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Friend has just named their new DD...

106 replies

itsjustnotagoodidea · 21/06/2013 01:57

Myra.

First thought is Hindley as I imagine most people would. Friends are not from UK but live here so may not know the connection. Would you mention it to them before they register the baby? Poor child will have no end of nasty teasing throughout school. It's not the sort of crime that will ever be forgotten.

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bugsybill · 21/06/2013 08:12

I didnt think anything of it either, till I read the thread.

Dackyduddles · 21/06/2013 08:06

Why because the name Myra has connotations to a 45 yr old would you mention it to the parents of a newborn?

Adolf is massively different. It was a world war. Hindley was a murderer in north England.

I'm 35. I really wouldn't be bothered. I only barely know details. Nobody babies age will.

miffybun73 · 21/06/2013 08:01

I'm 39, my first thought was Myra Hindley as I've never heard of any other Myras.

8thplace · 21/06/2013 07:58

I wouldn't mention it.

They have probably thought long and hard about their chosen name as we all have and if they live in the uk have probably googled it too.

I think its a lovely name. Should not be marred by one womans crimes.

lljkk · 21/06/2013 07:31

I would mention it, but support them in whatever decision they made.

HoneyDragon · 21/06/2013 07:24

See, I'd prefer Myra to Lyra. Lyra just makes me think, has sex at 13 Grin

SconeInSixtySeconds · 21/06/2013 07:17

I think the change will come in a few years when Ian Brady dies and the news will be filled with both their names all over again. :(

I would mention it tbh.

snuffaluffagus · 21/06/2013 07:15

I'm 32 and did immediately think hindley, but kids at school wouldn't make that connection.

KnittedWaffle · 21/06/2013 07:14

I'm mid-thirties and didn't immediately think of Hindley. It's a nice name in its own right and if they're outside the UK it shouldn't be a problem. (No doubt some other countries have serial killers whose names we don't necessarily think of when naming our DC examples here )

TheDeadlyDonkey · 21/06/2013 07:13

I'm 37 and thought of a character in a Noel Streatfeild book.
It's a lovely name. I can't see children in a playground making the connection at all.

capercaillie · 21/06/2013 07:08

I wouldn't say anything.

I didn't think of hindley first. I had an aunt called Myra.

PotteringAlong · 21/06/2013 07:01

I'm 33 and that wasn't my first thought.

Say nothing.

LaChaiseVerte · 21/06/2013 07:00

My friends have called their baby Myla, and I unfortunately thought of Myra. I wouldn't do it myself but agree it's a shame that a name should be ruined by one person. I wouldn't say anything.

kelda · 21/06/2013 06:58

Chances are they will pronounce it Meera.

zippey · 21/06/2013 06:56

I think it's a nice name and wouldn't say anything. What's the problem? It doesn't mean the child will be bad and we shouldn't give the deceased killer the power over a lovely name like that.

kelda · 21/06/2013 06:50

Myra is a common name outside of the UK. I wouldn't say anything.

PattieOfurniture · 21/06/2013 06:48

I thought of Myra McQueen hollyoaks too and I'm 32.
Hindley didn't even enter my head till I read the whole post.

TheRealFellatio · 21/06/2013 06:35

Is she aware? If she's young she may not be. I would find it hard to know how to broach this without her being very upset. Changing your baby's name is a really big deal. But maybe it's time to reclaim the name and allow it to move on from negative connotations. If younger people do not make the connection then perhaps those of us who do should just accept that and embrace it.

Urgh though. Grin

Chubfuddler · 21/06/2013 06:27

I think the connection is slipping out of out collective consciousness tbh. I wouldn't say anything.

munchkinmaster · 21/06/2013 06:12

I know an older lady called Myra and had never made the connection.

Littleturkish · 21/06/2013 06:06

28 here and didn't make the connection.

SoupDragon · 21/06/2013 06:05

I think it's very difficult to mention it unless you are very good friends.

DontmindifIdo · 21/06/2013 06:04

(posted too soon)

If they genuinely haven't heard of the moors murderers then it would be worth telling them, but it is a lovely name.

DontmindifIdo · 21/06/2013 06:03

It is rather a generational issue though, as Myra hindly is dead and Ian Brady is on his way out too, the names might well slip out of the public consciousness as being child murderers (unless you live near the moors).

If they genuinely haven't heard

RantyMcRantpants · 21/06/2013 04:27

I have a friend who is in her late 20's called Myra and until I saw it written here I didn't even make the connection to Hindley. She's a lovely girl and her own person and has her own surname and personality.