what lovely names have been spoilt forever?

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I've finished with 3 dcs so this is hypothetical for me. i've just been reading a book about a girl called Dora and genuinely thought what a lovely name... untill a little cartoon popped into my head singing 'find the map'.

what other lovely names have been spoilt for you?

lola... my friend is called that shes 19 since eastenders lola lola lola!! also i hope mine dont get to popular i am a savannah!!!

I love Imogen, unfortunately, due to my surname and a certain slutty big brother contestant, it is a no go for me. Such a shame :(

Èdward.

Yeah. Edward has been ruined for me by blummin Edward cullen.

Kermit

Delilah and Jezabel but I'm willing to admit they've been ruined for quite a while

Mind you, I'd still use Delilah.

Kermit was never good

I loved Isaac for my ds until my stepson told us there was a boy in his class that smelt and ate his own bogeys. Needless to say, ds name is not Isaac!

Damien (The Omen)

Claudia makes me think of the petulant brat in Interview with the Vampire

I also agree with Madeleine and Meredith

Oh Isabella - my god there are at least 1000000 at dd school

Oh no, my DD's name has been mentioned!

The only one I agree with here is Madeline - because she was a child and because we still don't know what happened to her, just seems ill-fated to me now

Jade? I don't have one, but I can't think of anyone who's spoiled the name.

I do think a tragedy attached to a name makes parents think twice. When DS1 was born, a little boy called Ben had just disappeared from a Greek island. ExH wanted to call DS Ben, but it just felt too sad to me.

The same with DD and Leah, because of the young girl that died after trying ecstacy .

Oh countess you didnt call your dd kermit did you?!?!
Wouldnt worry some of these names are lovely. Ive already seen 3 variations on family names with reasons id never considered. Ben is now quite popular and noone thinks about little ben needham. Id guess eventually madeleine will be the same.

Philippa / Pippa

Oh no MrsHuxtable... that's my name!

My name, it was ruined by a sitcom in the eighties and I have been tarnished ever since

I agree about people forgetting the association after a time. I probably wouldn't think twice about Ben or Leah as names now, but at the time it was still quite raw, like Madeleine is now.

I still wouldn't consider Myra though, I feel for all those lovely Myras out there.

Before I had daughters I always wanted a Madeline, but Madeline McCann was abducted just before DD1 was born and he name will be forever tainted for me.

I'd never have a tinky winky or a po now.

Jade does unfortunately sound thick because of the late Jade Goody.

I can't imagine Sharon or Tracy ever sounding classy again

Don't recall Myra ever being regarded as a lovely name...

Possibly not, but it was mentioned upthread... along with Adolf, admittedly.

Jade
Madeleine, which I loved :(

Bella/Isabella or Edward, less so with Jacob - anything from Twilight really, totally ruined a load of perfectly nice names! Jade, but never liked it anyway! Same with Saskia. Harper and Pippa are both a little tarnished as well, which sucked cos I loved them! Alex was ruined by a bitch in school, same with Sarah - never met a Sarah who was nice to me! Also, Hermione - may never have actually used it, but never can as while I like Harry Potter, can't ever name a child after a character!

Teacher here too -funny though that it's always the same names who are the badly behaved kids though!

Haven't taught a nice Mia yet! Seriously. And i'm 7 down and counting Or Ethan for that matter.