To think this is cruel from the parents? Child's name

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Recently been teaching in secondary schools and met a kid with the exact same name as a very well-known and and iconic male celebrity, along the lines of Brad Pitt, Harry Styles, Zac Efron.

I imagine the kid gets a lot of stick. A little divided by it, it's cool but the kid will forever be getting comments on it and I just don't think it's fair on them.

Non-issue.

What was it?

Donald Duck? Michael Mouse?

In the days before I installed a call blocker, I used to tell data collection callers that my name was ‘Donald Canard.’

Only once did someone to whom they’d sold the list call me back to ask for Mr Canard. I said hold on while I get him, did a quick YouTube search, said I’m putting you through now then played him the sound of ducks quacking.

He didn’t call back.

Those potential customer lists are expensive. It’s always fun to subvert them.

The correct response is, “Who?” “Never heard of her.”

I adopted my ds aged 4. His uncommon first name, added to my surname, is the same full name as a very famous celebrity. At age 4 I could hardly change his first name (and I wouldn't have wanted to anyway, it belonged to him) and he was occasionally "teased" about it at school and I've actually been asked by other parents was he specifically named after this person and are we related to him etc. He's now in his twenties and his name is commented upon occasionally, usually when meeting people for the first time (most recently at a job interview) to which he merely replies with a perfected half smile, as if to say "do you really think I've never heard that one before".

I also knew a James Bond - he had heard every joke going. He said there had only been one film made when he was born - his parents didn't deliberately set him up for a life time of jokes. I also know a Peter Cook. I knew a woman whose name was Emma and she married a man with the surname Dale to become Emma Dale.

I know a bloke called Cameron Deas, which is pronounced "dee-ass".

There's such a weary look about him when he's asked his name.

When you name a baby, you have absolutely no idea if, by the time she is 5, 10 or whatever, someone with the same name will have become famous (or infamous). So it's all nonsense. I don't suppose anyone ever expected General Mike Jackson to moonwalk.

I mean my name is the same as a former queen 😆 those are fairly common names tbh.

Unless it is Elon Musk, he should be ok.

I worked with a Stuart Little😂He was about my age so much older than the mouse!

I want to read Wayne's life story. Maybe I'll write it.

My mother also went to school with a Richard Head

My uncle was called James Joyce and he was an English teacher. He loved it!

Wayne Eyre is genius.

I know a Harry Potter, he would have been born about a year or two before the first book was published. Unfortunate, but can't be helped.

Depends on the celebrity, if child was born before or after they were famous, what the celebrity is famous for (actor or singer is one thing, famous porn star, quite another) and how common the names are.

For example I know a James Brown. It doesn't register with the late singer as much a child named Taylor Swift or Dua Lipa would.

My ex BIL was James Brown. My parents’ neighbour is Michael Jackson.

Agreed it depends on what the name is. If it’s a common first name & a common surname it’s fine. Jack Black or Ryan Reynolds for example.

If it’s Jay-Z or Eminem then less OK.

My kids went to school with a Luke Perry. I was really excited to hear that, I was a big LP fan in the 90s 😀

I know someone called John Thomas. I kid you not. Rathet be called Leonardo

I went to school with a William Smith. Absolutely did him no harm at all.

I know two brothers called Tom and Jerry, so there you go.

I once taught a boy who had the surname King. His parents named him Joe. Now that is cruel!

I can top that. I met a John Thomas Allcock.

I went to school with a Ronnie Rennie. I've always wondered why his parents couldn't have chosen any other first name at al.

My married name /first name combo is the stage name of a very famous-at-the-time male rock star. People over about 35 still find this hilarious.

🤣🤣🤣

I have the same name as a person who died in a high profile scandal situation, years after I was born. I still get asked if I am named after her, which is…odd.