To ask if you named your DC after a celebrity/famous person?

[Darkling1]

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Yes my daughter is named after a sitcom character. Think Who’s that girl…

Big fan of Gone with the Wind guess what she is called.

My ds has the surname as a first name of a famous female singer and her df...

Scarlett?

Middle ds is Joel, named after Billy Joel.

Not really but watching Alexander the great a few months before my oldest son was born inspired us...
A friends daughter us named Kayleigh after Marillions,Kayleigh .

yes, a basketball player with a huge franchise so he could always have t-shirts and trainers with his name on :)

I was reading one of the broadsheets when I was pregnant with DC and decided to look at the journalists' names. I did use one of those names and luckily DC1 loves their name.

Even if I’d wanted to, I would have been afraid to do it in case something unsavory about the celebrity later emerged.

Middle name Theodore after Fiodor Dostoyevski.

I know somone I worked with always loved the name Erin after watching the waltons as a child and did in deed name her daughter Erin.

Not really famous but I got inspiration from celebrity big brother for my eldest DS! It was when Preston from the ordinary boys was on it, I just fell in love with the name! So he's not exactly named after him but I don't think I'd have come up with that name on my own!

i know someone who babes her daughter after Hayley Mills, because they said she (the mother, that is) looked like her.

On EastEnders, Heather named her baby after George Michael.

My eldest is Adam after Adam Ant!

Not named after but DS inspired by a film character and DD inspired by a character from classic literature. I would name them after a real person

I know someone who chose the name Kayleigh for that reason too.

A couple of relatives have been named after a Beatle.

Friend of mine had twins Billy and Joel in the late 80s

Have you been to Preston? 😆

I wouldn’t say named after but definitely gave me the inspiration for my daughters name, Dame Maggie Smith!

My dog is named after Freddie Flintoff.

I have a Keanu. No explanation needed From watching Point Break on repeat as a teen. I know it’s a bit downmarket but I love it.

James David - for David Niven 🥰

Very nearly called my daughter Ripley after watching the Alien films back to back at 38ish weeks. Thankfully I came to my senses and didn't.

@Seasonofthesticks Ha I know the place isn't great 😂 but as a name I like it!