Baby name issues

Stef1001 · July 2014

My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for over 6 years. Now I am 10 weeks pregnant. We picked out our baby names years ago and I am in love with them. If it's a boy we are naming him after my dad and if it's a girl, we were going to name her after my grandmother. We picked out this name years ago, than Disney had to come out with that damn Frozen movie. Yep, our baby girl name is Elsa. I am afraid that if I name the girl Elsa, everyone will think we named her after the movie. Thoughts?

motherboy · July 2014

Haha if DS was a boy, he'd have been Elsa too. Now with this one the movie put a damper on it for me. And we agreed on a different name we also love. But it is a beautiful name and if it has a family connection that is way more important. Use it. It's not like it's something way out there like Ariel that is only used for the little mermaid.

Milagros315 · July 2014

I'm sure it would be annoying having everyone ask you if she was named because of the movie, but if you guys really love it you should use it anyway. Who cares what other people think?

MusicFanatic · July 2014

Admittedly, I do think of Frozen.

That said, it's still a beautiful name and wouldn't deter me from using if I loved it

danakatiepfoltzer · July 2014

Keep it!!!! You and dh love it and it has a special meaning to you. Sure, some people might ask if you got it from frozen but so what? If you have a girl, when you and your family think of "Elsa" it will be of her, not frozen

BackseatDriver · July 2014

I think you should go with it. There are much worse associations IMO. Unless you were big disney fans I wouldn't think that you named her after the character, but I might think that the movie is the reason you became familiar with the name.

letsgox · July 2014

I agree with the others. Keep the name. It is beautiful and every time someone asks you if it's from the movie, you will have the chance to talk about your grandmother who holds a special place in your heart.

ShuShubee · July 2014

I think it is a pretty name. People will forget the Frozen reference in a couple of years, so I wouldn't worry too much.

sy5temfire · July 2014

It most likely will be super common once she hits school. You have to think of how many other kids will have the same name. Same thing happened with the Twilight names; there are tons of Jacobs and Edwards entering school districts shortly. If you want her to stand out as unique but still keep with the family name, maybe use it as a middle name. Just thinking about the flipside.

Cbeanz · July 2014

motherboy said:

It's not like it's something way out there like Ariel that is only used for the little mermaid.

Um… Ariel is a name, though.

nah82 · July 2014

Cbeanz said:

motherboy said:

It's not like it's something way out there like Ariel that is only used for the little mermaid.

Um… Ariel is a name, though.

Yep, my hairstylist's name is Arielle. And she was born before the movie.

kayham12 · July 2014

I haven't seen frozen. I know shocking!!! My grandmothers name is Elsa that's what I think of. Sorry Disney took your name.

motherboy · July 2014

namcgee said:

Cbeanz said:

motherboy said:

It's not like it's something way out there like Ariel that is only used for the little mermaid.

Um… Ariel is a name, though.

Yep, my hairstylist's name is Arielle. And she was born before the movie.

Ok, fair enough. I guess what I was getting at is that I think the little mermaid ' s Ariel is too strong a cultural connection. I don't think the same is true for elsa.

rockkandi · July 2014

If it makes you feel better, I've never seen the movie so I would have never known. Beautiful name!

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Cbeanz · July 2014

libberluru said:

I know lots of Ariel's and Jasmine's. Now if your name was Snow White, I would side eye.

Isn't Snow a name? I'm thinking of that Canadian rapper…

cassied7 · July 2014

This makes me laugh. We were team green for our first and also now for our second. When I was pg with my son, I got a nursing cover and the pattern was called "Elsa". I fell in love with it and I always knew this would be my girls name. Two years later, Frozen came out. I think you should stick with the name because it will be in memory of your grandmother. I however will not stick with it, because I have no emotional attatchment with the name.

Stargirlb · July 2014

If you love the name that's all that matters, ultimately. I think that name will be increasingly popular this year and for the next few years so keep in mind that it could very well become one of the Popular Names in her peer group. If that's cool with you, go for it.

longcat07 · July 2014

use it anyway. honestly, it would be very tactless for someone to ask if you pulled it from a movie, and if they did, just give them a withering look and tell them no, she's named after her great-grandmother who was very dear to you.

Stargirlb · July 2014

https://popwatch.ew.com/2014/06/17/frozen-elsa-baby-name/

Elsa baby boom.

I always loved the name Baron (or Barron) and then Donald trump named his littlest boy that so I felt I could no longer use it. I had a girl anyway, so that actually solved the dilemma for me.

LadyXaverian · July 2014

Definitely use it anyway. If people mention Frozen, just laugh it off and say, "Actually she is named for my grandmother!" My husband's niece named her daughter Adelle after a grandmother, and she gets asked all the time if she named the baby after the singer. She just tells them it's a family name, and that's the end of that.

Beauxbaton · July 2014

Well hey, at least Elsa in frozen is of the thought that you can't marry someone you just met.

Disney aside, its a beautiful name. And it has meaning to you and your family.

Disneygeek77 · July 2014

Well we were thinking of the name Anna before Frozen came out. It isn't going to stop us from using the name. We like it and it is a family name.

However, I do want to warn you that the name Elsa is becoming more popular and I also don't see the name or the popularity of the movie waning. Little girls now will be growing up singing Let it Go just like little girls a few generations ago were singing Under the Sea. It truly is a blockbuster and will probably go down as a Disney classic.

That being said, she might be telling people " No I am named after my great grandmother " all of her life just like my possible Anna might be telling people " No, my parents just liked the name Anna " also.

BookitBoo · July 2014

Give her the family name. It's beautiful and has meaning...just don't decorate her nursery with a Frozen theme.

Personally, popular names don't bother me so even if the name is enjoying a surge in popularity I wouldn't be too concerned.

Latham12 · July 2014

It's so cute. If frozen has ruined it, we have a friend who's daughters name is Elsie and it's adorable.

Maebb · July 2014

I agree to use it.

Plus, you never know - you could come up with some beautiful, unique name, and then Disney could feature it in a movie in two years, and you'd be screwed. My cousin has a daughter named Elsa, and it was not a popular name when they chose it.

UberBiz · July 2014

Meh. Use it if you love it! Screw disney

Stef1001 · July 2014

Thanks everyone. Thankfully, I am not pregs with twins, because AnnaSophia was our secondary name, so I literally would have had Anna and Elsa, planned years ago. Stupid Disney.

spoonleg · July 2014

My mom actually named my sister after a character in a children's movie (Kira- The Dark Crystal.) It's a fun story and we enjoy watching the movie as a family.

To be honest, the people who are saying that two years from now no one will associate Elsa with Frozen are totally wrong. That name will be associated with Frozen for DECADES. It's the highest grossing Disney movie of all time. I haven't even SEEN it, and I would associate the name Elsa with the movie.

Also, Elsa makes me think of cows (I think it was the name of the Borden milk mascot) so it's really NMS.

SRose1005 · July 2014

Just saw this right after I posted about the same name! DH is obsessed with Elsa. I think it's a lovely name.

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