Baby's name

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My friend's baby is due shortly and she has decided on the name but when she told us what it's going to be I was a bit shocked. It's Ava Brown.

Is it just me or is anyone thinking what I'm thinking?

My first thought too. You need to tell her.

Ava is so short it lends itself to hyphenating yes I know hyphenated names aren't popular on here so that might be the way to go - Ava-Grace or Ava-Mae or similar.

Really? I know who eva Braun is .. I would never have made the link. And no one in her class will either (which really is all the matters, I assume adults aren't going to take the piss)

I'd never heard of Eva Braun. To me it doesn't sound anything like it. I LOVE Eva but feel meh about Ava - too many by me and said in a brummie accent sounds horrendous!

I thought of it straight away. You definitely have to say something. Bless them though if they love the name ita such a pity.

Eva Braun was Adolf Hitler's girl friend, People.

No, you can't let that happen. Braun and Brown are literally the same name, too. It's a car crash.

I knew someone with that name (after marriage and taking her husbands name), and despite having studied Nazi Germany repeatedly up to A-level, it never occurred to me.

Thanks for your replies, I wanted to know if I was overthinking this one but I don't think I am now.

Friend and I are both late 20s but I know about Eva Braun from my mum and school. It seems obvious to me and I don't know why it's not obvious to her. I even googled Ava Brown & Eva Braun came up in it's place.

But surely :

Ay - vah Brow - n

Eee - vah Braw - n

Aren't similar?

I didn't make the connections at all.

she will have been thinking about names for so long, you sometimes lose perspective. I feel sorry for her. Could they double-barrel the last name or are they married and both Brown?

Eva Braun is pronounced exactly like Ava Brown in German.

If you type 'Ava brown' into Facebook it asks you if you mean 'Eva Braun'

I would tell her. Right away.

Jeeze Lousie!

That's the first thing in my mind. Of course she and her friends are going to make the link when they study WW2 at school. It is a shit thing to do to a child.

Is her middle name going to be Clara Petacci?

God yeah. Google just comes up with Eva Braun.

Your friend must be stopped.

I would wonder if the parents are right wing supremacists.

Amy Brown could be a possible nice alternative

What’s wrong with Genna Taylor?

Maybe Evelyn Brown?

She's decided on Ava. Their name is Brown. I don't know why someone else hasn't said something by now. Baby is due in a couple of weeks. I would feel mean saying something. Do you think it's really a big deal after the holocaust was so many years ago?

Don't be a dick. The Holocaust is still current.

They are used to Brown so won't hear the connection. Ava is a normal name.

TELL HER. Say it's a lovely name but has she googled it with the surname ...?

DramaAlpaca is right I hadn't clicked

She will never be able to go to Germany will she, poor girl

Just because the Holocaust was many years ago now doesn't mean it's not still important - there are still living survivors! It's living history, and shouldn't ever just be forgotten about.

Please tell your friend. Nobody surely would want to knowingly name their child after Hitler's girlfriend.

Eva and Ava are the same pronunciation almost everywhere.

I knew it (I'm early 40s, think from school, but also films). It definitely will be if this child ever wants to live in Germany.

I think you should say something. If she doesn't know then it gives her the opportunity to decide whether to go ahead. If she already knows, but happy anyway it might make her re-think if she knows other people do make the association

You absolutely should tell your friend. Up to her to ignore your advice if she chooses.