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.

James Dean used to empty my septic tank. Not the famous one though!

We called our DD Jessica and our last name is Jones. I Completely forgot there’s a Marvel character with the same name! Also forgot there’s also Jessie J till my DSiL started calling DD that! Luckily, both are not bad and don’t think my DD’s generation are going to remember or know much about them 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣🤞

I used to go out with a Richard Whittington, who'd be 71 now.

Could it be the same one? The one I knew grew up in Croydon but moved to Sussex in the late 70s.

Is it Bob Carolgees?

I used to work with a George Michael…. and his brother was called Michael?!?

In my very first year of school (this would be 1992-1993) there was a boy in my class called Robert Redford.

Of course, at that time, none of us four and five year olds had any idea there was an actor of the same name.

I know of a Michael Jackson.

I think my one would be mid sixties, and lived in Gloucestershire. He reckoned he was related to his famous namesake.

I know a few Ellas who are tired of hearing Umbrella by Rihanna sung at them too

I met Donald Duck once, he was born and named prior to the cartoon (met him a long time ago and he was old then)

Hopefully she'll get together with the Harrison Ford that I know of.

I've worked with a Jamie Bond 🙄

I taught a student decades ago whose name was the same as a football hero from the 70s. His parents had deliberately chosen it to honour the player and club. He never said his name when asked without seeming to be embarrassed by it. And he said he was terrible at football.

Thanks for explaining that one…I didn’t get it even though I actually love that book! Duh 🙈

My son has the exact same name as a video game character and shortly after he was born the game got turned into a TV show. Luckily it’s a cool character!
Not Mario or Luigi by the way!

I once worked In a College and taught a student called Christopher Cross! There’s a singer called that isn’t there?

I remember standing in the school playground,when ds came running over

'Harry potters dead mum!'
'Eh,don't be silly sweetie,he's not real,hes just a person in a book/film'
'I'm telling you mum,Harry Potter is dead!'
'OK sweetheart'

Felt a bit guilty the following day when I found out,via the school newsletter that Harry Potter was indeed dead

Mr Potter,the school caretaker had locked up the school,walked across the playground and dropped down dead halfway across,on his way to lock up the hut that was the schools breakfast club/after school club

Poor guy,he was found about an hour later by a passer-by (who spotted him laid on the ground and rang 999,he hadnt been spotted by anyone else due to the slightly odd layout of the playground and the angle of the street)

I was once picking up a friends ds from his school,when I heard a mum say to her dd
'Come on Britney,we need to pick up Taylor,Christina and Rihanna'

Why you'd do that to your children,I don't know

I used to work with a charity who regularly got donations from a Mrs Mary Christmas. I reckon she met him in a nightclub and thought “ This is fate, he has my name on him!”

I knew a Gordon Bennett once. Had stick for it his whole life!

Or Nick Cotton?
😆

I stayed in a street in the south of France called Rue Gordon Bennett, it made me chuckle. I think it was down to the hairpin bends!

Well that’s obvious isn’t it!! If your name is Kate Jones of course you won’t get stick. If your name is Kate Moss you might.

We had a Michael Jackson at my school. He was older than me, so I’m not sure if he got teased. I thought it was amusing though!

The weather presenter on TV from many moons ago?

A child can change or shorten a name if they like, if they don't like the association with a celeb. It's easy to do changing school, college or working.

I know a James Dean (not Jimmy, James) and a Colin Farrell. Also a Lorraine Kelly. My own name is a female version of a sportsman and that's my married name! I could have kept my maiden name, but didn't really care.

Could be worse. I was friends with a guy at college called John Doe. He was used to it by then but admitted he hated it when he was younger.
Don't know if his parents just weren't aware but did feel a bit sorry for him.