Given male names you hate for no good reason

The UK has our names but we don't have their names:

Clive Trevor Nigel Colin Basil Evelyn-(yes it's a male name in the UK)

Gavin

r1, don't forget Neville and simon!

Æthelberht

Æthelstan

Æthelred

Æthelwulf

Kevin

Jason

Brian spelled as Bryan.

Greg(ory)

Craig

Cory (Corey)

Garth (Gary, Gareth)

Clyde

Topher!!!

Rafael

Have to agree with R1 - many older English first names just turn me off.

Nigel, Clive, Alfie, Graham, Simon - I believe many of these are now 'old-timey' names. Not sure how many are named this now, but these are distinctly UK names that no one (perhaps some Simons) in the States would have.

I don't know anyone in the States who find these names appealing.

Oh - and Gareth! Blech.

Not saying we haven't fucked things up in the States with the Aiden, Kaden, Jaden bullshit.

I'm pretty tolerant of given names in general, but I despise the name Basil. I had a lengthy fling with a guy by that name and ended up despising him. (I could write a book about his attitudes and antics.) I ended up hating the name.

Doug

Kevin but I have a reason. Every Kevin I’ve met has been a shit.

Donald

Garth

Hugh

George

Gary

Darrell

Dell

Chad (sounds like ‘chode’)

Todd (sounds like ‘toad’)

[quote](I could write a book about his attitudes and antics.)

R10 Please do, MissLucy!

Dave or David

Sebastian

Ken or Kenneth

R10, did he, at least, sweeten your tomato sauce?

r19 interesting. "David" is one of my favorite male names

Craig, Todd, Darryl

Kenny Dale Todd Fred Ralph Donald

Oh, TheFabulousMissLucy, R10, I couldn't agree with you less. Basil conjures up Basil Rathbone to me -- one of the sexiest actors ever to grace the silver screen.

The first, give, fore-, and the Christian male names that send shivers down me sides are only those that are misspelled or mispronounced:

Jaxon

Xavier (mispronounced "X-" avier)

Brandon

Tristan

Jesus

Kevyn

etc.

Merle and Earl

Troy

Crew

Christian

Heysoose

Glenn

Mel

Gale

Milton

Jeb(ediah)

Tyrone

Bernard

Chester

Chauncy

Bronson

Yeah - not a huge fan of Jesus among the Latino community. I'm not religious and I know Muslims use Mohahmmed as a name more than anything else, but it just seems a bit weird to name your son that.

A lot of ugly H's

Harold

Harvey

Herbert

Herman

Howard

Hubert

And how did Harry (Hairy) get so popular?

OP = Michael Scott

As a teacher I get to see the fashions in names come and go, as well as piling up a long list of names that I just can't stand after dealing with one (or two, or three, or...).

Growing up, I loved the name Nicholas, and thought if I ever had a son I would name him that. Now I cannot stand the name. Same with Patrick. Every Nick and Pat I've ever met has been a real little shit. The worst names however, for me, are the Old Testament abominations: Noah, Zachariah, Jedediah, Obediah, etc. Also high up on the list are David, Kieran (any spelling), Todd, and Angel.

And since I'm venting, I fully expect to have a student named Covid before I retire. Don't scoff -I've already had a Cocaine, Urine, and Parentheses (actual legal names, I kid you not).

Wayne. Just Wayne. Awful Wayne.

Keith. Jay. Peter. Norman.

Schuyler

brett

Tyler.

Larry

Barry

Gary

Doug

Keith sounds too much like queef.

R10 can’t follow instructions in his endless quest for attention. There you go, honey, I just gave you some. Happy?

R14 has already listed mine, especially Garth. It’s an abrupt, coarse-sounding name to me. Also contrived crap such as Neveah.

Wayne

Dwayne

P.S. Phil at R4, what did the House of Wessex ever do to you? Oh, of course, you’re jealous since we’re real kings of England.

Brad is always an asshole.

Any weird biblical name- I worked with Enoch and had to refer him. Who? Enoch? How do you spell it...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Later when I became a hiring manager I refused to hire anyone with a name that would have to be repeated and spelled daily. Absolutely NOTHING with an apostrophe, sorry D'Nora.

Stewart

Justin

Skyler

Peter (but I like 'Pete')

Christopher (and I especially dislike 'Chris')

Drew - always a weed dealer who wants to hang out

Cody - I was there when that cunt inspired your mother.

Todd and Barry especially, though you’ll probably never meet one under 50. Dwayne — ugh. Any “fun new” way to spell refashioned surnames: Jaxxon, Maddyson, etc.

Any name that sounds like it came from an 80s soap opera. Tyler, Storm, Ridge, Wyatt, Thorne, Windsor, Shea, Cain, Crain, Sage or Quint

^^^^ Forgot Saxon..

I don't hate the names but I'm dating a lovely guy with five brothers: David, James, Thomas, Robert, John. And all of their kids are named a variation of that. Tommy, Bobby, etc.

It's so . . . aggressively boring.

Micah

Barnaby

Beware of anyone with an overly aggressive biblical name like ^Micah^ , Josiah or Caleb. They or their parents tend to be religious nut cases. But, if they're Pennsylvania Dutch / Deutsch, its probably OK and they will be hot and great in bed once they learn the ropes.

Peter or Paul. ..... There must have been two dozen Peters and Pauls at my wedding. Plus, they were all married to girls named Marie. And they named all their daughters Marie.

What's your name, OP?

Because I sense a well-earned loathing to be associated with it.

Trevor.

Noah.

Josh.

Connor.

Kai Jai Micah Todd Barry Gary Cameron Derek

RuPaul

Colt

Hunter

Micah. Ugh.

Every Nigel I have met has been a raging cunt. I hate the name.

I'll take any of these over any of those ootsy-cutesy girly names.

Steve.

Brian.

Rick.

Anything ending in "O". Ricard-o, Eduard-o, Ronald-o, etc.

Stuart

Jeff

Josh

Mitchell

Paco

Trayvon Talketh Kalvan.

Jacob

Jacob

and Jacob!!!

Jacob

Joshua

Nathan

Noah

Elijah

Ex-boyfriends of yours, R68?

Armie

Tim-O-Tay

Osama

Saddam

I find both Jesus and Mohammed unnecessary. It seems they should be sacrilegious, especially Mohammed, a religion that doesn’t even allow a visual representation of him, but sure name every boy in your family that name. I saw this all the time in Brooklyn and Queens, every boy in the family named Mohammed for fucks sake. How is any even a half religious girl going to feel OK getting fucked by these guys, let alone a devout one which they are looking for? Do the Hindu name their kids after gods, I guess when they’re polytheistic it uses up a lot more names. I heard of guys called Ganesh, but I think as a nickname. Do the Jehovah’s name their kids that? Probably quite a few Scientologist have named their kids Ron, David or Tom I bet.

R79 funny this should come up. I’m trying to choose a different middle name, and one of the top three choices is the word my Pagan path has for the Underworld :)

This is partly because I want to walk around the Normies and the Abrahamics as a walking emissary of everything they fear (you know, as well as being gay), and also I just like how it sounds and how it looks written down.

Cunts I have known have soured me upon:

Jamie

Kieran

Tobias

Joe

Dean

Alex

Charles (especially when shortened to Charlie, but never when Chazz)

Henry/Harry

James (especially when Jimmy)

Lucas (but Lukes are generally great)

Laurence

Oliver (especially when Ollie)

Shawn (spelled this way, no comment on Sean/n)

Jonathan/John (especially when Johnny)

George

Pascal

Nicholas (only sometimes when Nick)

Benjamin (especially when Ben)

I don’t want a kid, but if I did by some freak hand of Fate end up having a son, I’d name him something like Marmaduke or Beauregard or Harrington instead of any of these boring-ass Christian names. Just so, if they turned out to be a shithead, at least they’d be a uniquely memorable and posh shithead.

Kip

Kim

R80, you’ll have to mix things up with numbers and odd Norwegian consonants. Calligraphy with a thick sharpie will help determine your name, but it will take a lot of time.

Bryce

Dale, Larry, Patrick, Glen, Marc (but Mark is fine, I guess), and Travis. Ick.

Don, Donny, Donald

Marcus. Never trust anyone named Marcus, he’s invariably a Skeksis.

Honourable mentions go to Jesse, Jason, Chris & Daniel. All want to take your money, drain your energy, and use your soul for fell purposes.

Arthur

Terry

Eric

[quote]Not saying we haven't fucked things up in the States with the Aiden, Kaden, Jaden bullshit.

I co-sign, R9. However, I don't mind Aidan/Aiden. It's an old name. The similar-sounding ones that came later suck, including Braden and Caden.

Never liked last names used as first names: Colby, Anderson, Clayton, Wentworth, Kennedy, Carter, Hudson. They sound pretentious. Even worse are parents who name their son King, Prince, Duke, Marquis, Thane, or Baron.

[quote]Evelyn-(yes it's a male name in the UK)

So is Leslie.

[quote] I’m trying to choose a different middle name, and one of the top three choices is the word my Pagan path has for the Underworld :)

[quote] I want to walk around the Normies and the Abrahamics as a walking emissary of everything they fear

Is it “Insufferable,” R80?

Reginald.

Giovannis are always trouble. Avoid.

Kristopher or Kris

John

Stacy

Mohammed

Bruce

I love the name Jeffrey, but hate it when they spell it Jeffery.

Anyone who spells the name Rick as Ric should be immediately hung.

And I just hate the name Tyler for no particular reason.

I never understood the name Kyle

Kevin

Grendel

I work with a middle-aged man named Garth and he is a dear.

Robert. Every man I ever had dealings with named Robert were gold plated assholes.

My name is on this list, so fuck you all. And Trevor is one of my favorite male names.

Condolences, R102 -I'm on the list as well. According to 81 I'm a cunt. Oh, well. He wasn't the first and he won't be the last.

Roger

Wesley

Clint

Lady G

Marc with a “c.” Not Mark, but “Marc.” It conjures up images of squealing queens who write snarky reviews of off-Broadway shows.

Chuck

Rod

Lew

Desmond Damian Raoul Gregg (with the extra 'g') Bruce

Ralph

Lon

As a Brit, I have an intense loathing for the genera of American 'surname names', such as Maddison/Harper/Anderson/Skylar/Parker/Cameron/[insert name of random Sean Cody stud]. Bland and utilitarian.

Sonny

Jayden Kayden/Cayden

names with letter y inserted instead of i

Justin

I dislike when the name Jeffrey is spelled "Geoffrey." I have no problem with the name in general.

Bruce

Chad

Jazz

Larry

Flip as in Flip Wilson.

Any queen who uses gay descriptors as their last name.

Bobby Trendy

Corey Fabulous

What is your name, OP?

Dustin

Blake

Parker

Jackson

And of course: Sterling

Sharr, Danielynne, Lonnie, Kimye, Dana, Titty

Thad. What the hell is that?

Chet. Ugh!

R106..

Mark : Hey, Lucas. I've decided I'm going to start a band.

Lucas : The first thing you need is a name. Then you'll know what kind of band you've got.

Mark : Right, right. I was thinking about, um, ‘Marc’. How does that sound?

Lucas : Is that with a C or with a K?

Mark : Well, my name is with a *checks his nametag* K, so I was thinking my band's name could be with a C. That way it's kind of that psychedelic, you know, trip thing.

Lucas : Always play with their minds.

R90 attention! Beverley Leslie is a homosexual!

Lady G

Julian. I suppose it’s not a bad name, there are certainly worse, but I hate it. Too upper crust for me.

NOLAN

Floyd and Lloyd.

BIFF

Craig, when pronounced “Cregg” - that comes from a sick mind.

R131 being a former HOLLYOAKS viewer, I cannot say or read ‘Craig’ any other way but ‘cRAYYYYYeec’.

Asa

Ezra

Dana

Ryan, Scott, and Richard- serviceable names 20 years ago. Now just monuments like Karen or Pam or Scarlett.

[quote]Toby

I agree!

I am confused why this thread wasn't exactly 2 posts long: OP plus R1 that just said "All of them, apparently." We could have saved much time and effort.

Topher

Lindsey

I now have a male third cousin named Jaylen. UGH. JAY-LEN.

Todd. UGH.

Zander. UGH!

Jaydyn, Kaydyn, Haydyn, Traydyn and all those names suburban white frauen choose for their crotch droppings.

Many of the traditional English names like Nigel, Neville and Evelyn

I have a special hatred for the name Cody. HATE this name.

[quote] Never trust anyone named Marcus, he’s invariably a Skeksis.

Aye, though I’d fairly call him a snake instead. Same difference, though.

My name isn't listed here but I hate it. Maybe it will eventually show up. And that would make sense because I'm not a nice person even though I try to be.

R142 well, given that you’re aware of the fact you could be kinder and make efforts to be so, I don’t think you can be all that bad.

The worst of the worst either don’t know or don’t care how awful they are.

R131 the Scots pronounce ‘Craig’ as ‘Kreik’ or ‘Kreeg’ (dependent on the regional dialect), and I think that’s a better way to say it.

Chas or Chaz

(So glad my name hasn’t popped up on here yet)

Dick must be a hard name to carry.

Conrad

Percy

Parker

Op, Toby always reminds me of Kunta Kinte from Roots, which makes me sad. It brings up the scene where they’re whipping him as he’s refusing to use his replacement name.

Jacob

Joshua

Nathan

The Hispanic male name Angel.

Trip, Rip, Kip, Pip, Nip, Zip,

R151 in my highschool we had a ‘Pip’ (Philippa). We were forced to call her that, as our school already had a dozen girls named Philippa and we’d run out of diminutives (Pippa, Filly, Phil, Pia) to distinguish them all. She didn’t even have a middle-name we could use instead, and iirc her second name was again too common to use in reference (something like Jones, a name which several other girls had too).

Luckily, she was rather small in stature and had a high voice, so Pip worked quite well.

JaMarcus

Bryant

Schuyler

Edmond

Blaine