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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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frogswimming · 27/09/2020 21:55

Even if no one her generation knows it's the plane I wouldn't.

She might not get taught it in school. She will more than likely google her own name at some point.

"Mum, why did you name me the same as the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima?"

NataliaOsipova · 27/09/2020 21:47

@Valkadin

The Enola Gay was the first plane to ever drop an atomic bomb. Not everyone is interested in history but I wouldn’t name a child with a name connected with that.
Absolutely. Please don’t.
ScrapThatThen · 27/09/2020 21:47

Noola?

PamDemic · 27/09/2020 21:45

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CaledoniaCatalan · 27/09/2020 21:44

Sorry op, Ebola Gay would be the first thing I'd think of, the plane and the song.
I don't think any of your DD's friends would link it but I'd like to hope the parents would know of at least the story of the actual plane

Slightlybrwnbanana · 27/09/2020 21:36

@Bwlch

I’m 27, know about Hiroshima etc but never heard of the name of the plane. It is not something taught in schools now.

Was it ever?

Well I taught it last year.
theworldhasfallenoutmybottom · 27/09/2020 21:33

What are people on about when they say it won't be relevant to this generation? It will always be relevant to all future generations!
It didn't happen when I was a kid but I still know about it because it's of major importance!

im5050 · 27/09/2020 21:17

I don’t know ...
On holiday in Mexico the receptionist at the hotel name was. Isis 😂
I actually quite liked her name but for most people it will forever be associated with ISIS

RunningFromInsanity · 27/09/2020 21:12

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...

PyongyangKipperbang · 27/09/2020 20:58

I wouldnt and for the same reasons as above.

I couldnt name a child the same name as the plane responsible for the first atomic bomb drop.

LadyWithLapdog · 27/09/2020 20:51

No, Enola Gay.

How about Elna? I’ve just come across it in The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.

KooKooKachu · 27/09/2020 20:51

Makes me think of Enola Gay. The plane and the song. Got a bloody earworm now.

thenightsky · 27/09/2020 20:51

@Bwlch

I’m 27, know about Hiroshima etc but never heard of the name of the plane. It is not something taught in schools now.

Was it ever?

Yes, it was.
Cornettoninja · 27/09/2020 20:50

It would limit opportunities to travel to Japan...

The history around the first nuclear strike isn’t going to go away and that’s an association that’s going to last through adulthood, way past any childish playground name calling.

I just wouldn’t.

PinkBuffalo · 27/09/2020 20:49

Sorry OP I can only think enola gay too.
I am usually all for unusual and lovely names, but this is such a bad association Sad

pilates · 27/09/2020 20:46

Ebola springs to mind

BikeTyson · 27/09/2020 20:45

Different generations learn different history.

I don’t think this is generational, it seems more general knowledge/curiously/good memory vs mainly knowing about what you’ve been taught.

CandyLeBonBon · 27/09/2020 20:45

It's Alone, backwards. Which is sad. But I get why. Also the history of Enola Gay is sad.

BikeTyson · 27/09/2020 20:43

I don’t really like the sound of it anyway but it also has Enola Gay connotations for me.

I’m sure there will probably be a rush of them if this series proves popular, though, so that might fade away.

MillicentMartha · 27/09/2020 20:42

Sorry, but Enola Gay was the first association the name brings to me.

FippertyGibbett · 27/09/2020 20:41

Enola Gay here too.

QualityFeet · 27/09/2020 20:41

Unless there are other Ebola outbreaks - er like the one in June this year? It does and will reoccur (but usually only kills Africans so yes the media coverage isn’t extensive).

MotherMood · 27/09/2020 20:40

I also knew about Hiroshima but not the plane name.

Mummyoflittledragon · 27/09/2020 20:39

Zarking
I don’t understand the upset about the OMD hit. Wasn’t it anti war?

As for Enola, the crime against the Japanese is not in the name. As it has been brought up by association, I would think carefully.

thenightsky · 27/09/2020 20:38

@TomNookTheHustler

I thought everyone had heard of Enola Gay.

The first plane to drop an atomic bomb.

Fucking hell, no wonder Brexit played out like it did, people don't know ANYTHING ShockHmm

Oh yes. This.
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