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Donald
It's a perfectly good duck name.
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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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.
Brent.
After everything in mystery of the druids, I wouldn't trust a Brent either.
Link for this fascinating game
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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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Curiously I'm mistrustful of boomers named Ron or Don and variants thereof. Current events in the US figure into this bias.
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I've never met a girl named Bobbi that wasn't a flaming asshole.
Dang it, Bobby!
Exception: Bobbie Draper
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.
Karen. You know
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.
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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.
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Ain't never met a Jake that didn't rub me the wrong way
Any of the 2 syllable names ending in -er. Hunter Asher etc.
Peter
I've worked with two women named Janice and both of them were difficult.
Brayleigh
Jenna. Probably because the only Jenna I've ever known was super obnoxious.
Shelly is one of the grossest names to my ears but I have no idea why.
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Imagine telling people your first name is Gunner or Major and expecting them to take you seriously.
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