drag name through the mire

drag somebody's name through the mire/mud

to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Levi	LEE-vie (English), LE:-vee (Dutch)	Hebrew, English, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Viliam	-	Slovak
Weronika	ve-raw-NEE-kah (Polish)	Polish, Sorbian
RÍOnach	-	Irish
Ermingard	-	Ancient Germanic
Haze	HAYZ	English (Rare)