to be hacked off that in the latest Harry Potter JKR has used the name I was going to give dd when she arrives?

[MrsFogi]

Victoire had been chosen (and is the only name dh and I agree on) and now I'm inclined to change it as I really don't want to people to think I got the idea from Harry Potter or to immediately think of Harry Potter when they meet dd. V annoyed. + I'm worried that over the coming years it will become a much more widely chosen name (something I'd like to avoid when it comes to dd2's name). AIBU?

Yes. The whole world doesn't read HP you know.

Not everyone has read the Harry Potter books and memorised every name in it.

You're only going to have people going "Ooohh! from the Harry Potter books?" if you call her Voldemort.

It can't be worse than us Mrsfogi!

We went to collect our book at Midnight on the launch date and everyone kept asking us what DS2's name was and yes you guessed it it's Harry, we loved that name for ages even before \hp so i wasn't going to change it just becuase a character in a book had it!

I think you should stick with your choice.

I have no idea where Victoire fits into the whole Harry Potter thing - and probably wont have until it is on SkyPremier!

It's a lovely name.

That would be a yes.

If you'd wanted to call her Voldemort it might be different. Or even Voldemorticia.

And frankly it's not as if Victoire is a major character, is it.

such a minor character that I don't think anyone is going to make the connection - now if you had chose Hermione that would be different

mrsfogi
how do you think i feel - hermione is my name, and i was born long before HP, but how many dah brains say oh the girl in harry potter to me!! immense

thats probably why i never really got into the books.
my name is "mine"

At least you stand a chance of people being able to pronounce your name now, hermykne (looking on the bright side ) - I know someone who called their DS Harry (a v. unfashionable name at the time) a few weeks before Prince Harry was born - she was not amused when Charles&Di pinched "her" name

Well, on the bright side, though, Hermykne, at least

a) at long last people will be able to spell it
b) people will assume you are rather younger than you are...

How do you pronounce the name?

Her-my-o-knee

Or (said quickly) Her-my-knee

Stress on my.

How about Ginevra then?

Hermy - one.
Harmani
Hermy - own

All versions I have heard.

I pronounce it Her my oh nee.

RL

Not that I want to out you you understand, but is this from personal experience??

No Gizmo - not me, a friend.

But I wantonly gave DD3 an Irish name which is also difficult to pronounce (and spell) and was rather pleased when a certain Saturday night talent search show had a contestant of that name - suddenly people are a lot more familiar with it!

Actually I really like Ginny-short-for-Ginevra - shame we have no plans for more DC!!

I Meant Victoire.

Vic-twah?

Oh sorry NAB

Vick twar

I quite like Voldemorticia.

Vick-twar

Now there's a name that sounds better than it looks...

She has some other good ones!

How about: Lavender, Pansy, Ariana, Bathilda, Emmeline, Charity, Bellatrix, Alecta, Arabella?

And Luna, Expat!

for a boy?

i hope it goes to public school