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Son has the name of a celebrity... I didn't realise.

137 replies

Charlotteee1402 · 03/12/2016 20:47

I don't watch much TV, so didn't watch this program. Really gutted.

He's 8 months, but no one has really ever said anything. I've had a few "oh, like..." but I've just smiled, thinking "who?" and just got on with my day.

Would you change it?

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cheweduprope · 03/12/2016 22:05

It's fine. The only way I'd ever be worried about this is if it was a huge celebrity with a very distinct name and a negative public image. Something like Donald Trump, for instance. But Louis Walsh is none of those things.

weegiemum · 03/12/2016 21:48

There was a (now sadly departed) chemistry teacher in Perth called Norman Conquest

Aw no, Mr Conquest died! I went to that school!

Binkybix · 03/12/2016 21:46

I went to school with a Frances Drake.
Her parents clearly HAD to have known. There was a fair bit of stick, poor thing

I also know a Frances Drake!

LottieDoubtie · 03/12/2016 21:41

Louis Walsh must be a reasonably common name in Ireland surely?

My DS has a famous person name (although we use a different nickname). Literally 2 people have mentioned it- a nurse who pissed herself laughing Hmm and a colleague who I consider a twat at the best of times.

shrug ours is a talented and inoffensive minor celebrity so I don't care!

Louis Walsh is pretty inoffensive too if you don't count the Lenny Henry comment...

NataliaOsipova · 03/12/2016 21:40

Who is Louis Walsh? (off to Google....!)

CorporalNobbyNobbs · 03/12/2016 21:37

I worked with a John Lennon

CorporalNobbyNobbs · 03/12/2016 21:36

Louis Walsh is pretty famous where I am but I'm Irish...is he mainly known for X factor in U.K.?

Trying to figure out boyband/dj...

FrancisCrawford · 03/12/2016 21:35

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MadisonAvenue · 03/12/2016 21:33

My husband has the same name as a prominent Labour MP and hearing his name on the news always stops me in my tracks.

JaimeLannister · 03/12/2016 21:33

Fuckityhi Which marvel superhero? Steve Rogers? Peter Parker?

OP I think Louis Walsh is a pretty famous person but won't be for your DS and his peers. His teachers may look twice at his name though.

Rainbunny · 03/12/2016 21:33

When I got married I took my Dh's last name and although I knew there was a somewhat famous singer (USA jazz-folk type of singer) with the same name, I wasn't prepared for how many people would mention it. There were a few embarrassing occasions when I made restaurant reservations in my name at some very "nice" places only to encounter confusion and disappointment from the restaurant staff when I showed up, obviously very boring and unfamous... :)

CountessOfStrathearn · 03/12/2016 21:31

There was a (now sadly departed) chemistry teacher in Perth called Norman Conquest! Grin

I have no idea what his parents were thinking but he did name his dog Hastings!

(Here is a link to the textbooks he wrote in case anyone thinks this is just an urban myth:

www.amazon.co.uk/Chemistry-Norman-Conquest-Science-Nature/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A278004%2Cp_lbr_books_authors_browse-bin%3ANorman%20Conquest)

SquinkiesRule · 03/12/2016 21:26

His name is nice.
Ds's friend is a Rescue Hero character (don't know if they have them in the UK) Jake Justice. The child thinks its great that he has action figures with his name.
At work we have a Kathleen Turner.
Dd was going to be a Julia, until I realized she'd be Pretty Woman.

honeyrider · 03/12/2016 21:26

Not only has one of my sons got the same name as a boy band member and current national radio dj he's also got his date of birth. My son was born a year before the boy band was formed.

DollyPlastic · 03/12/2016 21:26

Really? He's very well known.

Dahlietta · 03/12/2016 21:25

Nah, Louis Walsh will be in an old folks' home by the time your Louis Walsh is 10. By the time his friends will be old enough to know who Louis Walsh is, nobody will remember who Louis Walsh was.

Dontrocktheboat · 03/12/2016 21:25

I don't watch much tv and had also never heard of Louis Walsh - though on googling he looks familiar. I wouldn't worry too much he will probably be forgotten by time your son is old enough to care.

chugnut · 03/12/2016 21:24

A child at the doctors recently was called Ben Affleck

Tartyflette · 03/12/2016 21:17

I went to school with a Frances Drake.
Her parents clearly HAD to have known. There was a fair bit of stick, poor thing.

midcenturymodern · 03/12/2016 21:12

My Mum's friend has an Anthony Blair. He would have been a toddler when Blair was elected. I work in a hospital and I probably meet someone every week with a celeb name. Some are worse than others, and it can happen to anyone. I met someone recently who had the same name as a well known murderer, but he would have been mid 50s before his name was suddenly known. I've also met about 20 Mary Bells. No idea why that is such a popular name although Mary and Bell are individually common I suppose.

gaggiagirl · 03/12/2016 21:10

Oops cross post

gaggiagirl · 03/12/2016 21:10

bike meatloaf? Grin
Ooh I'm dying to know now.

BikeRunSki · 03/12/2016 21:07

I'm Alice Cooper, do I know you badhotfanny? PM me !

Bagina · 03/12/2016 21:07

'You remind me of a young Lenny Henry'

I thought that was a Partridge quote at first!! Grin

lljkk · 03/12/2016 21:07

I've heard the name but don't know who he is (can't be arsed to search).
Minor celebrity at best? Must not be that offensive or I'd know who... it's not like you called your kid Katie Hopkins or Donald Trump...

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