Names you hate.

[claireelise]

I feel I don't have to list the obvious, tacky names (such as Nevaeh), or names that are misspelled (y's where there shouldn't be y's etc...), but here's my "most hated" list:

GIRLS:
Sloan (sounds like slow, or sloth, and rhymes with moan)
Joan (Sloan reminded me of my dislike for this one)
Agnes (just ick. Bad sound, and doesn't even look pretty)
Imogen (I know how to pronounce it, I just don't get it! It doesn't sound pretty, it sounds like a camera brand or something to me!)
Scarlet (has SCAR in it, I don't understand its popularity!!)

BOYS:
Alfie, Archie etc...as stand-alones. They're fine (I suppose) as nicknames for little boys, but Alfred, Archer etc should be on the birth certificate! IMO no teenaged boy should be stuck with Alfie!
Jeremy (just sounds like "germy" to me)

I'm sure there are more, but that's all I can think of at the moment...there always seem to be more awful girls names than boys names...boys names always seem to be excellent, or just average. There's so much more for tackiness with the girls I guess!

[jeska]

I'll leave it to everyone else to list the usual suspects.

But I will take this opportunity to say that I find 'Sarah' the most boring name in the world. Ever. It's like calling your girl, 'Girl'.

[augusta_lee]

Many of mine have already been listed, but I have to throw in Eulalie and Jemima. I do NOT understand the love these get on Nameberry!

[uniquenamelover]

I'll leave it to everyone else to list the usual suspects.

But I will take this opportunity to say that I find 'Sarah' the most boring name in the world. Ever. It's like calling your girl, 'Girl'.

LMAO. In my class of forty-three, there were several Sarahs (one spelled Sara), two Hannahs, too many Katies, two Claires/Clares...it was just too much. Sarah is pretty, I like the sound, but it is just too overdone.

[uniquenamelover]

Many of mine have already been listed, but I have to throw in Eulalie and Jemima. I do NOT understand the love these get on Nameberry!

Naming your child Jemima in the U.S. is just so...mean.

[diana_m]

Yes. I just don't get the appeal of Jemima.

[diana_m]

Many of mine have already been listed, but I have to throw in Eulalie and Jemima. I do NOT understand the love these get on Nameberry!

Yes. I will never understand the appeal of Jemima.

[ilovenames89]

Mis-spellings of names(even if mine was/is but it was by accident)
Addison
or boy names the use for girls.

[esrever88]

But I will take this opportunity to say that I find 'Sarah' the most boring name in the world. Ever. It's like calling your girl, 'Girl'.

Haha, so true - it's a pretty name, but when I was in high school it was EVERYONE's name. All you had to do was call out "Sarah! Jessica! Lindsay!" and half the girls in my class would turn around.

[hayley88]

Emma - every Emma I have ever met has been devoid of personality,it's just a dull name
Sarah - for exactly the same reasons as pp's have stated. So blah. It's like the parents couldn't think of any other name.
X-mae/may - any name hyphen Mae/May. SO DULL!
Actually any hyphenated name.
Scarlett - rhymes with harlot. 'nuff said
Alice - sounds lovely but I see " a lice"
Katie - as a standalone name
Laura - just because there are so many around my age
Any boy name on a girl. Just no
Ethel - vile beyond words. There aren't words to express how unattractive I find it.
Isabella - just so fussy and prissy
Anna - dull
Mabel -it's a dogs name
Martha
Eulalie - this just sounds like noise to me
Nora
Rita
Clementine
Clemency
Juno



Jeffrey
Malcom
Marvin
Neil - in the first name spot. It is a command not a name
Caelan - I know it's Scottish Gaelic but the general demographic using it is very off putting
Michael - its the male equivalent of Sarah
Aaron
Kyle
Leighton
Jack
Aiden/Jaden/Brayden etc
Ethan

I dislike "unique" spelling such a Jaxson,Nevaeh for both genders. And there are far too many of them to list.