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Enola for DD?

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scarletm · 27/09/2020 18:56

me and DH watched Enola Holmes recently with his nieces and would love the same name for DD. We do thinks it's a little different though! Any thoughts??

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Theradioison · 27/09/2020 22:43

generational thing? The dropping of the first ever atomic bomb is a bit more than that.

Shocking that people in their 30's haven't heard of Enola Gay. I'm in my 50's and it didn't happen in my lifetime either, it's no excuse

emilybrontescorsett · 27/09/2020 22:40

I've got the song in my head now.

Zoflorabore · 27/09/2020 22:39

This is a horrible name for a baby and several negative connotations.

The only benefit is your child will most definitely be the only one in the class/schoolcity with the name.

MrsMcMuffins · 27/09/2020 22:37

Lol at naming a baby Covida😂🤣

Itsokthanks · 27/09/2020 22:36

No, it just makes me think of Ebola.

TillyTheTiger · 27/09/2020 22:36

Like most, my first thought was Enola Gay, my second was the Ebola virus.

Nola, Nuala, Lola, Eleanor, Magnolia - any of these would be better.

Handsnotwands · 27/09/2020 22:36

The I’m 25 it’s not my generation line is really disturbing. It happened in 1945. Long before 40,50 even 60 year olds were even born. You can’t shrug and say I’m 25 it’s not something i’d know about. Not knowing about this kind of thing us allows a society to sleepwalk in the wrong direction, a bit like what’s happening right now. Lest we forget etc

Anyway, I digress. But no, it’s not a good association

GlendaSugarbeanIsJudgingYou · 27/09/2020 22:34

@RunningFromInsanity

The history around the first nuclear strike isn’t going to go away well it clearly has as the younger members on here hasn’t heard of it...
I'm 32 and would be very surprised to learn that any of my friends were unaware of the Hiroshima bombing.

I agree the name sounds lovely OP but I wouldn't use it.

Pringlemonster · 27/09/2020 22:33

Oh no
Is it catching ,poor dd 😰

MrsAvocet · 27/09/2020 22:31

I think it would be a nice name were it not for the association with Hiroshima, but that will always be there now. I'm surprised so many people are unaware. There may be less young people who know the name than older ones but it I certainly don't think it is an obscure, rarely known fact. I just tested my theory by asking my 2 sons (15 and 17) if they could name the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb and they both could without any difficulty so there are probably always going to be at least some people around who instantly make the association.
I think it is more of an issue because Enola is an unusual name. If the plane had been called, say, Jane or Elizabeth I don't think people would make the connection in the same way as there are multitudes of other associations with those names. But Enola Gay must be the most famous usage of that name in history, and probably the only Enola a large number of people will ever have come across.
It is a shame, because I think it is quite a nice sounding name, but personally I wouldn't want my child to have a name with that association.

ittooshallpass · 27/09/2020 22:28

As the 75th anniversary of the bombs being dropped on Japan only happened last month, I am agog that people haven't heard of Enola Gay. OP, please don't give you baby this name. It's akin to using Adolf or Stalin.

Toddlerteaplease · 27/09/2020 22:28

@hollyandkit

Absolute BANGER of a tune on the plus side.
Too right!
Toddlerteaplease · 27/09/2020 22:25

Ebola Gay here as well. I'd constantly have the song in my head.

Gigglr · 27/09/2020 22:25

It's either very close to a deadly disease or is the name of the plane that delivered the first atomic bomb. Neither are very nice associations. I think you can do better.

CarolVordermansBum · 27/09/2020 22:25

Its alone spelt backwards. Sorry but I hate it.

Vgtasd · 27/09/2020 22:21

Sounds too like ebola

Vgtasd · 27/09/2020 22:19

Sounds too like Ebola

mediumperiperi · 27/09/2020 22:17

I would think Enola Gay too

I think it's pretty sad to say that you don't know something because it wasn't taught to you at school. Do people not watch movies, watch documentaries or just Google stuff out of interest? I've learned a lot of stuff on MN like why the removal of Uncle Ben branding is long overdue.

I only did Chemistry and Physics at O level and have been trying to learn more biology recently because I wanted to know what t-cells are and how viruses mutate. I assumed that people generally wanted to learn more information rather than be satisfied with what they learned at school and never learning again.

yikesanotherbooboo · 27/09/2020 22:14

Enola Gay is too much to get over imo and the name isn't that lovely as a stand alone .

sorryforswearing · 27/09/2020 22:11

Ffs . Gay.

sorryforswearing · 27/09/2020 22:11

Enola . Auto correct changed it.

sorryforswearing · 27/09/2020 22:10

Ebola Guy is my first thought too.

markzuckerbergsgreytshirt · 27/09/2020 22:09

Yep Enola Gay. Don't use it. There are zillions out there...

DPotter · 27/09/2020 22:03

Sorry to add another dissenting voice - it instantly thought Enola Gay to mind as well. I'm sure she was a lovely woman and clearly her son loved her enough to name his plane after her, but oh the link with Hiroshima is too much for me. Would certainly bring me up short when first introduced to someone with that name.

VillageGreenTree · 27/09/2020 21:59

What about Enela instead?

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