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Weird/ugly names I came across this week
All are the names of older Gen-Z girlsAnaleisa
Analexa
Carrington
Chaney
Channing
Chimdalu
Desiah
Karalyne
Kezziah
Kirby
Maile
Meadow
Powell
Shairel
Talynn
TannerWDYT?

This message was edited 2/15/2025, 2:09 PM

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I like Meadow. Karalyne is okay.
A lot of these are last names as first names.
People are allowed to have different taste, so I'm not sure I like calling them weird or ugly. That being said Analexa is too close to anorexia.

This message was edited today, 2:09 AM

I'm surprised you are the first one to mention that- yes! that was the first thing I thought when I read Analexa.And even as a girl who also has a last name as a first name, I still don't like many of them lol. And yes people are allowed to have different tastes 100%.
I think Maile is quite beautiful, but I find a lot of Hawaiian names lovely. Meadow is also very sweet and Keziah I love, but that spelling only.
I like Analeisa, that's it. I agree these are ugly names.
Channing (F) is a GP of mine 🙈 Met a cute little girl with the name and kind of fell in love, though not enough to ever use personally. Carrington is another GP of mine, but male only.The only ugly thing about Kezziah is the spelling. Keziah is on my PNL. Analeisa also just has an ugly spelling if it's pronounced like Annalisa.
Aw, I like Meadow. Even if it’s a little unusual.
I like Analeisa though I’d prefer the spelling Anneliese. Kara Lynn as a combo is better than as one name. Maile is nice. I’d pronounce it MAY lee and maybe spell it Mailee. Tanner is a boys name to me.

This message was edited 2/16/2025, 9:30 AM

Carrington, Chaney, Powell and Tanner are surname-names. As a category I don't mind those. Kezziah, is pretty close Keziah, who was a daughter of Job, and means "cinnamon." I don't like "typo" spellings, but it's close enough to get a pass. Meadow, I actually like. The rest... thumbs down.
Analeisa– okay
Analexa– Ana + Alexa..? I would like more as Analeksa.
Carrington– surname.
Chaney– I don't know how to say this but it reminds me of my langauge for "black"
Channing– surname?
Chimdalu– I don't like it, I prefer Chimwendu (same usage)
Desiah– huh
Karalyne– I don't like kre8tiv spellings
Kezziah– why extra z
Kirby– isn't it a video game character
Maile– it is okay, I prefer Maike (even though it sounds like my langauge for shirt)
Meadow– word, that is not a name
Powell– surname.
Shairel– shie-rehl = like, shey-rehl = okay
Talynn– Tallinn.
Tanner– surname.
I'm clueless about video games, but Kirby is an English-language surname. As surnames go, it works quite well as a given name, except that I've got painful memories of a friend with that very surname who came to a sad and dreadful end, too young.
It's also a very specific, highly meme'd video game character :') having this name in a school yard in the 2020's would be... unpleasant. Always Google before making it official.
I like Analeisa, though I would prefer Annalisa. Analexa is neat. Meadow is alright, but kind of hippie. Maile is nice. Chimdalu is a cool name.I don't like Carrington, Tanner, Channing and Powell bc they are too surname-y. I am not a fan of Kirby. I don't care for Talynn that much because I don't like names that are combinations of phonetic elements that much.
I don't have very strong opinions on the others.

This message was edited 2/15/2025, 5:18 PM

Maybe don't call these names "ugly"? A few of these seem cultural.
that doesn't make them sound any betterugly is just an opinion anyways. just because i find them ugly doesn't mean you will too, and that's okay.