Five Favorite/Least Favorite

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

What are your five favorite and five most hated names for each gender?


BOYS - FAVORITES
1. Sam(uel)
2. Michael
3. Elliot
4. Henry
5. Charlie

BOYS - HATED
1. Kayden (and the other Aidan variations, but this is my most hated)
2. Jason
3. Jeffery
4. Devin
5. Carson

GIRLS - FAVORITE
1. Juliet
2. Eleanor/Ellie
3. Louisa
4. Harriet
5. Madeleine

GIRLS - HATED
1. Bronwynn
2. Elliot (on girls!)
3. Madison
4. Evangeline
5. Isla

Comments

unranked...like/hate them all

[virginiadare.livejournal.com]

BOYS - FAVORITES
1. Beckett
2. Brady Patrick
3. Alexander
4. Fletcher
5. Ashton (a guilty pleasure)

BOYS - HATED
1. Jaden
2. Richard or John Henry. Don't give your kid a nickname that could be "dick"
3. Anything Texas sounding like Austin or Buck
4. Nothing with initials that are BJ. Please. Have mercy.
5. Old Testament names. That's just me. I don't like them. Noah? Come on.

GIRLS - FAVORITE
1. Katherine Scarlett (Katie Scarlett)
2. Shannon
3. Spencer
4. Sage
5. Samantha

GIRLS - HATED
1. Neveah
2. Mikayla (or Kayla or anything like that)
3. Ava, can't say I *hate* it viscerally, but I know way too many preschoolers named Ava. Stop the madness!
4. Emily. Same as number three.
5. I think I hate Mikayla enough to count that name twice. I really hate that name. I think it sounds white trashy.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Favorites
Cedric, Leo, Tavish, Felix, Martin
Daphne, Tabitha, Delphine, Elsa, Calista

Least favorites
Brock, Colby, Maddox, Aiden, Tucker
Alexia, Piper, Destiny, Evangeline, Margot

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

Girls: Loved:
Isabel
Ruby
Alexis
Milla
Grace

Hated:
Jailynn/Kaitlynn (butchered)
Madison
Ashleigh
Irene
Taylor


Boys
Loved:
Asher
Noah
Evan
Hamish
Ruben

Hated:
Peter
Kaiden/Ayden (butchered)
Charles
Anything shortened to AJ,BJ,CJ, etc
Jack

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Evangeline! I definitely hate that more than Isobel! hahaha. I knew I forgot one.

I like Piper and Tucker, and I'm not a huge fan of Tavish or Delphine, but otherwise I totally agree with your lists.

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Your list is refreshing- not the same names again and again, you know?

(LOVE Felix!)

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Favorite Girls
Neva
Arwen
Velda
Adeline
Lily

Favorite Boys
Liam
Rowan
Pierce
Egan
Victor

Least Favorite Girls
Amanda
Marie
Mikayla
Cat
Nicole

Least Favorite Boys
Jared
Charles
Ryan
Aiden
Sebastian

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

LIKE!

Girls:
Elizabeth
Matilda
Claire
Erin
Katherine


Boys:
Hugh
Harvey
Erik
Daniel
Silas

DISLIKE!

Girls:
Sarah
Leah/Lee/Leigh/Lea
Ashley
Britney
K+ some random sound with a Y thrown in...

Boys:
Robert - Bobby
Jack
Lucas/Luke
Brady
Rodney

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

5. Isobel (I hate that spelling. That spelling always bother me)

Meeee tooooooo!

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I love Felix and Daphne!

[arbus.livejournal.com]

boys favorites:
max
oliver
august
finn/finnigan
luca/lucas (cant decide)

boys hate:
brayden/cayden/jayden/etc (no explanation needed)
cody/colby (or anything similar that sounds like a little boys name and has no business being any boys name who is above the age of ten)
austin (just trashy)
scott (have always hated that name, and now have even more reason to hate it with a crazy ex named that)
heath (have just always hated it)

girls favorites:
violet
sophie
pippa
ruby
francesca

girls hate:
jordan (or any spelling)
madison (trashy and way too common)
taylor (it falls in the same category as jordan to me, i just dislike it so much)
destiny (or anything else stupid like lexus and diamond, etc)
arabella (or anything else that sounds like it should be the name of a fairy princess, see cody above, same reasons)

Re: unranked...like/hate them all

[starlight613.livejournal.com]

Wait, how do you get "Dick" out of John Henry?

[farawaysong.livejournal.com]

Boys - Favorite
1. Luke
2. Jude
3. Max
4. Finn
5. Julian

Boys - Hated
1. Brock
2. Riley
3. Jayden
4. Alex
5. Brad

Girls - Favorite
1. Lucy
2. Isabel
3. Caroline
4. Ruby
5. Claire

Girls - Hated
1. Britney (any spelling)
2. Ashley
3. Kaitlyn
4. Reagan
5. Bailey

Re: unranked...like/hate them all

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

I think John Henry is slang for penis.

Re: unranked...like/hate them all

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

You're thinking of John Thomas.

Re: unranked...like/hate them all

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

LOL, you're right. Oops!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

GIRLS - FAVOURITE
1. Margaret
2. Eloise
3. Camilla
4. Rosalie
5. Jane

BOYS - FAVOURITE
1. Colin
2. Joseph
3. Edward
4. William
5. Evander

GIRLS - HATED
1. Addison
2. Harper
3. Soleil
4. Peyton
5. Piper

BOYS - HATED
1. Braxton
2. Sebastian
3. Cooper
4. Cannon
5. Gage

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Actually, replace Sebastian with Jackson. I really hate Jackson.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Girls: (loved)
Adriana
Aurora/Aurelia (can't decide)
Juliana/Juliet (can't decide)
Lydia
Serena
(hated)
Emily/Emma
Madison
Jessica
Eleanor
Harper

Boys (loved)
Derek
Ian
Joseph (It's a classic)
Sean
William

(hated)
Atticus
Ezra
Luca (I hate most boys' names ending in A)
Braden and variants
Finn

Re: unranked...like/hate them all

[virginiadare.livejournal.com]

Okay! That's what I meant! No boy names that are slang for penises!!

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Honestly, a lot of the time the names flip from one list to the other.

Boys, Favourites
1. Henry
2. Oliver
3. Alexander
4. Roman
5. James

Boys, Hated
1. Michael
2. Le-anything (LeShaun, for example)
3. Brayden/Jayden/Kayden
4. Oliver (which is on both, I realise)
5. Jason/Jacob (the same to me)

Girls, Favourites
1. Lily
2. Matilda
3. Tamsin (this is very narcissistic, but I really like my name!)
4. Clare
5. Rilla

Girls, Hated
1. Ella
2. Sophia (sounds really stuffy, but I like Sophie!)
3. Sarah/Nicole/Catherine/Jessica
4. Emily
5. Pe/ayton

[one-vice.livejournal.com]

Boys, Favourites
1. Henry
2. James
3. John
4. Miles
5. Finn

Boys, Hated
1. Anything that ends with -den
2. Tyler
3. Hunter
4. Logan
5. Zack/Zachary

Girls, Favourites
1. Evelyn
2. Elizabeth
3. Katherine
4. Josephine
5. Charlotte

Girls, Hated
1. Madison
2. Olivia
3. Abigail
4. Peyton
5. Taylor

[sevensevenfour.livejournal.com]

BOYS - FAVORITES
1. Tykin
2. Sirius
3. Brody
4. Camden
5. Seven

BOYS - HATED
1. Seth
2. Anthony
3. Sean
4. Zachary/Zak/Zach
5. Christian

GIRLS - FAVORITE
1. Kaylea
2. Ginevra
3. Finley
4. Normandy
5. Phoenix

GIRLS - HATED
1. Nevaeh
2. Grace/Hope/Faith/Puritan names
3. Bessie
4. Bertha
5. Mildred

[anapology.livejournal.com]

FAVOURIRE

Aurelia
Esmé
Felicity
Iola
Mariela


HATED
Mackenzie
Stacey
Joanne
Sarah
Rachel



FAVOURITE
Beau
Jett
Lucas
Rory
Sebastian


HATED
Craig
Thomas
Richard
Peter
Nathan/Nathanial

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Annabelle and Elyse are two of my favourites! I agree with you about Louise though, but for some reason I love Eloise.. even though I also hate Ellie.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

i think Soleil sounds so gorgeous, too bad it looks ugly. Id still use it as a middle though.

[sailorneptune.livejournal.com]

Off the top of my head, my least favourites:

Boys - hated:
1. Caleb
2. Charles
3. Justin
4. Samuel
5. Sebastien

Girls - hated:
1. Britney/Tiffany/Ashley/etc
2. Mary
3. Vanessa
4. Amanda
5. Rebecca

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I think it looks better than it sounds, but it just seems really pretentious to me.

[mystickiwi.livejournal.com]

BOYS - FAVORITES
1. Titus
2. Kyle
3. Andrew
4. David
5. Ross

BOYS - HATED
1. Harry/Harold
2. Stuart/Stewart
3. Jesse
4. Christian
5. Ephram (I heard it on Everwood and thought it was just the worst name ever, but I've never met anyone who had it/wanted to use it)

GIRLS - FAVORITE
1. Victoria
2. Sophia
3. Gwendolyn
4. Julia
5. Naomi

GIRLS - HATED
1. Louise/Louisa
2. Patty/Patricia
3. Lois
4. Doris
5. Sally

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

OMG I love you for hating the name Abigail, I detest that name, it is just atrocious!

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

I know the boys names are kinda blah, but they are the names I have loved for a long time, I know I'd probably never use them because of how popular they are though.

Girl Loves:
Aurelia
Violet
Ada
Leila
Lena / Louisa (couldn't choose)

Girl Hates:
Abigail
Nevaeh
Destiny and variants (such a trashy name)
Crystal (ditto trashy)
Carmindy and variants (again trashy and stripper-ish)

Boy Loves:
Oliver
Caleb
Adam
Jack
Joseph

Boy Hates:
Wolfgang
Jayden and variants
Austin
Travis
John

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

I detest Abigail too! Especially the nickname Abby/Abbey. We should make a support group for those who dislike it, since so many people are in love with it. :]

[xo-inthered.livejournal.com]

My middle name is Louise, and I cannot for the life of me understand how anyone could think is was a nice name.
I hate it so much.

[sweet-caro1ine.livejournal.com]

Boys
Fave - Seth, Perry, Aiden, Gabriel, Riley
Least Fave - Varients/extensions of Aiden, Robert, Richard, Donald, Chuck

Girls
Fave - Audrey, Harper, Delilah, Amy, Brianna
Least Fave - Tiffany, Britney, Stephanie, Melissa, Madison

At least these are my faves/least faves for now. It seems to change quite regularly. Even more so now after discovering this community and being exposed to so many new and wonderful names.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

+ Women
Rosamund, Henrietta, Leilani, Una, Melanie

+ Men
Sidney, Otis, Eamon, Harvey, David


- Women
Kaylee/Kayla/Keyleigh/Jayla/Jaylee/Mikayla/Kaylin/Keylyn, Grace, McKenzie/McKinley/McDonald's, Trinity, Peyton

- Men
DWAYNE, Brody/Brady/Braiden, Jackson, Damien/Damian, Peyton

[indyselsa.livejournal.com]

I know a woman with two daughters she's named Sierra and a Rhiannah. They're the most white bread people ever, yet she chose those names. Makes me insane.

Re: unranked...like/hate them all

[pinkslit.livejournal.com]

my daughter is scarlett june. my partner said absolutely no way to katie scarlett. grrrrr....

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Love: Maeve, April, Sadie, Ariel, Madelief / Roman, Otis, Logan, Adam, Eli.

Hate: Tiffany, Betty, Ursula, Norma, Denise / Lionel, Brady/Brad/Braden, Herman, Darren/Warren, Leroy

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Lol, I love Isobel!
Even before it featured on Grey's Anatomy. Isabel(le) seems boring + a completely different name to me. Maybe it isn't really pronounced differently in English, but here it is. Maybe that's why a lot of people dislike the 'o' spelling so much.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

*Seeing other people's 'hate' names, I'd like to replace Herman for 'Todd'! I can't stand that one 8)

[pinkslit.livejournal.com]

ave girlies:

Harper (actually i'd use if for either! and it's not a TKAM reference for me.)
Lucy
Francesca
Scarlett
Wren

fave boys:
Harper
Elliott
Kai (don't like on a girl at all)
Keller
Milo

hated girlies:
Isabella (or any variation)
Skye
Mia, Maya, (but Myra is okay)
Amanda
Gwen

hated boys:
Ethan
Patrick
BOB!!!
Shawn, Sean, Shane, etc.
Cameron

[pinkslit.livejournal.com]

i know a sibset that is Gage, Paige, and Sage. and the last name ends in that "g" sound too. ewwwww....

[lkwreader.livejournal.com]

Favorite names (girls):

Katherine
Haley
Ashley
Melanie
Alexandra

Hated names (girls):

Allie (don't mind Alison)
Gwen
Cheryl
Shira
Alice

Favorite names (boys):

Jason
Carter
Jacob
Eric
Lucas

Hated names (boys):

Bob
Chuck
Richard
Shawn
Travis

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

That's awful!

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Why IS Oliver on both your most loved and most hated lists? The only reason I can think of is you love the name Oliver, but hate someone you know called it.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Girls - love:
Naomi
Delilah
Adele
Charlotte
Beth

Girls - hate:
"K" names, particularly those that end in Lee/Leigh/Ly/Ley/Lie/Lin/Lyn/Lynne/La/etc.
Peyton
Ryley/Rylie/Ryleigh/whatever
Louise
Grace

Boys - Love:
Nathaniel
Micah
Edward
Dean
Adam

Boys - hate:
Brady
Blake
Gavin
Lucas
Callum

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

It's a selfish reason, really.

My brother's name is Oliver, and he's been alive for almost twenty years, and I love him, so I love the name. I'm a little angry at the surge in popularity (for no logical reason, of course, just selfishly) so I always think, "No! That's my brother's name, not yours!" Ahaha.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, I actually have the same problem. My brother's name is Michael, which (a) I love, and (b) I'd love to give to my son as a middle name in honor of him, because Mike's my best friend. So I get really annoyed when people are like "Michael is such a filler name! Why would you give your son a middle name that EVERYONE he's friends with is going to have?"

So, I get annoyed when people use it, lol.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

BOYS - FAVORITES
1. Oliver
2. Ciaran
3. Edmund
4. Hadrian
5. Liam

BOYS - HATED
1. Ashton/Asher
2. Brayden/Cayden/Jayden/etc.
3. Addison
4. Ryder
5. Parker

GIRLS - FAVORITE
1. Rowena
2. Guinevere
3. Elinore
4. Rhiannon
5. Shannon

GIRLS - HATED
1. Britney/Brittany/Britnee/etc.
2. Lyric/Cadence/etc.
3. Marissa/Larissa
4. Cailyn/Kaelyn/Kaylin/etc.
5. Ashley/Ashlee/Ashleigh/etc.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I've posted my favorites so many times, so here are my least favorites.

Boys:
1. Anything that rhymes with Aiden
2. Sebastian
3. Lucian
4. Atticus
5. Damien

Girls:
1. Adelaide/Adeline/Aurelia
2. Isabella
3. Ava
4. Sophia
5. Olivia