Names you can’t stand #3

[Lolly505]

Arlo just doesn't sound like a real name to me. Feels more like a brand or a marketing/tech company to me

I remember seeing someone who'd named their son Aero. Sounds cool if you're American (like they were) but if you're British, you just think 'chocolate bar'

 

[ginandlipstick]

Arlo just doesn't sound like a real name to me. Feels more like a brand or a marketing/tech company to me

I remember seeing someone who'd named their son Aero. Sounds cool if you're American (like they were) but if you're British, you just think 'chocolate bar'

Arlo is the name of a security camera company - so I do understand that.

 

[Gloria Rostron]

I hate the name Martha. Sounds awful. And Tabatha.

 

[Twirliegirlies]

Graham, it reminds me of corned beef, don’t ask why because I don’t know.
Pamela, it reminds me of spam, again I don’t know why, it’s my weird brain.
People that add their middle names to look interesting, you’re not interesting, trust me.
Ian always reminds me of someone with massive ears.

 

[witchofwestbyfleet]

I think this is a personal thing for me - I'm of Asian descent and have met many, many white guys with disgusting attitudes to East and South East Asian women. I've known quite a few well to do men who went for Asian or Eastern European trophy wives, and now all those women have names like "Mei-Ling Williamson", "Jelena McGillicuddy", "Piyamat Downey" and so on (not their real names, obviously, these are just examples.) I think it sounds AWFUL. Especially bad if she's from a culture where women keep their own names after marriage.

The reverse is also true. I have a close friend who lives in Japan and knows many expat women with no Japanese ancestry and names like "Judith Shiraishi", "Vicki Takemoto", "Amanda Kiyama" and so on which sound equally awful. It'd be different if the person were mixed race and that name took their multiple ethnicities into account, but as married names, they make me shudder

 

[emm]

Arlo just doesn't sound like a real name to me. Feels more like a brand or a marketing/tech company to me

I remember seeing someone who'd named their son Aero. Sounds cool if you're American (like they were) but if you're British, you just think 'chocolate bar'

i remember looking at sofas a few years ago and one of the models I was looking at was Arlo, that is all I associate it with

 

[maryloumaniser]

i remember looking at sofas a few years ago and one of the models I was looking at was Arlo, that is all I associate it with

Harvey Norman

 

[Booboothefool]

Just seen a picture on fb of a girl called Bluebell

 

[witchofwestbyfleet]

Just seen a picture on fb of a girl called Bluebell

Geri Halliwell's daughter is a Bluebell ... oh dear

 

[LittleLizzy1985]

A girl I used to know is called Rebecca Victoria and is known to everybody as Becky...apart from her dad - he hated the name Rebecca/Becky so calls her Vicky so confusing! Haha

 

[Gloria Rostron]

A girl I used to know is called Rebecca Victoria and is known to everybody as Becky...apart from her dad - he hated the name Rebecca/Becky so calls her Vicky so confusing! Haha

I'd call her Becky Vicky for shits and giggles!

 

[LittleLizzy1985]

I'd call her Becky Vicky for shits and giggles!

Or Jane just to really confuse the sitch

 

[RedTiger]

Matching your kids names to all end the same.

jayden
Kayden
Brayden

Grayson
Jayson
Jaxson

 

[Gloria Rostron]

Brooke... very common in late 90s and early 00s babies.

 

[Booboothefool]

Just going to leave this here...

 

[watermelon sugar]

Arlo more like arrrrr no

 

[rebremm99]

Matching your kids names to all end the same.

jayden
Kayden
Brayden

Grayson
Jayson
Jaxson

I cannot stand Grayson, who the hell looks at a baby and thinks ah yes he looks like a little Grayson sounds like a brand of old man wellingtons

 

[FoksiOska]

When people unnecessarily change the spellings of names.

I've just seen a 'Kapryce-mhya' on Facebook.

I'm sure it's supposed to be pronounced ca-preece my-a but the temptation to call her ka-pry-se mhh-ya would be too strong

 

[tweetypiex]

Being a supply teacher in schools I’ve seen a fair few weird and wonderful, not a fan of
Indie
Anything double barrelled with may/mae/rose
Daphne
Sigourney

and my personal favourite..
Rebecca spelt....
Ribeaca - I read it as Ribena every time!

 

[so2009]

Kayleigh Kayley Keeley Kelsey Kelly most ive met are pure witches!! somethin about the K lol I prefer the use of the letter C lol