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What classic/traditional name don't you like?
by Francisinfp5w4
2/19/2024, 10:18 PM
In my case it is: Alice, Amelia, Clara, Ella, Gabriel, Genevieve, Henry, Jack, Jacob, Josephine, Julia, Margaret, Oscar, Ruby, Ruth, Vincent, Theodore And I think Anna, Eleanor, Emma, James, Joseph, Michael and William are overrated.

This message was edited 2/19/2024, 10:23 PM

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- Gaia (ciara23)
2/21/2024, 11:27 AM
Off the top of my head..Girls: Rhonda, Samantha, and Gertrude. Like why?For the boys I don’t feel one way or another about most of them but I can’t say I like Humphrey.Other than that I actually like most classic names, especially for girls.
- EsmeLily
2/20/2024, 1:55 PM
DislikeWilliam/Liam (I prefer Willem or just Will)
Henry/Harry
George
Donald
Ronald
Kenneth
Ian
Andrew
Matthew
Michael (I can tolerate the female Michaela)
David
Robert
Stephen
Howard
Ernest
Norman
Scott
Todd
Bruce
Wayne
Horace Margaret (I do love Marguerite and Margot)
Julia (although I like Juliana, Julie and Juliet)
Jennifer/Jenna
Samantha
Anna (I prefer Hannah)
Amanda
Eunice
Gertrude
Mildred
Bertha
Ethel
Myrtle
Beulah
Victoria (but I don't mind Victor. Go figure.)
Ella
Mia
Sophia/Sofia (Sophie is my preference for this name)
Amelia (Amalia, Amalie or even Amelie are ok)
Tessa (just Tess will do for me)
Dora
Alyssa
Michelle (see Michael)
Nancy
Betty
- jonesilove
2/20/2024, 1:22 PM
Caleb. Usually I like Bible names. Not this one.Emma. I can’t think of a more milquetoast name. But I don’t necessarily hate it.Eleanor. This one’s the worst. It conjures up images of a stuffy, mean old woman. Can’t see why it’s so popular.
- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)
2/20/2024, 12:51 PM
I’ve never cared for Margaret.
- erb816
2/20/2024, 11:37 AM
GeorgeFrickin' George, man. He's king of this category.I don't get it - especially in English. I don't know how anyone hears, or says, "George" and things it's an attractive sound. It's two J-sound bookends with a drawn-out vowel in the middle. (French "Georges" isn't nearly as harsh, and Spanish "Jorge" is... eh. And Russian "Yuri" isn't too bad.)I don't like any feminizations of George, either: Georgette, Georgiana, Georgina - blech!
- New_Chloë (New_Chloe)
2/20/2024, 10:02 AM
I hate Matthew with a passion.
- Dianatiger   +4
2/19/2024, 10:34 PM
I've never been into Eleanor. Which is kind of interesting because E female names are my favorite. I have a great collection of E female names I love but it's never appealed to me in sound. It just feels dusty and sad. Evelyn either. Evelyn always makes me think of Evil Lynn.Others I don't like: William, Charles, George ( I guess I'm bashing on the Royals today) Patrick, Gregory, Franklin, Theodore, Robert, Jeffery, Donald, Ronald, Dennis, Susan, Jean, Joan, Ines, Ann / Anne, Abigail, Martha, Eunice, Barbara, Ellen, Josephine, Nancy, Deborah, Harriet, Theresa, Eliza etc.I don't hate it but I'm not hugely into Charlotte either. It's just so blah to me. I like it a little bit more as a middle name but as a first name it just feels so empty and meaningless to me. Jane and Mary have more substance to me than Charlotte.

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- Anneza   +3
2/20/2024, 7:57 AM
I was at school with a girl whose elder sister was named Lyneve. I thought it was interesting, certainly better than Evelyn, and I was disappointed that she was known as Lee.
- Dianatiger   +1
2/20/2024, 9:38 AM
Lynn-Eve or as Lynn - Evah like a reverse of Evelyn?
- Anneza
2/20/2024, 10:32 PM
A reversal, sounding like Lyn + Eve. Sort-of like Marie-Ann and Annmarie.
- Dianatiger
2/20/2024, 9:37 AM
Interesting