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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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katy1213 · 27/09/2020 19:06

Ebola my first thought, too. I like Covida though.

Aquamarine1029 · 27/09/2020 19:04

Horrible, op. She would be bullied being called Ebola all through school. Please don't do that to a child.

NiceGerbil · 27/09/2020 19:03

Enola gay here as well op.

DramaAlpaca · 27/09/2020 19:01

No. For all the reasons above.

BikeRunSki · 27/09/2020 19:01

I was just watching the film with dd and was thinking it was a rather nice name. Fantastic character too, but the Hiroshima connection is not great.

Valkadin · 27/09/2020 19:01

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.

bellinisurge · 27/09/2020 19:00

Enola Gay. The name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb. Google it. And the song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark of the same name that was a massive hit in the 80s. Therefore not an obscure reference.

That would be: absolutely never use that name

bruffin · 27/09/2020 19:00

Alone backwards😜

ncqtime · 27/09/2020 18:59

Enola gay. It will be googled and used for bullying.

Ickabog · 27/09/2020 18:59

Really sorry OP but I read it as Ebola.

midsomermurderess · 27/09/2020 18:59

Ebola Gay is not a good association.

Fast90 · 27/09/2020 18:57

Awful. Reads and sounds like the Ebola disease

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