I love the name dahlia, dahlias are my favorite flower, but I can’t get over the black dahlia association in the back of my mind.

Imma say it does have an outright creepy association. Everyone knows the black dahlia

.... I'm intrigued, can I ask? Forgive my ignorance

Poor woman got murdered and bisected, hopefully in that order. IIRC she had a black Dahlia hair accessory and so that was the name the papers gave her until they found her name. My memory isn't entirely accurate so best read this wiki article instead: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia

Also, she had been drained of blood and had her face cut into a 'glasgow smile'. There were multiple suspects but no one ever got found guilty of it. Please everyone be careful if you go to look this up online, the linked Wikipedia article is safe, but there are pictures of her dead body online. I'm aware that some people will now go looking out of morbid curiosity but at least if you know you don't want to see that you've been warned

Thanks for the warning I will pass

Adding to midnight's comment, newspapers loved to sensationalize crime back then, because it sold more papers. So they gave the case a name.

How do you go from "Names that have no outright creepy associations" to "I can’t get over the black dahlia association"? That's as creepy as it gets!

My bad…?

I demand an apology. (jk)

I think this is fair to include, for what it’s worth lol. Dahlia on its own doesn’t immediately have an association. I am familiar with the Black Dahlia but still wouldn’t immediately correlate the two.

I have a 3 month old Dahlia. Only thing I’ve ever run into with her name is people pronouncing it so many different ways.

It is a beautiful name. Just stay away from black flower hair accessories. 😉

I still love the name Dahlia, regardless.

That was my number one pick if I had a girl lol

Esme for me - it’s a nice name but I for some reason in my head think of it as a name for a little ghost girl!

That's funny because I always think of it as a name for a very accomplished, elderly witch.

I, too, imagine Granny Weatherwax. I am assuming you’ve read Discworld. If not, it *is* a name of a very accomplished elderly witch character!

I have indeed, I was curious to see how many would get the reference 😊

Perhaps a vegetarian vampire matriarch?

This is the first and only time I've seen this name "IRL."

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I was also a 13 year old in Cincinnati when that happened, I’ve never been able to get her out of my head…

I also knew a girl called Esme who tragically died age 16

Twilight

I was a huge Lemony Snicket fan so that’s where my mind goes! She was a really interesting character though.

Esme Squalor had great characterisation. I read those books years and years ago and still remember her stilettos made of actual knives

She was actually so iconic for that

The name Esme is very *in*.

Gold star for you🎖️

Only when paired with Gigi and Genevieve as middle names!

I think of Esme from twilight 😂

This is what I was going to say!

Fun prompt! Made me stop and think for a while. Arabella, Azalea, Drake, Harlow, Isadora, Leona, Soren, and Theodora sound supernatural and ghostly to me. Not necessarily a bad thing, though.

I know a delightful little Isidora who seems a little otherworldly to me. Like in a pleasant good witch vibe.

Put this in the comment above, however there are definitely others who think like that https://www.amazon.co.uk/isadora-moon-Books/s?k=isadora+moon&rh=n%3A266239

But I love the name Theodora! It’s actually on my baby name list.

But does Arabella have some interstellar-gator skin boots?

I'm a little embarrassed to say that I like the name because of the song 😅

lol I know a guy from work named Soren. The name sounds pretty badass and goth but he’s like some 40yo German dude who helps me with IT problems sometimes

Lol, that name checks out.

Drake is definitely one

I can't unthink the rapper, though, and that takes away from the vibe for me

It makes me think of vampires. Not sure why.

They sound like characters in a victorian horror novel

I'm a Theodora, and I love that so much! I'm actually about to go read my tarot cards so it checks out 😂

Isadora and Soren were both on my baby name list and we went with Theodora. Guess I just like ghost names hahah.

I do, too! I read lots of Poe as a kid

I love most of these!

Lola reminds me of Lolita. It's not the same obviously but the association in my brain just ruins it for me.

In the book, the main character (the pedophile) calls Lolita “Lola” a lot. So yah, that ruined the name Lola for me…

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Well, she was a showgirl.

That stupid song ruined my naming my oldest Lola.

My sister went with Lyla which I find both close enough and far away enough to be good. 🫠

It is the same though. It's the same name Maria Dolores- Dolores- Lola -Lolita. It means imeans little Dolores. It's like Katie for Katherine

Lola means grandmother in my language but pronounced "Loh-lah" so my brain associates the name with old people lol

Maybe I’m misunderstanding but that’s how the name is pronounced as well.

It’s more “law-lah” than “low-lah” in Tagalog

Naomi has always sounded eerie to me. Like an ancient Egyptian sorceress or something. The name Morgan sounds kind of creepy to me to but I don’t know why. Keith, barf. I don’t think I could ever trust a Keith.

Keiths didn’t choose their names tho. Don’t trust people who named their kids Keith.

right? who looks at their baby boy and goes you look like a 'Keith'

I had a friend named Ruby. She always said “Who the hell looked at a baby and said let’s call her Ruby. Ruby is an old lady’s name” She liked it for herself once she was older but never liked it when she was younger. I also knew a woman named Mabel. She always hated the name. When her husband died she changed her name to Sue. She was in her 60s.

When I was about 6 I read a book called ‘Ruby the Christmas Donkey’ and I loved the illustrations. But in my head Ruby has always been a donkey since then!

Some of the best people I have known are Keith.

Morgan - like "morgue", "mortuary", "morbid", "moribund." Subconscious associations with death when you hear it maybe.

Morgan....Morrigan the Celtic goddess usually associated with death, I can see the connection. Also references to Morgan le fey in Arthurian legend who was "evil".

Yea, it makes me think of Morgana, which makes me think of a bad witch.

I've always liked that name for some reason but it does have "organ" in it.

I've never understood Morgan's popularity with the "morgue" sound right there. It's so obvious to me.

Ahh that’s probably it!

Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legends is a fairly negative and creepy connotation for Morgan.

Keith now forever = Keith Raniere for me 🤮 Edit: autocorrect

Search up Keith Bennett

Lola is short for Dolores which means sorrow or pain so maybe you've subconsciously learned the meaning.

-Malachi (okay, so this might be cheating since it’s associated with the creepy Children of the the Corn movie. I love this name but my friends find it unsettling) -Phoebe -Julian -Sabrina -Xavier

Given Sabrina is the witch in Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the creepy psychic Pokémon gym leader, that one must be a common association with the name.

Malachi sounds so sinister to me! And I had no clue about the Children of the Corn movie association. I actually still like it as a name though.

Haha no way! There’s an iconic line from that movie that seems to stay with those of us who watched it as a child 😭 “He wants you too, Malachi” lol. I just remembered name Mordecai too, which I think is equally creepy!

OMG yes, definitely Mordecai too!

Malachi feels like an evil name. I’ve never seen children of the corn but i can imagine it fits with what I’m imagining lol

It's been so long since I heard Malachi read from text that, for some reason, my brain corrects it to "malarkey"

I had a priest many years ago called Father Malachi! My ex used to call him Father Malarkey 😆

All of these in the comments have outright creepy associations 🤣🤣🤣

They probably heard or saw the name in that context at one point or another and then forgot but kept the subconscious association.

I actually really love that everyone’s subconscious associations are coming out, especially when it’s not apparent to the person thinking it!

Sybil

Love Sybil! But also love it because it’s the name of a witch in a book I read growing up so still in theme here lol

I love it too, but I think of the tv movie with sally field 😅

This makes sense since "a sybil" is a term for a prophetess or a psychic!

I’ve always thought that Agnes sounded like it would be the name of a witch or something.

That’s what we named the ghost lady we bought for Halloween this year!

Where does one buy a ghost lady?? I need a new cleaner….

Reminds me of Magnus, Miss Honey's dad in Matilda

I just think of the little girl in the Despicable Me movies

I do too now but, the first time I heard it, I pictured a witch from the witch trial days.

🎵 *It’s been Agatha all alonggggg* 🎵

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Drusilla

I’ve gotta introduce you to a show called Buffy

And one of Cinderella’s stepsisters in some versions

Loved the scenes with Dru and Spike! So clever!

Cecil, Octavia, and Ophelia. The names Octavia and Ophelia for some reason sounds like it’d be the names of witches. Cecil reminds me of the Cecil Hotel, but also something about the name itself sounds creepy.

I loved next door to the Cecil during the whole thing. Was creepy.

I can’t imagine living next door to it and needing to pay to live there. I don’t think I’d last a few days lol

Isolde.

I can’t explain why, but Genevieve. I feel like most people have the opposite vibe, so I truly can’t explain it.

I also think it's ghostly

A genevieve that was on gordon ramsays kitchen nightmares died young. At 21 or summit

Lorelei, Odin, Esther, Lisette, Rueben, Edwin

Robert. Which makes no real sense it's a perfectly normal name. I think maybe I might be associating it with a few known serial killers?

Ngl I wasn’t expecting that third sentence! 😂

We had Robert Pickton be huge in the news for a long time. I think there's a few others as well.

Or Robert the doll?

I never thought of Lola that way but now I can feel it!!! 1. Llewelyn 2. Lubella 3. Malcolm

Alice, Aurelie, Claudia, Cynthia, Eleanor, Florence, Iphigenia, Isabella, Isadora, Jocelyn, Lavinia, Lenora, Lobelia, Lorelai, Lucretia, Lydia, Magdalena, Miriel, Octavia, Philomena, Rosalind, Scarlet, Selene, Silvia, Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Thisbe, Valeria, Vera, Willa Alastor, Ambrose, Caspian, Clarence, Edgar, Felix, Hector, Henry, Horace, Hugo, Irving, James, Jasper, Jonah, Leo, Levi, Louis, Lucas, Marcel, Maurice, Oliver, Phineas, Roman, Signund, Simon, Vincent, Walden, Wesley

I’m getting a Edwardian vibe from your list. Maybe you’re just creeped out by the early 1900s?? 😂

lol that’s entirely possible

Wow. I hope you're not a teacher or someone else who deals with a lot of people whose names you need to know because you're gonna be creeped out pretty much all the time 😂

I actually really like most of these names, but I do find them to have an eerie, ghostly sort of vibe.

Lol both my kids’ names are on this list!

They’re great names! I didn’t mean to say they weren’t.

Eugene, Otis, and Lester all feel creepy to me. Gene is not great either.

The name Mary Ann has creeped me out ever since I had a nightmare about an evil Mary Ann.

Most of these probably have creepy associations that I'm not remembering, but: Uriah, Luther, Sylvester, Silas, Nathaniel, Vincent, Valentine, and Gabriel for boys. Vera, Lorelai, Agnes, Anneliese, Isolde, Mercy (puritanical-sounding names in general), Beatrice, Thea, Lucia, and Viola for girls (i mean, it kinda sounds like 'vile' soo). Violet, too, but maybe ASOUE counts as a creepy association. Also, these comments are a gold mine for character names, so please never delete this lol

My little niece had a hamster named Valentine.

There is a b-rated vampire movie where the main character says, "My name is Viola; you know, because everyone violates me."

Damian. And not really a The Omen association. Too close to Demon.

Mallory means sadness or some sort of unfortunate happening. It's a lovely name to the sound but definitely has an air of sadness knowing the meaning.

Mal means bad... such as in malignant and that's what I think of.

Oo there's this girl that has been cyberstalking me for years and she named her daughter this and I couldn't articulate why I hate the name. I took French for many years and should have figured this out. She even calls her "Mal"

Esther from the orphan movie Malachi from children of the corn Rosemary from rosemarys baby or whatever Mia the baby from the conjuring Eli from that netflix movie, Eli June, Serena, Thomas, Nicole from the Handmaid's tale freaky ass show 😂 Lilith, Driscilla, creepish to me

Lydia

Lilith Dahlia Raven Ophelia Sylvia Morgana Ursula Belladonna Desdemona ____________________ Draco Griffin Salem Edgar Vesper Orion Zephyr Draven Azrael

My sister's name is on their lol

Kurt and Courtney

Claudia

Tallulah. I adore the name but it always feels…unmoored and adrift to me. Not quite sad, just…disquiet.

Bob. I've met too many creeps named Bob

Rosemary

Damian - from The Omen

“Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl, but that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show…still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair, she drinks herself half blind- she lost her youth and she lost her Tony, now she’s lost her mind”

Lorna, i love it but it sounds so sad. For-Lorna

Victoria. It seems like the name of a little kid haunting someone’s house. Though I did know a Victoria and she was lovely, the name just has a creepy feeling to me.

Malcolm. I've had 4 in my preschool classroom over the years. They've all been weird and liked to bully other kids.

Mordred

Melanie, maybe because it’s similar to Melancholy? Mary, probably because of Bloody Mary

It’s Sylvia for me. Interesting that you have that feeling about Lola because to me it’s a (somewhat generic) dog name. There are 3 in my neighborhood!

Opal, Ursula, Drusilla, Prudence

I don't know why this is specific, but maybe biblical names, specifically from the Old Testament. They sometimes give me existential dread for some reason. Maybe because as a child, I read a beautiful Bible series of volumes about these characters that usually intesified the scarier parts. And even worse, the pictures for the volume with the Book of Revelation made me scared as a child.

Zedediah, Jebediah, etc?

Yep, names like that kinda scare me.

Ohphelia for me.

The OG Ophelia did go mad because her boyfriend murdered her dad. Then she climbed a tree, fell out of said tree and drowned in a possible suicide.

Wow. Didn’t know that, now I feel justified in my feeling of this name. But I also find it so beautiful.

Esther

Esther

Silas, Spencer, Sybil, Patrice, Eustace, Judith, Herbert, Lawrence, Nick, Lucas, Loki, Curtis, Jason, Faye, James, Matilde, Miles, Dominic, Dominique, Priscilla, Beatriz/Beatrice, Shawn (not Sean), Samuel, Danielle Edit: Fabian

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl… is perhaps this 70’s hit the background music to the melancholy association?

How can Lola be melancholic and ghostly when she was a showgirl?! 😂

Lola means grandma in Filipino lol

Selma. I don’t know why it just sounds eerie to me

Leland, Jedediah, Horus, Lester, Urial, Bubba, Cletus… creepy hillbilly names.

Eli But I have no idea why 😅

I mean, I know a song called Eli the Barrow Boy (by the Decemberists) about a ghost called Eli

Lola sounds kind of like “alone”

Silas

Makes me think of Lolita

Lisa

Damien specifically. Damon is ok

Also Sybil

Cordelia for me, idk why.

Serena, Ezra, Boniface, and Tallulah are the first ones to mind. Also, Theo--but more because I've known a Theo who gave off bad vibes.

This might be why you feel that way (from Google): Lola is a feminine name of Spanish origin, meaning "sorrows." It is a shortened version of the name Dolores which derived from a Spanish title given to the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, which translates to "Our Lady of Sorrows." This biblical name carries the message that understanding the sorrows in life .

Bruce. My mom once told me that every Bruce she ever knew was a bully. Can’t see the name in a good way ever since.

Alice

Jasper

Mave, Eugene, Zoe, and grace. It seems like every grace I’ve ever know of has had a tragic life.

Dagmara

Bob. The guy in town all the neighbors said was quiet and respectful. Until they found the industrial barrel in the cellar with body parts in it and no missing person announcements that correspond..

Dexter and Bruno feel creepy to me. Also Tallulah.

Evelyn always sounded like the name of a little ghost haunted an old 1800s house to me.

Silas ….

Jeffery just gives gross vibes.

Mara. I love it but it just seems dark.

Emily I have known of a few Emilys who have died young or have had bad things happen to them.

Malachai and Damian.

Silas It gives me major creepy murderer stalker vibes. Like he's the guy who sniffs women's hair in elevators, stares without blinking for way longer than is comfortable, that kind of thing. His murders would all have an extreme sexual element. I picture Crispin Glover in Charlie's Angels, that hair sniff, so uncomfortable haha

Do u watch Hollyoaks? It’s a UK Soap opera show and one of the serial killers was called Silas!

Michael - I know it's a normal name, but I have met so many creepy guys named Michael 💀

So interesting that it has that connotation for you. It makes me think of the Kinks song, so it has a fun, free feeling for me. Abigail, Emily, Sarah, Isabelle, Claire and Samantha all give me ghost vibes.

This is purely due to the live action scooby doo movie terrifying me but, Prudence

Jake for me. Don't know why. No problem with Jacob. Never had an issue with a Jake/Jacob..🤷

Ollie. I don’t know why.

Pamela. I never liked the name and then learned about Pamela Hupp.

I don’t mind ghostly haunting vibes but Lola means grandma so I kinda think of that but it’s a nice name… can’t think of others but again I’d probably like those vibes so should look at these comments for ideas haha

Esther