Names that Make You Angry?

[roselang]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Madison or Addison. Those names drive me INSANE! (Except if Addison is on a boy, because it's a boys name...) Also, most -ley (Bentley, Kinley, Brinley, etc.) names sound pretentious and made-up to me.

[garnet]

The only names that frustrate me are names that will affect the child.

I agree 100 percent!

[dove14]

Well I don't think any names make me angry, really, just annoyed.

I agree with a previous poster - it bothers me that names can go from boy to girl but not back again. So I'm not a fan of boys names on girls but I love seeing some of those names reclaimed for boys!

And whereas I absolutely agree with most of you that dislike names like Kaylie, Brinly, etc., I do think that those sorts of names won't sound all that young as this upcoming generation ages. After all, some of our parents names may not have sounded "adult" enough to our grandparents (Linda, Jody, Lisa, etc.) but they seem middle aged or musty now (Will they seem new and fresh in another 20 years?).
I don't relish the thought of Grandmas named McKinly and Kenzie, but the fact is unless there is a massive movement of name changing, it will be the norm in the next generation.
What can you do?

Oh my absolute pet peeve name is the Aiden/Jaden/Caden/Braden/Zayden monster. It's just so overused I can hardly handle it.

[greyer]

Madison. Bella. Emma. All these names just make me go "ugh" when I hear them - really, you couldn't come up with anything else? Also overly boyish names on girls, Riley being my prime example. I know its' supposedly unisex but all I can think of is the hundred thousand hyperactive little boys I've met with this name, and I know if I was a girl named Riley I'd be in line for a name change on my 18th birthday. I'd say Nevaeh, but I've not actually ever met one.

On boys, anything that rhymes with Aiden, yooneek spellings of Jackson (Jaxxon, Jaxzon, et c.), and Alex. I cannot even tell you how many little boys named Alex I have met. Just so tired of hearing it.

[hayley88]

I really hate boy names on girls, particularly "son"names. Especially when people try to feminise the ending with "syn". It just makes them look badly educated.
So no to Madison/Madisyn, Emerson/Emersyn etc to girls.
I also dislike the standard ridiculous backward spelling names already mentioned.

[whirligig]

No offence to anyone with these names:
Casey
Shirley
Sheila
Courtney
Shanice
Marie
Stacey

This is just a few-I will probably be back with more

[lucystone]

Those poor kids! Just curious, but what country allows the - symbol for names?

You can legally have punctuation in a name in the US. The only restrictions on naming are
1) the name can't be a racial slur or other profanity
2) it can't be "fightin' words" or deliberately provocative for violence
3) it cannot be used to intentionally cause confusion or misrepresentation (ie, naming your child Barack Hussein Obama may get you in front of a judge to justify your reason for the name - and possibly a visit from the Secret Service) unless you have a legitimate reason why you need that name that's unrelated to the famous person in question
4) cannot be only a punctuation symbol or number. (So, you can't name your child "." or "43".)

Beyond that, there are no rules. Punctuation, as long as it's used within the context of other letters, is allowed. Think Mary-Kate Olsen, etc. I knew a guy in college who's name was Avi'el (Hebrew for "God is my father"). I suppose if you wanted to name your kid Doorknob.Snickerdoodle-Cranberry, it would be allowed, although your child would most certainly grow up to hate you at a very early age.

[catloverd]

You can legally have punctuation in a name in the US. The only restrictions on naming are
1) the name can't be a racial slur or other profanity
2) it can't be "fightin' words" or deliberately provocative for violence
3) it cannot be used to intentionally cause confusion or misrepresentation (ie, naming your child Barack Hussein Obama Obama may get you in front of a judge to justify your reason for the name - and possibly a visit from the Secret Service) unless you have a legitimate reason why you need that name that's unrelated to the famous person in question
4) cannot be only a punctuation symbol or number. (So, you can't name your child "." or "43".

Beyond that, there are no rules. Punctuation, as long as it's used within the context of other letters, is allowed. Think Mary-Kate Olsen, etc. I knew a guy in college who's name was Avi'el (Hebrew for "God is my father"). I suppose if you wanted to name your kid Doorknob.Snickerdoodle-Cranberry, it would be allowed, although your child would most certainly grow up to hate you at a very early age.

So does that mean people could name their kids S@m if they wanted to? That just seems cruel....

I know some countries are more strict and actually forbid names if they think it will harm the child.... I found this for those interested:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/07/03...aws/index.html

All the names are horrible!

[detailsgirl]

Angelique, Victoria, Elena, Alana, Lana...all bad associations based on the accent people used when saying their own name! I hate any name that makes you feel you need to put on an aristocratic accent to be correct.

[mcdonak1]

People have hit on a lot of my rage-blackout-inducing name hangups, but I just realized something that annoys me even more about La-a. The overwhelming majority of the time when people are typing it, they're going to be using a hyphen and not a dash. A dash isn't on standard keyboards in the US, and you have to type it as a special character. And are we talking an em-dash or an en-dash? What you're really naming your child (if this name actully exists) is "Lahyphena."

End of grammar rant.