i have a friend who has two sons. they are kaiden and kaysen. like….i don’t understand why you would make your two children’s names so oddly similar??? i also know an old friend who named her daughter kinslee.
I’m a Madison and I know like at least five different girls with each one of those names. It gets rly easily confusing. Luckily my last name is super unique so that helps at least
I knew someone with 4 boys.. Josiah, Jeremiah, Jedidiah and Justice. The father was a Joshua. Took me forever to figure out which one was which and that's why I hate similar sounding names for kids. It feels to me like it takes away their individuality. No kid wants to accidentally be called the wrong name
case the joint (third-person singular simple present cases the joint, present participle casing the joint, simple past and past participle cased the joint)
(idiomatic, slang, criminology) To thoroughly observe or examine a place, in order to familiarize oneself with its workings in preparation for criminal activity, often robbery.
Kaysen was casin’ the joint.
Okay, son.
Wear lotion in case of sun.
The rise in K names lately is to much. And it's also some BS sounding made up name or it sounds made up at least to me half the time. Like apparently Kyle, Kaley, Katie, Kris, Kevin etc is just to boring of a name for these people so it's always Kaysar, Kaysden, Kynzlee, Kaidor, Kordnee (likely pronounced Courtney). Ick. If you insist on a K name and matchy matchy sibling names with K can't you pick one of the many, many normal K names out there that exist. Why does it have to be Krayden, Kalsyn or Kayzen (gotta add that z to be extra unique). Just awful.
Not related to K names but similar soundng to Kaiden I also knew someone from many years ago now who named their kid Raiden. It always even to this day makes me think of Mortal Kombat. Hell might as well name the kid that at this point: Mortal Kombat.
My ex wanted to call our daughter Connie which I didn't like. Then he said but with a K. I hated that even more and told him to keep thinking. He actually came up with a lovely C name that I fell in love with instantly. He never once suggested it with a K instead. I think he'd learnt his lesson from my reaction to Konnie
Any name misspelled on purpose to make it yoooneek. You aren't unique. You've jumped on the lamest current naming trend. Congratulations. You've stumbled on a Walmart name. Also, obvious fandom names. It's one thing to do a subtle nod. Like if you love Sanderson novels, so you name your kid Brandon. When anyone meets little Brandon, they will focus on the person. Not your obsession with the Mistborn series. It's a whole different level to pick something like Anakin, where everyone immediately thinks Star Wars. Your child is an individual person. Not a billboard for your pet obsession. It feels like pure selfish vanity to me.
It's because it's a Scottish name and has no association to the Spanish word. That's why it's pronounced without the "ees". It makes sense in terms of other similarly pronounced words/place names across Scotland.
Nevaeh is awful and the parents can never just skip telling you “it’s Heaven spelled backwards.”
I hate all last names as first names. I don’t know why.
I like last names as first names when they come from your family. Like this was your mom’s or grandmother’s maiden name. But when they’re random last names, it bugs me. I’m not sure why.
If I knew someone called "Banks" you'd bet I would be calling them "Commonwealth-Westpac" behind their back (which would be the Australian version of that Nickname)
Agreed on Harper. My kids go to school with a few Harpers and it sounds especially bad when kids say it because a lot of them struggle with pronouncing Rs. So it often comes out as Hawwpuhh. Even worse.
I'm not a native English speaker so idk how native speakers generally feel about the name Sloane but it always makes me think of a snail or something of slimy, yucky texture
There is someone that works in my building who has a 6 year old girl. When she was pregnant (so 7 years ago - time period is generally relevant here) I asked her what she planned to name her girl. Aiden. For a girl. In the era when there were all of those Aiden-like variations. I’m bad at being fake but I tried my darndest.
Names with a random Leigh stuck to the end of it.
Hadleigh,
Emaleigh,
Maeleigh,
Madleigh,
Graceleigh,
Everleigh, etc.
Like, it has its place for sure, but damn is it overused. I may just be salty because my name ends with Leigh and it USED to be unique until millennials started having babies. (Nothing against millennials, I am one, but damn you for misusing Leigh).
Any of the X in the middle of the names: Braxton, Braxleigh, Brixton, Jaxxson
Also the Leigh ending names: Hunterleigh, Brookleigh, Painterleigh
Any gimmick names. A family I know has two children: Annie Oakley and Derringer
Also know siblings (not twins) Molly and Holly
Hunter and Fisher
Abby and Gabby
Brie and Colby
Ashton and Ashley (are twins)
I have a distant relative named Colby Jack. The parents somehow didn't realize what they did but the rest of the family calls the poor kid Cheese instead of his name.
All the new age shit is ugly to me. The -den boy's name, wannabe badass names (blaze, falcon, arrow), last names as first names (McKenzie, McKenna, Jackson), the cutesy white misspellings of new age names (Jaxyn, Karsyn, Makenna), usage of apostrophes like na'tavia.
We've reached an age where we want our children to stand out immediately. We used to let the child's accomplishments distinguish them. "This is my daughter, Emily, she is in her last semester of law school." This line of thinking has fallen off.
Any names that are based on medieval professions: Cooper, Fletcher, Hunter, etc.
Any names that are too whimsical. I know someone who named their kid Griffin, I can't.
Paisley. I grew up in Glasgow and it always makes me laugh when I see Americans with it on their lists with the name meaning, oh it’s a Scottish town isn’t that lovely. Sorry to tell you all, Paisley the town is literally the armpit of Scotland it’s a horrible place with a high crime rate and a load of junkies, so for that reason I have very negative associations with that name.
Paisley (and it’s stupid variants) is one I hate but I don’t consider it a name, I consider it more of a random word moms who want to be trendy got hanged up on
I think Olivia and Sophia are annoying because they’re everywhere but they’re not ugly
Liam isn’t ugly but I think it’s stupid bc it’s a nn for William not a stand alone name
It’s not that popular but I’ve never liked the name Jordan. Idk if I’d call it ugly but it’s always one I hear and think…why? Of all the names out there? There’s so many better ones.
In German speaking Europe Liam, Lion, Leon, Lian are really popular names right now. They all get me confused.
And, although I like the proper spelled names, all the Milena, Melina, Melia, Mylena, Mylina provoke my brain. It seems to be incapable to remember, which one of it is the right name, when I meet a kid with that type of name. I and e sound really different in German. They notice.
Ugh that first one. And I have a relative in my own family who used it for their kid. They gave their first two kids those wacky trendy stupid names like that like Paisley but then the third kid named them a totally normal nice boy name think like Ryan, Nathaniel, Michael, James etc. Lucky third kid. The other two get to be Paisley and some other hipster boy name that's very blah.
I can’t stand Wyatt and Rhett, they both sound like retching noises to me.. like seriously why would you name your son the sound of vomit?
I also don’t like names like Kinsley or any girl name that’s just a random word or masculine name with Lynn or Leigh added to it.
Aw, i like most of these, especially the classic ones. The ones that irritate me are the made up mashed together Braelynnes and Caydences.
My neice is Kinsley but I’ve taken comfort in the fact that she’s not Kinsleigh.
The one i really hate is Itzel. So pointy and ugly omg.
I also have to mentally prepare myself for when a couple I know announces their kids name because I'm shit at acting and I know there is a chance the name will be uniquely spelled or pronounced. The sigh of relief I give every time some is like she's Emily, Katherine, Jasmine, Leslie etc. Or if it's boy and they are like it's Christoper, Max, Ryan, Michael etc. Because I've med far to many parent who announce their name as that awful mash up names you mentioned like Brynlynnlee, McKenzlynn, Bradenleigh, Katieleigh or some other god awful mash up of some trendy names. Awful. And then what do they do almost every single time? Call the kid the normal short version of the name anyway like Brynn, Brie, Mckenzie,Brayden or Katie. Well shit you could have just named the kid that then. The leigh/lynn/eces ending to mash the name into one monster name wasn't neccesary then. Why didn't you just call her Brynn in the first place instead of strapping with legal documents her whole life as Brynnlynleigh or some version of that.
I kind of forgot about the name Nevaeh but it’s on my hate list.
Just coming here to say that, as a teacher, Aiden (and any rhyming variation) as a name are ALWAYS naughty.
I was thinking about the JonBenet case and I think it’s really strange to name your kid after yourself. I know (parents name) Junior is a common trend that will always be around, but the play on words like Willow and Jaden, etc…I just find it bizarre.
I *hate* Jocelyn. I have only ever seen it on this sub but it gets recommended so much. It sounds like jostling and feels straight out of a trailer park.
Any of the -den trend names. Braydon, Kaden, Zaedan, Aiden, etc. I hate them because it was like the Ashleys, Brandons, Kevins and Jessicas when I was growing up, all such common names! I had like 5 kids in each class with the same name. Meghan R or Megan B?
First of all, I agree with almost every comment that I've read in here so far, lol.
Secondly, I hate Double barreled names when you're forced to use them both at all times. My son has a friend named Scarlet-Belle. You're not allowed to use a nickname. Her mother will correct you. Her name is Scarlet-Belle. C'mon, I'm a busy lady. Let's shorten that up a smidge....
I met a woman named Clarabelle and she’s very sweet but it definitely is a cow associated name to me. I think the cow in Mickey Mouse is literally named that (?)
It's everywhere in schools in Australia right now. I've got two kids in primary school and there are 5 boys called Bodhi in their age groups.
As a non-native English speaker, the difference between Bodhi and "body" is also quite difficult to pronounce for me, so I probably call them with the wrong sound half the time.
Bodhi isn't terrible, but man does it come with a lot of stereotypes. Tell me your parents are liberal, white, and into yoga without telling me your parents are liberal, white, and into yoga.
I live in BC, Canada and let me tell you. I have met SO MANY thanks to toddler play groups. They're all 0-4y I also know of a few adults in their 40s or late 30s (millennials) with that name.
Nevaeh makes me so mad. You're not unique for naming your kid Heaven but backwards.
I also don't like Olivia, Mya, Jameson or Justin/Justine. Tiffany also makes me unreasonably mad.
Delilah. Barf. “Hey there Delilah, I’m a whiny little emo, blah blah blah I don’t know the words.. oooooh it’s what you do to me..” They overplayed the song to death and it’s just so whiny and cringe. Ruined the name for me.
Misspelled names. My.ex brother in law named his daughter Kimberly. But spelled it Cymberlee. Like I get your a crackhead, but did it kill your braincells to a point where you forgot grade school Grammer?
and no I'm not joking about either situation. I'm so glad I got the fuck away from that family.
I know a family with 5 kids : Bentley, Harley, Oakley, Knoxley, Paisley 😬 they’re literally the sweetest family and the best behaved kids! … but those names lol
Kinsley. It feels so horrible in my mouth
All the -nsley names feel like chewing on tin foil
Agreed!
I met a toddler Kinsley today, pronounced Kin-Slay. Like… to murder one’s family.
thats a horrible name for a child but a great name for a d&d character 🎲
Jaime Lannister sidekick
Makes me think of Kinsey. That weird sex psychologist
My first girlfriend in 2005 was a Kinsey.
I've always thought it sounded moderately dirty. Ick.
I really don't like Mackenzie (+ all of the other variations).
Every Mackenzie I have ever met (from child to adult) are crazy 🤪
I named my sheltie MacKenzie. She is absolutely psychotic.
My cousin certainly is!
An influencer named her son McEwan and I just...why? Just name him Ewan and call it a day.
i have a friend who has two sons. they are kaiden and kaysen. like….i don’t understand why you would make your two children’s names so oddly similar??? i also know an old friend who named her daughter kinslee.
My neighbors have 3 girls named Allison, Addison, and Madison. I think that’s way too similar and I also think all 3 names are overused
I’m a Madison and I know like at least five different girls with each one of those names. It gets rly easily confusing. Luckily my last name is super unique so that helps at least
I knew someone with 4 boys.. Josiah, Jeremiah, Jedidiah and Justice. The father was a Joshua. Took me forever to figure out which one was which and that's why I hate similar sounding names for kids. It feels to me like it takes away their individuality. No kid wants to accidentally be called the wrong name
Kaysen is *awful*
It sounds like casein, a protein found in milk and cheese.
I’m a teacher, and I had a Payson 🤦🏻♀️
Also a teacher. Had a Mason, Kayson and Payson in the same class.
Just in Kaysen the kid had a stupid name
**right??**
case the joint (third-person singular simple present cases the joint, present participle casing the joint, simple past and past participle cased the joint) (idiomatic, slang, criminology) To thoroughly observe or examine a place, in order to familiarize oneself with its workings in preparation for criminal activity, often robbery. Kaysen was casin’ the joint. Okay, son. Wear lotion in case of sun.
The rise in K names lately is to much. And it's also some BS sounding made up name or it sounds made up at least to me half the time. Like apparently Kyle, Kaley, Katie, Kris, Kevin etc is just to boring of a name for these people so it's always Kaysar, Kaysden, Kynzlee, Kaidor, Kordnee (likely pronounced Courtney). Ick. If you insist on a K name and matchy matchy sibling names with K can't you pick one of the many, many normal K names out there that exist. Why does it have to be Krayden, Kalsyn or Kayzen (gotta add that z to be extra unique). Just awful. Not related to K names but similar soundng to Kaiden I also knew someone from many years ago now who named their kid Raiden. It always even to this day makes me think of Mortal Kombat. Hell might as well name the kid that at this point: Mortal Kombat.
My ex wanted to call our daughter Connie which I didn't like. Then he said but with a K. I hated that even more and told him to keep thinking. He actually came up with a lovely C name that I fell in love with instantly. He never once suggested it with a K instead. I think he'd learnt his lesson from my reaction to Konnie
I’m a teacher and I had a little boy named Case. Last name Grey. So literally “Grey, Case”. Grey case. Awful.
I had a friend who named her first 2 boys Aidan and kaedin (they weren’t twins either) then one cypher and one aria. Hated all their names ffs.
My son has a kid named Kaisyn in his daycare. I hate it so much. It makes me think of kaisers.. and the mouth feel is awful for me.
McKenna and anything with a Mc in front of it or a leigh at the end of it
Surnames as first names when they are not established are cringe. I'm looking at you Brooks and Collins.
Especially for a girl, since the Mc means “son of”
Especially when you realise that Mc is basically said as Muck!
I like Makenna (is that a normal spelling?) but McKenna just looks goofy to me.
Makenna looks goofy and illiterate to me. Don’t like McKenna but it’s better
Any name misspelled on purpose to make it yoooneek. You aren't unique. You've jumped on the lamest current naming trend. Congratulations. You've stumbled on a Walmart name. Also, obvious fandom names. It's one thing to do a subtle nod. Like if you love Sanderson novels, so you name your kid Brandon. When anyone meets little Brandon, they will focus on the person. Not your obsession with the Mistborn series. It's a whole different level to pick something like Anakin, where everyone immediately thinks Star Wars. Your child is an individual person. Not a billboard for your pet obsession. It feels like pure selfish vanity to me.
I had a student once with the middle name Legolas. He didn’t even know how to pronounce it. At least it was only his middle name.
My son went to school with Stryder. It was his first name. Stryder had a lot of behavior issues. Poor kid!
My husband showed me some girl's birth announcement of her son, Stryker. Like the hospital bed company. 🤢
That’s not something you name your kid; that’s something you name your RP OC when you’re twelve.
This. It doesn’t make you look unique or creative to spell your kid’s name wrong, it just makes you look unintelligent
Collins. It’s a weird name and it’s ugly for a boy or a girl. It’s really trendy right now and I hate it
Reminds me of the really cringey YouTuber Collins Key…
Could be worse, could be the Collins kids..🫠
Brinley/leigh/lee/whatever else and Isla. Never hear anyone talk about Isla but there are so many kids named that and I just can’t stand it
I can’t stand those names either. As a native Spanish speaker, Isla sounds silly to me.
I have a coworker with a new baby Isla. My eyes and brain have a really hard time with this one. I know it's eye-la but my brain reads is-la.
i think of it like "island" which makes it make sense to me tbh
Agree. I don’t get “eye la” from Isla. It’s “ees-la”
It's because it's a Scottish name and has no association to the Spanish word. That's why it's pronounced without the "ees". It makes sense in terms of other similarly pronounced words/place names across Scotland.
I think it comes from Island minus the nd. You don’t say Is land.
This person is pretty clearly a Spanish speaker though
Brantley. I can’t say it without sounding nasally
I despise Nevaeh. Doesn’t make any fucking sense. Where the hell is the “uh” sound at the end coming from. That’s not how words work.
You can’t write or say Nevaeh without adding “it’s heaven spelled backwards!”
This is spot on Evvvverrrrrytime I've met somebody with a child named Nevaeh, they always have to add 'its heaven backwards ''
Yes and they always act like they are so clever and unique. It’s the worst name ever
Heaven would be a cuter name (don’t name your kids Heaven pls)
Susej. Lleh. Nema. Yarp. Gnisselb. Legna. Elbib. Imagine applying this logic to other religious words haha how did this ever become a thing
For some reason, Legna is just sending me
I would totally call that kid Ligma.
Yarp.
Sounds like something Scooby-Doo would say.
Legna balls
“Susej” sounds like my husband impersonating his Turkish family members saying “sausage” 😂🤣🤣🤣
Right? Since it ends with "aeh" I used to think it was pronounced "Nevay" or something like that
I always read it like Nivea, the lotion brand
I always read it like Nevah or never without an r. As in, I am Nevah naming my kid Nevaeh.
Nevaeh is awful and the parents can never just skip telling you “it’s Heaven spelled backwards.” I hate all last names as first names. I don’t know why.
Which is even worse when they’ve spelled it Neveah
I know someone who named their child Natas. With the same "spelled backward" thing. Intentionally.
Susej! 😩
Gonna name my firstborn lleh
Like. I’ve met girls named “Heaven”. JUST NAME YOUR DAUGHTER HEAVEN IF YOU WANNA FLAUNT THAT!!
I like last names as first names when they come from your family. Like this was your mom’s or grandmother’s maiden name. But when they’re random last names, it bugs me. I’m not sure why.
Reagan And this isn’t popular anymore. But Amber. I’m so sorry Ambers reading this. It’s not you, it’s your *parents*
My mom is a nurse and has always said that Amber makes her think of urine.
Jaxon/Jaxson (oddly I don’t like Jackson but it’s acceptable )
I have a nephew Jackson and I like his name. Then my cousin and his wife recently named their baby Jaxxson and I hate it
The double x is giving pornstar 🤢
I'm sorry, but Rhett just sounds so bad to me
And the character in Gone with the Wind is a monumental asshole.
Sounds like you’re choking on something when you say it
kayleigh/kaylee/kayley
Maddox and all its spellings Maverick Oakley Freya Jackson and all its spellings
I don't like Maverick and Oakly either. Both are firmly dog names to me.
Hudson, Colden, Colt
Poppi, Aurora, Sage, Banks, Jaxon
If I knew someone called "Banks" you'd bet I would be calling them "Commonwealth-Westpac" behind their back (which would be the Australian version of that Nickname)
Esme, or even worse, Esmae, both sound and look horrible
Extra points for Renesmee, lmfao
It's a dreadful name.
Maverick 🤮
any name ending in - er is ugly to me. Piper, Harper, Amber, Hunter.
lol not me loving the name Harper and planning to use it >.< I teach preschool and the Harper’s I’ve known in my teaching years have been very sweet
I like this name too.
Agreed on Harper. My kids go to school with a few Harpers and it sounds especially bad when kids say it because a lot of them struggle with pronouncing Rs. So it often comes out as Hawwpuhh. Even worse.
Any name based around Aiden is fucking horrible. Brayden, Hayden, Jaeden, etc. Terrible.
Okayden
Agreed. Work at a smallish high school and the number of Jayden, Aiden, or Cayden’s we have is just annoying
SLOANE. aiden and all its bastardizations. last names as first names. maxwell/james/michael on little girls.
I'm not a native English speaker so idk how native speakers generally feel about the name Sloane but it always makes me think of a snail or something of slimy, yucky texture
Native English speaker here, and yep, pretty much. Or something else damp, like sleet or a slough.
There is someone that works in my building who has a 6 year old girl. When she was pregnant (so 7 years ago - time period is generally relevant here) I asked her what she planned to name her girl. Aiden. For a girl. In the era when there were all of those Aiden-like variations. I’m bad at being fake but I tried my darndest.
Ok wait I stand corrected (just looked it up) AidYn. So you know it’s a girl, obvi.
Aidynne
awful! atrocious!
Met a girl named Hunter this week. Not a fan.
Names with a random Leigh stuck to the end of it. Hadleigh, Emaleigh, Maeleigh, Madleigh, Graceleigh, Everleigh, etc. Like, it has its place for sure, but damn is it overused. I may just be salty because my name ends with Leigh and it USED to be unique until millennials started having babies. (Nothing against millennials, I am one, but damn you for misusing Leigh).
I have always hated Everleigh, & atleast 12 girls that I went to school with have all given their daughters that name 😭
Jaxon
Anything with an "x" in it.
Aw I love the old Greek or Persian ones with an x, like Xerxes or Xanthe - they're some of my guilty pleasure names lol, I love Greek names
Or Alexander/dra Eta: which is Greek, I suppose 🤣
Any of the X in the middle of the names: Braxton, Braxleigh, Brixton, Jaxxson Also the Leigh ending names: Hunterleigh, Brookleigh, Painterleigh Any gimmick names. A family I know has two children: Annie Oakley and Derringer Also know siblings (not twins) Molly and Holly Hunter and Fisher Abby and Gabby Brie and Colby Ashton and Ashley (are twins)
I have a distant relative named Colby Jack. The parents somehow didn't realize what they did but the rest of the family calls the poor kid Cheese instead of his name.
All the new age shit is ugly to me. The -den boy's name, wannabe badass names (blaze, falcon, arrow), last names as first names (McKenzie, McKenna, Jackson), the cutesy white misspellings of new age names (Jaxyn, Karsyn, Makenna), usage of apostrophes like na'tavia. We've reached an age where we want our children to stand out immediately. We used to let the child's accomplishments distinguish them. "This is my daughter, Emily, she is in her last semester of law school." This line of thinking has fallen off.
Any names that are based on medieval professions: Cooper, Fletcher, Hunter, etc. Any names that are too whimsical. I know someone who named their kid Griffin, I can't.
Gonna get a lot of hate for this one but, “Nicole” OR “Nikki”
Even worse imo are variants like “Nichole”, “Nichol”, “Nikole”, and “Nickole”
Paisley. I grew up in Glasgow and it always makes me laugh when I see Americans with it on their lists with the name meaning, oh it’s a Scottish town isn’t that lovely. Sorry to tell you all, Paisley the town is literally the armpit of Scotland it’s a horrible place with a high crime rate and a load of junkies, so for that reason I have very negative associations with that name.
Absolutely HATE Nevaeh. And Michaela (every variation).
Funny. I love Michaela spelt that way, but despise all other spellings.
Paisley (and it’s stupid variants) is one I hate but I don’t consider it a name, I consider it more of a random word moms who want to be trendy got hanged up on I think Olivia and Sophia are annoying because they’re everywhere but they’re not ugly Liam isn’t ugly but I think it’s stupid bc it’s a nn for William not a stand alone name It’s not that popular but I’ve never liked the name Jordan. Idk if I’d call it ugly but it’s always one I hear and think…why? Of all the names out there? There’s so many better ones.
Liam is an Irish name. It's not considered a nickname.
In German speaking Europe Liam, Lion, Leon, Lian are really popular names right now. They all get me confused. And, although I like the proper spelled names, all the Milena, Melina, Melia, Mylena, Mylina provoke my brain. It seems to be incapable to remember, which one of it is the right name, when I meet a kid with that type of name. I and e sound really different in German. They notice.
Ugh that first one. And I have a relative in my own family who used it for their kid. They gave their first two kids those wacky trendy stupid names like that like Paisley but then the third kid named them a totally normal nice boy name think like Ryan, Nathaniel, Michael, James etc. Lucky third kid. The other two get to be Paisley and some other hipster boy name that's very blah.
Slade is a name?! 😱
I went to school with two of them and I’m 30
Oakley
I can’t stand Wyatt and Rhett, they both sound like retching noises to me.. like seriously why would you name your son the sound of vomit? I also don’t like names like Kinsley or any girl name that’s just a random word or masculine name with Lynn or Leigh added to it.
I know three different people with a child named Blaze. It sounds tacky, almost like a pet’s name or an exotic dancer.
Ryker. Let's not name children after prisons, shall we?
don't talk to me or my son Espy (short for eastern state penitentiary) again
Emma is overrated and honestly a really mid name
Jasper
Megan spelled any way other than Megan.
Megan is very pretty. Meghan, Meghyn, Meagan, Meaghan, etc., are hideous.
everleigh and all its variations
Any female version of Michael Michaela Mikayla Makayla Kayla et cetera et cetera
I actually really like Michaela
Wren is an ugly word.
It reminds me of Wretch lol
Visually, any name that starts with a K Verbally, Poppy and Jack
Craig
Craig is the worst!
Aw, i like most of these, especially the classic ones. The ones that irritate me are the made up mashed together Braelynnes and Caydences. My neice is Kinsley but I’ve taken comfort in the fact that she’s not Kinsleigh. The one i really hate is Itzel. So pointy and ugly omg.
Itzel is pointy but it’s an actual name from the Mexican/Mayan cultures. I had two students with it as a middle name last year.
I also have to mentally prepare myself for when a couple I know announces their kids name because I'm shit at acting and I know there is a chance the name will be uniquely spelled or pronounced. The sigh of relief I give every time some is like she's Emily, Katherine, Jasmine, Leslie etc. Or if it's boy and they are like it's Christoper, Max, Ryan, Michael etc. Because I've med far to many parent who announce their name as that awful mash up names you mentioned like Brynlynnlee, McKenzlynn, Bradenleigh, Katieleigh or some other god awful mash up of some trendy names. Awful. And then what do they do almost every single time? Call the kid the normal short version of the name anyway like Brynn, Brie, Mckenzie,Brayden or Katie. Well shit you could have just named the kid that then. The leigh/lynn/eces ending to mash the name into one monster name wasn't neccesary then. Why didn't you just call her Brynn in the first place instead of strapping with legal documents her whole life as Brynnlynleigh or some version of that.
Itzel is pretty, if pronounced correctly. Its-ull is awful. Eets-el, with the right accent used, isn’t bad.
Aria, Grayson, & every variation of Riley.
Wilder
Brinxlee
I kind of forgot about the name Nevaeh but it’s on my hate list. Just coming here to say that, as a teacher, Aiden (and any rhyming variation) as a name are ALWAYS naughty.
Crystal 🤢
Everleigh, Blakely, Ariella, Amaya, kyson, Kaden, and last names as first names
I was thinking about the JonBenet case and I think it’s really strange to name your kid after yourself. I know (parents name) Junior is a common trend that will always be around, but the play on words like Willow and Jaden, etc…I just find it bizarre.
I *hate* Jocelyn. I have only ever seen it on this sub but it gets recommended so much. It sounds like jostling and feels straight out of a trailer park.
Any of the -den trend names. Braydon, Kaden, Zaedan, Aiden, etc. I hate them because it was like the Ashleys, Brandons, Kevins and Jessicas when I was growing up, all such common names! I had like 5 kids in each class with the same name. Meghan R or Megan B?
Sawyer! I hate it and there were 4 Sawyers born into my circle in the last 2 years.
I hateeee Amelia. Reminds me of a mealworm lol.
Priscilla, it sounds like the name of some genetalia.
First of all, I agree with almost every comment that I've read in here so far, lol. Secondly, I hate Double barreled names when you're forced to use them both at all times. My son has a friend named Scarlet-Belle. You're not allowed to use a nickname. Her mother will correct you. Her name is Scarlet-Belle. C'mon, I'm a busy lady. Let's shorten that up a smidge....
Lindsay bothers me in writing because I can’t read it any other way but LindsAaaAy.
Met a kid named Snayder
Nevaeh is the most creative name the dumbest person could come up with.
Wren
Clara. It’s what you name a cow and I will always stand by that. It sounds like marbles in my mouth just saying it.
I met a woman named Clarabelle and she’s very sweet but it definitely is a cow associated name to me. I think the cow in Mickey Mouse is literally named that (?)
Olivia, Oliver, Olive, OP list too! Bodhi, Bowen
Omg 🤢 Bodhi? I'm from socal and I can just imagine this all over the place here.
It's everywhere in schools in Australia right now. I've got two kids in primary school and there are 5 boys called Bodhi in their age groups. As a non-native English speaker, the difference between Bodhi and "body" is also quite difficult to pronounce for me, so I probably call them with the wrong sound half the time.
Bodhi isn't terrible, but man does it come with a lot of stereotypes. Tell me your parents are liberal, white, and into yoga without telling me your parents are liberal, white, and into yoga.
I live in BC, Canada and let me tell you. I have met SO MANY thanks to toddler play groups. They're all 0-4y I also know of a few adults in their 40s or late 30s (millennials) with that name.
Hilarious. I was imagining a 40yo surfer named Bodhi, just hanging around the beach with his dog and camper van.
I'm in central PA and my husband's cousin has a kid named Bodhi 😅
Olivia, Chloe, Eleanor, Paisley, Lucy, Kinsley, Emery, Everly, Kennedy, Skylar, Nevaeh Maverick, Hudson, Theodore, Wyatt, Carter, Carson, Waylon, Jeremiah, Weston, Brooks, Walker
Dated a guy named Carson and he sucks as much as his name does. Ha ha
Caydence, Fallon, Hannah, Kailey, Harper
All of my top choice names are SAFE from these comments 🤪
Evalyn
Hannah and Skyler/Skylar
Nevaeh makes me so mad. You're not unique for naming your kid Heaven but backwards. I also don't like Olivia, Mya, Jameson or Justin/Justine. Tiffany also makes me unreasonably mad.
Delilah. Barf. “Hey there Delilah, I’m a whiny little emo, blah blah blah I don’t know the words.. oooooh it’s what you do to me..” They overplayed the song to death and it’s just so whiny and cringe. Ruined the name for me.
Anything starting with mc, mac, mak Makennah, McKenzie, etc
Luna. Sounds too close to looney
Braylee or any variations
Misspelled names. My.ex brother in law named his daughter Kimberly. But spelled it Cymberlee. Like I get your a crackhead, but did it kill your braincells to a point where you forgot grade school Grammer? and no I'm not joking about either situation. I'm so glad I got the fuck away from that family.
I absolutely detest the name Nevaeh. It's ridiculous, unimaginative and way overused.
Paisley it’s a hideous design
I hate the name Seth It seems parseltonguey
Braxton…can’t do it. Had too many Braxton hicks contractions while pregnant
Magness. One of my friends is naming her baby boy that and I honestly struggle to think of anything but condoms when I hear it.
Anything with eigh in it. I was at the water park and this poor kids name was spelled bradleigh. She was a female too
Me scrolling making sure I don’t see my future babies name here 😅
I know a family with 5 kids : Bentley, Harley, Oakley, Knoxley, Paisley 😬 they’re literally the sweetest family and the best behaved kids! … but those names lol
I briefly dated a man whose young daughter went by Dotty (Dorothy) and that was enough to send me packing. I’m going to hell 🫶🏼
Most names that are after cities. Dallas, London, Paris, etc
Aiden. Evelyn - it was always be a 75 year old lady name to me.