I thought it would sort of be neat to see what names you used to hate, but have actually now grown to love, as some that are my favourite names now I used to totally and completely loathe.
The first ones that come to mind for me are:
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], and [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] specifically now often make the top of my favourites list.
Boys: [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Walter[/name_m], [name_u]Frost[/name_u], [name_m]Forrest[/name_m], [name_u]River[/name_u], [name_m]Franklin[/name_m], [name_m]Gerald[/name_m], [name_m]Eugene[/name_m], [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m].
Girls: [name_u]Frost[/name_u], [name_u]Dune[/name_u], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], [name_f]Wendy[/name_f], [name_f]Winifred[/name_f], [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], [name_f]Kitty[/name_f], [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], [name_f]Electra[/name_f], [name_f]Maxine[/name_f], [name_f]Minerva[/name_f].
Here are some of the many…
Boys: [name_m]Henry[/name_m]/[name_m]Harry[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Alfred[/name_m], [name_m]Hugh[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m], [name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
Girls: [name_f]Portia[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Philippa[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f], [name_f]Eugenie[/name_f]
I now love because of an author/actor/singer/etc.:
Boys: [name_m]Keith[/name_m], [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m], [name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
Girls: [name_f]Judith[/name_f], [name_f]Helen[/name_f], [name_u]Vivien[/name_u], [name_u]Joan[/name_u]
Boys: [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_u]Barrett[/name_u], [name_m]Harrington[/name_m], [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_m]Dominic[/name_m], [name_m]Julien[/name_m], [name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m]
Girls: [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_f]Juliette[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Georgia[/name_f], [name_f]Francesca[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Hattie[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Leighanne[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Ruthie[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_f]Veronica[/name_f], [name_f]Willa[/name_f]
I was more indifferent to some of these, I didn’t really hate all of them.
Girls: [name_f]Cressida[/name_f], [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f], [name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Ana[/name_f]
Boys: [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m], [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_m]Icarus[/name_m], [name_m]Timothy[/name_m], [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], [name_m]John[/name_m], [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m], [name_m]Gregory[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Remus[/name_m]
For once my boys list is longer than my girls! Characters/people have had a lot of influence.
So many!
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m], [name_u]Bo[/name_u], [name_u]Cruz[/name_u], [name_m]Ezra[/name_m], [name_f]Faustina[/name_f], [name_u]Finn[/name_u] [I disliked it pre-NB due to a character association], [name_m]Edward[/name_m], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and [name_f]Mireille[/name_f] [loved their sounds but couldn’t get past the spellings], [name_u]Gus[/name_u], [name_m]Chaz[/name_m], and [name_u]Perry[/name_u] [I now love them as nicknames], [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] [sounded masculine because of the fred part], and [name_m]Boaz[/name_m] [I still don’t know if I’ll put it on my list]
[name_f]EDIT[/name_f]: I forgot [name_u]Jude[/name_u]. It sounded evil but I wanted to like it, so I thought the name over and over while visualizing something I like. Cheesy? Yes, but it worked.
Some of these I hated, some I just didn’t like:
[name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Joanie[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Eugenie[/name_f], [name_f]Briana[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Marie[/name_f], [name_f]Sofie[/name_f], [name_u]Andrea[/name_u]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m], [name_m]Kaden[/name_m], [name_m]Bennett[/name_m], [name_u]Carson[/name_u], [name_u]Carter[/name_u], [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]