Social media users have shared their thoughts on baby names they're sick of hearing - and it's safe to say there's a clear theme emerging among the responses
Picking a name for a newborn is a big deal - it's not just choosing something cute for a tiny tot, but selecting a name that will suit them into adulthood regardless of whether they become a doctor, manager, lawyer, administrator, teacher, joiner, or any number of professions.
'Weird' spellings To the frustration of many, some parents choose to flout phonetic norms when naming their children, hoping to make the names appear more 'unique'. One user responded to Mandy's query with: "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."
Lee/Leigh names Names ending in 'Leigh', 'Ley' or 'Lee' have also been criticised. While there are many traditional names with such endings, like Ashley/Ashleigh, Hayley, Kayleigh and more, the trend of adding these suffixes to less common nouns to create new names has irked some.
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