Does anyone else have certain names that are a turn-off? Like if you meet someone of the gender you’re attracted to with that name, you’ll be less attracted automatically? The kind of name where you think, “I cannot see myself dating a _.”
Obviously most people don’t name themselves so I’m not saying their names are their fault. But I have a few names that make me literally think about a person, “I can’t date you/won’t ever be attracted. Your name is _.”
My top three are:
[name_u]Taylor[/name_u]
[name_m]Brandon[/name_m]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]
Eh, I am not sure. Like you said, it’s not their fault, as excluding name change case, most people don’t name themselves. So while I would be less attracted to certain names, I can’t really consider them a deal breaker either.
I wouldn’t not date a person because of their name, but it could indeed be quite a turn off
[name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_u]Nichole[/name_u], [name_f]Effie[/name_f], [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Christiana[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f]: All names of family members or childhood friends
Any name that’s popular in Greece ([name_f]Eleni[/name_f], [name_f]Caterina[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f]) or that is considered dated in Greece ([name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_f]Kiki[/name_f], [name_f]Tula[/name_f])
Dated names ([name_f]Jennifer[/name_f], [name_f]Susan[/name_f], [name_f]Karen[/name_f])
Which is quite ironic considering my current girlfriend has a dated first name and has nichole as her middle name…
No, not really. My SO’s name is [name_m]Carl[/name_m] (it’s actually his MN but he goes by). I never have liked that name but he was named after his father (FN) and his grandfather (MN). I don’t think I would judge anyone by their name as like others said they didn’t name themselves. I do not like my FN and would hope people wouldn’t make any judgements bc of my name.
Hm… [name_m]Kevin[/name_m], [name_m]Donald[/name_m], [name_f]Jill[/name_f] and [name_u]Jo[/name_u] do make my toes curl. But that wouldn’t have kept me from dating them.
I don’t think it would ever be a deal breaker if I really liked the guy, but I think it would be weird to date a guy with the same name as my dad or one of my brothers. I dated a guy who had the same name as one of my cousins and that was weird enough.
Some of the clunky, old-man names like [name_m]Clarence[/name_m] or [name_m]Harold[/name_m] or [name_m]Nigel[/name_m] might also put me off a little bit.
Luckily for me, my SO has one of those cool guy names that makes it sound like he should ride a skateboard and play the guitar like he’s in a punk rock music video, and I totally love it.
To be honest, it’s the person that’s important to me, not the name. Sure, [name_m]Larry[/name_m] is a pretty unattractive name, but if I met an amazing guy that happened to be named [name_m]Larry[/name_m], I couldn’t let that stop me from being with him if it were meant to be. However, there are some names in which I couldn’t date someone named them, and those are the names of my exes- so [name_m]Liam[/name_m] and [name_m]Brody[/name_m] are forbidden! :-?
So it looks like lots of you dislike the concept of not dating someone because of their name… :twisted:
For those who have said they would not let a name stop them from dating an amazing girl/guy…I guess for me it’s an issue of meeting someone, learning their name, and quickly losing interest before even getting to know them. So I don’t get the chance to find out if they’re amazing because I so much dislike their name. It doesn’t bother me. But I’m demisexual so maybe that’s part of it.
The way I see it, all the men out there named [name_u]Taylor[/name_u], [name_m]Brandon[/name_m], and [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] deserve someone who won’t have to “get over” her dislike of their name.
