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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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[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 year ago
[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Hayden Brayden Jayden Kayden etc.

[-] Eramidik@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

Raiden is acceptable.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 23 points 1 year ago

Any name that's a "unique" spelling of an ordinary name.

Names that are just adjectives in English, usually "uniquely" spelled too.

[-] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I think you mean "Uniqueleigh"

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, yes I did. I just couldn't bring myself to write it

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Kevin. I have never met a good Kevin.

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

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".

[-] cobysev@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago
[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I had source amnesia on this one, thanks.

My kid has a Kevin friend who is Too Into Sonic. Need I say more?

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe they kept leaving Kevin behind on purpose in those Home Alone movies.

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[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] FullOfBallooons@leminal.space 10 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] anolemmi@lemmi.social 35 points 1 year ago

Don’t be too hard on yourself, BallShaped. It’ll be alright.

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[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

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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[-] Ocelot@lemmies.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ohhhh yeah this one. Fuck Brent and everything Brent stands for.

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[-] ezures@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

After everything in mystery of the druids, I wouldn't trust a Brent either.
Link for this fascinating game

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[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago

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"

[-] Ocelot@lemmies.world 2 points 1 year ago

Also Steve. Ive never met a Steve who didn’t have a screw loose.

Stevens are fine. Just Steve.

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[-] Beelzebob@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I've never met a girl named Bobbi that wasn't a flaming asshole.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Dang it, Bobby!

[-] canthidium@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Exception: Bobbie Draper

[-] AbeFroman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Never met anyone called Gary who wasn't an idiot.

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[-] habanhero@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Karen. You know

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 year ago

My own name, Robert. It's so boring and there are Roberts everywhere.

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[-] MarkHughes4096@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

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 :)

[-] PoetSII@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ain't never met a Jake that didn't rub me the wrong way

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

You should quit letting Jakes rub you.

[-] PoetSII@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thankfully it's been many years since a Jake rubbed me any which way

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Adolph, mostly because of one guy.

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[-] Ocelot@lemmies.world 4 points 1 year ago

Any of the 2 syllable names ending in -er. Hunter Asher etc.

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[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I've worked with two women named Janice and both of them were difficult.

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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Shelly is one of the grossest names to my ears but I have no idea why.

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[-] CycloneWolf@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Imagine telling people your first name is Gunner or Major and expecting them to take you seriously.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Jenna. Probably because the only Jenna I've ever known was super obnoxious.

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