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.
Hayden Brayden Jayden Kayden etc.
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.
Curiously I’m mistrustful of boomers named Ron or Don and variants thereof. Current events in the US figure into this bias.
Add Jon to that list, haha.
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.
I have a not-so-common name (not spelled strangely or anything though) and people always mishear it on the phone so I have to say it kind of slow and feel like an idiot every time. Also, people botch my last name because it’s one letter off from a more common last name.
Kevin. I have never met a good Kevin.
I had source amnesia on this one, thanks.
My kid has a Kevin friend who is Too Into Sonic. Need I say more?
I came here to post this. Glad to see it’s where it needs to be.
Brent.
Except Mr Spiner 🖖
Never met anyone called Gary who wasn’t an idiot.
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”
I’ve never met a girl named Bobbi that wasn’t a flaming asshole.
Exception: Bobbie Draper
Brayleigh
I’ve worked with two women named Janice and both of them were difficult.
Ain’t never met a Jake that didn’t rub me the wrong way
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 :)
Adolph, mostly because of one guy.
Aww, what’s wrong with Adolf Albin?
Evan. Never knew an Evan that wasn’t a total asshole.
