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Celeb has used my baby name!

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FredFlintstonesSister · 14/02/2014 09:12

And not even all that recently. I'm not really interested in celebrity culture and don't pay much attention to soaps or chart music - it's not that I'm dead old, just that I'd rather read a book! Anyway, I'm due next Saturday and have pretty much decided on a name. Foolishly, I googled it to see how popular it was and was surprised to see it moving up the charts. I then found out it has been used in the past year by a rather famous person. Should I care? I'm not bothered about whether anyone but DH and me like the name, just worried it will look like we are celebrity wannabes!

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LydiaLunches · 14/02/2014 13:49

All mine by coincidence share names with the daughters of celebs, no one has ever mentioned it. I think 3 separate celebrities have a daughter with DD2's name in fact!

AnneEyhtMeyer · 14/02/2014 13:43

I would think Corrie (but think that is lessening over time) and Poison. I wouldn't think of Beyonce or Richard Bacon (he's not exactly someone to emulate anyway).

natandmat · 14/02/2014 13:21

Richard Bacon had a daughter last week and called her it! I love it, beautiful name!

BetterWithCheese · 14/02/2014 13:17

I really wanted to call my 6 week old daughter that name but my DH wasn't that keen. I've loved it for years, it's a really great name and I wouldn't associate it with Beyoncé.

Bahhhhhumbug · 14/02/2014 13:13

My DD now in her thirties was given a beautiful old Irish name barely heard of in the UK and when she was a baby I turned on tv to watch 'Home and Away' (very big at the time) and one of the main characters that had just come into the show was called my DDs name. I was gutted and predictably by the time she went to school it wasn't nearly as rare and other people presumed we had called her that because of the character on the soap as others had done. We lived on a large quite deprived housing estate at the time also and so more prone to people following celebrities leads in fashions, names etc.
But there still aren't all that many of them about it never became really 'common'. So am sure with your chosen name only being a celebrity's dds middle name it wont have that much impact on its popularity.

HappyMummyOfOne · 14/02/2014 13:06

Would never have made the connection to Beyonce, my first thought was of a batman character! I dont watch soaps or read many mags to recognise celeb names.

BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 14/02/2014 13:06

Would agree that that one's totally fine. I did know what it was but would not associate it with them, it's too traditional and established a name iyswim. And it's lovely! Definitely use it.

notso · 14/02/2014 13:06

Oh I love that name, had to Google Beyoncé's baby.
It's not like your calling her Apple, North, Lourdes or Harper.

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 14/02/2014 13:02

I had to google, wouldn't have had a clue. Corrie here too, but I am in my mid 40s. Yes, trout pout, but it was a long time ago. And I agree, if it was a name like Suri that really is only associated with one person (to most people in the UK anyway) then maybe not, but a traditional classic name like this not a problem.

LittleWhiteWolf · 14/02/2014 13:01

Its a beautiful name and no-one will connect it with Beyoncé/Jay-Z.

givemeaclue · 14/02/2014 12:56

No! that's Gail.
But only old glimmers like me would think corrie. Young hip people wouldnt

HopeS01 · 14/02/2014 12:56

I would definitely go ahead!!!! I knew the name without googling but I definitely wouldn't make the connection.
Lovely name too

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FredFlintstonesSister · 14/02/2014 12:52

Yes, thank you clue. My DH had to point out the Corrie connection. That's how out of touch I am! She was the one with the trout pout wasn't she? Anyway, feel confident that's the name we're using. Thanks.

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WhispersOfWickedness · 14/02/2014 12:50

I had to google as I didn't know what her name was!
So you definitely don't need to worry from that point of view
It is a lovely name, it was on my list for DD. I asked about it a few years ago on here and most people said no because it reminded them of coronation street, although now, a few years later, it gets mostly positive comments

TheRaniOfYawn · 14/02/2014 12:48

I think it's fine and it's a middle name for the celeb's child. And it's a very lovely name.

ajandjjmum · 14/02/2014 12:46

If you love that name then use it - it's not so 'out there' that everyone will be saying 'oh, like so-and-so's daughter'.

JumpingJackSprat · 14/02/2014 12:45

Why would you even worry about that? A celebrity used an old well established name as her daughters middle name and you're worried about being seen as copying?

givemeaclue · 14/02/2014 12:44

More affiliated with coronation st than Beyoncé. Don't think you need to worry.

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FredFlintstonesSister · 14/02/2014 12:43

Oh, the relief! Thank you! One less thing to get crazy about in late pregnancy. I already look like an idiot bouncing about on my gym ball in front of the tv. It is a great name for a parrot...

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squoosh · 14/02/2014 12:42

Oh that is totally fine to use. Wouldn't even associate it with Beyonce to be honest (and I have an embarrassingly high knowledge of useless celeb twaddle).

MavisDee · 14/02/2014 12:42

I would still use it, I don't think people would associate it with beyonce at all (and I am a massive fan!) also, I know you didn't want opinions but for what it is worth, it is a beautiful name, go for it!

Lottiedoubtie · 14/02/2014 12:38

Oh that's fine! I had to google what the name was as I didn't have a clue, and I don't think it is the first association anyone would make with that name.

JoinYourPlayfellows · 14/02/2014 12:38

Did some other celebrity use it as a first name?

Or are you just a bit worried because of the baby that has it as a middle name?

If the latter, then I really wouldn't worry about it. It's that child's first name that is the distinctive one that people will associate with the celebrity parents.

I think it's a very nice name. So nice in fact, that that's what I named my parrot :o

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FredFlintstonesSister · 14/02/2014 12:34

Ok, it's Beyonce's daughter's middle name. Not Blue, the other bit. Don't really want to put the name out there as we haven't told anyone but a quick google search will bring it up. Can you not actually type it here though? Don't want to have to name change after this for anonymity!

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HopeS01 · 14/02/2014 10:55

Tell us the name and we will tell you

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