My pet peeve is the Finnish name “Yrjö”. It comes from the Greek name “Geôrgios”, which means farmer, but nowadays the word “yrjö” means vomit. ‘Unique spellings’ like some “Everleigh” also drive me crazy.
Elon
Donald
It’s a perfectly good duck name.
Wabbit season!
That’s daffy, sport.
Duck season!
Ahh right. Clearly I need to get my ducks in a row.
Adolf
Adolf “Trump” Musk 🤢
My great grandfather was born before the name was a no no and was named Adolf. When he came to the US he changed it to Allen.
Hayden Brayden Jayden Kayden etc.
Raiden is acceptable.
Any name that’s a “unique” spelling of an ordinary name.
Names that are just adjectives in English, usually “uniquely” spelled too.
I think you mean “Uniqueleigh”
Yes, yes I did. I just couldn’t bring myself to write it
Kevin. I have never met a good Kevin.
Kevin is literally the stand-in name for uneducated/lower classes children here in Germany. There’s literally been an article in Der Spiegel “Kevin is not a name, but a diagnosis”.
I had source amnesia on this one, thanks.
My kid has a Kevin friend who is Too Into Sonic. Need I say more?
Maybe they kept leaving Kevin behind on purpose in those Home Alone movies.
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…If you’re Kevin Day I’ll make an exception, even though we haven’t met.
I came here to post this. Glad to see it’s where it needs to be.
When I was a kid we had a family friend (old man) named Gaylord. People would try to say it Gaylrd and he would correct them: “No, it’s Gay Lord.” It was the 90s and it made me uncomfortable as that was a popular school yard slur.
I love it when people own their name like that. Who cares what others think, it’s part of who you are and you should not be ashamed of that.
I was born with a very old-fashioned name myself and tried to hide it for the longest time. Even my parents only called me by the abbreviated form. Took me a long time to accept that name and take pride in it, but I’m glad that that I did. It’s part of me and I don’t care what others think.
I don’t know if I really hate a name, but everyone I have ever met named Becky has been mean right from the instant I meet them.
I have no beef with the Rebas, Rebeccas, Rebekahs, and Beccas of the world. Just Becky.
My own. It just doesn’t roll off the tongue with my last name very well. I get tongue tied and sound like an idiot giving a fake name.
Don’t be too hard on yourself, BallShaped. It’ll be alright.
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Curiously I’m mistrustful of boomers named Ron or Don and variants thereof. Current events in the US figure into this bias.
Add Jon to that list, haha.
Brent.
Ohhhh yeah this one. Fuck Brent and everything Brent stands for.
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After everything in mystery of the druids, I wouldn’t trust a Brent either.
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Except Mr Spiner 🖖
I’ve never met a girl named Bobbi that wasn’t a flaming asshole.
Dang it, Bobby!
Exception: Bobbie Draper
Greg
By some strange alchemy, all of my friends seem to know a person named Greg that they dislike. It’s become a bit of a meme that if someone mentions the name, others will just grumble in “Fuckin’ Greg”
Also Steve. Ive never met a Steve who didn’t have a screw loose.
Stevens are fine. Just Steve.
Project Steve has enshrined the name for me as one of glory.
Also Steeve deserves recognition. (Rock and Stone In the Heart!)
Wikipedia reminds me there are plenty of notable Stephen Millers than the one for whom I specifically hold contempt.
(╯_╰”)
Karen. You know
Never met anyone called Gary who wasn’t an idiot.
I worked with a man from Vietnam that was named Gary because when he came to America there was a lake Gary nearby and his boss just called him that. Stuck with it for the rest of his life. He was crazy but made me laugh a lot.
My own first name Mark, Firstly it is supposed to be spelled Marc as according to my mother I was named after Marc Bolan but they wrote it with a K on the birth certificate. Secondly it just doesn’t feel like it suits me, I have no idea what alternative I would pick though. Maybe I just don’t feel comfortable being called by my name no matter what it is :)
My own name, Robert. It’s so boring and there are Roberts everywhere.
There was a guy I worked with in the military named Robert Roberts. Everyone called him Bob Bob.
I see you everywhere, as we are all aware. But I will now associate you forever as being Robert, each and every time that I see you.
