Names You Can't Stand #7

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My little girls name is Isla, but because my family are originally from Islay. When we chose it it wasn't a popular name and now unfortunately it is. It seems to be losing popularity a little now though thankfully. But we still love it. Said in a proper Scottish accent it sounds lovely. Never heard anyone say slimy before thats a new one.
literally just coming home from scotland and can confirm that isla sounds better there - the accent makes the “eye” at the beginning much prettier. i’ll allow it 😉😉
 
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I’m not sure if my dog’s name is acceptable now haha. It’s not Gillian but it is Mavis
That's quirky enough to be cute though! (like calling a mouse Derek! 😄) but Gillian just seems like a nice regular everyday type of name if that makes sense.

Oh and I know someone who has a cat called Trevor 😂
 
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How could someone look at a dog and think I'll call her Gillian?! 😂🙈
Milly is a very sweet name 💕
We got Milly from a dogs home. If the dog doesn't have a name, they're named after the person who found them.

We've had a Jacko the Jack Russell (it suited him so we kept it) and we currently have a Molly.

I've met dogs Eric, Bertie and Douglas. Douglas has a nephew called Jasper.
 
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at a playground the other day and there was an Otis and Dexter. Otis is just dorky as anything and Dexter is a well-known fictional serial killer. Nice
 
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We got Milly from a dogs home. If the dog doesn't have a name, they're named after the person who found them.

We've had a Jacko the Jack Russell (it suited him so we kept it) and we currently have a Molly.

I've met dogs Eric, Bertie and Douglas. Douglas has a nephew called Jasper.
I've worked in dog rescue centres and never heard of this. Usually they're just given a name from staff suggestions or the dogs physical attributes/ personality.
That's such a nice idea to use the name them of those who found them 💕
 
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I've worked in dog rescue centres and never heard of this. Usually they're just given a name from staff suggestions or the dogs physical attributes/ personality.
That's such a nice idea to use the name them of those who found them 💕
Fast forward 20 years…”the dog didn’t have a name so we named her after the girl who brought him in. This is NEVAEH….,it’s hEaVEn SPellEd BacKWarDs” o_O
 
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at a playground the other day and there was an Otis and Dexter. Otis is just dorky as anything and Dexter is a well-known fictional serial killer. Nice
Dexter to me is a nerdy one. Has his own lab and everything
 
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Neveah heaven backwards so umm Hell?

Anything that I associate with chavs. 😂. So Alfie, Reggie, Ronnie, Frankie. Ect
Then double barrelled girls names like Ellie-Mai or Tommy-Lee for boys.
Mercedes, Porcha, ect, cars and brand names are a no.

Chester… makes me think of Charlie Chester.

Sebastian… He was an hole so I don’t like the name. 😂

anything Disney! Disney is overrated
 
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I hate gangster names too. Vinnie, Lennie, Ronnie, Reggie 🤢 I mean, if you want your kid to sound like a thug from day one, go ahead.

Reggie seems to be the most popular locally. I can think of at least three I know, all within the last three years or so.
 
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at a playground the other day and there was an Otis and Dexter. Otis is just dorky as anything and Dexter is a well-known fictional serial killer. Nice
I quite like Otis, for the musical connection ( Otis Redding), but Dexter I now either associate with the serial killer in the eponymous TV show or the cartoon one with a laboratory.

Seen on IG, twin boys Atticus and Atlas and their baby sister Artemis... and a dog called Archer
Atticus is my not-so-secret favourite « out there » name ( love To Kill A Mockingbird and the character with that name in it), and I quite like Artemis and Atlas too, as a mythology nerd. However, all paired together is a bit much, all the same initial and really close if not identical second letters!
 
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Unfortunately I just think of Otis the aardvark from cbbc in the ‘90s!!
 
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literally just coming home from scotland and can confirm that isla sounds better there - the accent makes the “eye” at the beginning much prettier. i’ll allow it 😉😉
We have an English health visitor and every time she says her name it makes me cringe...it just sounds really awkward and like she's saying "eela" 😂
 
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According to the many teachers in my family who I spoke to lay night about naff names, the only thing good that’s come out of the name Isla is the recognition of the silent S in “island” by children.
 
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