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Do you associate some names with certain hair/eye colours?

33 replies

Lightbulbon · 15/09/2015 08:06

I don't like to pick a name for a DC until they are born and I know what their colouring is like.

For me some names I like would suit a darker haired DC and vice versa.

I mentioned this to a friend who thinks it's weird for me to think like that.

Do other people wait and see what a DC looks like to pick a name or do you decide in utero and stick with it?

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Bumpingalong84 · 15/09/2015 16:54

I completely agree with you, I'm dark haired and eyes and DH blonde and blue eyed. We won't be making a 100% decision until our baby is born to see what she looks like! there are names I associate with a fair haired child like Olivia, I think maya would be dark. So I know what you mean Smile

CakeRattleandRoll · 15/09/2015 16:14

Sometimes a fictional character can influence how you see a name. For example, I would always think of Alice as blonde, due to Alice in Wonderland. Hard to imagine a dark haired Alice.

DandyDan · 15/09/2015 15:32

Aware that childhood hair can darken or change through adulthood, I have always known blonde Jessicas, blond Peters and brown-hair Paul's. I can't imagine them any other way. Like colours for days of the week, I think I associate the letter "e" with blond(e) hair.

RuffWearer · 15/09/2015 14:15

Only if the name itself implies or specifies the colouring of the person. I know a black-haired, dark-skinned, dark-eyed Fionn (which means 'white'/'fair-haired'). And it's not that he was fair at birth and darkened later. Plus his Dad is Nigerian, and his mother a brunette, so he was always quite likely to have dark colouring.

mrsnec · 15/09/2015 08:52

I gave dd a name which to me is very blonde yet most of the famous ones I can think of are dark. There was a fairly good chance she was going to be blonde though. After her 4d scan though she looked a bit fairy like and ethereal and I was considering names along those lines and I'm glad I didn't because she's tall and not particularly delicate.

My mum changed her mind on my db's name when he was born because of his coloring his looks represent the meaning of his name but again none of the famous ones do.

I did decide on dd's name before she was born because I didn't like the idea of her not having a name quickly. I have a friend who took weeks to name hers and ended up getting family to do it because she couldn't decide. I didn't want that happening to me.

It's definitely something some people take into consideration.

Artandco · 15/09/2015 08:44

Yes, but mainly nationality. Ie a very Indian name or African on a Caucasian or Chinese looking child might be strange. Also I would name a ginger haired child ginger or autumn for example

However remember babies hair colour changes. Both dss here were born with dark hair, but it lightened hugely and by 3 months both had white blonde hair

sashh · 15/09/2015 08:39

I have a friend who was going to be Benjamin until he was born and then didn't look like one.

I think due to teaching I do associate certain names with certain features. I was surprised when I first came across a blonde Ebony, I had only ever encountered black students with the name before.

I don't think it would even register now.

Jessicas are usually blond, Lucy is dark haired.

But then for me days of the week have a colour.

SmugairleRoin · 15/09/2015 08:31

I think Ebony would be a strange name on a white child, or at least one who didn't have black hair.

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