What are some names with bad meanings?

Can you think of any names that have negative meanings? For example:





Calvin -- "bald"


Cecilia -- "blind"


Claudia -- "lame"


Cameron -- "crooked nose"





What are some others?





And -- if you liked one of these names for your child, would its meaning bother you?

What are some names with bad meanings?
Persephone means "to kill", which really sucks considering it is a favorite name of mine.
Reply:Blaise means 'lisping' or 'stuttering'. I quite like the name Blaise, and my two excuses for using this name would be: (a) claiming to name the child after the French scientist Blaise Pascal, and (b) giving his sister the name Isabel so that the names are anagrams.





Campbell means 'crooked mouth'. Desdemona means 'ill-fated'. Jezebel means 'not exalted'. Delilah means 'delicate, weak, languishing'. Mallory means 'unfortunate'. Melville means 'bad settlement'. Persephone means 'murder' and 'to destroy' (I used to be in love with this name before I looked up the meaning... then again, what happened to the mythological character would be enough to put most people off this name). Tristan means 'riot' and 'sad'. Dolores means 'sorrows' - but I suppose this might not count considering it's a religious name.





Yes, name meaning does bother me a fair bit, even at times when I know it shouldn't. I love some biblical and Hebrew names, but am unsure if I would ever use them since most of them have meanings related to god. Being an atheist, I would not encourage a belief in any deity... So would giving my future hypothetical child a name with a religious meaning be hypocritical? I don't know. Thankfully I won't be falling pregnant any time soon.
Reply:No if I liked the name, the meaning wouldn't bother me much. All these names are from my favorites list.





Avalon ~ Latin ~ Island


Aveline ~ Old English ~ Bird





Clarice ~ Italian ~ Clear


Coco ~ Spanish ~ Coconut





Dahlia (doll-ya) ~ Scandinavian ~ from the Valley


Isla ~ Scottish ~ Island





Julia ~ Latin ~ Soft-haired


Juliet ~ French ~ Soft-haired





Lydia ~ Greek ~ Maiden from Lydia


Monica ~ Greek ~ Solitary





Tabitha ~ Hebrew ~ Roe-Buck





Boys:


Atticus ~ Latin ~ From Athens


Clint ~ Old English ~ Town on a Hill





Gideon ~ Hebrew ~ Tree Cutter


Luke ~ Hebrew~ Of Lucania





Phineas ~ Hebrew ~ Serpent鈥檚 Mouth


Quinn ~ Irish ~ The Fifth





Roscoe ~ English ~ Hearthland Of The Roe Deer (whatever that means)


Seamus ~ Irish ~ Supplanter/Substitute





Tavish ~ Scottish ~ A Twin


Todd ~ Old English ~ Fox Hunter














Now here are some with some pretty awesome meanings:





Adelaide ~ German ~ Noble; Kind


Amelia ~ German ~ Work of the Lord


Annika ~ Czech ~ Very Beautiful


Aoife (ee-fah) ~ Gaelic ~ Joyful


Artemis ~ Greek ~ Gift of the Gods


Audrey ~ German ~ Noble Strength


Aurora ~ Latin ~ Dawn





Belle ~ French ~ Beautiful


Bernadette ~ French ~ Bold as a Bear


Briar-Rose ~ English ~ Shrub of Roses





Caprice ~ Italian ~ Playful


Cassandra ~ Greek ~ Inflaming Men with Love


Cathleen ~ Irish ~ Pure


Clarice ~ Italian ~ Clear


Cosette ~ French ~ Victory of the People





Daphne ~ Greek ~ Laurel Tree


Delia ~ Latin ~ Daughter of the Sea


Diana~ Greek ~ Divine





Edie ~ Old English ~ Rich War


Eliza ~ Hebrew ~ Oath of God


Ella ~ Latin ~ Light


Elodie ~ French ~ Foreign Prosperity


Esme ~ French ~ Esteemed and Loved


Evangeline ~ Latin ~ Like an Angel





Felicity ~ Latin ~ Happiness


Fiera ~ Esperanto ~ Proud


Fiona ~ Irish ~ Fair





Ginger ~ Latin ~ Pure


Grace ~ Latin ~ Grace of God





Honoria (on-OR-ee-a) ~ Latin ~ Honor





Isobel ~ Scottish ~ Consecrated to God


Isolde ~ Celtic ~ Beautiful


Ithaca ~ Greek ~ Cheerfully True





Jane ~ Hebrew ~ Gracious


Joanna ~ Hebrew ~ God is Gracious





Leona ~ German ~ Brave as a Lioness


Libby ~ Hebrew ~ Oath to God


Liesel (lee-sel) ~ German ~ God is Boutiful


Lorelei ~ German ~ Alluring Song


Lottie ~ French ~ Little





Marian ~ Old English ~ Graceful Star of the Sea


Maeve (mayv) ~ Irish ~ Intoxicating


Matilda ~ German ~ Might


Mercedes ~ Spanish ~ Mercies


Michaela ~ Irish ~ Who is like God





Nora ~ Irish ~ Honor





Odette ~ French ~ Little Wealthy One


Odilia ~ Anglo-Saxon ~ Little Wealthy One


脫rla (oor-lah) ~ Irish ~ Golden Woman





Paige ~ English ~ Young Child


Phaedra (fay-drah) ~ Greek ~ Bright





Rosalie ~ French ~ Of the Rose


Rose ~ Latin ~ Unconcious Love





Samantha ~ Armaic ~ She Who Listens


Sophie ~ French ~ Wisdom


Soleil (soh-lay) ~ French ~ The Sun





Th茅r猫se (ter-ez) ~ French ~ One Who Harvests


Twila ~ French ~ Twilight





Veronica ~ Latin ~ True Image


Veronique ~ French ~ True Image


Violet ~ English ~ Modesty














Aidan ~ Irish ~ Little Fire


Ambrose ~ Greek ~ Everlasting


Angus ~ Scottish ~ One Strength


Asher ~ Hebrew ~ Blessed; Happy





Ben ~ Hebrew ~ Son of my right hand/favorite son





Connor ~ Scottish ~ Knowledgeable


Constantine ~ Latin ~ Firm





Derrick ~ Old English ~ Ever Powerful Ruler


Dougray ~ Scottish ~ Protector of the King





Edmund ~ Old English ~ Blessed Protector


Emmet ~ German ~ Industrious


Ethan ~ Hebrew ~ Strong one


Ewan ~ Scottish ~ God is Gracious





Felix ~ Latin ~ Happy and Prosperous





Gavin ~ Welch ~ Little Hawk





Henry ~ German ~ Master of the Home





Ian ~ Scottish ~ God is Gracious


Ignatius ~ Latin ~ Fiery One





John ~ Hebrew ~ God is Gracious


Jonas ~ Greek ~ Dove


Jude ~ Latin ~ Praise





Keefer ~ Irish ~ Noble; Gentle


Keenan ~ English ~ Smart


Kieran ~ Irish ~ Little Dark One





Leo ~ Latin ~ A Lion


Liam ~ Irish ~ Guardian


Lincoln ~ English ~ By the Water


Lorenzo ~ Italian ~ Laurel





Matthew ~ Hebrew ~ Gift of God


Max ~ German ~ Great


Milo ~ Old English ~ Soldier





Oliver ~ Latin ~ Olive Tree





Pierce ~ English ~ Rock





Sampson ~ Hebrew ~ Of the Sun


Sean ~ Irish ~ God is Gracious


Sebastian ~ Greek ~ Revered


Simon ~ Hebrew ~ Obedient





Tobias ~ Hebrew ~ The Lord is Good





Yannick ~ Breton ~ God is Gracious



























Reply:hahh(:


i now know why my friend Cameron has a crooked nose!


really!





here are some you might want to think twice about before


naming a baby:D :





Bimbaya "ugly looking woman"


Akihiro "large"


Butcher "animal slaughterer" %26lt;%26lt;duh


Ancilla "slave girl"


Ablendan "blind"


Acwel "kills"


Ada "ornament"


Aelfdane "a danish elf"


Alda "old"


Olwyn "daughter of a giant"


Ya el "goat"


Pakwa "frog"


Rachele "ewe" %26lt;%26lt;the animal like a sheep


Radbert "red haired counselor"


Hailey "field of hay"


Leod "ugly"


Fabio "bean grower"



Reply:Mallory. It means 'unfortunate'. It's one of those names that I find too blatantly negative to consider. I can live with Calvin, Cameron, or Cecilia. People have told me that James, which means 'usurper' is too negative to use, but it doesn't bother me.
Reply:Jezebel means "not exalted".


In the Old Testament this was the name of the evil wife of Ahab, king of Israel.


She was eaten by dogs, fulfilling Elijah's prophecy. Only Jezebel's skull, feet, and hands remained because at some time in her life, each of these body parts once did something good.



Reply:Well my husband loves the name John Calvin Brown, I don't like it because John is overused we know five different guys with the first name of John and I don't like the meaning of the middle name. Brandy
Reply:I liked Cameron until now. ha.


Addison and Madison mean son of Adam/Matthew, bad for girl names.





i love Anna- gracious and merciful. good meaning.
Reply:Edit: Claudia and Cameron are the only one I can think of right now, and you already have those :)





I can definitely live w/ "Cecilia" b/c it could mean something in the sense of "blind faith" as well...
Reply:DAMIAN DEVIL
Reply:Kennedy- Ugly Head





Not kidding lol!





It would bother me a little bit.
Reply:Gladys means lame
Reply:doesn't bother me Leah- weary
Reply:The meaning of a name means nothing to me! Probably means nothing to a lot of people!
Reply:My own name.. Mallory.. means one who is unlucky.. NICE lol
Reply:there is an name in URDU "HUMERA" which means the donkey. but i think these things are nothing.