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Alabama

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EllenDegenerate · 10/05/2016 17:56

I really like it.
DP is unsure.

Opinions?

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Ankleswingers · 10/05/2016 20:33

Are you being serious?

That's not even a name, surely.

No OP, please don't saddle a child with that for the rest of their life.Sad

titchy · 10/05/2016 20:32

Errr cos Georgia is an actual name and Alabama isn't....

Frazzled2207 · 10/05/2016 20:31

Because it's actually a name.
As well as the name of a US state.

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EllenDegenerate · 10/05/2016 20:16

I understand that not everybody will imbue the name with the same cultural references as I snd that is to be expected.

I wonder why the name Georgia escapes such negative connotations though?
Geographically and historically it is very similar to Alabama if a quick Google search serves is anything to go by.

Georgia is almost universally approved of on MN. Any glaringly obvious reasons why that might be?

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butteredmuffin · 10/05/2016 19:59

For a boy or girl? (I think it's bad either way though, sorry. )

What on earth would you shorten it to?

zombiesarecoming · 10/05/2016 19:58

It is my DD's Middle name as True Romance is one of my DW's favourite films

So it would be a yes from me

jamenhej · 10/05/2016 19:57

I used to teach an Alabama. Her friends always called her Bama (pronounced as though it had two m's). I like it, actually!

albertcampionscat · 10/05/2016 19:54

Albuquerque?

NannawifeofBaldr · 10/05/2016 19:49

Ellen the problem is everyone else will associate it with the place first.

However if you love it, and are prepared to put up with that why not.

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EllenDegenerate · 10/05/2016 19:49

Use a hyphen(s) in my DCs name titchy?

Steady on...... Wink

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titchy · 10/05/2016 19:42

On its own, no.

Multiple barrelled to become Alabama-but-named-after-a-film-character-not-the-state-that's-home-to-racial-segregation-and-the-Ku-Klux-Klan, then yep go for it.

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EllenDegenerate · 10/05/2016 19:22

No Admittedly I haven't.

As I mentioned previously, its the name of the fictional character, rather than the geographical element that informs my untepentant love of it.

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EssentialHummus · 10/05/2016 19:21

I'm not against place names as baby names in general, but the state of Alabama does have some pretty undesirable associations.

Seconding this.

NannawifeofBaldr · 10/05/2016 19:16

Have you actually been to Alabama?

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 10/05/2016 19:15

For a person?

blueskyinmarch · 10/05/2016 19:14

Would that be for a boy or a girl? I can’t decide. Either way i don’t like it.

Mrsfrumble · 10/05/2016 19:12

I'm not against place names as baby names in general, but the state of Alabama does have some pretty undesirable associations. Aside from the racism / segregation / civil rights stuff, it's also the fifth fattest state and fifth from bottom for education.

It is kind of phonetically pleasing though, isn't it? Sort of pleasurable to pronounce. And maybe in the UK people are less aware of the reputation of the place.

lavendersun · 10/05/2016 19:11

I try not to be negative generally, but no OP, it is not nice .... neither is the place which I have had the unfortunate experience of visiting.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 10/05/2016 19:07

Dreadful. Sorry but it is.

Ifiwasabadger · 10/05/2016 19:06

In the name of all that is holy, no.

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EllenDegenerate · 10/05/2016 19:06

Exactly Raeray. Alabama Worley Grin

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Raeray · 10/05/2016 18:58

Like Alabama whirly from true romance- you've reminded me I've been meaning to watch it again for a while!
I'll go against the majority and say I like it because i do, although unsure if I'd choose it myself.
If your husband doesn't like Alabama would he (or you?!) Alba which I think sounds a little similar?

pleasethankyouthankyouplease · 10/05/2016 18:34

Sorry to be mean but I can't even read it without doing a really bad accent....

CoolforKittyCats · 10/05/2016 18:33

No no no.

Sorry

boys3 · 10/05/2016 18:31

great name for a cocktail, for a DC it would be a noooooooooooooooooo from me. The history of the US civil rights movements will always associate the name with narrow minded bigotry and racism.