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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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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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 🖖
Karen. You know
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.
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.
Ain’t never met a Jake that didn’t rub me the wrong way
You should quit letting Jakes rub you.
Thankfully it’s been many years since a Jake rubbed me any which way
I’ve never met a girl named Bobbi that wasn’t a flaming asshole.
Exception: Bobbie Draper
Dang it, Bobby!
My own name, Robert. It’s so boring and there are Roberts everywhere.
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.
Jenna. Probably because the only Jenna I’ve ever known was super obnoxious.
Any of the 2 syllable names ending in -er. Hunter Asher etc.
