks "no, I need your full first name, what is Katie short for?" Um, nothing, bitch, it's just Katie.