Most hated baby names - Are your kids on the list?
Girls
- Nevaeh ("heaven" spelled backward and one of the most divisive names around, according to Wattenberg)
- Destiny (people dislike names that confer a virtue onto a child, Wattenberg said -- and many associated this name with exotic dancers)
- Madison
- Mackenzie
- McKenna
- Addison (an example of a masculine named turned feminine, which many people dislike, Wattenberg said)
- Gertrude (people said this name is "ugly")
- Kaitlyn (for its "made-up" spelling)
- Makayla
- Bertha (author's note: duh!)
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Boys
- Jayden
- Brayden
- Aiden
- Kaden (these rhyming names struck many as overdone, Wattenberg reported)
- Hunter (too much like a last name or "too violent")
- Hayden
- Bentley (people dislike brand-name names, Wattenberg found, calling them "trashy")
- Tristan
- Michael (too boring, according to some)
- Jackson
My son is Jayden, I love it. In australia its common but its not every second child lol So for me i know he wont be the only Jayden but he wont be the 6th kid in the class, i honestly dont care what people say he suits his name to the T. I have a cousin Aiden, My best friend is Makayla and my Friends baby is Nevaeh but she spelt it Neveah.
Most of these names are hated because of how common they are.. I believe they are forgetting there a SHITLOAD of terrible terrible names out there and yet they chose to pick on the ones that are obiously loved :)
Is your baby on there? Do you agree?
Nope, my kids are named Roxy and Galen...although, I have been told I gave my daughter a stripper name...
now my sil is having a boy and they are naming him hunter michael.



- krunchykorn
on Apr. 28, 2012 at 12:13 AM