Least Favorite Names

 

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Aaron....I dislike because...I get a headache when I hear it...it sounds like arrow.
Abigail: 

• Abigail/Abby/Abbi, etc. - as a pre-k teacher I can assure you there are enough Abbys! Yes, it's cute, but it is no longer different, and spelling it or it's nickname creatively will not change that.
• I for one can't imagine anyone under the name of 50 with this name. Abby is nice, but Abigail is a bit too far, don'cha think?
• I have always thought Of Abigail as a old lady name. I cant picture it on anyone who is younger than 100

• Addison's Disease. JFK had it. Not pretty.
• I dislike the name Addison because it is a last-name and a boy name that MEANS Son of Adam. It has been taken over for girls despite what the real meaning is. I also dislike how these name book authors who I once respected are changing the traditional meanings of names to please parents who want to give names that mean son of to their daughters and tell them Addison means daughter of Adam, etc I just don't care for names for girls that have the word son in it. What's next having a son and naming him Bobdaughter or Jennidaughter?

• If you're Irish, fine, if you're not, back off! Stop ruining their lovely names!
• Aiden / Caiden - Everyone I know who has named their son this thinks they are being unusual ... check it out folks, these names are NOW very popular and your son will go through school being known as Aiden T. or Caiden W. - Face it, these are now common names.
• Aidan and any names that rhyme with Aidan. There are plenty already, and putting C, K, Br, or J at the beginning adds pretention, not uniqueness.

• Heyheyhey, it's Faaaat Albert!
• this name makes me think of grumpy old men

• Clack, clack, clatter, no softness to this name at all.
• This is supposed to be a boy's name, and it's too hard-edged for my taste. It's not soft and pretty like a girl's name should be.

• It's too nasally, sounds really stuck-up.
• There are just too many ways to pronounce this name. Uh-LISH-uh, uh-LISE-sa, Uh-LISS-Uh, etc. There are also two billion variations on the name: Aleesa, Alyssa, Alisa, etc. No little girl wants to have her name mispronounced or misspelled all the time.

• being my name, I have heard "You're a man, duh!" way too many times. This is why I will always be Mandy.
• My name is Amanda and there are always at least four other Amandas everywhere I go. "You're Amanda O? No... Amanda M, right?" gets really tiring.
• Sounds like a cheerleader, and too over used. I had a high school class with five of them.
  

• She and her sister Krystle's glory days were when they made the varsity cheerleading squad. Unfortunately it was downhill from there.
• This is a lovely name. Don't spoil it with over use.
• Giving a person the name of a stone as a name is just a little pretentious, or at least I think so. That goes for Emerald, Ruby, Pearl, Sapphire, Diamond, and other similar names as well. It's a little like naming someone Gold or Silver - it sounds kind of silly. Also, there are lots of words in other languages that have the same meaning, so there are alternatives for people that hear the names and think of beauty and elegance. Just remember, there can be gaudy costume jewelry too, and that could be another common association...

• creepy...
• There are more practical ways to show patriotism than naming your child after the country.

• The baby pops out. "Crud, I didn’t think of a name! Uhh... Amy!" It's like a name you use when you can't think of anything or a name used when you really don’t care what they’re gonna be called. Talk about boring. Lots of Amy's are also psychotic. And let's face it- the name has very babyish qualities to it.
• Okay I absolutely dispise this name for many reasons. First off its way too common. Plus when I hear the name Amy I picture a boring annoying girl. Now I have an aunt Amy and she's an execption to my beliefs as I assume there are plenty others. Finally I know way too many girls named Amy that have just been awful experiences even knowing them.
• My name is Amy, and it sounds to babyish. I would've added another name to it.

• snooty and pretentious without being cool. It's a nickname, like Muffin.
• This is my name. I don't like it a lot, but not for the obvious religious connotations. It's just the fact that for as long as I can remember people have been spelling it Angle. As in "triangle". Also, whenever I tell someone my name, they automatically assume it's really Angela or Angelina or Angelica or WHATEVER. I practically have to show them my birth certificate to prove it! So, while it's a lovely name and sounds beautiful, I wouldn't wish it on anyone else.
• Angel is about one of the most un-masculine names there are, and I've come across several boys with this name. Of course, the parents think it's cutesy, but in reality, that little boy is going to be teased every day of the rest of his life, until he's an adult who can't stand it anymore and finally ends up going by the nickname Angus.
• what are angels? Yeah, that's right. They're dead people.
• This name is also an adjective and no one is really an angel.
• I don't know where people get the idea that angels are all beautiful women in white dresses hanging out on clouds with harps, that get their wings every time Jimmy Stewart rings a bell. In the bible, angels can be pretty mean; leveling cities and generally carrying out God's dirty work. Thus said, either way this name seems like an awful lot for a child to have to live up to!

• It's just "an" with an extra N. An apple, an orange. It's a word used to replace A when the next word starts with a vowel. Who made it a name?
• yep this is my first name. Bad enough everyone on the planet has this as a middle name and feels compelled to let me know, then people ask why my mother didn't give me a "real" first name as opposed to a middle name.

• Ashley/Ashleigh/Ashlee: First of all, this used to be a man's name. Second of all, it is entirely WAY too common.
• because i really think that they are taking over the place.
• Ashley, Ashleigh, Ashlee-Ashley and any variations. This name is actually historical and used to be a man's name (Anyone remember "Gone With the
  Wind"?), and even then it wasn't so hot. The beginning, "ash", seems to suggest a person who smokes.
• Extremely overused, and sounds too much like a dumb blonde; besides, it was intended to be used as a man's name!
• It is a boy's name and completely overused for girls!
• Ashleigh/Ashley: 4% of the student population at the school I teach at (400 students) have this name - boys and girls! Snore. Not very original.

• When I think of Aspen, naturally, I think of mountains. Which is not altogether bad, except for when it is associated with a girl. Let's just say I hope she's not well endowed. An example of what one might hear in the boys locker room: "I saw Aspen's mountains today, guys!"
• anytime you start a name with and "as*" sound, it's NOT good

• Only name your child this if he is going to grow up to be a Scottish Laird.
• It sounds like the reject version of "Audrey". Maybe a 70 year old lady would have this name, but I'm pretty sure no other generation under that will have a name close to that.
• very unmanly, probably due to it sounding so similar to Audrey.
• Currently experiencing a modest revival as well as a sex change. Does no one realize that this is in fact a male name? I mean, etymological genderbending is one thing but sheer ignorance is kinda annoying...or amusing, your choice.

• reminds me of the word Ovary.
• rhymes with slavery?

• Are you the farting, annoying, kid named "Bart" off the Simpsons? do you fart alot? a kid with name will most likely get the nickname "Farting Bart". Do You want your kids to go through that?
• It rhymes with fart and also barf.

• All I can think is: poor Peter McKay...
• This name does not age well...I am unable to imagine any adult women with this name. It's the samedifference as a five-year-old named Mildred.

• For me this name conjures up images of beached whales.
• bertha is one of those names that would come form down south..i may live in the south..south carolina to be exact..but come on. someone has to think of something better than that!
• The archetypal "naming don't" name. Most people associate it with a loud old lady. Hopelessly out of date.

• It sounds like the action Braiding pronounced Braid en'
• To me it sounds like a verb pertaining to donkeys and mules. "What's that noise?" "Oh, it's just old Pedro braydin'."

• Sure, I'll name my child after an alcoholic beverage! Her brother is Martini!
• Any time you use the name of a type of alcohol to name your child, you should wonder where the motivation comes from? What's next? "Come here, Rum"

• "Braxton-Quackston". Also, sounds like a hillbilly name .
• Did the mother misread her medical chart? Welcome to the world, Braxton Hicks.

• This is a nice name, but do not attempt to use it outside of Ireland.
• Sounds like birdsh*t or "bridge it." Not at all pretty.

• There's way too many of them. Definently a cheerleader name. Can you imagine Brittany as an old lady? Didn't think so.
• WAY to many of them and putrid to boot.
• Brittni- I dislike this name; it sounds like a snobbish cheerleader who's obsessed with makeup. Besides, it is butchering the spelling of the name Brittany, which is beautiful in itself.
• This is my name...*sigh*. First of all, it's way too common. In one of my sixth grade classes a long while ago I was known as "Brittany E." because there were three of us in the class. Second, there are millions of different ways to spell this. We did presentations in eigth grade in which we had to give feedback on peices of paper, and 55% the kids in my class spelled my name wrong. "Brittney", "Britni", etc. The possibilities are endless. Third, over the age of twenty-five, the name'll be liked even less. It's great for little kids, but on an adult...beware, cuteness will have you puking. Fourth, the nicknames. My little sister calls me "Brat-ney". Fifth (I just keep going...) it doesn't really have a meaning. I looked up my name and all I discovered was "a region in France".
• sounds like bratny
• It's like, totally a cheerleader name, like, I mean, whatever ya know?
• I feel that this name is too popular. I can name at least 20 little girls with this name. I also think that the name is too cute for a 30-year-old woman.
• Brittney: I can't picture an older lady name Brittney either and I also think it sounds like a snobs name.

• the actual irish is cailín and pronounced kinda 'kyle-ye-een' (most people cant get the 'ye' in there without sounding like their having a seizure but irish pronunciation is difficult)
• (1). a child named this spends half of her life telling people her name is not KATELYN. (2). It's a flash-in-the-pan made up name riding the coattails of Katelyn. It has no substance, merely made up of syllables. (3). Today's adorable little trendy name will die out as quickly as it came in. Kaylin is the Myrtle and Irving of the new millennium. (4). baby name books list it as being Irish, so everyone thinks it is... but they are all totally wrong. the irish word <i>cailín,</i> is pronounced /CAW eeleen/ (see Colleen) and means "girl." It's like naming your daughter "girl," but pronouncing it like "jeerl" to make it fancy.

• Caitlin/Katelin/Kaitlynne etc.-over used in places like america, australia, england. says cheap to me whereas the irish caitlín is 'catch-leen' and much more pretty.
• Caitlyn- Every Caitlyn I've ever met has been a dumb blonde cheerleader.
• Doesn't anyone realize that Caitlin is an Irish name? And that the Irish originally spelled it Caitlin. The same with all the other variations on Caitlin. Caitlyn, Catelin, Catelyn, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Katelin, Caitlynn, Catelynn, there are so many spellings and they are all WRONG! Plus then the kid never gets her name spelled right. I cannot stand this. It drives me crazy all the wrong ways to spell Caitlin. (and I didn't even list them all!)
• Kaitlyn/Katelyn/Katelynn, etc ad nauseum Way too common; when you try a spelling variation on the same old name, it does *not* make it unique and fresh again.
• Kaitlyn/Caitlin: Think of an actual spelling sometime, please. It's so overused and no one ever spells it the same way. I have actually met a Kaetliynn.
• In Irish Gaelic, this name is NOT pronounced Kate-Lynn. It's more like cot-leen or coyt-leen. Naming a child Caitlin and pronouncing it katelyn is like naming a child Juanita and calling her jaw-nitta. It's just wrong.
• I'm just tired of it
• Caitlyn, etc.: Unoriginal, plus I'm a Kate who *always* gets called Kaitlyn. (My middle initial is L, too, so people think it might stand for Lynn.)
• Katelyn, Kaitlin, Kaytelyinne... I'm over it.
• Katelyn/Caitlyn/Kaitlin, etc. I have a friend who named her daughter this 12 years ago, before it became popular - or so she thought. Now her daughter usually has a number of other girls in her class with the same name. Whenever I heard somebody say they were going to use that name if their baby turned out to be a girl, I just cringed. You TOO!? Be a LITTLE original!
• Caitelynne: Another messed up version of Caitlin that was bestowed upon my little sister. It looks too trendy, very misspelled, and makes people doubt the pronunciation!

• It's a fine last name, but that's it: it should be kept as a last name. It sounds like camera. Last names should stay last names.
• Kameryn etc. - All the alternate spellings of the name Cameron is getting way out of hand. I find this name to harsh for a little girl.

• this name sounds like you are a chamelion except you are camoflaged as a flower.
• This name just sounds like a stuck up girl, who carse about no one but herself. Why do you want you daughter to sound like she is stuck up?

• Basicly its for women who want there daughters to grow up to be strippers.
• This name should be reserved for food. The name suggests a certain type of personality which I don't think is flattering.

• It rhymes with “molest”!
• I can't imagine this name on anyone under 80.

• gives a chavvy,council-estate feel.think 14 year old mother of three, nike trainors, lots of jewellry and a white tracksuit.In the same line as 'Mercedes','Chardonnay','Beyoncé' (i actually think this is a pretty name and dont mind Beyoncé herself but it's like Madonna-the connotation would equal bullying for life)
• This is a pretty girl's name, in my opinion...it's when it's used for a boy that I dislike it. Even if the name was originally male (I don't know if that's the case or not, I'm just using it as an example), I can't see a boy being called Chelsea, at least not with the A at the end. Maybe with a different spelling, but not like this.

• It reminds me of chlorine, and sounds like blowing your nose.
• In German klo means toilet. Add an "e" sound at the end and it is like saying potty.
• This name seems so "empty". I don't understand its recent popularity. It sounds like "cloy" which is to hinder, harm, obstruct, or make weary or displeased by too much of something that is too sweet or too rich.

• Ugh. It's so ugly sounding and it makes me think of a snobby, bratty girl.
• This is my own name so I can slag it if I want to – Trust me. It’s a bad name to get saddled with. Cyndi Lauper? Cindy Crawford? I can honestly say they ruined it for all us poor Cindys out there. Please, parents – don’t name your daughter Cindy! My husband’s first dog was named Cindy – just as a side note!
• I really do detest the name "Cindy." It is a little too popular for my taste, and the various spellings are unbearable and awkward. There have been foreign names translating "Cindy" that lose their unique touch once turned to the American "Cindy." I just can not bear this name.

• It's cheese! And also the COL- makes me think of "cold." I don't think it sounds like an attractive name at all!
• This is not a name, it is cheese.

• Cheerleader. 'Nuf said.
• WAY to many of them and putrid to boot.
• Yawn. Boring. Another one of those cutesy names. Don't make me sick. I bump into at least 15 people named Courtney a day and it is utterly annoying

• It's just too popular, or at least it used to be, so I wouldn't advise using it - and I'm a Crystal myself. In elementary school, there had to have been 3-5 Crystals in my grade at the same time, and all of us had to tack on our last initial or use a nickname so people could tell us apart. Even then, the nickname strategy often failed - after all, how many nicknames can you get from this name that aren't variations of Chris/Kris? And of course, whenever someone would call a Crystal for attendance, all of us would chorus "Which one?" because there was no way to tell who it was. The other potential problem is spelling. There are so many different ways to write it, yet almost all of them sound exactly the same, so even if you use a creative spelling, in the end a child with this name is still going to asked, "Are you Crystal with a C or with a K?" Trust me, it gets old fast. It is a pretty name, though...just overused.
• I have only one word to describe this name: redneck!!!!!!!!!!! Also, it is not a name, it's a jewel, unless of course you're one of those psychic phone-line people (i.e. Madame Crystal).

• Sounds like a hyperactive dog to me.
• doesnt this name make you picture an old lady with a huge floppy garden hat with a daisy stuck in it? well it does to me. or someone who's just a bit too cheery.

• "Hi, my name is Dakota.", "I love you Auntie Dakota!", "Here is our President Dakota Whitfield!" Please put the name you want to give your child behind Auntie or Uncle or President or Senator before you give it to them, because you never know what your child may grow up to be. I certainly wouldn't want to but the name Dakota on a college application.
• I can see naming your kid after a beautiful place, like Paris or Vienna, but who wants to go to North or South Dakota?
• I can live with place names in moderation, if they sound like names and the place has actual meaning for the parents. But I doubt most parents naming their children Dakota have even BEEN to ND or SD, and I also feel it's disrespectful to the Dakota Sioux nation to stick their tribal name on children willy-nilly.
• Okay, it was cute for awhile. But it's WAY too common. And I can't see myself taking seriously anyone named Dakota. Imagine: U.S. President Dakota Henderson. Dakota Smith, Attorney-at-Law. Doesn't it sound ridiculous?
• Is this a boy name or a girls? Have all the thousands of people who named their child this ever even been there? And if they haven't then WHY would they name their kid this?
• there seemed to be a point when every second boy was given this name; it seems as though parents were trying to be unique but ended up being far too common.

• 'darleeeene, hitch up the trailer and get on your best pvc mini. we goin' dancin! leave the kids with bobbi-ann or bobbi-jo....' TRAILER TRASH
• For some reason, it just sounds like a drag queen's name.
• Dahleeeene - sounds like a window cleaning product - Windowlene - in fact any name ending in lene (leeeene) just sounds plain tacky.

• Please world - do not name another child David! It's a bland name with the only redeeming quality of being able to call someone "Davey".
• I keep a list of how many I know. In a year I got 49.
• As tolerable as is the David, it should be banned. I was in a class of 15 students of various ages (from 20 to 50), five of whom were named David. This was not an all-male class (which I think would increase the odds). The name is a bit dull, and even the Estonian version of Tavi is tipping over into the too-cute arena.

D'Ann - This name screams unwrapped Jolly Ranchers at the bottom of a purse, or slapping your kids and causing a scene in the customer service line at Wal-Mart.
Daphne: Makes me thing of Daffy Duck
Debra- (this spelling) Because, as someone who speaks pretty fluent Spanish, it makes me think, "of (the) bra!"
DEBRA / DEBBIE/ DEBORAH The cheerleader of the 80's. I just think it's boring due to overuse
DeeDee: Your daughter just might choose to become something other than a cheerleader. But a "DeeDee" has NO choice.
Delaney: Just sounds like the last name of the nutty family at the very edge of town, the ones in the bright green house whose mom is 300 pounds and wears fluorescent stretch pants in public and whose kids look like they never take a bath and live on Kool-aid and Skittles.
DELBERT I can't picture a little boy with this name and it simply sounds like a small-minded old man to me.
Deloris: To have a name that sounds similar to a female genital organ..that poor kid..I wouldn't be suprised if this poor kid legally changes his/her name by the age of 10!
Denise: 

• I've never met a Denise I've liked more than a week. It's a nasal name, and I suppose these unfortunate women who are named Denise become whiney because they have to say and hear their names for their entire lives.
• This is my name. I get "Dennis" ALL the time in school, waiting rooms, restaurants etc. It is also associated with the Greek goddess of wine. Great. Also, I was told by a prospective employer when I was young, "You just don't here too many young people with the name Denise, I thought you would be 50 years old before I met you!" Nice.

• Destiny, Desirae, and Sierra. These are what I call Walmart names. You know, the names you hear women in sweatpants yelling to their kids at Walmart. Same goes for Dylan, Tyler, and Logan.
• Destinee- It is my destiny to find this name, as with most "noun names" too pretencious.
• If you choose this name for your kid, then you're choosing her destiny as a stripper/prostitute. What sounds more like reality..."Hey, I'm Destiny, welcome to Hooters. I'll be your server for tonight." Or, "President Destiny sets new law: Prostitution is now legal!"
• This name is waaaaaay overused. I know 13 girls named Destiny, and that was just in my first 3 period classes in high school.
• Makes me think of predestination. I'd rather name a kid Free Will. :-)
• Can't shake the Desitin diaper rash cream connection, for one thing. For another, I'm not into these revamped Puritan-esque names. They have a very un-Puritanical effect, if you know what I mean.
• I don't like this name because it sounds trashy and tacky to me.
• The Destiny I went to school with got called "density."

Donald First thing I think of - duck
Donna- It sounds so strict, and, in some cases, mean.
Dorcas Dork...A** . Need I say more? Id like to know who thought of that one?
DORIS This name brings to mind an unattractive, boring older woman.
DOT This has always seemed to me to be too short, meaningless and inconsequential. With all the beautiful girl's names out there I can't imagine having to go through life as just a Dot
Doug: oh, so macho! The handsome guy with his love handles fighting a losing and painful looking battle with his skin-tight jeans. The one who likes to start fights in bars but is always the one complaining that everybody else is out to get him.
Dustin: I know a doctor who had a patient named Dustin Thuhall. Say it out loud.
DWAYNE 

• Dwaine: Children can be so cruel: "duh-wayne".
• I can't picture an intelligent or attractive man with this name. I, also, just don't care for the sound of it.
• Knock, knock. Who's there? Dwayne. Dwayne who? Dwayne the tub, I'm dwowning!

• Oh good God, I have no idea why I don't like this name. Probably commom-ness an the dreaded "y" It's especially bad for a girl.
• This name is overly trendy. I do not like the DILL sound it. I think it is very soft for a boy.

• Makes me think of elephants. I associate Ellie with extremely large women.
• My own nickname yes, but I get incredibly irritated by people giving it as a name in it's own right - it isn't!! . Short sweet and unusual nicknames like this should only come about AFTER having experienced the humiliation of being christened Eleanor or variant.

• way to common and i don't like the stereotype for the name- in your face. would never name my little girl emma because the would become emma h or emma b not just emma.
• this name (as well as Amy) always makes me think of soiled, leaking diapers. I can’t help it!

• For some reason, Erin always makes me think of earrings.
• sounds like the noise people make while vomiting

• Ethan: something they make you breathe to put you to sleep.
• This just sounds gross. Also, it conjures up an  image of a 7 year-old with sloppy brown cords, dirty hair and a snotty nose.

• ugly. And come on, it's a stereotypical nerd name if there ever was one, and worst possible way. Obvious target for bullying here.
• This is not a flattering name.

• sounds like Eunuch, not a good connection.
• I can't picture a child with this. All the Eunices have got to be over the age of 150, I swear.

• Seems like a girl's name. a BAD girl's name.
• woe to any boy with Gay as the first syllable of his name.

• This is a lead-containing mineral. Do you really want to name your child after something toxic?
• This name reminds me of "chicken" in Spanish.

Gaylord -It's a name that could bring a child hatred & would make a teacher read it & say "very funny"
Genesis: She seems to have an invisible Touch!
George Sounds like an old farmer to me. Then George of the Jungle also comes to mind.
Georgia: It seems too clumsy and reminds me of a character from an old episode of the Looney Tunes who kept saying "which way did he go George, which way did he go." Not very feminine and it's becoming way too popular to be considered original anymore.
Gerald: 

• Ugly, old, silly name. Not good.
• This is my husband's name, so I can speak honestly about it. I don't like it. I insist that he go by Jerry, because I dislike Gerald so much. Just the sound of it for some reason reminds me of a dirty old man. Gerard doesn't sound as bad to me, but i still don't like it.

• This was my nickname once.. Your child will beat you with bolling balls, frying pans and anything you can think of.
• Sounds like gherkins!
• Never met anyone under 80 with this name, and hopefully I never will!
• Sounds like a grumpy grandma... It doesn't fit a little girl and the suffix "-rude" is not flattering for anyone!

• It's a confusing name for other children to spell or read (speaking from personal experience I always thought it was pronounced "gladies" as in ladies not "laddies.
• sounds like an irritable housewife who probably wouldn't spend any extra money for Glad trash bags!'

• It's a last name! I hate when people give their kids last names as first names. Dick Grayson, anyone? Robin from Batman?
• It sounds too much like "Grease-son" or "greasy". I don't know. It just reminds me of grease.

• go backeth from whence thou came thou fiend from the middle-ages.
• I can't say it without wrinking my face up. It's just horrible sounding.
• I think this is the most boring name in the world

• Hailie-in fact Kailie, Bailie etc.theres something....incomplete about those names, that spelling is just....wrong.
• I never liked this name. It's everywhere now and it's not even that cute. It sounds like an old lady name to me.
• I used to think this name was cute until everyone started naming their daughters this. I just want to vomit whenever I see this name now, spelled alternately as Hayley (the correct spelling), Hailey, Hay-Lee, Hailie, Heylee, Haylie, etc. You could always use the similar-sounding name Hallie/Halle/Haley, or the Greek name Haidee.

• This name sounds like you are saying "hand a". It's just really nasally sounding and grating. I knew a German girl named Hannah, but she pronounced it like "Haun-a," which sounded nicer and more feminine to me than the American version...
• So many people like this name and I don't know why. It sounds like a very old lady name to me.
• This just seems kind of empty, having heard it so many times.

• It reminds me of feathers, heaters, and eaters. It's too trendy and sounds like the girl's easy
• Immediately when I meet another Heather, I can't even take them seriously because there have been like 13 others that I have just talked with. -- I dislike this name because it sounds like the name of a color, not a person! Also, I went to 5th grade with a girl named Heather Gray. I coulden't help feeling sorry for her.
• Looks like "heater"
• This is the most mundane name, if you like this name, you like every other name out there, it's that boring, and it's also outdated

• I find it insulting that someone would say the name Honey would not be taken seriously. My name is Honey (from birth), and I have had no problem being taken seriously by anyone because of my name. There are prejudicies concerning my name, and of course there are women who misuse it, as in the case of porn stars, and strippers. But I don't live up to that. I have grown to appreciate why I was named Honey. And I am proud of who I am. Most men I've met like my name, it's mostly women who have had a problem with it.
• This woman will never be taken seriously.

• Come on, it has 'whore' in it (when said aloud, obviously), for God's sake. That's a terrible association.
• Sounds like a stuffy, mean old lady with no friends.
• Not only is this name ugly in the way it rolls off your tongue, it reminds me of horse, and why would anyone want to be named after an old nag? This name seems to be only appropriate on 80-year-old-plus old ladies.

• it is a spanish name which means great garden. Not properly pronounced it never sounds good. also Hortense and Hortensia.
• I know two people with this name and it sounds just as unpleasant each time I hear it.

• This kid will grow up wearing all camo and being a redneck who goes out and shoots squirells.
• That's putting way too much pressure on the poor kid to be manly. What if he doesn't want to kill things?
• What if your child grows up to be a ballet dancer? Hunter is way too violent a name to give a child, in my opinion.

• It sounds ugly and whining - EEE-AAN! Say it over and over again and it sounds so weird.
  
• Eeee-ihn! Eeeeewwww! that nasal.
• There's two ways to pronounce it and it's too confusing and boring.

• Idaho, as in "I da 'ho!"
• “I did this, I did that”. Sounds like a good name for a narcissist. Or alternatively, “I dunno?”.
• I think of a very grumpy old lady!

• This is the perennial boring name.
• cranky little old Jewish guy who yells at kids who cut across his lawn

• I am Jewish, not fluent in hebrew, but know a few words and "Where is the" is translated phonetically as "Ayfo ze ha" perhaps with some imagination one might make a connection to "Iso be la" but there is no reference to poop, there are probably a number of words for poop in Hebrew as there is in many languages. I hope you will post my correction as it would be an injustice to sway someone from naming their girl with such a pretty sounding name.

• ick! my name is Jaclyn, and just because there are 50 million other Jackies people assume that's what i want to be called, and there's absolutely no correcting them. Plus, it just sounds ditzy and stupid, a cheerleader name.
• It manages to insult the nice names Jack, Jacquie, and Jacqueline. Whoever decided that Jackie is a valid nickname for Jacqueline must know a Jacqueline that they dislike.

• Seems to work best in the younger years...Doesn't really stand the test of time..I think it sounds pretty good if you are 2 years old!
• An okay name for a boy if you want half the neighborhood to come running when you call him.
  
  Jacqueline/Jacalyn/Jaclyn etc.: 
• Jacquelyn/Jacqulyn/etc.- I knew a girl in school whose name was Jacquelyn. Now when I hear the name, I think: Prep/Cheerleader.
• I think the worst spelling I've ever seen is Jackalyn-- because when I hear this name, all I can think of is "jackal" or "jack o' lantern." Pronouncing the Q, as in jack-wuh-lin sounds even worse.

• Jayden, Braydon, Caden, etc. - Too trendy, and there are too many ways to spell it. No one wants to go through life having their name misspelled (I know that from my own experience). And they just sound like brats. I can't picture a grown man with this name.
• Jaden/Braden/Caden, also Cailin and Jaylen.These are the names of spoiled, bratty boys, to me. As a teacher, these sound like the slackers with too many video games, who get mostly Cs, and whose mothers will call me at home, asking if their darling boys can retake the test for which they “forgot” to study.
• Jayden. Could parents name their child a name an wimpier than this?
• Jaden/Braden/Caden... Trendy to the nth degree. Lacking form, soul and substance. Take the suffix -aden and throw the latest trendy starting letter at the beginning. The Garanimals of the naming world.

• There are way too many Jennifers out there. What appeal does that name really hold, anyways? It's really kind of..blah.
• This is my name. It was also the name of half of the girls born in 1971. Furthermore, my last name began with a "W", so by the time the teacher got to me every year all the nicknames were gone. Jennifer, Jenna, Jenny, Jen, Jen Anne, Jay and finally me. I got to be "Fer". Most annoying for the child of vegetarians. Also, all the personalized tacky items you want to buy as souvenirs as a child were always sold out. I don't let anyone use this name or any variation of it anymore except in official capacities where I need to show ID. Sometimes in doctor's offices I forget what it is when they call me.
• WAY too common! Why would you name your kid that? To have the same name as every other girl in school? These are America's Mohamad.
• This is my name. Though I like my name fine, the fact that it is so overused that it's often unbearable to me really turns me off to the name. I went to school with plenty of Jennifers. I go by Jenn now just to distinguish myself. The thing that's sad is, this name was too popular 26 years ago, and it's still in the top 30 today! I just want to shout from the mountaintops to parents DON'T NAME YOUR DAUGHTERS JENNIFER! As I say on my site 'Your child is an individual - let her be so!'
• It's been so common for so long, it's a cliché. And it's not even pretty. If you really like the name, use Jenny or the original version Guinevere instead.
• I think I must have known 100 different ones in each class all through school. Very unoriginal.

• It's a word for a female donkey. Also it's way too common.
• I dislike the name Jenny because i know like 5 of them.

• When I was in fifth grade, there was this kid named Jeremy who was mean to me and my friends, so we called him Germy, Jerky Jeremy, or Jerkamy.
• My sister used to say it "Jermy" so now I always think of germs and unsanitary conditions.

• This name has always grated my ears with the hard "J" and "K" contrasted with the hissing "s". Whenever I hear people say it they always put a flat "a" sound at the end, too.
• Very common and with the nicknames that go along with it, its confusing. You never know if you should call them Jessica, Jess, or Jessie.

• “This is my son Jet and his brother Cab. Oh, and don’t forget their sister, Boat.”
• Here Jet....here kitty kitty kitty! What are you going to name his little sister "Fluffy"?

• With all the names in this world, it seems a pity to choose one so mundane. Just because his father/grandfather/greatgrandfather was named John doesn't mean you have to pass it on. It's like letting your mother-in-law choose your child's name.
• This name is way too boring and way too popular. It's also a nickname for a toilet.

• This is an okay name for a boy, but there is no reason for it to become a girl's name. Some of the names that converted from male to female a long time ago really do sound feminine. There is NOTHING feminine about Jordan.
• it sounds like your going to grow up as a basketball player. when it is a girls' name, the boys say you are going to marry the boy named jordon who is in your class. this is not a girl's name.
• There are two problems with this name. First of all, this is a boy's name, isn't it? Why name a girl Jordan? Even if it was a feminine name originally, most people would see the name on paper and think the person with the name was a boy. Second, this is also the name of a brand of shoes, so I wouldn't really choose this as a boy's name, either.
• Despite this being my name I TOTALLY dislike this name.It sounds nothing like what I am, and it reminds me of fat peeps (of course im not fat). Im also 1 one of the fastest peeps in my school and i dont know how to deal with money very well....

• glaringly effeminate goth guy who holes up in his room painting the walls black and cutting himself, thinks Trent Reznor's way more than a middle-aged self-absorbed teenager.
• Sounds like a starving poet who’s kind of lost in life. Feminine.
• Try and convince me this kind isn't going to get beat up all the time.

• ...and Mr. and Mrs. Case thought it would be cute to name their kid Justin. Plus it's already overused.
• This name is overused, too. It also makes me think of the (horrible) song "Just In Time".

• dont dislike it but prefer Kate, more grown up,prettier plus Katie is more of a nickname.
• Katie: pudgy kindergartner with fat pink chimpmunk cheeks, always giggling and simpering. Fast forward ten years: the same thing. Fast forward twenty more years: a transformation! Katie has lost thirty pounds, gotten a boob job and a nose bob and dyed her hair platinum blonde, but she's still got the chipmunk cheeks and the girlish giggle!
• It's just sort of plain. And anywhere you go, there'll be at least 5.

• I dont think anyone will use this for a while because of the connection to Hurricane Katrina but the spelling 'Caitríona' is much nicer.
• sounds like the cat got stuck in the latrine (which is a proper word for 'toilet')

• I dislike the name Kayla because it is becoming to common a name.
• So overused it’s not even funny. Plus, it’s a little too “cutesy” for my taste.
• This name sounds so childish, its like you want your child not to live to see adulthood when you give someone this name.
• the world is overflowing with them now