famous names

[kiwi5]

would you name your child if it meant they shared a name with a famous person?

Depends on the famous person.

Ruby (as in Wax) - yes.

Adolf (as in Hitler) - No

If its very unusual too, then you might get weird looks.
You need to give us the name please

Depends on what it is..?

am currently considering this for as yet unborn child... would be same first and second name... just trying to decide if it matters as this is a minor celeb. My only worry is the 'celeb' in question seems a bit vacuous and has done FHM. On the other hand, by the time my baby is old enough for it to register hopefully this celeb will have disappeared from everyone's radar.

Personally I wouldn't in case people thought you had chosen that name because you were a fan of that celeb.

Unless it is a name you absolutely love and won't consider anything else.

What's the name?

I met a man called Michael Jackson the other day; he was about 25 and all, and I just thought "Your parents are thick"

mine isn't in the league of michael jackson!!

I know Sinead O'Connor, really I do!

please share

Abi Titmuss?

I know somebody who has a name from a soap... I can't help it - it sounds daft to me. Although I presume it's because they didn't watch the soap rather than because they did.

we love a particular name but with our surname it would mean it might look like we named our baby after a famous rightwing American politician who's surname became a phrase for (according to Wikipedia) "the political action of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence."

Maybe not many people would make the connection but it's enough to have put me off the name!

I knew a Robert Plant at school

Depends on the celeb, their image and their likely longevity.
I really hope Katie Price will be a nobody once a child born today is in school but I wouldn't chance it. My brother's friend called his baby Eddie Murphy many years ago and we all thought it was hilarious but I doubt if any kids have heard of him now.
The likes of Michael Jackson will be famous forever so no in that case.

I know a Bartholomew Simpson - he's in his 60s so not the same issue here...but he has had folks put the phone down on him in disbelief.

My DC have been to school with Elizabeth Taylor and George Marshall.

I knew a very elderly gentleman called Norman Cook, and I went to school with an Elton Johns. Also knew a Michael Jackson - he was a bit strange though, and he had his penis split in half lengthways.

I guess it depends how famous the person is, and if they are someone you would like your child to be named after.

mine is a relatively recent blue peter presenter... so soon to be off the radar surely!?

penis in half (ouch) cuppateajannice you slipped that in there quietly

Zoe Salmon? That's a nice name.

I went to college with Michael Jackson, John Prescott and Toni Hawk (in 2004).

Poor feckers!

errr yes... bloomin obvious really
glad you like it!

There is a 4 yo at DD's nursery called Jack Nicholson. I still wonder why his parents couldn't have thought of another name every time I see his peg.