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What is the first thing you think of when you hear/see the name Chandler Bean? and if you are thinking of what most people think of, would this stop you from using this name?
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Re: Chandler?
Chandler is one of my favorites. It was a top 3 on our boy's list before we found out we were having a girl.
What would most people think of?
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Oh.My.God ... Chand-ler BING!
I immediately hear Janice saying it.
I'm not a fan of the name, but if I were, the "Friends" reference wouldn't keep me from using it.
This exactly.
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Ha! This was my first thought, too!
I really like the name Chandler. I think there's an episode in Friends when one of the characters says something like "Chandler -- what is that? It's like chandelier but not!" This was my first impression of the name when I first saw Friends, but over time I have grown to really like the name.
However, Bean would be a horrible middle name choice since the Friends character's last name was Bing.
Chandler Bean? Absolutely I would not use it. When I saw the title of this post I was thinking "Hmm...too 'Friends'." But add Bean to it and...well, yeah.
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Bean is my last name
In that case, i'd skip it. Chandler Bing is famous.
This.
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I agree. It sounds way too close to me. I first think of Friends but I also live in the Phoenix area where we have the city Chandler.
Ha!
LOL Just posted this.
LOL! That's what I thought before I even opened the post.
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This! I have only ever heard this name on Friends, so I would very much associate it with the show, even without hearing "Bean" for the last name. I actually like the name Rachel and won't use it because our last name is VERY close to "Green", and I think of Friends when I put Rachel with our last name.
With an uncommon first name that is very closely associated with a once megapopular TV show, combined with a similar last name, you will get LOTS of people asking you whether you named him after the character. Like pp said, kids his age won't care, and I don't think naming him Chandler would have any negative effect on him, but you have to decide how annoyed you will be by the adults!
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