I do not like the word hate… but I have a strong passionate (irrational) dislike for [name]Sean[/name]. I love irish names and their traditional spelling, but this for some reason feels like nails on a chalkboard! [name]Shawn[/name] is just fine (NMS) but spelling it [name]Sean[/name] literally makes me cringe (I have learned to control it so it comes out more like a eye twitch lol.)
There are others I do not understand, but do not have the same strong reaction [name]Sean[/name] gets… [name]Gemma[/name] and [name]Imogen[/name]. I am sure there are more, they are just not coming to me.
I would not say I do not like common names, but I would never use them (my definition of common is the top 100…and any names I have heard used in the last 2 years in our small town) but those creative name and spellings get VERY OLD… though I have a double standard when it comes to MN and kinda say anything goes…