Can A Guy’s Name Be A Dealbreaker?
Posted by: Persia Ali
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4:00PM, Saturday February 28th 2009
TheBabyWebsite.com has released what are considered to be Britain’s most unfortunate baby names. Seymour Butts and Ivana Tinkle aren’t on the list, but some of the names include Mary Christmas, Paige Turner, and Doug Hole. Isn’t this a form of child abuse? Anyway, this got the Frisky girls and I talking about what we’d do if a we were interested in or were dating had an unusual or horrible name. Would you be too embarrassed to even tell your friends you were dating a guy with, say, the last name “Hymen”? Would you even give the dude a chance? After the jump, the list of guy names that are potential dealbreakers. .
First Names:
Prince
Herbert
Peanut
Lovely
Jamieon
Hennessey
Toshiba
Feminine names like Chante, Patrice, Ashley, Tracy, etc.
Anything with an apostrophe
Last Names:
Crapp
Hymen
Butts
Bacon
Gay
Rump
Wiwi
Phuck
Kunti
However, with the shortage of “good guys” in existence, if you really like someone, the name game may be one of those things that is worth overlooking. Unless you cannot introduce to friends and family without laughing hysterically, because that would never not be awkward.
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vanya
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 04:06 pm: [report]
I dated Ken Dahl (pronounced “doll”) for awhile before I met my husband, and his name didn’t bother me at all. Lots of people thought it was kind of cute.
Wasn’t Joey Ramone’s real name Jeff Hyman?
fallenangel915
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 04:20 pm: [report]
Nah, a guy’s name wouldn’t be a dealbreaker. I mean, come on…we get mad at guys for ragging on us for having a little cellulite, so why stoop lower by dissing a guy because of his NAME?
christianay
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 05:10 pm: [report]
jezebel i think wrote a post about this a long time ago. i don’t think a name can be a dealbreaker for me, but if they had an annoying name i would go to great lengths not to use it. i’m pretty picky with names. i hate names like harold, gary, ned, ed, jed…. a lot more.
retro chic
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 06:25 pm: [report]
Wellll…I don’t know if names are dealbreakers for me, but, the evidence will show that some can be an early warning signs:
1. Richard B*hn (rhymes with bone).
His father, Dick Sr. (same name), went to court to have his own first-name changed to his middle name Howard.
When young Richard Jr. wanted the same change for his name, the father refused (yeah, whatta…), leaving his son to hold the bag.
Moral: A Richard by any other name is still a ...
2. My sister had a boob-job done by Dr. Bresky who ONLY does mammos. :/
3. The infamous Dr. Bills who always overcharged my grandpa’s med bills. :(
4. My old BF “Bruce the hairdresser” was totally straight, but couldn’t live down the stereotype. Shrewdly he began making the most of it, and got more clientele and dates with women by being their BFFF first. ;-*
joyy
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 06:29 pm: [report]
I actually don’t really like my bf’s name - or my own for that matter. But it’s of zero consequence so who cares?
@retro chic: the dr. who delivered one of my cousins was named Dr. Speedy.
Abarita
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 07:00 pm: [report]
if names were deal breakers i wouldn’t have a had a chance in hell because my last name is doody. its actually the other way around really, its kind of like an ice breaker. in high school no one called me by my first name. why use your first name when your last name is equivalent to sh*t?
Jules
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 07:24 pm: [report]
It’s apparently never been a dealbreaker for me, all three times I was married (yeah, three, you’d think I’d have learned sooner) the men I married all had last names that were next to impossible to spell or pronounce correctly.
lindssaurus
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 08:33 pm: [report]
thats awful parents would name their children ridiculous names. its as if they’ve forgotten how horrible middle school kids are.
Alison Wonderland
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 08:52 pm: [report]
In HS I knew two boys, brothers, named Frank and Eric Hunt. Neither were spared! But it was the result of their Mother’s second marriage- so she didn’t deliberately give them unfortunate names, though she had some say in the matter I suppose…
Arty
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 10:47 pm: [report]
There’s a dental surgeon in the neighborhood I grew up named Dr. Payne. (And yes, it’s pronounced “pain.”) Talk about bad horror movie names!
Leighp
wrote on February 28 2009 @ 11:50 pm: [report]
I actually did a research project about this same subject in college and it seems as though names did matter in my research too. I think it can really make a difference!
LucyInTheSky
wrote on March 1 2009 @ 12:50 am: [report]
Maybe it’s a Southern thing, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a man named Ashley… or Tracy for that matter.
Oliveira
wrote on March 1 2009 @ 01:53 am: [report]
Hahaha, I looooove the dentist Dr. Payne :D
The dealbreaker for me? Alphonso Crapp would be pretty undateable.
elthrilla
wrote on March 1 2009 @ 07:46 am: [report]
Wasn’t Ashley originally a male name? I think Ashley became more popular for girls post Gone With The Wind, even though it’s a male character in that.
I wouldn’t discount a guy named Ashley, but I probably wouldn’t name a son Ashley either, but that’s because I would understand the contemporary problems with naming a boy ashley.
miss game
wrote on March 1 2009 @ 11:53 am: [report]
I was thinking the same thing Lucy… what is wrong with Ashley or Tracy?
Peanut or Lovely, though… not so sure.
JeSuisSarah
wrote on March 2 2009 @ 05:04 pm: [report]
I just can’t help to think of “Julia Gulia” from the Wedding Singer. I hate to say it, but it can be a deal breaker.
AndAllTheRest
wrote on March 2 2009 @ 09:33 pm: [report]
Patrice is actually a French male name. I think it might be akin to the way John is strictly male here. My mom is named Patrice and she found out it was a man’s name when a family member had a French exchange student with them at a family gathering. When introduced to her, he kind of laughed and asked why she had a man’s name. He said French families would never name a daughter Patrice.
juliePS
wrote on March 3 2009 @ 12:13 pm: [report]
my name is julie, and in high school I once had a thing with a nice orthodox jewish boy whose name was… Shmuli. It wasn’t a dealbreaker but I did giggle profusely. In fact, I STILL giggle profusely when I think about it now.
Perceptible
wrote on March 3 2009 @ 12:46 pm: [report]
I had a H.S. biology teacher named Mr. Dick. He really picked the wrong profession. How could you stand in front of high school kids every day with that name? He was brutalized. (To make matters worse his first name was Charles. Prof Chuck Dick.)
I also had an oral surgeon named Dr. Sonnenshein, which was appropriate because I had 4 wisdom teeth removed in one surgery and he was great!
My friend married a man whose last name is Noody. And we’ve been telling her for 6 years not to change her name. She hasn’t yet!
LadieBug
wrote on March 3 2009 @ 01:12 pm: [report]
I had a dentist named Dr. Kreuger… Freaked me out actually.
I’m bad, whenever I meet a guy I always say to myself or even my friend “Can you picture me with a guy named ______?”
Some names just flow better together than others I guess.
missduplicity
wrote on March 3 2009 @ 02:42 pm: [report]
*Shrug*
My mother’s maiden name was Nipple. I got lucky, being the progeny of the only girl out of that family (I have four uncles, and other Nipple cousins), but I think that’s definitely taught me not to worry too much about names.
Although, that name did keep my uncle from persuing a relationship with a friend of his named Ophelia…
peachofatl
wrote on March 6 2009 @ 07:36 am: [report]
Names aren’t a deal breaker for me. I have dated an Arnie, Norman Wendell, married a Doc (who was referred to as Dick as a child), and also dated a Todd Kuntz (apparently this is a common name up North). And my brother’s name is actually Ryan Ashley (yes, after “Gone with the Wind” and yes he was picked on for it, and yes, we are from Georgia). Also, i once had a dentist named Dr. Capps (ha ha).
alifran
wrote on March 7 2009 @ 12:11 pm: [report]
My boyfriend’s last name is Blank. Cool kid.
stringbeans
wrote on June 8 2009 @ 12:59 am: [report]
whats wrong w/ the last name bacon?
thats mine and it usually just makes for an interesting story.
besides i reckon there are heaps of women out there who wouldn’t say no to kevin bacon…
Titi
wrote on June 8 2009 @ 01:41 am: [report]
At my old college, a man named Dr Russell Smiley taught stress management. It fit him—he was awesome. And smiley.
brackishfaun
wrote on June 8 2009 @ 03:40 am: [report]
my boyfriend has the same first name as my cousin. Its not a super common name either. It kind of made me hesitant to date him because I sometimes felt awkward saying his name because it reminds me of my cousin so much, which super creeped me out. I got over it, which is good, because my bf is amazing and it would have sucked if I didn’t give him a chance because of his name
Cowboycurtis
wrote on June 8 2009 @ 06:09 am: [report]
My last name name is Furey. People are scared of my dad—I mean, you would be too if you were a freshman in high school and you saw that one of your teachers was named Furey, right?
Gloom
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 01:43 pm: [report]
Has anyone heard about Mike Litoris (http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/mike-litoris.jpg)?