Names you can’t stand #3

[LadyTonya]

Enda
Paul
Paula
Philip
Patricia

I don’t get why people all use the same first initial for all their kids either. As for the misspelling trying
to be unusual or different, that would drive me mad spending my life correcting people

 

[Apple In My Pie]

Elexa. I know it’s not the worst name out there but it really grates on me. just spell it Alexa!

 

[TwooTwooTwitTwitTwoo]

I knew a family with 8 kids, all beginning with K (started before the Kardashiand were a thing).

They were all misspelled normal names, horrendous.

Re Reevah a couple of pages back, we had a labrador we called that when I was a kid, 40 odd years ago. The inspiration was some cartoon, Speedy Gonzales, who used to shout it as he ran.

Didn't he used to shout "arriba, arriba"?

 

[Offtobuttonmoon]

Didn't he used to shout "arriba, arriba"?

I'm sure someone somewhere has named their poor child 'Arriba Arriba'

 

[Croc]

Didn't he used to shout "arriba, arriba"?

Maybe, but we misread it as Reevah

*misheard*

 

[BBB83]

Seeing a lot of hate for Rebecca and all its variations and shortenings. It’s my name, and generally agree it’s boring AF What I’ve never got is that you get called Rebecca at birth but barely anyone with the name is actually called Rebecca in the day-to-day, always called some variation. And when you meet people they can’t resist calling you whatever variation they feel like, I even get called just ‘B’ quite often, like even Bec or Becky is too much of a stretch for you now? O OK! I’m generally not too fussy about it but it does make me chuckle that my intended name at birth has ended up being so far removed from what I’m actually called by people.

 

[OutrageouslyScarlet]

Seeing a lot of hate for Rebecca and all its variations and shortenings. It’s my name, and generally agree it’s boring AF What I’ve never got is that you get called Rebecca at birth but barely anyone with the name is actually called Rebecca in the day-to-day, always called some variation. And when you meet people they can’t resist calling you whatever variation they feel like, I even get called just ‘B’ quite often, like even Bec or Becky is too much of a stretch for you now? O OK! I’m generally not too fussy about it but it does make me chuckle that my intended name at birth has ended up being so far removed from what I’m actually called by people.

I know a few Rebecca’s and they choose to all go you different, so I have a Bex, Becca and a Becky it gets so bloody confusing what to call who what..

 

[watermelon sugar]

I know a Rebecca who likes to be referred to as 'Bexy' like no just for that im gonna call you Rebecca

 

[If i told you …]

Cody for a boy. Everyone I know who has that name as turned out to be not a nice person. Wendy for a girl just plain daft

 

[Ruby’s mum]

I know a few Rebecca’s and they choose to all go you different, so I have a Bex, Becca and a Becky it gets so bloody confusing what to call who what..

I once worked with a woman who named her daughter Rebecca and always used the full name. She spoke about her constantly by name and always really emphasised the first syllable. Only problem was she couldn’t pronounce her r’s so it was always ‘Our Weebecca said, our Weebecca did, etc!’

 

[Ridandroo]

Just seen a glamour model on insta children are called Arlo-kiwi [] and Ari-blue..

Chelsea? Then if so, they are her dogs!

 

[d0lphin]

I recently found out that one of the teenagers I used to work with in the PRU now has two sons called Blu and Cub
Have I won the thread?

I knew a family with 8 kids, all beginning with K (started before the Kardashiand were a thing).

They were all misspelled normal names, horrendous.

Re Reevah a couple of pages back, we had a labrador we called that when I was a kid, 40 odd years ago. The inspiration was some cartoon, Speedy Gonzales, who used to shout it as he ran.

A family I used to work with had 4 children, 3 were called Kia, Kai and Kay. The fourth was randomly called Amanda.

 

[ellzlouelc]

My least favourite names are:
. Benjamin (just the way it sounds)
. Keith
. Kayleigh (any name that ends in leigh)
. Steph/Stephanie
. Heather
. Fiona
. Sebastian (again, just the way it sounds)

 

[Kat5998]

I once worked with a woman who named her daughter Rebecca and always used the full name. She spoke about her constantly by name and always really emphasised the first syllable. Only problem was she couldn’t pronounce her r’s so it was always ‘Our Weebecca said, our Weebecca did, etc!’

That just makes me think of Sonia in EastEnders

 

[Curly Top]

I knew a woman who called her daughters Bloom and Breeze.

Just awful in every way.

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

I knew a woman who called her daughters Bloom and Breeze.

Just awful in every way.

They sound like washing powders or air fresheners

 

[rememberwayne]

Riley
Cayden
Nancy-Beau
Nia
Kai

 

[Onthehop]

I heard of a Darcey-Mae today. Poor girl.

 

[Smallpotato]

My least favourite names are:
. Benjamin (just the way it sounds)
. Keith
. Kayleigh (any name that ends in leigh)
. Steph/Stephanie
. Heather
. Fiona
. Sebastian (again, just the way it sounds)

well I don’t like your name! (seriously I hate my name)

 

[Sweatybetty]

Neil
Graham
Nevaeh
Stewart
John