WWBND?

nicholssquared · July 2013

Hey there!

I heard on the radio this morning, a woman called in to tell the radio personality that her daughter had named her newborn baby with the radio personality's FN & LN as the baby's FN & MN. The name was "Jack Elliot," so I think it was a coincidence, as both are perfectly valid names and sound great in combination. However, it was pointed out to her that this was the name of a very (locally) famous radio personality before the baby was born.

Just as a conversation starter, would you knowingly name your child after a local personality, even if it was just a coincidence? Why would it (not) bother you? And....go!

plunderb · July 2013

I don't think it would bother me too much if it were just the guy on the radio or a local news anchor or something like that. The news anchor would move to another job and my kid probably won't always live in the same city.

I would probably take it into account if the person were locally famous for being a murderer or something.

GibsonGirl620 · July 2013

Rush Limbaugh? No. Jack Elliot? Sure. I agree with pp.

Interestingly, there is a local DJ named Reagan and that name is significantly higher on the SSA list for my state than it is for the US in general.

Helenahhandbasket · July 2013

It probably would give me slight pause, but if I loved the name I would use it.

DH and I briefly discussed the name Marie Claire-- and although not a local celebrity-- H and I did discuss out loud if we thought giving a child the same names a national magazine would be an issue.

We decided it did not bother us, but discarded the name for other reasons.

Aligator28 · July 2013

Local celebrity, probably would bother me too much. Two names we wanted to use were Nolan and Ryan. After discussing having a Nolan Ryan, we decided it is not what we wanted. So we saved Ryan for our next boy.

Edit...my ipad won't let me. That should say "wouldn't," not would.

Dr.Loretta · July 2013

Just as a conversation starter, would you knowingly name your child after a local personality, even if it was just a coincidence? Why would it (not) bother you

Yes, esp if it was a name as common as your example.

Lots of people have certain names. I'm not going to let a random local celebrity deter me

queenbone · July 2013

If it were a local celebrity I probably wouldn't worry about it.

I won't name this baby George Michael because that would be too WHAM! to everyone he meets, but if that were just a local celebrity I would do it. Even local celebrities have their 15 min of fame end and the child may not live in the area forever.