Is it odd to name a baby after a ship?

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My father sailed on HMS Ariadne when he first joined the navy and it's also a Greek mythological name. I think it's sweet but is it odd to name a baby after a ship? The nn would be Aria not Ari as already have Remy and (no offence to anyone) I can't stand rhyming sibling names. Does it go with the middle name Ivy? Any other suggestions for siblings Violet Rose Ann and Remy Quill Brian? Thanks :) xxx

Lovely but re nn I know an Ariadne known as Addie!

I wouldn't have known a ship was named after the character from the Greek myths.

Don't forget Endeavour Morse!

Ariadne is a beautiful name and its a nice reason. Really it's the ship which has been given a woman's name.

I quite like the idea of using ship names....won't be having more kids but perhaps my next dachshund could be named after my favourite ... the Beagle

Huge list of RN ships' names here

Quite good quarry for both human and pet names

I too came on expecting Voyager, Discovery or Albatross.

Go for it!

There's an oil tanker called Xenia

Now now Meditrina there's no need for that!

My friend is named after a barge that was named after a girl

I thought it was going to be 'Jolly Roger'.

Oh I love that Marine Traffic website. Can lose hours on it.

Oh it's fine. Quill is interesting - do you mind if I ask the provenance of that?

Fwiw I wanted to use the name 'Hesper' as a middle name for one of mine but it never happened...I kind of made it up but I liked it meaning Hope. Well I think it does anyway. And loads of ships seem to have been called Hesperus.

I was partly named after the QE2 which my dad worked on.... 'Ariadne' is lovely. :)

My DH is in the merchant navy and we track him on marine traffic. He's off to Pacific Champion next week. Not a great baby name.

Wish I'd thought of this when naming my sons. My dad served on the Implacable and the Illustrious. Could have used them as middle names at least.

Matthew Implacable Smith & Jonathan Illustrious Smith. Not their actual first or last names. Or maybe just Implacable Smith and Illustrious Smith

Really wish I'd thought of it though, I think it's a lovely idea and Ariadne's a lovely name.

Ah sisterofmercy, so your RL name is Queen? Or perhaps 2, pronounced "second"?

It's a fantastic name but with a name that cool why would you want to use a NN.

Go for it - I'm named after the ship my dad was master of when I was born.

I really like the connection - although he does like to tell me it's more impressive to have the ship named after you than the other way round

As long as your father (assuming he is alive?) likes it and doesn't find it strange having his granddaughter named after a former workplace! If he tells a lot of stories about his 'days on the Ariadne' it might be odd. Otherwise lovely name and it's nice to have a name with a personal meaning.