Is this TOO Harry Potter-y?!!!

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Found out today that we are having a girl. DH and I agreed on a first name ages ago but I'm thinking about middle names. My great great grandmother was a Swiss lady called Hedwig. I think it is really pretty and unusual but DH not so keen! I am a huge Harry Potter fan but would never intentionally seek out a themed name. I like the name itself and the family connection. I am named after my Swiss great aunt (middle name). Just wondered what others think about Hedwig and would you always associate with Harry Potter?!!!

I would associate it with Harry potter and assume you really loved owls....

Could u use a similar name or as a middle name?

Actually my first association would be Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Google it if you aren't familiar - it is a completely brilliant musical but it won't be to everyone's taste. Hedwig is a transgender rock star whose reassignment surgery is botched, hence the 'angry inch'.

Yes I would but it's a middle name so I don't think it matters.

Or Hedwig and the Angry Inch...

I’d probably avoid to be honest. It’s not adult opinions I’d worry about, it’s potential issues at school.

I think for middle names anything goes.

I am a ginormous Harry Potter fan - I've incorporated it in both my children's names
I would really really really be put off by the Hedwig and the Angry Inch association... too much of a link for me - Hedwig as a name isn't too out there for a middle, or even a second middle but it depends on the trends around then!

I understand your love of the name But to an outsider and to the other kids at school it may sound a bit hilarious which is unfair but that's the way of the world. She may not be pleased with you!

I'm a huge harry potter fan, and would still associate the name with the Angry Inch.

But if it's the middle name who cares? That's where parents get free reign, no? I'd use it. It has familial ties.

There's someone on Instagram who's given their children absolutely ridiculous middle names like 'Super Duper'

Never heard of Angry Inch. If I heard a baby called Hedwig I would definitely think you’d done it because you were a HP fan.

as a middle name I don't thnk it matters too much
and as it's a family name the HP association is fine, theother thing I've never heard of

I haven't heard of an angry inch

I didn't realise Hedwig was a real name - I thought JKR invented it so I have learned something

Children are way more accepting of names than adults I find.

Oh god I'd never heard about Hedwig and the angry inch!! Veto!! Thanks for the heads up!

No such thing as TOO Harry Pottery!!

Yes it Is and it's not a good nice imo

I think if there's a family connection, then go for it.
There's something really great about an unusual name and hearing the story behind it. "Our Swiss great-grandmother's name was Hedwig" is very cool and it's a connection to who you are of, who your DD is of.

I've been doing my family tree and I'm kicking myself for not starting this tree before I had kids! There are some amazing names, over and over again, generation after generation. I wish I'd used their names for my own children.

Children are way more accepting of names than adults I find.

This is SO true.

I have three children all of whom have Harry Potter names 😂
Nothing too Harry Pottter-y here!

Ooh Caviar, I'm looking for a third - got a while to think about it but can't find any more. Wanted Luna, but theres about 7 around here now bloody john legend

@TheImprobableGirl my third was a slight cheat. Female version of a male name.
I also liked Luna but my husband this far has no idea that our children are named after Harry Potter Characters and I felt that may give the game away!
I also considered Penelope (Clearwater)

Wasn't aware of the Potter association but immediately thought of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

It's Ronaldina isn't it?
I went for a Trix (also nods to my twilight obsession) and a - Pomfrey

Obscure enough for my husband to know nothing - although he isn't actually aware of Hermione either, struggling with a third though! I quite like Arianna but the connotations aren't as good, will possibly start a thread nearer to the time

too many -'s

Miss Lestrange and Miss Pomfrey

Lovely!
Two of ours are obscure characters that are only mentioned a few times, however they're very important characters 😊

I love it. Heddy lemarr was hedwig and you couldnt pick a better role model for your dd