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[Opinions] Names you are tired of
Are there any names you are sick of hearing, either in real life or in fiction?

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I hate Riley for a girl. Blahhh
Liam & Noah
Julie/Julia/Giulia. Lovely name but everyone and their uncle seems to be naming their daughter this.
What about Yuliya?
Emma & Emily
I'm sick of hearing Riley, Jackson, Lily, Olivia, and Sophia. I guess that I have nothing against these names (I quite enjoy Sophia, even though I much prefer Sophie), but I hear them so constantly.
A little while ago I heard about some people who had a baby, so I asked what they named it, and the answer was Sophia. I had a surprisingly negative reaction to hearing it, like "ugh, boring" so I guess I'm sick of Sophia.
Not too sure how to explain this, but anything that sounds like someone tried to write a novel and had everything about the characters in mind except their names, forcing them to choose one of the first decently appealing placeholder names everyone else uses.Feminine examples: Evelyn, Charlotte, Rose, Chloe, Ella, especially Lily.Masculine examples: Alexander, Xavier, Luke, Ethan, Matt / Matthew, the dreaded Jake and Jacobs, and so on!

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I'm tired of a few that have transitioned to filler names..Claire
Grace
Violet
Rose
Lily
Elizabeth
I forgot to add Claire and Grace to my hate list.
In real life, Liam, Olivia/Oliver, and Layla/Leila/Lilah need a nice long break. More controversially not every family practicing Islam needs to name a child Muhammad. It is the most common name in the world, and I've heard it so, so much. I know it has religious significance, but there are lots of other lovely Arabic names that could use some love and have nice meanings. In romance novels, I'm tired of men with one syllable names like Trent, Shane, Jack, etc. I'm also tired of characters with names that are incongruous with their background unless the story at least acknowledges that it is weird. If a story is set in the 1800s and the heroine is named Everly, the author better have a good explanation.
Though indeed common and in some cases overused, I personally think Lucy is still a fun name

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Mateo, Lucas, Benjamin, Ethan, Jackson, Maverick, Aiden, Grayson, Carter, Jayden, Thiago, Jonathan, Ryan, Walker, Robert, Parker, Colton.Emma, Ava, Luna, Harper, Camila, Elizabeth, Hazel, Ellie, Lucy, Riley, Maya, Paisley, Everly, Sophie, Sarah.
I don't like Liam either. A cheap shortened version of William.
I don't think I'd mind it so much if it were more unusual.
But it's like the new Noah. Its character seems to have been bleached out by overexposure.
Elizabeth, Katherine, Isabel, Lily (and all Lily variations), Charlotte, Mary, Alexander, Sébastien, Jasper, Luna, Olivia, Emma, Emily, James, Theodore, Josephine, Theodora, Blair, Taylor, and I detest most gender neutral names. I'm sure there are more I'm just not thinking of at the moment.
Ivy
Violet
Nevaeh
Nova
Sierra
Sienna
Willow
Haven
Havana
Skye
River
Harlow
Arlo
Any Aden name
Any creative spelt name
Any inanimate object name
I second the Aden type names, any creative/butchered spellings & random objects as names.