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HelpThey aren't as bad as I expected them to be...
in reply to a message by Sabrina Fair
...but then again, I guess I only remembered the ugly and bizarre ones which scarred me mentally.
I'll rate each and every one of them, because I'm sick and bored.
The names I like:
Agnes - Love it. It's kind of retro, but still somehow youthful and refreshing. I'm so glad this name is getting more popular.
Alice - I *adore* this name.
Ana - This name is really growing on me right now.
Anna - Timeless classic.
Annamarie - Lovely. It's such a sweet and a very feminine name.
Audrey - Extremely elegant and pretty.
Clelia - HOORAY! I thought I was the only person on this forsaken planet who simply adores this gorgeous, elegant, shamefully underrated name.
Elena - Beautiful. It's so soft and delicate.
Evangeline - If names were songs, this name would be a symphony :-) It's just utterly stunning.
Fiona - Strong, sassy, and very pretty.
Gianna - Adorable. I just love the name this name sounds.
Giovanna - Very sophistocated and strong.
Iris - Simple, yet extremely beautiful.
Leila - I love this name so much. It's so melodic and lovely.
Leonore - Like it because it's uncommon. It's classic, yet rare.
Lucia - One of my all-time favourite girl names. I'd consider naming my daughter this.
Lucy - Love it. It's both cute and elegant, and would age tremendously well.
Maggie - Too nickname-y names are usually NMS, but I can't help but adore Maggie.
Marguerite - My favourite form of this name.
Paulina - Very cute and underused! What an original choice for a name.
Penelope - Love it. I love Mythological names.
Ramona - This name has been growing on me lately. It's beautiful and very, very strong.
Raphaela - Classic eccentric. Like it.
Romy - One of my recent favourites. I don't mind the fact that it's a bit of a nickname. I love it as a full name, too.
Sadie - This one is a little bit nicknamey, too, but I've always liked it on its own. It's nicely sassy.
Sofia - Beautiful. My favourite form of this name.
Thalia - Love the sound of this name.
Violet - Lovely. It's such a sweet, delicate name.
Adriano - Perhpas a little bit over-elaborated, but a handsome name anyhow
Aidan - Oh Aidan, Aidan. I don't care how trendy and popular you are, I still like you.
Angel - Gorgeous, fantastic name. I adore it.
Arthur - Lovely. A little bit retro, too, which is a good thing.
August - Like it, though Augustus is my ultimate favourite form of this name.
Cassius - Very elegant and sophistocated.
Damian - Gorgeous.
Diego - Ooh, I like it! It's very strong and somehow mysterious.
Filippo - Gah! How cute is this name?
Finley - Love it.
Francois-Joseph - I usually dislike hyphenated names, but this one works because the names match perfectly.
Johan - Darling. I adore this name.
Oscar - Sophsitocated and handsome.
Sandro - Love it, even though it makes me giggle because of an inside joke.
Christian - Love it. I know a lot of people dislike this name because they can't see it as anything else but a noun, but I don't have the same problem because English isn't my first language, which is why it's primarily a name to me.
Jules - Adorable. Love this name to bits.
Henri - Gorgeous. I just love almost every form of this name.
Orlando - Love it. Makes me think of my favourite book, Virginia Woolf's "Orlando".
William - Timeless classic.
Hermes - Yay! I love my deity names. This one is both classic and eccentric, both adorable and elegant, as well as both fun and serious.
Jean - I love the way this name is prnounced.
Marco - Great name. It's both fun and elegant.
River - My favourite nature name.
Hisahito - Love it.
Valentin - Gorgeous!
Oliver - Love this name. Could name my son this, actually.
Matthew - Classic and strong.
Jonas - Adorable :-)
Lorenz - Very nice, though I still prefer Lorenzo.
Luca - So handsome.
Vincent - One of my current favourites. It's so strong, handsome, elegant, and a little bit dark, too - in the good way. I associate this name to several people I admire.
Henry - Probably my favourite boy name right now.
Santiago - Lovely. Makes me think of "The Alchemist".
Jack - Simple, classic, and common, yet strong, fresh and spunky anyways.
Matheus - Like it.
Pearce - Very elegant.
Moses - I really like this name. It's so underused.
Mathis - Lovely.
Michael - Love it. It's simple and common, but likable and handsome anyways.
Gabriel - Used to love this name, but then I grew bored of seeing it everywhere and started to dislike it. Now I'm beginning to like it again, for some reason.
James - A timeless classic for a reason. It's so handsome and elegant.
Sasha - Spunky and adorable.
Viktor - Utterly gorgeous.
The "tickles my fancy, but not quite solid yet" list:
Angela - Just plain OK to me. I prefer other "angel" names.
Ava - The fact that it was used six times by celebrities this year alone shows exactly the problem with this name - it's just too popular right now, as pretty as it is.
Blanche - I don't hate this name, but I can't help but find it a little bit outdated right now because the only Blanches I know are over 50. Perhaps I'll change my mind someday.
Bluebell - I kind of like this name because I adore eccentric flower names, but on the other hand it does sound like the name of a beloved cow.
Camille - I used to like this name a lot more, but right now it's just "meh" to me.
Camelia - I prefer this name to Camille, but it's still just not quite there.
Eila - ...Is a hopeless "old lady" name where I live right now. I don't dislike the name, but it doesn't seem too fresh right now.
Gabriela - This is another name which I used to adore but have grown bored with ever since. Gabriela is certainly better than the more popular Gabrielle, though.
Guilia - Giulia would be amazing, but I'm not so sure about Guilia.
Franchesca - Not mentally-scarring-horrible, but not a name I've ever found appealing enough either.
Isabella - Again, this is a name I used to love but grew bored with ever since.
Jackie - I absolutely adore this as a NN, but I don't think it's strong enough to stand on its own.
Joanna-Zaria - the names aren't too bad - I really like Joanna - but the hyphen freaks me out.
Laura - I'd probably like this name if it wasn't the name of the meanest, most vicious, and most hateful person I've ever had the displeasure of knowning.
Luisa - I just prefer Louisa. I like the way this name sounds, but the way it's spelled isnt' too appealing.
Margaret - It's just OK. I prefer otehr forms of this name.
Maya - Too popular, IMO, though it's pretty enough in its own right.
Mitty - Cute as a NN, but way too cutesy to stand on its own.
Moa - As the title says, tickles my fancy, but not quite solid yet.
Ruby - I don't hate this name, but I've just never gotten myself to like it either. I just don't find it attractive enough.
Ruth - Ditto to former
Scarlett - Used to love this name, but for some reason I'm no longer crazy about it.
True - One of the better word names out there, but still NMS.
Violette - A little bit over-elaborated, IMO. I prefer Violet.
Ace - OK, but a little bit silly. Something about it makes me laugh. I just can't put my finger on it.
Augustin - I prefer other forms of this name.
Baron - Pompous, but not hideous.
Barron - Pompous with an unnecessary r, but not hideous.
Brandon - Not too bad, but not too great anyways.
Deacon - Prefer this one as a mere surname.
Dylan - Booooooring - but not awful.
Enrico - OK.
Finn - I prefer it as a surname.
Nicolas - Like it, but I don't love it.
Maximilian - Ditto.
Zach - too much of a NN, IMO.
Walter - I still haven't decided whether I like this name or not.
Marcos - Nice, but I prefer Marcus.
Quinn - It has a nice sound to it, but I think it's better off as a mere surname.
Samuel - OK, though I've grown a little bit bored of it.
Leland - Not too bad as far as surname names go, but it's still NMS.
Johnny - Too much of a NN to stand on its own.
Tate - Surname.
Kingston - Ditto.
Maddox - I have a strange fondness for this name, even though it's technically NMS.
Leone - Nice, but I prefer Leon.
Mickey - Mouse?
Zander - I'm not sure whether I like this name or not.
Miroslav - Slavic-chic, but not quite there yet.
Georgi - Cute, though NMS.
Dexter - Geeky, and not in the good way.
The "meh" list of names I just don't have an opinion on:
Flaminia
Flavie
Neva
Sumayah
Suri
Bronwyn
Cathal
Enzo
Yeelan
Nikita
Malone
Frank
The names I dislike:
Alexa - Boring! One of my least favourite forms of Alexandra.
Amber - I'm sorry, but I just can't think of this name as anything else than somebody's stripper alias.
Bailey - Ugh. I could tolerate this name on a boy, though, but it would still make me think of Bailey's Irish Cream - which is delicious, but not something I'd like to associate to a child.
Brighton - Surname names are NMSAA. Especially not this one.
Carlie-Yohanna - 1) I can't stand the name Carlie because it's so cutesy 2) I prefer Johanna 3) I dislike hyphenated names 4) the names sound ridicilous together with the hyphen
Dannie-lynn - Terrible. I know that Anna Nicole Smith named her daughter this to honour her late son called Daniel, but seriously - anything would be better than this illiterate piece of awfulness. What's wrong with Danielle, or even Dannie Lynn?
Darcey - I absolutely loathe this name on a girl.
Grier - Adore it on a boy, but not on a girl.
Emma - I'm *so* bored with this name.
Finley - No! I adore this name on a boy, but I absolutely hate, loathe, despise and detest it on a girl.
Levi - On a girl? Come on!
Lexie - I could tolerate this name as a NN for Alexandra, but I highly dislike it as a full name.
Lou - Sounds too much like the word 'loo'.
Lou-Anne - Ditto.
Loy-Anne - Que?
Makani - If I ever see another "Mak-" starting girls name, I swear I start hurting people.
Me'arah - WTF? Is this supposed to be a kry8tyvv form of Mira? I've never understood the appeal of names which will only display one's total lack of interest in proper grammar and education. Is that really something parents want to burden their children with?
Mikayla - I hate this name with smouldering passion. The world would be a much, much brighter place if this name didn't exist.
Nico - ... Is a boy's name.
Nicole - So overused it hurts.
Sam - Like it as a boy's name, like it as a NN on a girl, but dislike it as a full name.
Shiloh - Out of all the boy names that sound really bad on girls for various reasons, this has got to be the worst.
Skye - Treeeendy.
Stella - I'm sorry, but I just can't get myself to like this name. I can't help but find it hopelessly unattractive.
Summer - I've never understood the appeal of this name.
Savannah - Nor this one.
Adyson - Tremendously horrible. How could anyone do this to child?
Mitzi - Sounds like the name of a pink poodle or a pocket-sized chihuahua.
Alix-Elouan - Bizarre. The hyphen creeps me out a little bit. I wasn't exactly sure about whether I hate this name or not, but I put it in the bad list anyways.
Cadon - Jaydon, Bryden, Caden, Aidon... Will the horror ever end?
Clay - Silly.
Devon - Sillier.
Elwood - ...Is a lovely surname, but just doesn't work as a FN.
Ethan - I'm so sick of this name.
Shaqueel - Boring.
Riley - I hate this name so much that I get angry whenever I see it.
Jayden - ...And I hate this name so much it makes me want to destroy something.
Tennyson - Dislike it immensely.
Jaden - *destroys something*
Zolten - Huh?
Hudson - Nice surname, bad FN.
Tyler - *vomit* Terrible. Just plain terrible.
Waylon - Creepy.
Ryder - Ridicilous and faux-masculine. I can't help but feel like this is the kind of name someone freakishly insecure about his own masculinity would name his child.
Kody - Incredibly unintellectual.
Mason - Blargh.
Slater - No. Just no.
Chase - Awful.
I'll rate each and every one of them, because I'm sick and bored.
The names I like:
Agnes - Love it. It's kind of retro, but still somehow youthful and refreshing. I'm so glad this name is getting more popular.
Alice - I *adore* this name.
Ana - This name is really growing on me right now.
Anna - Timeless classic.
Annamarie - Lovely. It's such a sweet and a very feminine name.
Audrey - Extremely elegant and pretty.
Clelia - HOORAY! I thought I was the only person on this forsaken planet who simply adores this gorgeous, elegant, shamefully underrated name.
Elena - Beautiful. It's so soft and delicate.
Evangeline - If names were songs, this name would be a symphony :-) It's just utterly stunning.
Fiona - Strong, sassy, and very pretty.
Gianna - Adorable. I just love the name this name sounds.
Giovanna - Very sophistocated and strong.
Iris - Simple, yet extremely beautiful.
Leila - I love this name so much. It's so melodic and lovely.
Leonore - Like it because it's uncommon. It's classic, yet rare.
Lucia - One of my all-time favourite girl names. I'd consider naming my daughter this.
Lucy - Love it. It's both cute and elegant, and would age tremendously well.
Maggie - Too nickname-y names are usually NMS, but I can't help but adore Maggie.
Marguerite - My favourite form of this name.
Paulina - Very cute and underused! What an original choice for a name.
Penelope - Love it. I love Mythological names.
Ramona - This name has been growing on me lately. It's beautiful and very, very strong.
Raphaela - Classic eccentric. Like it.
Romy - One of my recent favourites. I don't mind the fact that it's a bit of a nickname. I love it as a full name, too.
Sadie - This one is a little bit nicknamey, too, but I've always liked it on its own. It's nicely sassy.
Sofia - Beautiful. My favourite form of this name.
Thalia - Love the sound of this name.
Violet - Lovely. It's such a sweet, delicate name.
Adriano - Perhpas a little bit over-elaborated, but a handsome name anyhow
Aidan - Oh Aidan, Aidan. I don't care how trendy and popular you are, I still like you.
Angel - Gorgeous, fantastic name. I adore it.
Arthur - Lovely. A little bit retro, too, which is a good thing.
August - Like it, though Augustus is my ultimate favourite form of this name.
Cassius - Very elegant and sophistocated.
Damian - Gorgeous.
Diego - Ooh, I like it! It's very strong and somehow mysterious.
Filippo - Gah! How cute is this name?
Finley - Love it.
Francois-Joseph - I usually dislike hyphenated names, but this one works because the names match perfectly.
Johan - Darling. I adore this name.
Oscar - Sophsitocated and handsome.
Sandro - Love it, even though it makes me giggle because of an inside joke.
Christian - Love it. I know a lot of people dislike this name because they can't see it as anything else but a noun, but I don't have the same problem because English isn't my first language, which is why it's primarily a name to me.
Jules - Adorable. Love this name to bits.
Henri - Gorgeous. I just love almost every form of this name.
Orlando - Love it. Makes me think of my favourite book, Virginia Woolf's "Orlando".
William - Timeless classic.
Hermes - Yay! I love my deity names. This one is both classic and eccentric, both adorable and elegant, as well as both fun and serious.
Jean - I love the way this name is prnounced.
Marco - Great name. It's both fun and elegant.
River - My favourite nature name.
Hisahito - Love it.
Valentin - Gorgeous!
Oliver - Love this name. Could name my son this, actually.
Matthew - Classic and strong.
Jonas - Adorable :-)
Lorenz - Very nice, though I still prefer Lorenzo.
Luca - So handsome.
Vincent - One of my current favourites. It's so strong, handsome, elegant, and a little bit dark, too - in the good way. I associate this name to several people I admire.
Henry - Probably my favourite boy name right now.
Santiago - Lovely. Makes me think of "The Alchemist".
Jack - Simple, classic, and common, yet strong, fresh and spunky anyways.
Matheus - Like it.
Pearce - Very elegant.
Moses - I really like this name. It's so underused.
Mathis - Lovely.
Michael - Love it. It's simple and common, but likable and handsome anyways.
Gabriel - Used to love this name, but then I grew bored of seeing it everywhere and started to dislike it. Now I'm beginning to like it again, for some reason.
James - A timeless classic for a reason. It's so handsome and elegant.
Sasha - Spunky and adorable.
Viktor - Utterly gorgeous.
The "tickles my fancy, but not quite solid yet" list:
Angela - Just plain OK to me. I prefer other "angel" names.
Ava - The fact that it was used six times by celebrities this year alone shows exactly the problem with this name - it's just too popular right now, as pretty as it is.
Blanche - I don't hate this name, but I can't help but find it a little bit outdated right now because the only Blanches I know are over 50. Perhaps I'll change my mind someday.
Bluebell - I kind of like this name because I adore eccentric flower names, but on the other hand it does sound like the name of a beloved cow.
Camille - I used to like this name a lot more, but right now it's just "meh" to me.
Camelia - I prefer this name to Camille, but it's still just not quite there.
Eila - ...Is a hopeless "old lady" name where I live right now. I don't dislike the name, but it doesn't seem too fresh right now.
Gabriela - This is another name which I used to adore but have grown bored with ever since. Gabriela is certainly better than the more popular Gabrielle, though.
Guilia - Giulia would be amazing, but I'm not so sure about Guilia.
Franchesca - Not mentally-scarring-horrible, but not a name I've ever found appealing enough either.
Isabella - Again, this is a name I used to love but grew bored with ever since.
Jackie - I absolutely adore this as a NN, but I don't think it's strong enough to stand on its own.
Joanna-Zaria - the names aren't too bad - I really like Joanna - but the hyphen freaks me out.
Laura - I'd probably like this name if it wasn't the name of the meanest, most vicious, and most hateful person I've ever had the displeasure of knowning.
Luisa - I just prefer Louisa. I like the way this name sounds, but the way it's spelled isnt' too appealing.
Margaret - It's just OK. I prefer otehr forms of this name.
Maya - Too popular, IMO, though it's pretty enough in its own right.
Mitty - Cute as a NN, but way too cutesy to stand on its own.
Moa - As the title says, tickles my fancy, but not quite solid yet.
Ruby - I don't hate this name, but I've just never gotten myself to like it either. I just don't find it attractive enough.
Ruth - Ditto to former
Scarlett - Used to love this name, but for some reason I'm no longer crazy about it.
True - One of the better word names out there, but still NMS.
Violette - A little bit over-elaborated, IMO. I prefer Violet.
Ace - OK, but a little bit silly. Something about it makes me laugh. I just can't put my finger on it.
Augustin - I prefer other forms of this name.
Baron - Pompous, but not hideous.
Barron - Pompous with an unnecessary r, but not hideous.
Brandon - Not too bad, but not too great anyways.
Deacon - Prefer this one as a mere surname.
Dylan - Booooooring - but not awful.
Enrico - OK.
Finn - I prefer it as a surname.
Nicolas - Like it, but I don't love it.
Maximilian - Ditto.
Zach - too much of a NN, IMO.
Walter - I still haven't decided whether I like this name or not.
Marcos - Nice, but I prefer Marcus.
Quinn - It has a nice sound to it, but I think it's better off as a mere surname.
Samuel - OK, though I've grown a little bit bored of it.
Leland - Not too bad as far as surname names go, but it's still NMS.
Johnny - Too much of a NN to stand on its own.
Tate - Surname.
Kingston - Ditto.
Maddox - I have a strange fondness for this name, even though it's technically NMS.
Leone - Nice, but I prefer Leon.
Mickey - Mouse?
Zander - I'm not sure whether I like this name or not.
Miroslav - Slavic-chic, but not quite there yet.
Georgi - Cute, though NMS.
Dexter - Geeky, and not in the good way.
The "meh" list of names I just don't have an opinion on:
Flaminia
Flavie
Neva
Sumayah
Suri
Bronwyn
Cathal
Enzo
Yeelan
Nikita
Malone
Frank
The names I dislike:
Alexa - Boring! One of my least favourite forms of Alexandra.
Amber - I'm sorry, but I just can't think of this name as anything else than somebody's stripper alias.
Bailey - Ugh. I could tolerate this name on a boy, though, but it would still make me think of Bailey's Irish Cream - which is delicious, but not something I'd like to associate to a child.
Brighton - Surname names are NMSAA. Especially not this one.
Carlie-Yohanna - 1) I can't stand the name Carlie because it's so cutesy 2) I prefer Johanna 3) I dislike hyphenated names 4) the names sound ridicilous together with the hyphen
Dannie-lynn - Terrible. I know that Anna Nicole Smith named her daughter this to honour her late son called Daniel, but seriously - anything would be better than this illiterate piece of awfulness. What's wrong with Danielle, or even Dannie Lynn?
Darcey - I absolutely loathe this name on a girl.
Grier - Adore it on a boy, but not on a girl.
Emma - I'm *so* bored with this name.
Finley - No! I adore this name on a boy, but I absolutely hate, loathe, despise and detest it on a girl.
Levi - On a girl? Come on!
Lexie - I could tolerate this name as a NN for Alexandra, but I highly dislike it as a full name.
Lou - Sounds too much like the word 'loo'.
Lou-Anne - Ditto.
Loy-Anne - Que?
Makani - If I ever see another "Mak-" starting girls name, I swear I start hurting people.
Me'arah - WTF? Is this supposed to be a kry8tyvv form of Mira? I've never understood the appeal of names which will only display one's total lack of interest in proper grammar and education. Is that really something parents want to burden their children with?
Mikayla - I hate this name with smouldering passion. The world would be a much, much brighter place if this name didn't exist.
Nico - ... Is a boy's name.
Nicole - So overused it hurts.
Sam - Like it as a boy's name, like it as a NN on a girl, but dislike it as a full name.
Shiloh - Out of all the boy names that sound really bad on girls for various reasons, this has got to be the worst.
Skye - Treeeendy.
Stella - I'm sorry, but I just can't get myself to like this name. I can't help but find it hopelessly unattractive.
Summer - I've never understood the appeal of this name.
Savannah - Nor this one.
Adyson - Tremendously horrible. How could anyone do this to child?
Mitzi - Sounds like the name of a pink poodle or a pocket-sized chihuahua.
Alix-Elouan - Bizarre. The hyphen creeps me out a little bit. I wasn't exactly sure about whether I hate this name or not, but I put it in the bad list anyways.
Cadon - Jaydon, Bryden, Caden, Aidon... Will the horror ever end?
Clay - Silly.
Devon - Sillier.
Elwood - ...Is a lovely surname, but just doesn't work as a FN.
Ethan - I'm so sick of this name.
Shaqueel - Boring.
Riley - I hate this name so much that I get angry whenever I see it.
Jayden - ...And I hate this name so much it makes me want to destroy something.
Tennyson - Dislike it immensely.
Jaden - *destroys something*
Zolten - Huh?
Hudson - Nice surname, bad FN.
Tyler - *vomit* Terrible. Just plain terrible.
Waylon - Creepy.
Ryder - Ridicilous and faux-masculine. I can't help but feel like this is the kind of name someone freakishly insecure about his own masculinity would name his child.
Kody - Incredibly unintellectual.
Mason - Blargh.
Slater - No. Just no.
Chase - Awful.
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