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To ask if you named your DC after a celebrity/famous person?

160 replies

Darkling1 · 23/08/2025 12:38

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twobabiesandapup · 23/08/2025 21:48

Not exactly a celebrity but my son is named after a Power Ranger that I loved as a child/early teen 😂 although no one in real life actually knows that that’s where the name came from!

Freegrass · 23/08/2025 21:47

No, Darth, Luke and Yoda are all common names in this area.

menopausalmare · 23/08/2025 21:44

Yes, she was a Downton Dame.

Cherrysoup · 23/08/2025 21:35

There’s a Keanu and Phoenix in my family. I think it’s mad, but not as bad as someone naming their dc Khaleesi, which I’ve seen on here.

Millytante · 23/08/2025 21:32

ruby1234 · 23/08/2025 19:51

My child is named after a Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse!

Arkle! Excellent.
My old headmistress at boarding school had a commanding portrait of Arkle in her study, next to a lurid Sacred Heart, and an obligatory JFK. She was a fiend for the horses, that nun.

Millytante · 23/08/2025 21:29

BloodyHellBob · 23/08/2025 20:00

I really wanted to call my ds Hector (from Greek mythology) but it was vetoed, I was gutted but got my next favourite name!

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A friend called his firstborn son Hector, and everyone, to his vast disappointment, assumed it was in honour of some cartoon dog on the telly.

sparklychair · 23/08/2025 21:19

DS is named after a famous bear who has all sorts of exciting adventures and lives in Nutwood.

Finaly · 23/08/2025 20:56

x2boys · 23/08/2025 13:02

I know somone I worked with always loved the name Erin after watching the waltons as a child and did in deed name her daughter Erin.

OMG I did the exact same, unless you're talking about me then there must be two of us.

SlatternIsMyMiddleName · 23/08/2025 20:37

I named my cat after a Star Wars character if that counts.

Moonflower12 · 23/08/2025 20:27

@Millytante

Amazingly you guessed the correct programme and first letter of her name but her (not) character was the one found ‘all dead and wrapped in plastic!’

Or is that you, DD?

Pebbles16 · 23/08/2025 20:24

One of my school friends was named after her Mum's favourite film, "Thoroughly Modern Millie". Quite unusual in the 70s.
Our harridan headmistress could not be doing with "shortened names" so every Kate was called Katherine (even if they were Kate), and Millie became Mildred - which she hated. She loves being a "Millie before her time".
As a side note: at one point, the headmistress became totally deranged about names and our schoolmate, Alice, became Alison; and Trudy (a frequently decorated sports captain) was once called Ermentrude! (Only happened once, as Trudy threatened to stop playing any sports which led to a PE department intervention).

Seemslikethat · 23/08/2025 20:15

Not deliberately but looking back I think I was very much influenced by many watches of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as a child.

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 23/08/2025 20:14

My daughter is named after the female character in The Tempest.

Sgtmajormummy · 23/08/2025 20:14

Grint.
Sorry, Rupert!

Sgtmajormummy · 23/08/2025 20:06

The dog is Ralph Fiennes. It had to be an actor’s name starting with R.
His littermates are Rita Hayworth, Ruby Rose and Rupert Grinch.

DH would NOT have accepted Jeremy (Irons, my lifelong crush) as he’s madly jealous of him!

Katherineryan1986 · 23/08/2025 20:03

Eldest daughter was named after the character in a children’s book. I read this book as a 12 year old and always said that if I ever had a daughter I would use the name, luckily my husband liked the name and so that was that.

TabbyBeast · 23/08/2025 20:02

Yes! Named DS after a member of our favourite Madchester band which also matched the first names of our Dads so everyone was happy 😊

BloodyHellBob · 23/08/2025 20:00

MeringueOutang · 23/08/2025 13:36

Yes one is named after a famous Greek hero and the other is named after a famous Old English hero (which coincidentally is also the name of one of my favourite sitcom characters). For middle names, they're named after actors who have played iconic characters.

I really wanted to call my ds Hector (from Greek mythology) but it was vetoed, I was gutted but got my next favourite name!

NightsinthegardensofSpain · 23/08/2025 19:54

Yes. After Bram Stoker

ruby1234 · 23/08/2025 19:51

My child is named after a Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse!

greglet · 23/08/2025 19:44

@SunsetOverEasterIsland Sven?

taxidriver · 23/08/2025 19:42

no but my dog is, shares a birthday with this particular olympian

greglet · 23/08/2025 19:41

@MeringueOutangPlease tell me their names are Hercules and Beowulf.

aprilshowers2015 · 23/08/2025 19:29

DeirdreChambersWhatACoincidence · 23/08/2025 13:22

Very nearly called my daughter Ripley after watching the Alien films back to back at 38ish weeks. Thankfully I came to my senses and didn't.

I called my dog Ripley for this reason.
Terribly outing but I also have a son named Cameron (James Cameron the Director and a little bit Cameron Poe from Con Air)

spookysoul · 23/08/2025 19:23

Devilsmommy · 23/08/2025 18:20

Same, my DS is a character from a classic horror movie. Hence my username 😁

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I’m 99.9% sure I could guess it right! Great name.