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[maude.livejournal.com]

What is a normal name you just can't understand why anyone would want to name their child? Not something like Audio Science or Pilot Inspektor, just a regular name.

For example: It's a tie for me between Kelsey and Jennifer. (Sorry if one of those is your name! No offense meant, I bet you're awesome!) Neither of them sound pretty or feminine to me and something about them seem...empty, or shallow, or something. Weird!

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[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Jessica and Kimberly do that to me. I have no idea why.

I don't really think about that when I meet someone with those names though--just when I'm thinking about names that I would select.

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

don't worry, I can't tell you why my parents named me Jessica. it was a bad idea.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

i don't understand why anyone would name their child Seth. No offence to anyone who has or who likes this name, but i don't find anything about it attractive

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

AGREED! I think Seth is such a hideous name.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

Lindsay/Lindsey
Keith
Jessica
Stephen

[tallc00lone.livejournal.com]

I second Lindsay *gag*

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Camden. I know a couple of people with children named this and frankly it puzzles me. It doesn't mean anything particularly special (winding or crooked valley), it is the name of a fairly cool but run-down area of London*, and it just doesn't sound worth bothering with to me.

I'm also not fond of Cameron and Nigel.


* Everyone I know who's used it lives in the USA. But that doesn't make it any better. It wouldn't be ok for me to call my child Hoboken, for instance, just because I don't live near it. And where are all the Tufnell Parks and Highgates to accompany the Chelseas and Camdens, eh? ;-)

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

The best-known Camden in the U.S. is Camden, N.J., the "most dangerous city in America" two years running. Classy.

[k-t-bug.livejournal.com]

Jaden, Braden, Kaden, etc.

Madison, Mackenzie, Neveah

Any "filler" middle name. There are so many beautiful, meaningful names out there, I can't imagine wasting one for a filler instead.

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

IAWTC

[xfadedstarletx.livejournal.com]

Heather, Julie, Whitney and Sarah. Oh, and Richard as well.
No offense to anyone with these names, I just don't like them at all.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

How DO you pronounce Nevaeh? nev-AY? Either way, it doesn't look very pretty.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Rachel. I have always found this name to be entirely unappealing/unattractive, and I've encountered so many people with this name! I don't get it. And they're usually beautiful, smart, lovely people. So it's not like I've got a bad association with it.

[greenstripe.livejournal.com]

me too! rachel reminds me of roachse

[gothikbutterfly.livejournal.com]

My name is Jennifer, and I'm so used to it that I tend to not realize how ugly it actually sounds. The name Martha comes to mind when I think of names that I wouldn't name my kid.

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

I love the name Martha, probably because of the Biblical connotations.

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

Pamela, and Roxanne.

[opalfirefly.livejournal.com]

aww i like pamela

[mylilellarose.livejournal.com]

im a jennifer too. i used to love it when i was a kid because i could find my name on all the personalized stationary lol

Lisa, pam, roger, linda... ect. basically the older people names

[gothikbutterfly.livejournal.com]

im a jennifer too. i used to love it when i was a kid because i could find my name on all the personalized stationary lol

Ha ha ha... Me too!

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Boy names for girls. HATE. Especially when you're trying to be super-cutesy by naming her Charlee or something.

Old man names for boys. Charles, Henry, George, etc. They don't sound distinguished or classic to me. They just sound old.

Anything that was popular for babies in the 80s. I'm always surprised when I come across a list with Jennifer, Heather, Kimberly, Lindsay, etc, on it.

[shyloh.livejournal.com]

I know a set of twins called George and Charles. They are 7 now and when I met them, they were 2 weeks old. I thought it strange that they had such old sounding names. They have a brother named Bruce.

I am not crazy about Henry either, or Harry. I know a Henry who is so adorable, and I know some Harry's too.

I work in a daycare, so I see all kinds of names.

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

Trevor, Brian.
Danielle, Samantha.
Yuk, why???

[peach-rose-girl.livejournal.com]

Yeesh. I have an ex-something-or-other named Trevor, and my friends and I bitch about him being an asshole all the time.

So yeah, although I liked the name before I met him, he pretty much ruined it for me. :-)

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

Tiffany, Jennifer, Kimberly ... all of those really popular 1970s names.

Madison and Alexander/Alexandra/Alexis for today.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

It's difficult for me to understand why anyone would name a girl anything that ends with a -son. I realize many of the names are strictly feminine now, but it just bothers me a lot.

[maude.livejournal.com]

The only one I can think of is Madison (which I don't like), what others are there?

[stacilia.livejournal.com]

The names Samantha and Jennifer just really blah me out. I know dozens of them, and thats probably why. As for guy names, I sicken of the Michaels and Brians.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

Tiffany


Bess

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Ugh! Tiffany! I completely agree. All I think when I hear "Tiffany" is 80s trailer trash.

Same thing with Tricia/Trish and Heather.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I've never really been a fan of the name Jessica, even though I know many people who have that name (including a relative!). I think it's the fact that there's an "ick" sound in there, but I'm not positive.

[dreemerr.livejournal.com]

i don't really dislike any names. what i can't stand is when people name their kids,and the names have no significant meaning to the parents. for instance,people who name their kids just simply because they like the name; meaning the name had no background, no family tradition, it wasn't picked because of the traits they thought 'while pregnant' that the child may possess. now by all means,you SHOULD like the name when naming them, but it should have a more indepth meaning then just because you think its cute/classy/whatever.

when i picked my son's name,it was to name sake my grandfather, and because issak means 'he who laughs,' my son completely fits his name, and it had meaning.

i don't know, i just think that children should be named for a reason,more then just because the parents think the name sounds good.

[aymen.livejournal.com]

I usually like all names, but lately I've seen a lot of cre8tyv names and those really get to me. I like the name Christina, but wonder why anyone would spell it Khrystynah. Or spell Camilla as Kahmylla. Not the subtle ones like Jackson as Jaxson, but like Jackson as Jaxzun. :o/

[wykd-faerie.livejournal.com]

IAWTC. On the show So you think you can dance, there's a Jaymz, it's really sad.

[heure-actuelle.livejournal.com]

VIOLET.

i'm not against older names but that one just.....uugh i think it's the ugliest name ever.

[k-t-bug.livejournal.com]

It works for a puppy! *points to Violet the Corgi in userpic* :)

[composure.livejournal.com]

Aiden.

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

For boys:
Christian
Kelly/Leslie/anything traditionally a girls name.

For Girls:
Heather
Anything that is made up/spelled untraditionally.

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

Well if you want to get technical, Kelley and Lesley (I think those would be the spellings) are traditionally male names. ;)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Paige

Olivia (I appreciate it as a lovely name, but it sounds gross to me because the "liv" part reminds me of "liver")

Lyn when used as a middle name, ergh. Although it's ok as a first name.

For boys, I don't like any name that has a "y" sound, which includes most of them. e.g. William (I pronounce it like will-Yum) Matthew, Daniel, etc. Like others have said, I don't mind these names when someone has them, I don't think about whehter i like it or not. But when I repeat the name over and over and think about using it I don't like it.

Paige is the only one I really hate.

[maude.livejournal.com]

Ha! I love that you said you hated Paige! Paige is the name of my ex best friend...she would blackmail me, tell everyone my secrets, lie to me, purposely do things to hurt me (psychically and emotionally), the list goes on. I share in your hate, Paige is a terrible name!

[shyloh.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen the name Ralph listed here. I don't like that at all!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

The name Ralph always makes me laugh, there's book by Judy Blume called 'Forever' & i read it when i was about 12.. it's like introduction to soft porn for teens, the guy in it called his penis Ralph...hehe...
wow how immature am i!