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Naming your dc after your favourite character.

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MiaWallace · 13/01/2009 00:01

I believe that Demi Moore named her daughter Scout after the character in To Kill a Mocking Bird.

Just wondering if any of you have been inspired by a book/film character when choosing names for your children

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cikecaka · 14/01/2009 17:29

Only name me and DH could agree on for DD3 was Kate, found out later it was the name of a character in lost

Raahh · 14/01/2009 17:24

Many people think i named ds after the little boy in E.T- Elliot. I didn't, I just like the name.

angel1976 · 14/01/2009 16:33

My DH's cousin would have named their child Anakin if it was a boy. I do like the name but don't think he could ever lived down the Star Wars association. Thank goodness they ended up with a girl with a far lovelier name - Annie!

Fimbo · 14/01/2009 11:00

I know of a child called Harry Potter. They chose Harry deliberately.

DaddyJ · 14/01/2009 10:20

Missus would probably veto Han Solo

Having said that, one of our favourite names was inspired by a Dire Straits song.

nappyaddict · 14/01/2009 10:17

I can't for the life of me think of a children's film with a character called that. Which film is it?

spicemonster · 14/01/2009 09:59

My DS was named after a character in a US cop show. Well, more that I was hunting for the right name and this guy came on and I really like his character (honest, upstanding, kind etc) and liked the name too.

Everyone thinks he's named after a character in a famous children's film though ...

CrushaGrape · 14/01/2009 09:55

I was named after a literary figure. In the book, she had a frustrating life and killed herself. I never thought it boded well for me.

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MiaWallace · 14/01/2009 09:49

That would have been very unfortunate ninedragons.

I'm another one that think Atticus is a fantastic name.

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nappyaddict · 14/01/2009 02:07

Beatrix and Herbie.

ninedragons · 14/01/2009 01:54

I know a Mr & Mrs Pollard who were considering naming their DD Victoria.

They went with something else in the end, and about two months after the baby was born, Series 1 of Little Britain started.

It would be very hard to have to explain repeatedly that no, your Vicky Pollard was NOT named after the character.

mrswoolf · 14/01/2009 00:31

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TotallyUnheardOf · 13/01/2009 23:05

I overheard someone explaining that she had named her son Conan after Conan the Barbarian.

BikeRunSki · 13/01/2009 23:00

On their first date, my parents discovered they both loved Lewis Carrol. Several years and 2 boys later they had a girl and called me Alice. They had decided their first daughter's name by the end of that first date.

NotBigJustBolshy · 13/01/2009 22:43

WW - now that really would have given the grannies something to complain about. Actually one of the grannies thought db had named the sprog after the dog from the Magic Roundabout. Am not sure which is worse...

WillyWonka · 13/01/2009 22:35

NBJB - so your niece/nephew is called MrsDoyle?

SniffyHock · 13/01/2009 22:27

I would love to use Atticus but I fear that everyone would think i was deing poncetastic!!!

DC love the book 'Dirty Bertie' so are pushing for that for number 3

NotBigJustBolshy · 13/01/2009 22:26

My db named his first-born after a character in Father Ted

wilbur · 13/01/2009 22:23

Ds1 is named after a character in My Family and Other Animals (not Gerald ), but it was clinched when I read the meaning of the name in The Midwich Cuckoos - which was made into a film called Village of the Damned.

lottiejenkins · 13/01/2009 22:23

My ds was named after Wilfred Owen whos poetry i studied for O Level.

Froginmythroat · 13/01/2009 22:22

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Judd · 13/01/2009 22:22

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ComeWhineWithMe · 13/01/2009 22:20

Well I am having a baby girl in May and dd2 and dp are Pushing for
Martha Rose because they are huge Dr who fans I like it but I just don't know if I like it enough.

I also love Hermione but everyone would ask me if it was because of HP .

There is also Ophelia which I feel in love with after watching Pans labyrinth I adore it but I am not brave enough .

MrsWeasley · 13/01/2009 22:18

My DS is named after an old favourite TV show of my very young childhood.
Clue: We never call him Jack or James. Bird taught him to sing!

EachPeachPearMum · 13/01/2009 22:11

hannahsaunt I'm sure he wasn't- I just meant if that had been your inspiration its a wee bit sad.

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