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I've been a name nerd for... a very long time. But there are some names that I've simply never understood the love for. These are names I started out disliking, and my tastes never warmed up to them.

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Most of these names are familiar in Anglophone cultures. These also aren't new creations, but have been around for at least several decades (some for centuries):

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Gertrude
Olga
Martha
Margaret
Sheila
Dinah
Beulah (actually don't know how "familiar" this is, but it might just be my least favorite name)
Evelyn
Madison
Susan
Grace
Lucy
Danielle
Samantha
Amanda
Ashley
Linda
&
Oliver
Benjamin
Samuel
Daniel
Asher
Dylan
Ian
Jerry
Jeremy
Cooper (really, any "occupational" surname ending in -er as a first name)

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Anyway, I wanted to hear some opinions of my perpetually-disliked names. Are there any you like? Any you 100% agree with in terms of distaste?

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Are there any other names that you, personally, just cannot get behind?

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Edit: I forgot Kyle.

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Please rate my personal name lists:

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www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/117507
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/109399
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/132018

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This message was edited 3/24/2025, 5:43 PM