A little issue I'm having.

RoninSirPuppyPup · September 2011

H and I aren't TTC yet but will be soon. I'm jumping the gun a bit here.

H is Native American so I'd really like at least one of our kids to have a native name. I LOVE Winona.

Here's my issue.

Our last name is Ryder.

Winona Ryder

What do you think? It's not like our last name is Jolie and I'm naming our possible future daughter Angelina.

MrsFinn810 · September 2011

I wouldn't; sorry!

I think that name would be on the same fame level as Angelina Jolie (etc.)

HannahO28 · September 2011

Actually, I think it's very similar to naming your daughter Angelina Jolie.

I would definitely side-eye parents that chose WInona Ryder

Dominique1219 · September 2011

That's a definite no, and it would be absolutely no different than naming your daughter Angelina if your last name was Jolie. Don't do this to your child.

BrittRMere · September 2011

I wouldn't do it.

EXL311 · September 2011

There's no way I would do that. Even if Winona Ryder is slightly less well known than Angelina Jolie, she is known for being a shoplifter. Since I'm half Chinese I wanted all my kids to have Chinese middle names. Could you do something like that? Then it's easier for all your children to have that part of their heritage.

saham07 · September 2011

MrsFinn810:

I wouldn't; sorry!

I think that name would be on the same fame level as Angelina Jolie (etc.)

YUP!

Mrs.Deputy · September 2011

That's not a good idea.

Sept1799 · September 2011

MUD

ycristina84 · September 2011

Ummm. No. I think you may be joking, but just in case, NO. Winona Rider is a really famous actress with a cult following still. She was the IT girl of the 90's and it's not like people will forget that. I mean she was in EVERYTHING! She's was like the Molly Ringwald of her time. AND she was caught shoplifting. Your kid will deal with that assimilation forever, no getting around it.

karen_loy · September 2011

MrsFinn810:

I wouldn't; sorry!

I think that name would be on the same fame level as Angelina Jolie (etc.)

ditto

leapgirl8 · September 2011

I have a friend named Jackie Chan (female) and I work with a woman named Jane Eyre, and you don't even think about it after you know them for five minutes. BUT every time they introduce themselves to anyone, people have to go through the mental process of "Oh, I know that name," make a comment about it, Jackie/Jane pretend to be amused. It's not a big deal, just a PITA. And people make a lot of stupid jokes.

indiana101 · September 2011

I feel your pain. I love the name Flynn if our LO is a boy but DH has vetoed it since our last name is Stone. Personally I think it's cute, not too many kids his age would know the Flinstones however my family has a tendency to give nicknames very often and I can see him being called Fred alot, not a name I love.

SGC29 · September 2011

Don't do it, lol.

AlphabetFish · September 2011

Awww, yeah, you can't use it.

I'm sorry, I love that name too, but you just can't with your last name. Out of the question.

lilygirl · September 2011

EXL311:
There's no way I would do that. Even if Winona Ryder is slightly less well known than Angelina Jolie, she is known for being a shoplifter. Since I'm half Chinese I wanted all my kids to have Chinese middle names. Could you do something like that? Then it's easier for all your children to have that part of their heritage.

I'd go for a different Native American name or use it for a MN. Winona Ryder is way too identifiable (and for all the wrong reasons in the past few years) to saddle your kid with that name.

westrose · September 2011

Don't do that!!

melody921 · September 2011

No, the name is too well known and associated with a famous person. Choose another.

BrandiGreen · September 2011

I just don't think you can do that. It's just too weird!

PhilsWife07 · September 2011

Are you kidding? No one has forgotten who Winona Ryder is. I'd pick a different name.

PhilsWife07 · September 2011

indiana101:
I feel your pain. I love the name Flynn if our LO is a boy but DH has vetoed it since our last name is Stone. Personally I think it's cute, not too many kids his age would know the Flinstones however my family has a tendency to give nicknames very often and I can see him being called Fred alot, not a name I love.

LMAO. Thank goodness your DH has some sense.

jiffy-pop · September 2011

I agree that it would be weird. How about Willow instead?

msmerymac · September 2011

Absolutely not.

Though I did meet Winona Ryder once and she was very sweet. But still, absolutely not.

Texas77again · September 2011

i'm not seeing the diff between winona and angelina. a celeb name is a celeb name.

at the same time i think that in years to come a future generation will not know winona the way we do and i think the association will fade as your kid gets older.

i still don't think you should do it.

vilaro · September 2011

Dominique1219:
That's a definite no, and it would be absolutely no different than naming your daughter Angelina if your last name was Jolie. Don't do this to your child.

Exactly.

MaybeMore · September 2011

Don't do it!

Beware of the "Indian" name lists, too.

Read this.

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