Call me crazy but I dislike this subject I think its rude and inconsiderate to get on here and bash people’s names. If you don’t like a name don’t name your child that name but don’t go on here talking about how much you hate a name!!! [name]Just[/name] MY opinion! Thanks 
Well, [name]Linsey[/name], you’re entitled to your opinion and we’re entitled to ours. Thanks! 
I have to second Littlebrownpony and that the “Folder” that this discussion is in is titled “Talk About Names” and the description is “names you love and names you loathe” … if you do not like this discussion, do not click on this subject.
As for my names I dislike, pretty basic:
- [name]Aidan[/name] is ok but any other variation is not for me
- -[name]Belle[/name] names. Too frilly for my taste. [name]Mirabelle[/name], [name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Arabelle[/name] …
- Names from growing up: [name]Heather[/name], [name]Tiffany[/name], [name]Brittany[/name]. No thanks. I have changed my tune on [name]Stacy[/name] and [name]Kelly[/name] though. I used to think they were terrible but not anymore.
- [name]Scarlet[/name]/te and [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Addison[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Emma[/name]. Some other NB favorites like [name]Imogen[/name] are also not my style. Someone wrote that not all old lady names should be revived and I second that!
- [name]Simon[/name]. Boring
I have pretty strong opinions but keep them to myself offline. What is special to someone is not to me, but why should they care what I think?!
We all have our opinions and we should all be able to state our opinions in a respectful manner.
Saying that, I HATE male names on girls. [name]Madison[/name], [name]MacKenzie[/name], [name]Riley[/name], [name]Addison[/name], etc.
I agree with you! [name]Pam[/name] and [name]Linda[/name] stated a month ago, they dont want these types of hate threads going on nameberry even if its done in a respectable manner. I urge people to do a message board search where [name]Linda[/name] put her foot down under a different hate thread, she clearly stated that it wouldnt be tolerated.
I actually lost a lot of respect for [name]Laura[/name] Wattenburg after reading her article and realizing that I was being mislead by the article title. I urge everyone to go to her blog and read the actual method on how she came to her conclusions. She should have used a different title and even she later said in her posts that she worried the article would be misunderstood because of the title, well its a little late for that.
All i am trying to say is there is a tasteful way of saying you don’t like or care for a name, but some people are taking it to the extreme. I know everyone on here has the right to express their opinions just try and be respectful when doing so.
As long as someone doesn’t name their child something funny like “[name]Ivonna[/name] Bra”, just because it’s funny at the moment, I really don’t have a problem with what other people call their kids. There are names I don’t like that I would never personally use, and most of them seem to be names that other people don’t like. But I would rather spend my time talking about names I love rather than names I hate
Hey, it’s a baby naming message board. The entire purpose of this is to talk about names we like and dislike. No-one here is coming out saying they’d hate on girls named [name]Nevaeh[/name], or boys named [name]Aiden[/name]. This seems to be another way of discussing trends in naming - just ones we really dislike.
My list would be as follows:
- [name]Neveah[/name]. More than [name]Nevaeh[/name], because at least it’s spelled backwards correctly!
- [name]Paisley[/name]. Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh. It’s not even a pretty pattern; I don’t understand its popularity.
- The -aden army.
- The -ley army (although the -lyn army I can still tolerate, due to my love of [name]Ashlyn[/name]).
- The Mc- army.
- Any names (I’ve mostly seen them used on boys) relating to horrible things/places. [name]Ryker[/name] (prison), [name]Braxton[/name] (hicks), etc.
- Names from my parents’ generation. [name]Sandy[/name], [name]Leslie[/name], [name]Linda[/name], [name]Tricia[/name], [name]Gary[/name], [name]Paul[/name], etc. [name]Don[/name]‘t go hating on me; my parents’ names are on that list too. They’re just way too dated for me to use on my child.
- Anything ending in the sound -leen. It just doesn’t sound appealing to my ears.
- The “unnecessary y, k, h” army.
- Most value names - [name]Destiny[/name], [name]Serenity[/name], [name]Genesis[/name], etc. I’ve even known a few lovely girls named [name]Serenity[/name], but it’s really not my thing.
I don’t understand the boy list though. [name]Tristan[/name]? Where did that come from?
I’m with the posters who think this subject, or at least the way that people are approaching this topic is unnecessarily rude. My question is: Would you say what you posted to someone directly, as opposed to on an internet forum? I don’t know why anonymity gives people carte blanche to not be more considered in how they speak.
I don’t think you should really be offended if somone says they don’t like a name and it’s your name or what you named your child. Someone earlier posted that they don’t like [name]Sarah[/name], which is my name, but I’m not offended because people like/dislike names for various reasons. [name]Just[/name] because one person says they don’t like my name doesn’t mean my name is bad/ugly/wrong. Same with childrens’ names. I happen to love [name]William[/name]. I know people who hate it (mostly because of the potential nickname [name]Willy[/name]). Doesn’t matter to me, I still love it! Of course, no need to go overboard with hate, but the casual mention of “I really don’t like [insert name here]” shouldn’t bother anyone.
PS. I don’t like names with “made up” spellings. For example, [name]Kaitlyn[/name], [name]Mikayla[/name], etc. Especially excessive use of the letter y! Or any “made up” names, really. I saw online a woman who listed her girls favourite names as: Taylee, McKarty, Nayvie, Maylee, Kamree, Nykee, Taislee, Taigley, [name]Tenley[/name], McKamey, McKartnee and Tayvie. I guess she’s not on nameberry 
I know most nameberry girls would pick something more beautiful than those!
I agree that the point of NB is not to bash on names, but I actually like hearing about what people dislike. It’s interesting whether I agree or disagree with them. I actually can talk myself into liking almost any name, but same names have a bad association to me, or are just plain boring/dated. For example…
Boring names: [name]Emily[/name], [name]Laura[/name], [name]Ashley[/name], [name]Jennifer[/name]. [name]Michael[/name], [name]David[/name], [name]Jonathan[/name]. I grew up with so many friends with these names. They just don’t interest me at all.
Overused names: I.e. names I see on NB all the time that I’m a bit bored with. For example: [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Nora[/name], [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Alice[/name]. Or [name]Owen[/name], [name]Finn[/name], [name]Oscar[/name]. [name]Lovely[/name] names really, and I would probably like them in person.
So…names I dislike.
Frilly names: [name]Isabella[/name] and any other [name]Bella[/name] name. Also [name]Valentina[/name], [name]Carina[/name], [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Aurelia[/name], [name]Celeste[/name]. [name]Just[/name] too much girliness for me.
Names I have a bad association with: Mc names for girls…they always seem trashy to me. Sorry. Also [name]Elena[/name], [name]Alexis[/name], [name]Tori[/name], and names like [name]Avery[/name], [name]Shelby[/name], or [name]Morgan[/name] on girls.
I feel like a name heretic, but here it goes.
I don’t know what to say about using boy’s names on girls.
I hate seeing [name]Skyler[/name] and [name]Riley[/name] become popular for girls, I love them for boys… but I like [name]Payton[/name] and [name]Sydney[/name] for girls, but I would say I’m opposed to naming a girl [name]Adam[/name], or something that is distinctly male.
The [name]Aiden[/name]/[name]Cayden[/name]/[name]Jayden[/name] trend.
I actually love these names. (although I dislike the yooneek spellings)
So what if they are “trendy”? [name]Haven[/name]'t name trends always existed?
^^ “Mom Names” talks about names that ere popular in the 70s and 80s and have now declined in popularity, wouldn’t most of these names be considered trendy for their time? Or “old man/lady” names, wouldn’t those have been trendy in their time?
Trends have always existed and always will, and I don’t mind that. They are popular because they are liked. I would so much rf
Made up Names:
I like them, most of them anyway, but aren’t all names made up at some point? If I like the sound of a name, then I like it, there is nothing more to it than that, I don’t care if it’s “made up” or not.