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Would you pick a name that was similar to a surname?

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WestCountryLady · 12/02/2020 16:01

Think for eg Tommy Tomlinson?
I have a name name I have always loved but first half is the same as our surname, is this weird or not?

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WestCountryLady · 12/02/2020 17:05

I think I knew it wasn't going to work but had to hear it, thank you.
I have crossed that one off the list.

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bluemoon2468 · 12/02/2020 16:54

Please don't call your son Tom Thompson. There are a number of names I love that would sound stupid with our surname and so they have just had to be abandoned immediately. It's sad but just a reality of naming.

MediocreOmens · 12/02/2020 16:42

@turnedabout was that the couple on Don’t Tell the Bride with the cruise? I always wondered if she really did change her name to Kelly Kelly.

turnedabout · 12/02/2020 16:40

I knew a Kelly who got married to a Mr Kelly...

FreezerBird · 12/02/2020 16:37

No-one would turn a hair in the bit of Wales I live in - I know more than one Evan Evans.

But it's not for everyone!

Nowayorhighway · 12/02/2020 16:32

I know someone who has two DD’s called Millie and Mollie Miller. That’s fucking weird imo.

TitusP · 12/02/2020 16:31

So Thomas Thompson? No please don’t, it looks unimaginative at best.

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WestCountryLady · 12/02/2020 16:29

The name I like is Thomas/Tom/Tommy and the surname is very similar to the example I used.

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ShirleyPhallus · 12/02/2020 16:26

So weird

Whatsyourflava · 12/02/2020 16:25

Could you tell us the name?

Needtobepositive · 12/02/2020 16:07

Probably not but does depend on the name really. If I’m doubt don’t do it.

NoMorePoliticsPlease · 12/02/2020 16:05

No dont. I have known people with these sort of names , awful

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