to have named my baby Hermione?

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I think it is a very pretty name, and I am a dork like the character association with it from the books, a strong clever female that my DD can read about. Even though it is a classical name it feels more modern and I assumed because of the films at least would be pronoucable to most people.

However, since my baby was born I have had one person manage to say what a pretty name and not act like I had told them my beutiful baby girl was actually called Shit Head or Arse Face.

I mean no one can pronounce it, a few people manage to choke out "how interesting" or "oh" . One woman even turned to her husband, stopped a second and then said "thats a 'special' name" the way you might say "thats a 'special' picture, what is it?" to a child.

One woman who had a baby called TyShawn had the nerve to look horrified.

Thew few people who seem to recognise the name seem horrified by the fact that Hermione is a character name. It was a name long before the books and people forget Wendy was a made up name for Peter Pan. No one soley links the two together anymore do they?

SO AIBU should have named her Evie, or Lily? Will she hate me for years to come?

Hermione is a lovely name.

As is Fallon, Krystle, and Alexis, which were suddenly found among Norwegian baby girls in the 80s, and nobody really knew how to react.

So from that perspective yes, you named your baby after a Harry Potter character, which is comparable.

But it is a lovely name, and Fallon, Krystle and Alexis are not lovely names.

1, 2, 3 spot the inconsistencies in my post. I must be very tired.

Gorgeous name and your daughter will love it I'm sure.

The people you are mixing with are clearly odd and disconnected from modern culture.
I mean, who hasn't heard of Harry Potter and Co, really? (Although you're right, the name won't be forever only associated with Harry Potter, just a lot during these years while the films are still coming out - and the last film comes out this year, I believe?)

Struggled to think which books you were talking about as I associate it with Shakespeare. My DD has a Shakespearean middle name. I love them.

Re October - I once read a book about a girl called October who kept a horse on a houseboat. Have to say that for the first few pages I was very confused until I realised it was the character's name and not the month. My DD was due in September but was late and was born in October - had I known I would have considered it as a name - so there!

It is a beautiful name, and very classic.

I'm not into 'different' names, in fact I'm a bit stuck in the mud. But even I like it so it must be ok!

I think it's a lovely name and how bloomin' rude of everyone else!

Beautiful name.

I was lectured at university by Hermione Lee who is a tremendously intelligent and well respected professor of English Literature.

And there's the actress Hermione Norris, I like her too.

And wasn't there a Hermione in one of DH Lawrence's books?

i very much doubt if post harry potter people will not be able to pronounce . ti knew a hermione in pre harry potter days ,her mother had thought it was pronounced her me one , she would correct anyone who pronounced it correctly and say no i'm her me one .

no body bats an eyelid when introduced to another harry .

beautiful name btw wish i'd been brave enough to use it .

It's an awful name to start with (Hermes, Greek for Male), and deriving names from popular culture at the time is a pretty chav thing to do, regardless of the esteem in which you hold the source. You might as well have called her Baby GaGa.

It's a lovely name and I have always thought so, well before HP :)

It means 'to travel' :)

Hermione is a classical name, DarlingHusband. Several renowned actresses - Hermione Gingold for one - had the name. It was always associated with the upper classes. Also a family name of ours that has stretched back 70 years. Not chav at all. How very unpleasant of you. Totally unnecessary to a lovely new mum proud of her daughter. Is Harry also chav based?

Also, the name is not Hermes. It is Hermione - Greek for earthy. Clearly your classical education was a little limited.

Wulfric! that is genius!, Brian too? that bit really tickles me :)

Hermes is not Greek for male.

You are thinking of andro, possibly?

That bit about the classical education was meant for Darling. I think there are indeed a couple of meanings....but it ain't 'male'...

I am pretty sure it's not 'male' either - my Greek is very rusty these days though!

Yup, punk

DH - naming trends have often come from popular culture. And why not? If there is a character you like and admire, it is quite natural to bestow the name on a child. JK Rowling took a relatively forgotten name and has put it back into the naming pool. This is not a bad thing.

It's a beautiful name and on my list if we are lucky enough to have another DD.

My DD has a name from Emma , mine is from Sense and Sensibility and my sister is named from Pride and Prejudice so literary names are not a new thing!

Hermione is a lovely name, and thanks to HP there should be few problems with --nitwits people not being able to spell/pronounce it!

I think it's beautiful. It's not that unusual and she can shorten it if she likes. Met a Faye the other day who told me her name was Euphemia - I admit I'd never heard that one before. People always struggle with names. I'm in Scotland and called my youngest Fergus - loads of people pull faces and MIL (english) announced she'd never heard it before and she's 67. It took 3 months before she could spell it correctly.

Well I think it's a lovely name and I also think people who pull a face or make a rude comment (to someones face) about anyones choice of baby name is rude and ignorant! If someone introduces you to baby Tyshawn (!?) or A-a, people should do as the OP did; smile, say "what an unusual/pretty/creative name" then laugh about it at home/on the Internet!

Well that's what I would do!

Tyshawn!!

And if I have a girl I'm definately going for baby GaGa!

Hermes was the Greek God who had the role of messenger, no?