People are sharing the baby names they’re fed up of hearing – and there’s a theme

Most parents put a lot of time, thought and effort into choosing the perfect name for their new baby but some naming trends have really been getting on people's nerves - and there's a theme

Social media users have weighed in on the baby names they’re sick and tired of hearing.

Choosing a name for a new infant comes with a lot of pressure - after all, you’re not just naming an adorable little baby, you’re naming them for life. What works on a precious toddler also has to work on a potential doctor, manager, lawyer, administrator, teacher, joiner, or any other profession the child may grow into as an adult.

Trends come and go but there seem to be a few names people are particularly fed up with hearing. Taking to Instagram’s Threads, social media user Mandy Long asked: “What baby name are you tired of hearing?”

The question quickly racked up more than 500 likes and over 1,000 comments from people keen to share their thoughts on the subject. Among the replies, it became clear people are significantly fed up with parents who choose to spell their child’s name in a nonsensical way, a certain suffix, and a relatively common name with lots of rhyming alternates…

‘Weird’ spellings

Some parents choose to ignore the rules of phonics to alter the spelling of their child’s name, often in an attempt to make it seem more “unique” - much to the dismay and horror of many.

In response to Mandy’s question, one Threads user said: “Everything weird. Those kids will spend untold hours of their lives explaining how to spell and pronounce their name and people will still screw it up.”

Another said: “I just hate the weird spellings of names. Spell the name the way it's spelled!” A third agreed, writing: “Phonics!!! Dooming your child to teaching people to ignore language rules for their entire life!!”

Echoing similar sentiments, another commented: “Anything where the parents have ignored the literal rules of letters to give their child a uNiQuE spelling of a regular name.

“The name still sounds the same morons, all you’ve done is commit your child to a lifetime of having to spell their names out bc you don’t have anything more creative to offer other than refusing to spell correctly?! P.S. this sounds SO salty but it’s that time of the month so idgaf”.

Another made a prediction about the future for those with unfortunately spelled names: “Also tired of seeing the f’ed up spelling of names. I predict name change applications will be through the roof in about 10 years.”

One person advised: “As someone who worked in the medical field all my life, please, please, please do not use weird spelling for your kid’s name.”

Another agreed: “Any and all of the goofy names with crazy spelling. If parents want a unique name for the baby, change their own name. Don't saddle a child with a weird name with atrocious spelling.”

A teacher added: “Anything where the spelling doesn’t easily match the pronunciation. Elementary music teacher here.”

Lee/Leigh names

Another pattern that came under fire was names with the suffix ‘Leigh’, ‘Ley’ or ‘Lee’. Though there are many common and relatively classic names that utilise such a suffix, like Ashley/Ashleigh, Hayley, Kayleigh and more; the rise in newer names that add the suffix to less common nouns to create a new name has proved irritating to some.

One Threads user commented: “Anything with a “lee” or “leigh” such as, Ryleigh, Brailee, Timberlee, Everleigh, Kenzleigh, Carlee, Heyleigh, Baylee, Hadlee, Brynleigh, Charlee, McKinleigh…Ugh.”

Another simply said: “Anything with a "leigh" at the end”, while a third penned: “Any girl name that ends in ‘Leigh’ or ‘Lynn’ and any boy name that ends in ‘on’.”

Agreeing, one person said: “The Oaklynn/Blakelynn/Tinsleigh/Brinsleigh nonsense. V tacky to me.” And another added: “literally anything with the suffix of “lee/leigh” or “ee/eigh”. like everleigh, brinlee, braylee, henlee, loveleigh, etc.”

Aiden/Jaden names

Finally, the name ‘Aiden’, in all its spellings, and any others that rhyme with it, proved to be particularly unpopular on Threads.

One Threads fan said: “Aiden, Braden, Caden, Hayden, ad nauseum. And if I see one more Noah I will not be responsible for my actions.” Another said: “Aiden, Jayden, Caiden, Brayden, and all the other ones.”

A third penned: “Anything rhyming with or ending in -aden/ -aiden/ -ayden”, while a fourth simply said: “Aiden, Caiden, Jayden etc.” Another commented: “Braydon, Kaiden, Jaden, Jaxon, etc etc!”

One person observed: “Seems like the “Aiden’s” and the “Leigh’s “ are overwhelmingly hated”. And another added: “Remember. You aren’t naming a baby. You are in fact naming an adult.”

So what do you think of these names? Let us know in the comments below.