Has a name been ruined for you?
Just curious. Is there someone from your past that’s hurt you so bad, or did something so horrible that whenever you hear their name or just that name in general, it gives you negative feelings?
Three names that have been “ruined” for me are Jacob (or Jake), George, and Lacy.
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My ex’s, even with it’s odd variant spelling (“Caren”).
A kid my younger brother’s age, down the street when we were growing, was named Jonathan. He was an insufferable brat, still is even though he is in his fifties.
My ex, Mary. She haunts my nightmares.
The last name “Youngblood” freezes my blood. It as an almost-rape situation.
Debbie. I can only think of one that I like but so many negatives that I would put up a protest if someone wanted to name a grandchild that.
On the other hand, although it’s to common to want to name a child, people named Ann always seem to be really awesome, fun people to hang around with.
No I don’t have any names that need to be retired a la hurricane status because of people hurting me… just a couple that I will never ever forget and that in my mind irrevocably belong to the ones who have come before.
Brady. Just thinking of Tom Brady pisses me off. FUCK the Patriots, and FUCK Tom Brady.
He, and his team are cheaters, and a disgrace to any competition ever held….A pathetic disgrace.
I haven’t met many good Jasons either. Maybe 1 out of 20 are decent.
@MrGrimm888, well, regarding the Patriots, they’re all brain damaged, anyway, you know. I can’t imagine having that kind of passion about a game.
But that’s a funny thought about “Jason.” I haven’t met any “Jasons” I like. In fact, one turned out to be a pedophile.
Good question!
For me, it’s Allison. One of the worst “teachers” I had in my high school days was named Allison. She was our percussion instructor, and we called her by her first name.
The only other name I can think of that’s tainted is a foreign name that I’ve never seen anywhere else.
Almost all the names in my high school’s class.
Funny you asked this after I had a dream about them ganging up on me again.
Ever since early elementary school I’ve disliked the name Jane. She was a pigtailed girl who routinely called me “Bucky Beaver” because of my overbite. A few years later I got braces and wound up with good straight teeth, but I’ve never forgotten the sting of that silly little girl’s taunts.
I was recently saying that the name “Meredith”, for a woman, has a negative association, for me.
No, they are just names, people do terrible things and just because they are named this ir that, doesn’t make the name what they done.
Nah, that don’t bother me none.
If you don’t believe me, just ask my good buddy, Benito Bin Laden
I heard a radio interview today with a woman whose young daughter is named Isis.
She says, “you work through it.”
My first thought is I’d change it immediately. But then I think I’d hate to let the bad guys take away the name.
Marty, Martha, Gid, Gideon, John Smith.
Funny. Both my name and my husband’s appear in this thread. So does my sister’s and both my grandmothers’. Anyone have a thing against William or Billy?
I don’t have any strong feelings about particular names. “Brett” is usually kind of a douche, and “Bobby” is generally an idiot (smart Roberts are Rob, not Bobby), but I’m ready to be proven wrong about anything.
Not really ruined, but the name Alexia, or anything close, sounds like Anorexia to me. The name was fine until I learned about anorexia in my teens.
I know a lot of boys and men named Peter, and that was slang for penis when I was little. I also know a few guys named Dick over the years (short for Richard obviously) so I guess if I can say Dick I certainly can say Peter.
@Call_Me_Jay Isis was a very pretty superhero type character like Wonder Woman when I was a little girl. I assume the name is some Greek God or someone in Greek mythology. Or, Egyptian maybe? I say that only because of how she was dressed, I never looked it up.
^ My kid laughs hysterically whenever he hears of someone named “Dick”. Sporting goods stores, the guy in Mad Men, former Vice Presidents…
@JLeslie Isis was one of the most important Egyptian goddesses.
My father and brother are both Richards, and have been called Dick as long as I can remember. And my name is Peter.
At least our last name isn’t Johnson.
I literally went to school with a kid named Harry Butts. I still want to smack his parents.
And we had a school counselor named Harry Mann. It was an accurate name.
@Seek I wonder if he was related to the girl in my high school, Constance (Connie) Butts.
Lest we forget, both Cheney and Nixon were Dicks.
Everyone I know named “Brendan” has been a douche. So I don’t care for that name much anymore.
“Alice” makes me wince, even though it was my grandmother’s name and my mother’s middle name.
Edith is so old fashioned and so “All in the Family”.
My husband’s name is Richard. I usually call him “Rick,” but sometimes “Dick,” under certain circumstances, but not as a proper noun.
You know who has it really hard?
this guy
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@Seek, I had a high school football coach named Dickie Dingle. Can’t make this stuff up….
Yes, the name Marco. Based on someone I knew. A very spiteful and arrogant person he was.
I like the name “Jace.” Jace is a good name. All men named “Jace” are good men.
Because a new person asked it, and doesn’t know about social.
Bahahaha…
my husband’s name is Jason, but @Dutchess_III has renamed him.
Your friendship is very important to me, @Seek. I will compromise my morals if I have to, to maintain it. ;)
if @Seek had a split personality, her favourite game would be hyde and seek
You’ve not seen me when I’m angry. That’s scarily accurate.
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