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HelpPersonal least favourite name types
- Generic names you see all the time in fiction, typically short forms of existing names, are usually one syllable long and only 3 or 4 letters long. Examples include Bill, Bob, Jim and Fred. These feel like placeholder names at this point, as if the writers couldn't think of a better name and just chose one of them out of laziness. The funny thing is these names are becoming rarer in real life (James and William have refused to die so Jim and Bill are still somewhat common).
- Cringy modern names (typically only been popular for a few decades at the least). This includes names (almost always originally surnames, although there are exemptions like Alison, which I like) with the -son suffix (like Mason or Jackson), weird spellings of names (probably the worst example is Jaxxon), and names like Nevaeh. Not long ago names with the -den suffix like Aiden were popular but they are on the way out seemingly. And then there is Liam and Noah, which seriously need a long break because just imagine due to how common they are how many classes in the US will have 2 or more Liams and/or Noahs.
- Names that will not come back due to changes in the English language. Examples include Dick, Gay, Gaylord, and Fanny. This applies to internet slang such as Chad, Becky and Karen. This even applies to foreign languages, examples in German include Kevin (due to a stereotype of Germans with trendy, exotic-sounding first names like Kevin being considered to be an indicator of a low social class) and Horst (which is slang for an unintelligent person, like idiot is in English).
- Names that will not come back due to association with a particularly bad person. Adolf is probably the most well-known example of this, for obvious reasons, Judas is also an example (the variant form Jude is used occasionally as a name, however), with Jeffrey being a more recent example. I don't think Donald will be affected (it will still be popular in more conservative areas where Trump is more well-liked), at least for now. The same goes with Vladimir (it's an established name in the Slavic world) and Benjamin (a well-established name).
- Cringy modern names (typically only been popular for a few decades at the least). This includes names (almost always originally surnames, although there are exemptions like Alison, which I like) with the -son suffix (like Mason or Jackson), weird spellings of names (probably the worst example is Jaxxon), and names like Nevaeh. Not long ago names with the -den suffix like Aiden were popular but they are on the way out seemingly. And then there is Liam and Noah, which seriously need a long break because just imagine due to how common they are how many classes in the US will have 2 or more Liams and/or Noahs.
- Names that will not come back due to changes in the English language. Examples include Dick, Gay, Gaylord, and Fanny. This applies to internet slang such as Chad, Becky and Karen. This even applies to foreign languages, examples in German include Kevin (due to a stereotype of Germans with trendy, exotic-sounding first names like Kevin being considered to be an indicator of a low social class) and Horst (which is slang for an unintelligent person, like idiot is in English).
- Names that will not come back due to association with a particularly bad person. Adolf is probably the most well-known example of this, for obvious reasons, Judas is also an example (the variant form Jude is used occasionally as a name, however), with Jeffrey being a more recent example. I don't think Donald will be affected (it will still be popular in more conservative areas where Trump is more well-liked), at least for now. The same goes with Vladimir (it's an established name in the Slavic world) and Benjamin (a well-established name).
